The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/15 at 04:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/15 at 04:00 EDT

In Scarborough, there's this fire behind our eyes. A passion in our bellies. It's in the hearts of our neighbors. The eyes of our nurses. And the hands of our doctors. It's what makes Scarborough, Scarborough. In our hospitals, we do more than anyone thought possible. We've less than anyone could imagine.

But it's time to imagine what we can do with more. Join Scarborough Health Network and together, we can turn grit into greatness. Donate at lovescarborough.ca. From CBC News, The World is Sour, I'm Neil Kumar. Mark Carney has axed the carbon tax in his first act as Canada's new Prime Minister. We will be eliminating the consumer fuel charge immediately

and we will be ensuring that those Canadians who have received rebates will continue to receive a rebate in the next order. The next payment is before the end of April. The April rebate check will be the last one to be sent out. Carney had said the consumer tax on energy has become too divisive. The tax on big industrial emitters remains in place. Premier David Eby says B.C. will move quickly to eliminate its consumer carbon tax now that Prime Minister Carney has killed the federal tax.

Michelle Kusub reports. Early Friday afternoon, Premier David Eby told a town hall in Surrey he was working on eliminating the consumer carbon tax in B.C. once the federal backstop was removed, a promise first made during the fall provincial election. Eby pivoted minutes later after news broke in Ottawa that Prime Minister Mark Carney had removed the tax on his first day in office using an order in council. E.B. says in B.C. it will take longer for the controversial tax to be slashed. It must first be removed by introducing legislation.

The Minister of Finance must then incorporate it in the budget. It's unclear when exactly the tax will no longer be in place in B.C. Michelle Gossoub, CBC News, Surrey. The tax cut came after Carney was sworn in as Canada's new Prime Minister on Friday. Dominic Leblanc is returning to endure governmental affairs and adding international trade to his portfolio. Francois-Philippe Champagne becomes Finance Minister and Melanie Zhou Li remains Foreign Affairs Minister. Jean-Felipe Champagne becomes finance minister and Melanie Jolie remains foreign affairs

minister. Canada's new government is changing how we work so we can deliver better results faster to all Canadians. Canada's new government is focused on the things that matter most to Canadians, growing more higher paying jobs, improving affordability and making Canada more secure. Carney was also asked about the 51st state jabs coming from the Trump administration. It's crazy. His point is crazy. That's it. The Carney government is taking another look at the decision to buy 88 F-35 fighter jets from the U.S. Bill Blair, who remains the Minister of Defence, says Carney has asked him to look at all options. The Prime Minister has asked me

to go and examine those things and have discussions, particularly where there may be opportunities to assemble those fighter jets in Canada to properly support them and maintain them in Canada. And again, we're looking at how do we make investments in defence, which also benefits Canadian workers, Canadian industry and supports strong Canadian economy. Blair says 80% of our military procurement went to US companies. He is now discussing the issue with the Canadian Armed Forces and with our allies. The RCMP say that one person is dead following an avalanche near Lake Louise ski resort on Friday afternoon. Meantime, experts are warning people about the risk of avalanches in the Rockies this weekend.

Aaron Collins has the details. This problem is fairly widespread and it's quite touchy. That problem, according to Mike Kopang, is avalanche risk. Kopang, a mountain rescue specialist with the Kananaskis region near Calgary, says the risk is high. He says a lack of snow this season combined with a big storm in recent days is making conditions in some parts of the Rockies very dangerous. A situation made worse as eager skiers look to take advantage of the fresh snow.

It's important to kind of just rein yourself in and while you may be excited to ski, the snowpack is weak and it's really susceptible to human-triggered avalanches right now. So pump the brakes. Copang's advice to anybody going to the backcountry, check the avalanche forecast before heading out and he says if the risks are high, it might be better to take a pass on skiing and take an avalanche safety course instead. Aaron Collins, CBC News, Calgary. And that is your World is Sour for CBC News. I'm Neal Kumar.