The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/17 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 17, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/17 at 07:00 EDT

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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, it's the World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings. First to Paris and Prime Minister Mark Carney. Just a matter of days after being sworn in as PM,

he's overseas on a two-city, two-country visit aimed at strengthening Canada's diplomatic relations in Europe. Catherine Cullen has more. Prime Minister Mark Carney has a jam-packed day of high-profile meetings in two capitals. He's visiting the restored Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral, then meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron to talk trade with an eye to deepening ties.

Then it's off to London to meet first with the King, then with Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The political discussion there is again about closer trade ties as well as security, both Canadian and European. Ukraine security will undoubtedly come up. On Sunday, Carney invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to come to Canada in June for the G7 Foreign Leaders Meeting. One senior Canadian official says this trip is about doubling down on international relationships with the backdrop of the US trade war.

It's also a chance for the brand new prime minister to remind Canadians he has experience on the international stage knowing an election call is likely just days away. Catherine Cullen, CBC News, Paris. Meanwhile, back in North America, US President Donald Trump says he has no plan to de-escalate his trade war with Canada. April 2nd is a liberating day for our country. We're going to be getting back some of the wealth that very, very foolish presidents gave away

because they had no clue what they were doing. As Trump talked to the media last night in Air Force One, April 2nd is when the Trump administration is set to implement a range of reciprocal tariffs on Canadian imports. Trump says there will be no exemptions on steel and aluminum products, and he's also considering trade action on Canadian dairy and Canadian lumber. From the trade war to the war in Ukraine, President Trump's saying he'll be speaking

tomorrow with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ceasefire talks will be the topic of discussion, with foreign analysts suggesting that Russia is laying out conditions that will only drag out the proceedings. Briar Stewart has more. We'll be talking about land, we'll be talking about power plants, dividing up certain assets. Last week, Putin said he agreed to the idea of a ceasefire, but then spoke at length, outlining what he saw as obstacles. Like would the 30-day truce give Ukraine a chance to mobilize more troops

and secure additional weapons? Those conditions that they have presented, it shows that they don't really want peace, actually. EU foreign policy chief Kaya Kalas says that's clear because Putin's conditions include his ultimate goals for his invasion of Ukraine. European countries along with the UK are meeting to discuss what happens if there is a ceasefire and who will monitor it. While France and Britain have committed to putting peacekeepers on the ground in Ukraine,

Russia has repeatedly said that it will not support that. Briar Stewart, CBC News, London. The Hudson's Bay Company will be in Ontario's Superior Court today to advance a creditor protection case. It is preparing for a potential wind down of its operations unless it can find a last minute solution to save it. A closure of the entire business would mean job losses for more than 9,000 employees, as well as some workers at Saks Fifth Avenue stores and Saks Off Fifth locations. Canada's oldest company is expected to seek permission from the court to liquidate its stores. There is devastation across the

American South with more than 60 tornadoes reported across eight states since Friday. Along with twisters, damaging systems also spawned blinding dust storms and fast-moving wildfires leaving at least 39 people dead. Oklahomans are assessing the damage today from windswept fires that damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes and killed at least four people. Included in those fires, Governor Kevin Stitt's house burned to the ground on his ranch outside Oklahoma City. And that is The World This Hour. For news anytime go to our website cbcnews.ca.

For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.