The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/17 at 20:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 18, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/17 at 20:00 EDT

Overwhelmed by debt? You are not alone. Empower yourself with trusted solutions. Visit Canada.ca slash debt dash solutions and regain control with confidence. A message from the Government of Canada. From CBC News, the world is ours. I'm Tom Harrington. The remains of a second murdered indigenous woman in Manitoba have been identified.

Mercedes Myron was killed in 2022, along with three other women, by a convicted serial killer. Her remains found in a Winnipeg area landfill. Cameron McIntosh reports. Mercedes Myron and Morgan Harris are coming home. Manitoba Premier Wab Kanu confirming the remains of Mercedes Myron have been identified. This is what we set out to do. I don't know if many of us knew the odds of success. Myron and Morgan Harris were killed with two other women by a serial killer in 2022.

Their bodies dismembered, Myron and Harris' remains wound up in a Winnipeg area landfill. Police and the previous provincial government originally ruled out a search calling it unsafe. A search finally began late last year. Myron's sister Jordan spoke when remains were first found last month. If people would have just listened to us and you know realized that they are there, this could have happened a lot sooner. Harris's remains were identified earlier, neither family is speaking publicly. Canoe says the search will continue as other remains are still being found. Cameron McIntosh, CBC News, Winnipeg. Well, Prime Minister, you're very welcome here at Downing Street.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed Canada's new Prime Minister at his official residence today. Mark Carney also visited Buckingham Palace for an audience with King Charles. Earlier in Paris, Carney discussed trade partnerships with French President Emmanuel Macron. The meetings with two of Ottawa's oldest allies are part of his first official overseas trip. The growing trade war between the US and Canada is already hitting some Canadian charities. Various agencies warn there will be a ripple effect for the people they serve. Julia Wong tells us more. The work never stops at Edmonton's food bank. The need in the city has been growing. On

top of that, there's anxiety over how it will cope with rising food costs amid a trade war. There's also a delivery truck being built in the U.S. that could get slapped with tariffs, meaning less money to buy food. Spokesperson Tammyson Benz-Knight. The five-ton is about $300,000 Canadian. We're anticipating it could be an added $50,000 with tariffs. Also facing uncertainty, Habitat for Humanity Edmonton. Board Vice Chair Andy England says rising construction costs could mean fewer

new builds. We're going to have to cut that back, which means providing fewer affordable homes. Individuals will not be able to start their life. Creating unpredictability for vulnerable Canadians during an already unstable time. Julia Wong, CBC News, Edmonton. The consumer carbon tax has already been cancelled, but Pierre Poliev is now pledging to eliminate industrial carbon pricing if his Conservatives win the next election. He says his government will leave it to the provinces to decide how to handle large industrial emitters. David

Thurton has more from Ottawa. Today I am announcing that a common sense, Canada first, conservative government will repeal the entire carbon tax, including the federal backstop that requires provinces impose industrial taxes. Conservative leader Pierre Pauliev announcing he will go further than the Liberals. On Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney signed a directive eliminating the consumer federal carbon tax, but industrial carbon pricing still applies. The measure alone is expected to do most of the work to slash Canada's greenhouse gas pollution. But Poliev says if he forms government he would eliminate that measure as well.

While the Liberals tax businesses who use energy, conservatives will cut taxes and boost incentives for those who bring down emissions. Carrot, not stick. Poliev said he would reward businesses that switch to clean technologies through tax credits. David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa. A liquidation at all Hudson's Bay stores could start as soon as tomorrow and last for up to 12 weeks. A Toronto judge will decide on the company's choice after it failed to secure the financing needed to stay afloat. The liquidation would affect 80 Bay stores across the country and several Saks Fifth Avenue locations.

And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.