The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/17 at 22:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 18, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/17 at 22:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Neal Herland. We begin with breaking news from the Middle East. The Israeli military has launched a series of airstrikes in Gaza tonight, shattering a two-month ceasefire with the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Gaza officials say at least 40 people have been killed. Benham Ben-Taliblu is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. It certainly is a significant attack.

We're waiting for more of an unbiased battle damage assessment from the ground, but it'll take a few hours. But long story short, I certainly think that these really sense the target of opportunity here to go after Hamas persons, Hamas weapons caches. Allegedly, this is what is believed to be beneath some of these structures that the Israelis have gone after. Tonight, Hamas blames Israel for breaking the ceasefire which began January 19th.

The Israeli Defense Minister says Israel has resumed fighting until all hostages are released. 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. As Cameron McIntosh reports, her remains were found in a Winnipeg area landfill. 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's 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 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 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.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed Canada's new leader to his official residence today. Mark Carney also visited Buckingham Palace for a meeting with King Charles. Earlier in Paris, Carney discussed trade partnerships with French President Emmanuel Macron. The visit of two of Canada's oldest allies is designed to show strength in the face of tariff threats from the U.S. 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. 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 Paulièvre 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 switched to clean technologies through tax credits. David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa. We've got some breaking political news from Quebec. CBC News is projecting the Parti Québécois is the winner of a provincial by-election tonight.

Vous me faites l'honneur d'une vie en m'accordant le privilège de devenir votre député. I am honoured to be a member of the House of Representatives. Catherine Gentilcourt will represent the provincial riding of Terrebonne, north of Montreal. The seat had been held by the governing coalition Avenir Québec, but historically it was a stronghold of the separatist Parti Québécois. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Herland.