The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/18 at 22:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/18 at 22:00 EDT

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From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Neil Herland. U.S. President Donald Trump railed against Canada tonight during an interview with Laura Ingram on Fox News. Trump complained about the U.S. having a trade deficit with Canada. He criticized Canada for low defense spending, and he even weighed in on the next Canadian election with a blunt comment about Pierre Poliev. The conservative that's running is stupidly no friend of mine.

I don't know him, but he said negative things. So when he says negative things, I couldn't care less. I think it's easier to deal, actually, with a liberal. And maybe they maybe they're gonna win but I don't really care. It doesn't matter to me at all. Trump also repeated his desire for Canada to become the 51st American state. A US federal judge has blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump's executive order banning transgender people from military service. It's the latest legal setback for the Trump administration. Judge Ana Reyes says the Trump's order likely violates the constitutional rights of transgender service members.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced nearly seven billion dollars in spending for Arctic security, including a new radar system. Catherine Cullen has more from a Calloway. The worldullen has more from a Calhuit. The world is changing. Our adversaries are increasingly emboldened. Prime Minister Mark Carney says this is not just about Canada's security, but its sovereignty too. We must invest in Canada's north to defend our sovereignty. Canada will work with Australia to build an over-the-horizon radar system. It would protect the Arctic against threats,

including hypersonic missiles from Russia, China and elsewhere. The system could be ready as early as 2029. Canadian officials say in their conversations with the American military, this investment has been welcome. The $6 billion project is part of a previously announced plan to spend nearly $40 billion beefing up North American defense. There's also funding to increase the armed forces presence in the Arctic. Carney's first phone call with Donald Trump, who has been critical of Canada's military spending, is anticipated to happen soon. Catherine Cullen, CBC News, Iqaluit. Now to Canada's inflation rates. Stats Canada says it jumped to 2.6 percent from 1.9 in January. Analysts say the

sudden surge in consumer prices was due to the end of the federal government's two-month GST holiday. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunny Williams are back on Earth tonight, nine months after starting a mission that was supposed to last eight days. They were stranded when their new Boeing Starliner was deemed unsafe to return. Nicole Williams reports. Butch, Sunny, on behalf of SpaceX, welcome home. Butch Wilmore and Sunny Williams have returned home with a splash, surrounded by curious dolphins. After a 17-hour trip from the International Space Station, the two American astronauts are finally back on Earth. The SpaceX capsule burned through the planet's atmosphere at 28,000 km an hour.

Then a series of parachutes deployed, slowing down the spacecraft's descent, eventually floating into the waters off the coast of Florida. Captain Chris Haig from inside the capsule. What a ride. I see a capsule full of friends ear to ear. That capsule which carried them home was hauled from the water and onto a ship. The hatch opened in the Florida sunshine and Williams and Wilmore were into wheelchairs after their long exposure to weightlessness. All smiles as they breathed fresh air for the first time in nine months. Nicole Williams, CBC News, Ottawa.

Tesla has been removed from participating in this week's Vancouver International Auto Show. Eric Nicol is the event's executive director. He says although there's no active threats, the action was taken due to safety concerns. The political position on this has absolutely no bearing on the decision. This is purely from a safety point for our guests and our attendees. Nicholl says the automaker was given multiple opportunities to voluntarily withdraw. Tesla's removal from the show comes as several Canadian cities joined Tesla takedown protests

against Elon Musk. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Herland.