The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/19 at 02:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/19 at 02:00 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, the world this hour. I'm Neil Herland. US President Donald Trump railed against Canada tonight during an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News.

Trump complained about the U.S. having a trade deficit with Canada. He criticized Canada for low defense spending and even weighed in on the next Canadian election with a blunt comment about Pierre Palié. 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're going to win, but I don't really care. It doesn't matter to me at all.

Protesters gathered in downtown Toronto Tuesday evening. They marched outside the Israeli consulate to protest against the resumption of fighting in Gaza. Omar Al-Khatib is with the Palestinian youth movement. We're going to be taking the streets as Palestinians, as Arabs, as Canadians and allies in response to continued Israeli airstrikes on the people of Gaza. It's coming after a failed ceasefire agreement. As Canadians, we know

an election's coming up. We want our demands to be heard. We want an arms embargo. The Canadian government announced last fall it was suspending some permits to export military material to Israel. Canada's new prime minister is facing blowback from advocacy groups over his smaller cabinet. Mark Carney chose 23 ministers to join him around the table. As Ashley Burke reports, he's now attracting criticism over the portfolios he chose to consolidate. It's a political strategy.

For Rabia Hooter, the new prime minister's decision to consolidate some cabinet portfolios is viewed as a strategic choice ahead of a looming election. To get rid of anything that has to do with equity, diversity, and inclusion. She's the National Director of Disability Without Poverty, one of more than 200 advocacy groups and organizations calling on Mark Carney to reinstate a series of ministerial roles solely dedicated to portfolios like persons with disabilities, women, gender equity and youth, along with official languages and seniors.

We're concerned that we lost a champion at the cabinet table because this issue is no longer given the priority that it needs. Those portfolios aren't gone, but the minister's titles are. The work will now fall under other ministers' expanded portfolios aren't gone, but the minister's titles are. The work will now fall under other ministers' expanded portfolios. Ashley Burke, CBC News, Ottawa. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunny Williams are finally home. They landed off the coast of Florida after being stranded in space for nine months. Their original mission to the International Space Station was only supposed to last eight days.

Nicole Williams reports. Butch, Sunny, welcome home. Butch Wilmore and Sunny Williams have returned with a splash. 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. NASA has been trying to

get Williams and Wilmore home since they first left Earth's orbit last June. Their mission to the ISS only supposed to last eight days, but issues with their spacecraft extended that trip. Stephen Stitch is manager of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. This has been nine months in the making and I couldn't be prouder of our team's versatility. Nicole Williams, CBC News, Ottawa. Tesla has been removed from participating in this week's Vancouver International Auto Show.

Eric Nichol is the event's executive director. 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. Nichol says he's specifically worried about protests and vandalism against Tesla. The automaker has attracted criticism directed at its co-founder Elon Musk. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Herland.