The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/19 at 10:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/19 at 10:00 EDT

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start listening today. From CBC News, it's the World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings. U.S. President Donald Trump is once again weighing in on Canadian politics. But it's a different message this time and one that has caught the attention of Conservative leader Pierre Polyov. Janice McGregor reports. After falsely accusing Justin Trudeau of clinging to power, Donald Trump now seems to be acknowledging that Canadians have a new prime minister and will soon head to the polls to decide whether or not the Liberals should get a fresh mandate to govern.

In an interview with Fox News last night, Trump offered this take on the choice that Canadian voters have in front of them. The conservative that's running is stupidly no friend of mine. I don't know him, but he said negative things. So I think it's easier to deal actually with a liberal. Pierre Polly-Eve noticed Trump's criticism weighed in on his social media account overnight, calling this an endorsement of Mark Carney and suggested that Trump knows that the conservative leader would be a tough negotiator.

Poliev's adopted the Canada First slogan to try to pivot to a more nationalist stance. It's one that's reminiscent in its style of the populist politics that carried the day in the US last November while also trying to fight against it in substance. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. A group of senior executives from the energy sector is calling on the leaders of the federal political parties to declare a Canadian energy crisis. And the executives want emergency powers to be used to speed up the development of projects that they say are in the national interest.

The CEOs are from 10 of Canada's largest oil and gas producers and four of the largest pipeline companies. Now to the Middle East, where Gaza is once again being hit with Israeli airstrikes. The Israeli military says it's targeted Hamas military sites overnight, with initial reports suggesting as many as 12 people have been killed. Crystal Gamansing has more now from Jerusalem. Crystal Gamansing, UN Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. They're determined to do everything they can to save as many survivors as possible. And they're saying to us, you know, what does it say about our values that we can't stop?

The second day of strikes comes as far-right Israeli politician Itamar Ben-Ghavir resumes his role as national security adviser. He resigned from that position in protest when Israel agreed to a ceasefire in January. Now that ceasefire is broken. The resumed military operations and ensuing cabinet appointments, says Ansel Pfeffer of The Economist, is about maintaining power. Prime Minister Netanyahu needs to ensure that he has a majority over the next couple of weeks to pass a budget. If that doesn't happen, then early elections are triggered. Most of his potential coalition are on the far right, and they have been demanding an

end to the ceasefire and a return to the fighting. Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, Jerusalem. We're expecting Russia and Ukraine to carry out a prisoner exchange today. The Kremlin says it will include 23 wounded Ukrainians currently in Russian medical facilities. It follows a telephone call yesterday between Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump. Shortly after that call, Kyiv says Russia fired an estimated 150 drones into Ukraine. Citing safety concerns, the Vancouver International Auto Show has dropped Tesla from its event this week.

Mira Bain says more. Event organizer Eric Nicol says the company was given multiple opportunities to withdraw over the last seven days, then was ultimately dropped. The political position on this has absolutely no bearing on the decision. This is purely from a safety point for our guests. Tesla founder Elon Musk is steeped in controversy over concerns of political interference and close ties to US President Donald Trump, recently building a wave of Tesla takedown protests across Canada, the US and parts of Europe.

Tesla chargers and showrooms have also been the targets of vandalism. CBC News reached out to Tesla. The company did not respond by deadline. Mira Bains, CBC News, Vancouver. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.