The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/20 at 08:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 20, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/20 at 08:00 EDT

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I'm Joe Cummings. We start with the latest on a federal election call. CBC News has confirmed Prime Minister Mark Carney is planning to dissolve parliament and call an election this coming Sunday. It's not known yet what day Canadian voters will be going to the polls, but it means the campaign will get underway just two weeks after Carney replaced Justin Trudeau as PM. Already in a trade war with the United States, Canada is now facing retaliatory tariffs from China. As of today, Beijing is answering Canada's tariff action last year on electric vehicles

by issuing levies on Canadian agriculture and seafood. And for the seafood industry, losing both the American and now Chinese market will be devastating. Heather Gillis reports. How could this possibly be happening? What is happening? Newfoundland and Labrador seafood processor Paul Grant is bracing for stormy seas. A 25 percent Chinese tariff on Canadian seafood exports is in effect.

And a 25 percent tariff from Canada's largest buyer, the United States, is expected on April 2nd. Statistics Canada says last year Canada exported 1..1 billion worth of seafood to China, making it the country's second largest market. Newfoundland and Labrador has been trying to diversify, find other buyers. But alternatives like Japan have a weak currency. That's our crab. In Vancouver, there's no less anxiety. Greg Nelson, a seafood seller, says margins are too tight to absorb the tariff.

I imagine with the tariffs, we won't ship any crap to China at this point. Nelson says if tariffs last, he worries it could force businesses to close. Heather Gillis, CBC News, St. John's. Health officials in Gaza say at least 58 people have been killed today, as this week's renewed Israeli military campaign in the territory is now into its third day. Crystal Gmancing has the latest. We're not resilient.

We're dying, says Noor Bakr. Let them exterminate us, she adds, saying she's exhausted. Still, Bakr and her family are heeding Israeli orders to leave combat areas in Gaza's north. Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened complete destruction Wednesday, unless all hostages are returned and Hamas is removed from Gaza. Foreign leaders are calling on Israel to halt hostilities, end a three-week-old blockade on aid, and for both sides to resume negotiations. Last night, police used water cannons on demonstrators outside of the prime minister's residence.

Tens of thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets protesting the government and its new policy of negotiations only under fire, saying the lives of hostages still being held in Gaza are now at greater risk. Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, Jerusalem. Now to Washington, where U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order today that will shut down the federal education department. Sarah Lovett has more.

It was a major campaign promise from Trump to remove red tape and what they call bureaucratic barriers. In this case, his education secretary, Linda McMahon, has said the move is meant to better allow parents to make the best educational choices for their children. Since the Department of Education was established in 1980, we've spent over a trillion dollars to see our scores continue to go down. The Education Department was created by Congress and technically it would need Congress to approve its complete dismantling.

But the Trump administration hasn't been deterred by any potential legal actions so far. And there's already been moves through the Elon Musk led Department of Government Efficiency which has laid off thousands in the department but you can expect this executive order to go to court. Sarah Levitt, CBC News, Washington. And that is The World This Hour. For news anytime go to our website cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.