The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/20 at 12:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 20, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/20 at 12:00 EDT

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It means the campaign will officially get underway just two weeks after Carney took over from Justin Trudeau. Janice McGregor has more. Two big questions remain here. The precise length of this campaign, will it be five or six weeks with a vote on April 28th or May 5th? We'll see. And where will election rookie Mark Carney run? He's been asked multiple times, but he hasn't said.

Carney's in Edmonton this morning, where he grew up, where he kicked off his leadership campaign. He'll be meeting with Alberta Premier Daniel Smith, making a housing announcement, and no doubt face more questions about whether he's going to run in Edmonton riding, just like his father did when he was an unsuccessful liberal candidate in 1980. Pierre Pauliev is up in the Saguenay region of Quebec meeting reporters this morning in Jonquière, a riding held by the bloc at the moment, but shaping up to be a battleground seat. And Jagmeet Singh is in Hamilton this morning, showing his solidarity with the steelworkers on the front lines of Trump's trade war and bolstering New Democrat fortunes in a part

of Ontario that's often a three-way electoral battleground. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. For the first time in its history, the International Olympic Committee has elected a woman as its president. This is an extraordinary moment. As a nine-year-old girl, I never thought that I would be standing up here one day, getting to give back to this incredible movement, Baez. That is Kirsty Coventry accepting the IOC presidency today in Greece. She takes over from Thomas Bach, who leaves office after the maximum 12-year term. Coventry, who is from Zimbabwe, is not only the first woman to lead the IOC, she's also the first African. The 41-year-old former swimmer is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and is currently

Zimbabwe's Minister of Youth and Sport. Already in a trade war with the United States, Canada now is facing retaliatory tariffs from China. As of today, Beijing is answering Canada's tariff action on electric vehicles by issuing levies on Canadian agriculture and Canadian seafood. Heather Gillis reports now from St. John's. 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.

We're in a very difficult situation. Statistics Canada says last year Canada exported 1.1 billion dollars 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 crab 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 is now into its third day. Does Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz threatening, quote, complete destruction and complete devastation unless all Israeli hostages are released by Hamas.

A special meeting of the UN Security Council has been called for tomorrow. Now to the United States. Educational opportunity is not government waste. It's something that is very central to what makes America great. That is Jack Stanton, a high school principal in Michigan. He's commenting as the Trump administration is on the verge of closing the U.S. Education Department. President Donald Trump is expected to make it official this afternoon with an executive

order. Technically, only Congress has the power to shut the department down, which means the order is most likely headed for a legal challenge. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.