The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/20 at 17:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 20, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/20 at 17:00 EDT

Overwhelmed by debt? You are not alone. Empower yourself with trusted solutions. Visit Canada.ca slash debt dash solutions and regain control with confidence. A message from the Government of Canada. From CBC News, the world this hour. I am Mike Miles. Canada is likely to see a spring election. Sources tell CBC News Prime Minister Mark Carney is likely to see a spring election. Sources tell

CBC News Prime Minister Mark Carney is going to call it this Sunday, one day before MPs were due to return to the House of Commons. Marina von Stackelberg has more. Will you be calling an election this weekend? The fair question. Fair question but no clear answer from Prime Minister Mark Carney. Sources tell CBC and Radio Canada the election call is expected this Sunday. You can see the action that's happened. I haven't been Prime Minister for a week yet.

And you can see what we've done thus far. We can do even more with that strong and clear mandate to move forward for the country, for all Canadians. The opposition leaders say they're ready to go. Conservative leader Pierre Polyev. We will restore Canada's promise that hard work gets you a great life in a beautiful affordable house on a safe street protected by brave troops under a proud flag. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh. You want to choose new Democrats who are going to continue to fight for you and your family.

That's a choice in this election. Voters will likely head to the polls family. That's a choice in this election. AMNA NAWAZ And conservative leader, Pierre Poliev, is defending his decision to break with tradition and not allow reporters to travel with his campaign. Historically, media outlets have paid the parties for seats on the planes and buses in order to cover their campaigns. But Polyev says there'll still be media coverage. We will have open media across the country.

Local media will have the ability to ask questions. It will be refreshing to hear from local outlets. Meantime, a new study is mapping the disappearance of local outlets. Just about all news media have been facing economic difficulties in recent years, but none more so than local outlets. Just about all news media have been facing economic difficulties in recent years, but none more so than local outlets. And the study warns that has grave implications for democracy. Jamie Strashan reports. For many Canadians, accessing local coverage of their communities is becoming increasingly difficult. We are on a fairly steep downward spiral, particularly on the print front, but also on private broadcasting.

According to a new study from the Canadian center for policy alternatives, Canada's local news landscape is continuing to shrink. One of the reports authors, David McDonald says communities are losing about 20 local printer online outlets every year on the broadcast side. 2024 saw more private broadcasters abandon local news than ever before. This isn't only a small-town, you know, rural issue.

This is a big city issue where we just don't have the level of scrutiny of public affairs in order to make good democratic decisions. McDonald says without local news outlets, many are relying on social media often he says a source of misinformation. Jamie Strash in CBC News, Toronto. We are learning some first indicators of what went wrong during last month's crash at Toronto Pearson Airport. The Transportation Safety Board released its initial findings today. They include an alert in the final seconds of the Delta Airlines flight the plane was descending too quickly. Investigators are also focusing on the fractured landing gear and the wiring, excuse me, wing that snapped off. The TSB says it's still too early to draw any

conclusions. It adds these investigations take an average of 600 days to complete. For the first time in its history, the International Olympic Committee has elected a woman as president. Zimbabwe's Kirstie Coventry also becomes the first African to lead the organization. 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. I'll be standing up here one day getting to give back to this incredible movement. Vows. Coventry accepted the presidency at the IOC meeting in Olympia, Greece. She takes over from Thomas Bach, who leads office after the maximum 12-year term.

The 41-year-old former swimmer is a two-time Olympic gold medalist. She's currently Zimbabwe's Minister of Youth and Sport. That is your World This Hour. For news anytime, visit our website cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.