The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/22 at 03:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/22 at 03:00 EDT

In Scarborough, there's this fire behind our eyes. A passion in our bellies. It's in the hearts of our neighbors. The eyes of our nurses. And the hands of our doctors. It's what makes Scarborough, Scarborough. In our hospitals, we do more than anyone thought possible. We've less than anyone could imagine.

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 Claude Fague. After meeting with premiers and territorial leaders last night,

Liberal leader Mark Carney says that he wants to table legislation to eliminate inter-provincial trade barriers by July 1st, Canada Day. But before that can happen, there's the not-so-small matter of a federal election expected to be called tomorrow. Both the Conservatives and the NDP say they're ready to put up a fight in this campaign. The host of the House, Katherine Cullen, looks at those national parties challenging the liberals in the race.

You don't know what's going to happen in a campaign, but in some ways I think we benefit a little bit in this one from being underestimated. NDP senior advisor Anne McGrath has plenty of optimism despite her party's decline in the polls since Mark Carney became liberal leader. We have a seasoned leader who's a very good campaigner. All party leaders will be campaigning in the midst of a trade war. Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer says Donald Trump will form the ballot question, at least in part. I believe that this election is going to be decided by who can stand up to the threats

and address the still raging cost of living crisis. While Trump has clearly changed the political dynamics and helped bring Carney to power, Scheer is still focused on some issues that have driven the Conservative vision for years. If Canadians really want relief from the carbon tax forever, the choice is the Conservative Party. This despite Carney killing the consumer carbon tax as his first act of governing. Catherine Cullen, CBC News, Ottawa. And you can hear more of this from Catherine on the House right after the 9 o'clock edition of World Report 930 in Newfoundland.

London's Heathrow Airport is back up and running at full capacity this morning. The airport released the statement confirming Europe's busiest airport was back to normal after a fire at a nearby power grid Thursday night cut power to the airport and thousands of nearby homes, forcing a complete shutdown. The UK's hydro supplier also confirmed that power supplies to all customers has since been restored. An RCMP-led investigation into a human smuggling ring has unearthed a wider international network. It's linked to the deaths of nine people in 2023 on

a US smuggling run. Two families, one from India, the other from Romania, drowned with a boatman in the St. Lawrence River. CBC's Jorge Barrella reports on what police have now found and why it worries them. This is the soundtrack to a video advertising a forged Canadian passport. CBC News obtained this video and showed it to Kelly Sundberg, a former border officer. These are incredibly sophisticated. Sundberg is now a criminology professor in Calgary. This is incredibly impressive. Sunberg is now a criminology professor in Calgary. In the video, the passport under a UV light reveals the hidden security images. It's then scanned with a cell phone, and the screen flashes the ID printed on the document.

These are security features found in passports issued between 2013 and 2023. This video was found on a phone seized from Montreal man Thessan Garrison Rosaya, now facing charges for allegedly running a human smuggling organization. RCMP investigators concluded this network poses a national security threat. Jorge Brera, CBC News, Ottawa. Boxer George Foreman has passed away. It is over! It is over! It is over in the second round! George Foreman is the heavyweight champion of the world! His death was confirmed by his family in an online statement Friday. The cause of death was not released. Foreman was a two-time world heavyweight champion, Olympic gold medalist, entrepreneur, minister, and

author. Amongst his most famous fights was beating a then undefeated Joe Frazier in 1973 and the famous Rumble in the Jungle in 1974 when he lost to Muhammad Ali. His entrepreneurial ventures included the famous Foreman Grill that has sold over 100 million units worldwide. George Foreman was 76. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.