The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/22 at 05:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/22 at 05:00 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 the 1st, Canada Day. There is a small matter of a federal election though expected to be called tomorrow. The host of the House, Catherine Cullen, looks at the national parties that are 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 adviser 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. London's Heathrow Airport is back up and running at full capacity this morning after a fire at a nearby power grid Thursday night cut power to the airport and thousands of nearby homes that forced a complete shutdown. The UK's hydro supplier also confirmed that power supplies to all customers has now been

restored. An RCMP-led investigation into a human smuggling ring has unearthed a wider international network. CBC's Jorge Barrera reports on what police now found 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.

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. So that it actually 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-Rasaya, 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. His family confirmed his passing in an online post Friday night. Foreman was considered one of the greatest heavyweights of all time, as well as an accomplished entrepreneur. Steve Futterman looks back at the career of the man known as Big George. It was a life with several distinct chapters. Chapter one was the rise of Joe Foreman. With a powerful punch he won his first 37 fights. Number 38 would be against Joe Frazier.

Foreman was champion. Just one year later though came the downfall, a match against an aging Muhammad Ali. Foreman was the favorite, but Ali using what he called a rope-a-dope defense let Foreman hit him almost at will. Foreman exhausted himself, and Ali shocked the world knocking Foreman out. After a second defeat, Foreman retired and became a preacher. Then the most remarkable chapter, the comeback. 20 years after he lost to Ali, Foreman threw two punches against Michael Moore.

Suddenly, he was champion again. Foreman has tied off the miracle that no one thought possible. Away from the ring, Foreman made millions with his George Foreman electric grill. Steve Futterman for CBC News, Los Angeles. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fahy.