The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/22 at 09:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/22 at 09:00 EDT

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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 there is the not-so-small matter of a federal election expected to be called tomorrow. The host of the House, Catherine Cullen, looks at the national parties challenging the liberals in this 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. The week-long pause in classes for students differs on where you are in Canada in a lot of ways. The name, spring break or March break.

The time, mid-March or the end of March. And now something else has changed. The amount of travel Canadians are doing in this time to the U.S. Sam Sampson has more on the shifting plans across the country. It's too bad we just can't go down and enjoy ourselves like we have for the last 36 years. Tony Rinella walks along a Winnipeg baseball diamond. The season hasn't even started but politics are putting a damper on his favorite sport. He just cancelled a summertime bus trip with friends to watch the Toronto Blue Jays in Minneapolis.

A decision he made when Trump's 51st state threats started to get real. When someone tells me that they're gonna take us over, it bothered me. Changing travel trends started last month. Statistics Canada reported the number of Canadians driving back from the U.S. in February dropped by 23% compared to the year before. The industry suggests that decline could continue. Travel agencies report clients are dropping U.S. trips in favor for hot spots like Mexico. Air Canada said it would cut down flights in March to destinations like Arizona, Florida, and Las Vegas.

The changes could spark more domestic travel, but some Canadians are choosing to stay grounded. Sam Samson, CBC News, Edmonton. Good news for travellers. London's Heathrow Airport is back up and running at full capacity this morning. This 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 has confirmed that power supplies to all customers has been restored. Boxer George Foreman has passed away. Foreman's cause of death was not released. He was a two-time world heavyweight champion, Olympic gold medalist, an entrepreneur, minister, and author. Among 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 Mohammed Ali. Foreman retired at the age of 48 with 76 victories, including 68 knockouts. His entrepreneurial adventures included the famous Foreman Grill. George Foreman was 76. And for the first time in five weeks, Pope Francis is expected to make a public appearance. The Vatican says the Pope will be at tomorrow's mass at St. Peter's Basilica, but he won't be addressing the crowd. Vatican officials say that's because the Pope needs to relearn how to speak following weeks of high-flow oxygen therapy being treated for double pneumonia.

And that is The World This Hour. I'm Kate Rutherford.