The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/22 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/22 at 13:00 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 Khalil Hassan Ali. Sources tell CBC News Canadians will head to the bills on April 28th. Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to go to Rideau Hall tomorrow

to ask the Governor General to dissolve parliament and call an election. Both the Conservatives and the NDP say they are ready to go. Catherine Cullen looks at the national parties who will be challenging the Liberals. 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 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. Ahead of the dissolvement, the Liberals announced the expansion of the dental care program today. Starting in May, Canadians between 18 and 64 can start applying for the Canadian Dental Care Plan.

Kamal Khaira is the federal minister of health. This cohort is the largest group to enroll in our dental care plan. In total, we're expecting an additional 4.5 million Canadians to be eligible for dental coverage. Khaira says in total, roughly 9 million uninsured Canadians will now be eligible for dental coverage. Those who apply in May could receive coverage as early as June 1. An RCMP-led investigation has uncovered an international network of human smugglers linked

to the deaths of nine people. In 2023, two families and one of the smugglers drowned in the St. Lawrence River while trying to cross from Canada into the United States. Jorge Barrera reports on what police have 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. The Trump administration is revoking the temporary legal status for more than half a million people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. They're legally in the U.S. under a Biden-era program. Five hundred and thirty thousand people have been told to leave in the US under a Biden era program. 530,000 people have been told to leave in the next 30 days or risk arrest and deportation. Pope Francis plans to offer a blessing from the window of his hospital room tomorrow. It will be his first public appearance in more than five weeks. The 88-year-old was admitted five weeks ago with double pneumonia. He required help with his breathing because of the respiratory infection. And planes are again taking off and landing at Heathrow Airport in London. Officials at one of the world's

busiest airports say they're running at full capacity but they still have to deal with the backlog of passengers from Friday's shutdown. Around the world about 200,000 passengers were affected. That's the World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Khalil Hassan Ali.