The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/22 at 18:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/22 at 18:00 EDT

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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 is our. I'm Khalil Hassan Ali. Sources have told the CBC that April 28th will be Election Day. Everything is expected to be made official tomorrow after Prime Minister Mark Carney goes to Rideau Hall and meets with the Governor General.

Today, his Health Minister announced a big expansion to the federal dental care program, adding up to five million people to the list of those eligible for coverage. But as Olivia Stefanowicz reports, the future of the program hangs on the outcome of the federal election. This is about ensuring that health care is a right and not a privilege in this country. In one of the Liberal government's final acts, Health Minister Kamal Khaira promised dental coverage for the remaining eligible Canadians. Starting in May, Khaira says uninsured Canadians making less than $90,000 who are between the ages of 18 and 64 will be able to apply for coverage and could start receiving services

as early as in June. After the spring election, nothing is safe when he's proposed cuts to the operating budget. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh fought for dental care and says the program isn't safe under the liberals, even though they've committed to expanding the program, or the conservatives, who haven't clearly said if they'll keep or kill dental coverage. Olivia Stefanovic, CBC News, Ottawa. After almost a decade as the liberal candidate for the riding of Nepean just outside Ottawa, Chandra Arya was told the

party would not sign off on his nomination. It says the decision was made after new information came to light. Luke Turjan teaches politics at the University of Ottawa. In this specific case it's perhaps less surprising because we knew this candidacy to be the leader of the party had been rejected. It wasn't clear exactly why it had been rejected but there was a sense that there was a certain uneasiness in the party about his presence in the caucus. There had been some controversy about some of his actions over the last few years. And perhaps with that regard, it's not that surprising.

Terjean speculated Prime Minister Mark Carney could run in the solidly liberal riding. For a fourth night, protesters are clashing with police in Istanbul. Thousands have gathered outside a courthouse where Istanbul's mayor is attending a hearing. Ekrem İmamoğlu was arrested four days ago by the Erdogan regime on corruption and terrorism charges. The mayor's political party, the Republican People's Party, has condemned the arrest as politically motivated. Imomolu has the best chance of defeating President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the next election.

The court is expected to rule whether he should be detained or released. US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff says Vladimir Putin went to church to pray for Donald Trump after hearing he'd been shot at a rally last year. Witkoff said it on Tucker Carlson's podcast. Dominic Velaitis has more on a special gift also from Putin to Trump. Witkoff says it was during his second meeting with Putin that the Russian leader told him his reaction to the news Trump had been shot at a rally in Pennsylvania. He went to his local church and met with his priest and prayed for the president, not because he was the president of the United States, he could become the president of the United

States, but because he had a friendship with him and he was praying for his friend. Witkoff also told the former Fox News host Tucker Carlson on his podcast that he'd relate the story to Trump, who was clearly touched. The US special envoy also claims Putin commissioned a leading Russian artist to paint a portrait of Trump, which the American president has reportedly received. Dominic Vlaitas for CBC News, Riga, Latvia. Canadian track and field athlete Evan Dunphy set a new world record in the 35-kilometer racewalk today. The Richmond, BC native finished in just over two hours and 21 minutes. Competing in Slovakia, the 34-year-old dropped seven seconds from the previous record. Dunphy is a three-time Olympian, winning bronze in Tokyo in 2021.

That's the World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Khalil Hassan Ali.