The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/23 at 04:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/23 at 04:00 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 Riley Lechuk. Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to Rideau Hall today. He is expected to ask Governor General Mary Simon to dissolve parliament, launching the country into a five-week federal

election campaign. And as Olivia Stefanovic reports, it could be one of the most pivotal in decades. I trust Canadians. After just a week on the job, Prime Minister Mark Carney is turning to voters, asking for their trust to lead them in the fight against threats to Canada's economy and sovereignty. But the battle won't be easily won. We need a change.

Conservative leader Pierre Polyev says Canadians can't afford a fourth term of the Liberals. Led by Mark Carney, who working with Trudeau made Canada weaker and poorer. The Conservatives are pulling neck and neck with the Liberals, leaving New Democrats far behind. But if NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is concerned, he's not showing it. I want folks to know that I'm fighting for you. I'm fighting for you and I want to be your Prime Minister. Much could change over the course of the next five weeks.

After all, campaigns do matter. Canadians are expected to head to the polls on Monday, April 28th. Olivia Stavanovic, CBC News, Ottawa. Meantime, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative leader Pierre Poliev are set to run in writings next to each other in the upcoming federal election. Carney will run in the Ottawa riding of Nepean, while it borders Poliev's Ottawa area riding of Carleton, where he is seeking re-election for an eighth term as an MP. CBC Radio will bring you special coverage of the launch of Canada's 45th general election when it is called later today.

Join hosts Susan Bonner and Pia Chattopadhyay, along with Catherine Cullen in Ottawa. Tune into CBC Radio at 11 a.m. Eastern or on the CBC Listen app. A Turkish court has ordered the mayor of Istanbul and key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan jailed pending the outcome of a trial on corruption charges. Ekrem Imamolu was detained following a raid to his residence earlier this week. His arrest sparked a wave of demonstrations across the country. Imamolu's formal arrest comes as his opposition Republican People's Party began holding a primary presidential election to endorse him as its presidential candidate.

As the trade war between Canada and the United States intensifies, the fight is playing out in grocery store aisles. As prices start spiraling upwards, a movement to grow your own appears to be blossoming. Joseph Tunney has more. At Gaia Organic Seeds in Ottawa, owner Manish Kushwaha pulls Malachia seeds off a branch and drops them into a bucket. We have beets, eggplants, carrots. And in a back room, he has rows and rows of pre-packaged seeds of every kind one could imagine. On top of supplying for some nearby stores,

Kushwaha's business ships seeds across the country through its online store. He says in a typical season, they'll sell around 50,000 packets. And while March is when they'd see sales taper off They're still hard at work to meet demand. We cannot keep up with the orders He says they saw a spike in sales on March 4th coinciding with the US tariffs that entered into force before being partially dialed back That's a sentiment shared by avid gardener Natasha Nash in Carleton Place, Ontario If I'm going to the grocery store and I see a head of broccoli is X amount of dollars and it's coming from a US farm, I just don't eat broccoli.

These days in her home garden, she's planting celery, peppers and fruit. Joseph Tunney, CBC News, Ottawa. And parts of southern British Columbia are expected to get pummeled with heavy rain with some areas set to get as much as 130 millimeters over the weekend. Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning for Metro Vancouver, much of Western Vancouver Island as well as parts of the Sunshine Coast. The rain is expected to continue until Monday with the heaviest downpours coming today. And that is your World This Hour. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Riley Lechak.