The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/23 at 17:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/23 at 17:00 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 sour. I'm Neil Kumar. We begin in Ottawa. There is so much more to do to secure Canada,

to invest in Canada, to build Canada, to unite Canada. That's Liberal leader Mark Carney speaking outside Rideau Hall, where he asked the Governor-General to dissolve parliament and call a federal election. He says Canada needs a positive government that can bring Canadians together and build a strong economy. It's easy to be negative about everything when you've never fixed anything, when you've never built anything. But negative slogans aren't solutions. Anger is in action. Division is in strength. Negativity won't win a trade war.

Conservative leader Pierre Poliev says his government would end what he called the lost liberal decade. And he slightly changed the party's new slogan from putting Canada first to putting Canada first for a change. He also said that he's the one who is best suited to deal with US President Donald Trump. I respect the office of the President of the United States. You can be respectful and firm. And I believe we have to be both.

I will insist the President recognize the independence and sovereignty of Canada. I will insist that he stop terrifying our nation. At the same time, I will strengthen our country so that we can be capable of standing our own two feet and standing up to the Americans where and when necessary. Poliev argued that the Carney Liberals are the same as the Trudeau Liberals and don't deserve a fourth mandate. The Greens tried to pitch an optimistic message saying that while things feel dire, they can be fixed if Canadians find the courage to refuse lies,

come together and build a better Canada. Co-leader Elizabeth May also called on the other leader to tread carefully. Despite the fact that we're in an election, we have to remain Team Canada. We have to be strong together because there is a threat. Voter turnout in this country has been declining. This time, it's your patriotic duty to vote. Every single Canadian 18 years and older, get out and vote.

Vote like your country depends on it. The Greens go into the election with two seats and polls suggest they'll hang on to them. In Turkey, protesters are out in the streets for a fifth straight night, denouncing a court order jailing Istanbul's mayor on corruption charges. Ekrem İmamoğlu is seen as the only politician capable of defeating President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The protesters call the charges politically motivated. Dorian Jones has the latest. Protesters chant down with the government as they march through a district of Istanbul as people protest a court ruling ordering Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu to be detained pending a trial on corruption, charges he vehemently

denies. Turkey's deeply divided political opposition condemned İmamoğlu's imprisonment as politically motivated, a charge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vehemently denies. The opposition widely sees the Istanbul mayor as a man who could defeat Erdogan in a presidential election. Despite Imamoglu's imprisonment, his Republican People's Party then chose him to be their presidential candidate. Nationwide protests have steadily grown, reaching a size unseen in more than a decade. The opposition is vowing to further step up the protests protest which has already hit Turkey's financial markets hard. Dorian Jones for CBC News, Istanbul. days. The federal government says those who don't comply could face fines and misdemeanor

prosecution. Travelers can consult the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration website to find out if they need to register and how to do it. And that is your World This Hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. The World This Hour is updated every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Neal Kumar.