The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/23 at 20:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 24, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/23 at 20:00 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. Arguably the most consequential election in decades is officially underway. Liberal leader Mark Carney met with the Governor General and asked her to dissolve parliament.

The party leaders and their candidates have begun presenting their plans and promises for a country under threat. Carina Roman has more. Liberal leader Mark Carney says the amount and pace of the changes he has implemented will convince Canadians that a vote for the Liberals is not a vote for the same old, same old. We put many of the foundations in place in just nine days. We're asking for a mandate to finish that job. But Conservative leader Pierre Poliev says it is he who represents real change. To all those who wonder what happened to the country that they knew and love, change and hope are both on the way. But

what was set to be a change election is now about who is best suited to stand up to the US president and his tariffs and threats to Canada's sovereignty. You can be respectful and firm. We're over the shock of the betrayal but we should never forget the lessons. The polls have shifted're over the shock of the betrayal, but we should never forget the lessons. The polls have shifted dramatically over the past two months, the Liberals catching up to the Conservatives, partly at the expense of the NDP and Bloc Québécois, making this election outcome anything but certain. Karina Roman, CBC News, Ottawa.

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh launched his third election campaign with a pitch to working Canadians saying only the New Democrats are prioritizing average Canadians over the rich. This is like being told you have to pick between a house with a leaky roof or a cracked foundation. One patched together with empty conservative slogans, the other rotting from the inside after years of liberals protecting the most wealthy. People will tell you in this election that it's about who can negotiate with Donald Trump. I'm here to tell you the real question is who will make sure you and the things that you care about are not on the table?

Singh says New Democrats are the only ones putting in protections for workers affected by Trump's tariffs as their top priority. For months, the Conservative Party appeared set to win a majority in an expected election. But everything seems to have changed when former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation. Poll analyst Philippe J. Fournier breaks down the dramatic change. There has been a dramatic and I would say historic turnaround in the numbers in the past two months.

Since Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on January 6th, the liberals have completely closed the gap. They trailed the conservative by 25 points on average. And the polls that we saw this week from the Angus Street Institute, from Léger and Ipsos and other polling firms, show not only that the liberals have closed the gap, but they have taken the lead in voting intentions throughout the country and in key areas where the liberals could make seat gains in this election. Obviously, we are at the starting line of this election, so this is not a prediction,

but right now, amazingly, the liberals enter this election campaign as the favorites. Poll analyst Philippe Fournier runs the website 338Canada. The leader of the Democrats in the U.S. Senate says he's not quitting. Chuck Schumer cast a ballot in favor of the Republican bill to continue funding the federal government receiving outrage from many Democrats. But today he said it was the better of two bad choices. Look, I'm not stepping down. I knew when I cast my vote against the government shutdown,

there'd be a lot of controversy. The CR was certainly bad, the continuing resolution, but a shutdown would be 15 or 20 times worse. The Democrats have been heavily criticized for failing to effectively push back on the Trump agenda. A recall has been issued for 10 Habibi's Mediterranean dips. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the dips contain peanuts not listed on the label and that several people have suffered allergic reactions.

The nine hummus and one baba ganoush dips were sold in B.C. and Alberta. And that is your World is Our. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar. ...