The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/24 at 09:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 24, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/24 at 09:00 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, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. Day two of the federal election campaign has both the liberals and the Conservatives rolling

out tax cut promises. The Liberals say their cut will offset the loss of the carbon rebate, but Conservative leader Pierre Polyev says while his cut will also target the lowest tax bracket, it will also be significantly larger. Janice McGregor has the details. This is going to be a tax cut for the average wage earner in Canada of about 15%. Someone making $57,000 a year is going to save about $900. Poliev's on offense this morning, trying to pick up seats in Brampton and Mississauga,

ridings that have been tough for conservatives in the last two campaigns. Now, Liberal leader Mark Carney's early swing through Atlantic Canada is taking him to gander this morning. At his launch yesterday, Carney also promised to cut the bottom tax bracket, but a smaller cut, one that had a specific intent, making up for the loss of the carbon rebates that are going to be paying out for the last time in a few weeks. Jagmeet Singh is starting in Montreal with a housing announcement. As the campaign goes on, though, how much the NDP prioritizes its slimmer chances in Quebec compared to more winnable seats like the one he's driving

down the 401 to reach this evening in Toronto. Meanwhile, the Bloc's official campaign launches today in Quebec City, all four leaders out roughly at the same time this morning competing for our attention. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. In other news, the United Nations is warning that the White House cuts to USAID could result in 2,000 new HIV infections per day. The UN says at this point no other government or health organization has stepped forward to fill the gap left by the US cuts, and it says the end result could lead to an additional 6 million AIDS-related deaths before the end of the U.S. cuts, and it says the end result could lead to an additional six million AIDS-related deaths before the end of the decade.

The day after holding talks with Ukraine, U.S. negotiators are speaking today in Saudi Arabia with Russia. A ceasefire agreement for the war in Ukraine is on the table, but exact terms and a timeline have yet to be agreed upon. Briar Stewart has more. The negotiations come after a phone call last week between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. I think you'll see a lot more progress get announced after Monday.

US envoy Steve Witkoff insists the Russian leader is interested in peace, despite the fact that Putin rejected a proposal for 30-day unconditional ceasefire. Our job is to narrow the issues, bring the parties together and stop the killing. We do not trust Putin. We do not trust Russia. Kira Rudik is a Ukrainian member of parliament and says despite the talks between Trump and Putin, Russia continues to hit energy sites and civilian infrastructure. Even if Russia says they are ready to do the ceasefire,

how would you enforce it and what would happen if they break their part of the deal? Last night, Ukraine said Russia launched nearly 100 drones at sites across the country. The Air Force said it shot down just over half of them. Briar Stewart, CBC News, London. The genetic testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States. The move comes just two years after the company experienced a data breach and was sued for failing to protect the privacy of nearly seven million customers. That suit led to 23andMe paying out a 30 million dollar settlement.

Comedian Conan O'Brien was honored last night at the Kennedy Center in Washington with the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for excellence in American humor. And while many artists are boycotting the Kennedy Center these days because of recent actions taken by the Trump White House, O'Brien says it was important for him to make an appearance.

My thought is I will be here specifically to honor Mark Twain and the people that this award stands for and also the young, old, middle-aged that have worked here at the Kennedy Center for a long time. And this is their livelihood. Since taking office, U.S. President Donald Trump has fired the board at the Kennedy Center and has installed himself as chairman. And that is the World This Hour. For news anytime go to our website cbcnews.ca.

For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.