The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/24 at 15:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 24, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/24 at 15:00 EDT

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I'm Tom Harrington. It's the first full day of the federal election campaign and both the conservatives and liberals are promising income tax cuts. Conservative leader Pierre Polyev says he will find government efficiencies to fund them. He made the announcement in Brampton, Ontario. GP Tasker was there. This is a tax cut that will put Canada first. The Conservative leader is pitching a new tax cut and a bid to win over voters. Pierre Polyev wants to slash the lowest tax bracket from 15% to 12.75. It would save nearly everybody who pays income tax some money. A worker earning $55,000 a

year would keep an extra $900 if this goes ahead. This is a tax cut for everybody who has ever got up early in the morning and worked hard to build our country. It would cost the federal treasury some $14 billion a year. Poliab says he'll slash spending elsewhere to pay for it. We will cut back on foreign aid to bring our money home to this country. Liberal leader Mark Carney has also announced what he's calling a middle-class tax cut, but it's smaller.

JP Tasker, CBC News, Brampton, Ontario. The Liberal leader says he hasn't spoken with Donald Trump, but Mark Carney thinks the president's likely waiting for the outcome of the election before calling the winner. I'm available for a call, but you know, we're going to talk on our terms as a sovereign country, not as what he pretends we are, and on a comprehensive deal. Carney spoke during a campaign stop in Gander, Newfoundland, a symbolic location in Canada-U.S. relations. As you heard, he's also promising a cut to the lowest tax bracket.

At 1%, his proposal is lower than the one promised by the Conservatives. Carney says his cut is designed to offset the lost carbon tax rebate payments. In this election the question is who's going to build homes you can actually afford. The New Democrats are promising they will build affordable housing only on federal land. Jagmeet Singh made the announcement on an empty plot of federal land in Montreal. He is promising 100,000 new rent-controlled homes by 2035. Elections Canada is announcing changes to strengthen people's confidence in the voting process. Change is rooted in concerns about foreign interference.

Alexander Silberman reports. I am confident that we will deliver a safe election. The Chief Electoral Officer promising a series of improvements to bolster election security. Stéphane Perrault says the agency is reacting to the findings of the recent commission on foreign interference, aiming to reassure voters that their votes are secret. Some electors felt intimidated in voting. He also says Canadians shouldn't let their social media feed dictate what they read. He's encouraging voters to turn to Elections Canada's new online tool.

ElectoFacts lists and debunks online misinformation about the election. The agency also announced changes to make it easier to cast a ballot, including more than tripling the number of early voting options in some Indigenous communities. The general election will cost an estimated $570 million. Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Ottawa. John Hogan Newfoundland and Labrador's Liberal Party will elect its next leader and new Premier on May 3rd. But we already know his name will be John. The Leadership Election Committee says the nomination period is closed,

and two candidates are in. They are Liberal MHAs John Hogan and John Abbott. The leadership race was prompted by the resignation of Premier Andrew Fury after almost five years in office. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is blaming the country's opposition for instigating protests across the country. The Turkish government says it has arrested more than 1,100 people in the last five days. The demonstrations broke out after Istanbul's popular mayor was arrested and later jailed on corruption charges. Mayor Ekrem Imamlu is seen as Erdogan's main opponent in the upcoming election. Erdogan says the opposition cannot be trusted to run a buffet,

let alone the country. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.