The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/25 at 10:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/25 at 10:00 EDT

The world we live in isn't perfect. This is all wrong. I say put mental health first. But it doesn't get any better on its own. I stand before you as a concerned citizen. That's why we talk to activists about how they do what they do and what inspires them to keep going. Because we're all about change.

Listen to stories that give us all hope on all about change wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. First to the election campaign and Liberal leader Mark Carney. he is in Halifax promising to significantly boost Canada's military spending. We will expand the capabilities of the Navy with new submarines and additional heavy icebreakers to defend the North. We will deliver an unprecedented acceleration of investment in our armed forces so that we can defend every inch of our sovereign

territory while helping to support and defend our allies abroad. As well, Carney is saying he'll modernize the military's recruitment process to address the shortage of armed forces personnel. As for the cost of Carney's plans for the military, the party has yet to release any detailed estimate. So with the liberals, CBC News has learned that former Liberal cabinet minister, Sean Fraser, is running again in his Nova Scotia writing of Central Nova. Fraser announced he was retiring from politics back in December, but sources tell CBC he has reconsidered at

the request of Mark Carney. Fraser was first elected to parliament in 2015 and under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau served as immigration minister and then housing minister. Our colleagues at Radio Canada have confirmed that Canada's spy agency has evidence Indian government agents tried to influence the conservative leadership race in 2022. That was the race that led to Pierre Pauly of becoming party leader. And as first reported by the Globe and Mail, it's being alleged that Indian agents were involved in fundraising and community organizing in support of Poliev. It's not clear how extensive these efforts were, and CSIS also has said it has no evidence that Poliev or his campaign team were aware of the alleged efforts.

Now to NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, who's on a campaign swing through southern Ontario, and specifically a region that the party is eager to steal seats currently held by the Liberals. David Thurton reports. If you believe in universal public health care, vote NDP. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh trying to rev up a small crowd in a campaign office in West Toronto. He's hoping to build momentum in a campaign office in West Toronto. He's hoping to build momentum in a place that's critical for forming government.

If you believe in building a country for the middle class, for the working class and not the billionaires, vote NDP! Singh has visited downtown Toronto writings like this many times and has come away empty. This time, the campaign hopes its persistence and a slate of candidates well known in their community could make a difference. And now I'm ready to continue that work. Rutila Capoche was elected to the Ontario Legislature as an NDP MPP. Now she's running federally in Tiagon Parkdale High Park. Today the campaign moves to Hamilton, another city where the party lost ground

to the Liberals in the last election. David Thurton, CBC News, Toronto. Now to Washington, where Capitol Hill is buzzing with the news that a journalist was inadvertently added to a classified group chat that included the US Vice President and the US Secretary of State. Sarah Lovett reports. The Atlantic's editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, came out with this story yesterday, a real

bombshell, explaining that he'd been added to a text thread, one that apparently included high-level members of the Trump administration. We're talking Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, discussing operational details about an imminent U.S. military strike on the Houthis in Yemen. Goldberg says at first he didn't think the thread was real until the exact details shared were confirmed later with the successful attack. And a National Security Council spokesman has said it appears the text thread is authentic. So now two members in the chat, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, they'll appear at a Senate Intelligence Committee where no doubt the bulk of the questions will be about this breach.

Sarah Levitz, CBC News, Washington. And that is The World This Hour. For news anytime, go to our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.