The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/25 at 15:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/25 at 15:00 EDT...

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Hey, it's me, Michael Buble. You hear that? That's the sound of the Junos, the biggest party in Canadian music. I'll be there hosting. Sum 41 will be rocking out on stage for the last time, plus a whole lineup of amazing performances. And guess what?
Starting point is 00:00:15 You're all invited. All bring the tux, you bring the snacks. Let's make it a night to remember. Don't miss the Junos, live from Vancouver, March 30th at 8 Eastern on CBC and CBC Jam. From CBC News, the world is our. I'm Tom Harrington. Radio Canada has confirmed Canada's spy agency has evidence Indian government agents tried to influence the
Starting point is 00:00:43 conservative leadership campaign in 2022. Pierre Poliev was elected leader in that race. The Globe and Mail was the first to publish allegations Indian agents were involved in fundraising and organizing in support of Poliev. It's not clear how extensive those efforts were. The Liberals and New Democrats say Poliev would be better informed if he agreed to a security clearance to receive CISA's briefings. Poliev says that's not happening. What I will not do is commit to the oath of secrecy that the liberals want to impose on
Starting point is 00:01:13 me. They want they don't want me to be able to speak about these matters. So they bring me into a dark room and they'll say we're going to give you a little bit of breadcrumbs of Intel and then we'll tell you you can't talk about any of this stuff anymore. CESA says it has no evidence Poliev or his campaign team were aware of the alleged interference. The Bloc Québécois leader is warning about the dangers of pipelines as the party campaigns in the Quebec City region today but polls suggest there is growing support for energy projects across Canada including in Quebec.
Starting point is 00:01:46 The change of mind prompted by continuing trade tensions with the United States. Ravi Wujikhanian is covering the Bloc campaign. We are specifically here because this is where the pipeline would cross the river. Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet on the shores of the Saint Lawrence, just outside Quebec City. Tracing the steps of the Mothballed Energy East project is not the only goal of his campaign trail. This is conservative country.
Starting point is 00:02:13 Incumbent Joël Gaudin has held this writing of Portneuf Jacques Cartier for the Tories for 10 years. Blanchet is hoping to mobilize traditionally anti-pipeline sentiment in Quebec. Even without our strong opposition to that project, they cannot put on the table a viable project. The province's premier, Francois Lagault, does not have the same read on the issue, saying recently that Quebecers' opinions are starting to shift on pipelines because of the trade war with the US President Donald Trump. Rafi Boujikhan, YonCBC News, Nouvelle-Québec. CBC News has learned former Liberal cabinet minister Sean Fraser is running again.
Starting point is 00:02:53 The MP for Central Nova announced he was retiring from politics back in December. But sources tell CBC he has reconsidered at the request of Mark Carney. Fraser served as immigration minister, then housing minister in Justin Trudeau's cabinet. President Donald Trump is downplaying a baffling security breach as a minor glitch. A journalist was inadvertently included in a group chat of Trump's national security team. More than a dozen officials discussed plans to strike against Yemen's Houthis. Now, Senate Democrats are
Starting point is 00:03:25 demanding a full investigation. Richard Madden reports. The kind of sloppy, careless, incompetent. Virginia Senator Mark Warner grilling top intelligence officials on why they used a commercial messaging app to discuss secret war plans for Yemen and inadvertently adding a top journalist to their group chat, where the vice president, secretary of state and secretary of defense reportedly discussed details about weapons, targets and timing. CIA director John Ratcliffe confirmed the group text was authentic but tried to downplay the fiasco when pressed by the Democratic senator. My communications to
Starting point is 00:04:03 be clear were entirely permissible and lawful and did not include classified information. Well, we will make that determination because if it's not classified, share the text with the committee. Democrats call it a massive security breach. Richard Madden, CBC News, Washington. Ukraine and Russia say they have made separate agreements with the U.S. to ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea.
Starting point is 00:04:28 The deal would allow Ukraine to safely export its grain to the rest of the world. The White House says in return Washington would help restore Russia's access to international agricultural and fertilizer markets. The Kremlin says that should happen before the maritime truce goes into effect. When that is your World This Hour for CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.

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