The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/25 at 17:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/25 at 17:00 EDT

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?

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. Liberal leader Mark Carney is in Halifax pledging a Liberal government would rear arm Canada's military with

more ships and submarines but for, Carney is offering few details. Tom Perry has that story. Amid the towering frames of Navy and Coast Guard vessels being welded together at the Halifax shipyards, Mark Carney promised a re-elected Liberal government would boost defence spending, increase pay for military members, and purchase new submarines, icebreakers and drones. We will deliver an unprecedented acceleration of investment in our armed forces. Carney provided few details saying that would come in the Liberals costed platform

that is yet to be released. Carney has ordered a review of Canada's purchase of American F-35 fighter jets in light of Donald Trump's repeated threats to Canada's sovereignty, but he would not commit to a further review of U.S. combat systems that will be installed in a new fleet of Canadian destroyers set to be built in the coming years. Tom Perry, CBC News, Halifax. Former Liberal cabinet minister Sean Fraser is running again. The Nova Scotia MP announced he was retiring from politics back in December. He said at the time he was concerned about

spending too much time away from his family. But Fraser says he changed his mind at Mark Carney's request. Having had the conversation and been given very real assurances that I could work with the Prime Minister to develop an arrangement that allows me to be closer to home than I was previously is the kind of thing that makes this possible for me. Fraser admits he is facing an uphill battle in the traditionally conservative riding of a central Nova. Radio Canada has confirmed Canada's spy agency has evidence Indian government agents tried

to influence the conservative leadership campaign in 2022. The global mail was the first to publish allegations Indian agents were involved in fundraising and organizing in support of Pierre Polyev. The liberals and new democrats say Polyev would be better informed if he agreed to a security clearance to receive CESA's briefings. Polyev says that's not happening. What I will not do is commit to the oath of secrecy that the Liberals want to impose on me. 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. CISA says it has no evidence Poliev or his campaign team were aware of the alleged interference. Quebec will run a record 13.6 billion dollar deficit for the fiscal year ahead. It's contained in the provincial budget presented by finance minister Eric Girard today. He's promising a more resilient, better performing and more innovative economy. The province will spend billions to stimulate economic growth. Those measures aimed at offsetting the fallout of Donald Trump's trade policy, including

tariffs. President 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 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 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. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.