The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/25 at 19:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/25 at 19:00 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 rearm Canada's military with more

ships and submarines but for for now, 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 US 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. NDP leader Jameet Singh spent most of the day in Toronto. The party has no seats here but is hoping for a breakthrough. David Thurton reports.

In a coffee shop in Toronto's historic gay village in the city's downtown east side. Well I think this election is a really important election. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is hoping to win back some ridings in the Greater Toronto area. Places that used to be solidly NDP but are now reliably liberal. Singh has tried this strategy before in 2019 and 2021 and came away empty. He's trying again. Hell no I'm never gonna give up. I don't care what's going on. I'm always gonna be there to fight for people. This time Singh is not just trying to get NDP voters out to the polls. He's trying to ensure they don't leave the party for the Liberals.

Let's be clear, there's massive challenges. I've got no illusions about that. There are some serious challenges. Singh remains optimistic as he heads to Ontario's steel town. David Thurton, CBC News, Hamilton. Ontario's steel town. David Thurton, CBC News, Hamilton. Radio Canada has confirmed Canada's spy agency has evidence Indian government agents tried to influence the Conservative leadership campaign in 2022. The Globe and 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 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 me. They don't want me to be able to speak about these matters. So they'll 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 director of national intelligence delivered her US threat assessment today. Canada was not mentioned despite President Trump's claims about fentanyl pouring through the northern border.

Tulsi Gabbard discussed the findings at the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing and was pressed by Democratic Senator Martin Heinrich. Is it an unusual and extraordinary threat or is it a minor threat that doesn't even merit mention in the annual threat assessment. Senator, I don't have the numbers related to Canada in front of me at this time. I'd like to get back to you on the specifics of that answer. It's less than 1% of the fentanyl that we are able to interdict. The Trump administration has linked its punishing tariffs on Canada to Ottawa's inability to stop the flow of fentanyl. Quebec will run a record 13.6 billion dollar deficit for the fiscal year ahead. That's contained in the provincial budget

presented by finance minister Eric Girard. 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. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington.