The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/25 at 23:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 26, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/25 at 23:00 EDT

In Scarborough, there's this fire behind our eyes. A passion in our bellies. It's in the hearts of our neighbors. The eyes of our nurses. And the hands of our doctors. It's what makes Scarborough, Scarborough. In our hospitals, we do more than anyone thought possible. We've less than anyone could imagine.

But it's time to imagine what we can do with more. Join Scarborough Health Network and together, we can turn grit into greatness. Donate at lovescarborough.ca. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Herland. Liberal leader Mark Carney was in Halifax pledging a Liberal government would rearm Canada's military

with more ships and submarines. But for now, Carney is offering few details. Tom Parry reports. 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. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh spent most of the day in Toronto. The party has no seats in Canada's largest city,

but is hoping for a breakthrough. David Thurton reports. In a coffee shop in Toronto's historic gay village, I think this election is a really important election. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is hoping to win back some writings 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 going to give up. I don't care what's going on. I'm always going to 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. Our colleagues at Radio Canada have 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 that Indian agents were

involved in fundraising and organizing in support of Pierre Poliev. The Liberals and New Democrats say Poliev would be better informed if he agreed to a security clearance to receive CSIS 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 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 U.S. director of national intelligence delivered her U.S. threat assessment Tuesday. Canada was not mentioned despite President Trump's claim about fentanyl pouring through the northern border. Tulsi Gabber discussed the findings at the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee hearing and she 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 this country's inability to stop the flow of fentanyl. Quebec will run a record $13.6 billion deficit for the fiscal year ahead. It's contained in the provincial budget presented Tuesday by Finance Minister Eric Girard.

And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Herland.