The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/26 at 02:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 26, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/26 at 02:00 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 is apologizing after he made a mistake referring to one of the biggest tragedies

in Canadian history. Carney forgot the Montreal Massacre took place at École Polytechnique, naming another school instead. As Rafi Boujikanein reports, his opponents in the Bloc Québécois are hoping to capitalize on this mistake. I think that as a man, as a Canadian, Mark Carney was certainly struck by what happened in 1989, says Nathalie Proveau. The gun control advocate survived a massacre which targeted women, killing 14 of them at Montreal's École Polytechnique that year. She's now running for Carney's Liberals on Montreal's South Shore, and is unconcerned

he mispronounced her name during a speech and mistook Polytechnique for Concordia University, the scene of a different mass shooting years later. But the Bloc Québécois is hoping Quebecers are bothered by it. Leader Yves-François Blanchet says Carney is admitting he won't speak up for Quebec and keeps making mistakes in French. And he will no doubt keep pointing those out to Quebecers, as he hopes to overtake Carney in voting intentions among one of the country's most fickle electorates. Rafi Boudukan, YonCBC News, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec.

The NDP and Conservatives are focusing on Hamilton as a key battleground in the federal election. Both party leaders held rallies in the city Tuesday night, hoping to win votes from steelworkers and union members. Alexander Silberman has more. Who's ready to make some steel? Conservative leader Pierre Pauliev making his pitch to a packed crowd of voters at a Hamilton factory. The Ontario city is home to many union jobs making his pitch to a packed crowd of voters at a Hamilton factory. The Ontario city is home to many union jobs and has traditionally leaned NDP.

The Conservatives are hoping to change that, pledging to prioritize blue collar workers. At the same time across the city from Poliev's rally, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh held his own event. If you believe you deserve a home that's in your budget that you can afford, vote NDP leader Jagmeet Singh held his own event. If you believe you deserve a home that's in your budget that you can afford, vote NDP! Both parties are emphasizing housing issues. It's a lot to expect for any one policy to solve the crisis. Paul Kershaw is a policy professor at the University of British Columbia. We need to really be careful about anyone who's just saying building more homes is going to be the solution to generational problems. The housing crunch is expected to continue to be a top issue in southern Ontario.

Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Ottawa. The U.S. National Security Advisor is taking the blame for a texting scandal. Look, I take full responsibility. I built the group. Mike Waltz gave an interview tonight to Fox News where he answered questions on how he created a text message group about launching an attack on Houthi rebels in Yemen and accidentally included a journalist in the top secret group. It's embarrassing, yes. We're going to get to the bottom of it. We have, I just talked to Elon on the way here. We've got the best technical minds looking at how this happened. But I can tell you, I can tell you for 100%, I don't know this guy.

I know him by his horrible reputation and he really is the bottom scum of journalists. Waltz and other members of the Trump administration are trying to discredit the journalist, Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, after he reported what happened. The grandson of Nelson Mandela is publicly supporting the militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah. Mandla Mandela gave a speech in Yemen, where he chanted for the Palestinian cause and armed groups in the Middle East. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. Viva Hamas, viva!

Viva Hezbollah, viva! Canada has declared both Hamas and Hezbollah as terrorist groups. South Korea is battling wildfires today. 18 people are dead, 200 structures are destroyed, and 27,000 people are under evacuation. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Herland.