The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/16 at 08:00 EST

Episode Date: January 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/16 at 08:00 EST

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Find Uncover wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. A last-minute problem has developed and, as of this morning, the Gaza ceasefire agreement is on hold. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Hamas isn't honoring elements of the deal and needs to back down. Sasha Petrusic has the latest now from Jerusalem. The fate of the hostages has always been a hot-button issue in Israel's parliament, and that's where the new ceasefire deal is going for approval.

Calling it a terrible deal and a catastrophe, two of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition partners, hard-line far-right parties who want fighting to continue, are threatening to leave him if the ceasefire goes ahead. But even before it reaches the Knesset, last-minute disagreements between Israel and Hamas have held up ratification. Netanyahu blames Hamas for reneging on details. Hamas says it's abiding by the agreement. The ceasefire may lead to the release of hostages, but it's also set off much debate. Sasha Petrusik, CBC News, Jerusalem. It appears former Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney will enter the federal liberal

leadership race today. A formal announcement is expected in Edmonton, which Carney considers his hometown. Janice McGregor has more. Janice McGregor Launching a political bid. Well, that's all about storytelling. So yes, he's headed up a central bank in two G7 economies. And yes, he moves in powerful circles, lives in a posh Ottawa neighborhood now. But he was born in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories.

His dad once ran unsuccessfully for the Liberals in Edmonton in Pierre Trudeau's day. He grew up in the city's hockey rinks, still apparently cheers for the Oilers. So in the days leading up to officially putting on the Liberal jersey, there he is lacing up his hockey skates on Instagram, checking out the ice conditions on the Rideau Canal last weekend. But if Carney was hoping to run in the only Edmonton seat currently held by a liberal, well, that gets awkward because Randy Boissoneau was out on social media yesterday announcing he intends to run again and Boissoneau's endorsing Christopher Freeland. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa.

A draft list of potential Canadian countermeasures has been drawn up as the premiers and the federal government continue to formulate a response to Donald Trump's tariff threats. Kate McKenna reports. We have to send a message. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Canada must hit back hard if President-elect Donald Trump makes good on his tariff threat next week when he takes office. Officials are tight-lipped about what Canada's retaliation plan looks like, in part because it's not clear what Trump's actually going to do. But sources tell CBC News that Canadian officials have drawn up a list of about

150 billion dollars in US manufactured products that could be hit with retaliatory tariffs. Everything is on the table, but we've also been very, very clear that it has to be fair across the country. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told premiers during a meeting Canada is not looking to match tariffs dollar for dollar, but instead to start smaller and increase pressure over time. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith didn't sign on to the joint statement following the Premier's

meeting, writing on social media that she can't support any plan unless the federal government rules out using Alberta oil and gas as a bargaining chip in a trade war. Kate McKenna, CBC News, Ottawa. Meanwhile, just days ahead of Donald Trump's return to Washington, outgoing US President Joe Biden delivered a farewell address last night from the White House. And while he didn't mention Trump by name, Biden appeared to suggest that the president elect represents a dangerous new movement in American politics. Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power, and influence that

literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms, and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead. Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States this coming Monday. And that is the World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.