The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/22 at 11:00 EST

Episode Date: January 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/22 at 11:00 EST

Uncover from CBC podcasts explores a different high stakes true crime and justice story each season from the NXIVM sex cult to the satanic panic of the 1980s or the investigation into a serial killer targeting gay men in the village find uncover wherever you get your podcasts From CBC News, it's the World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings. As part of the ongoing effort to answer Donald Trump's tariff threats, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the premiers have another strategy session scheduled for today. And while the first ministers continue to shape the Canadian response, B.C. Premier

David Eby is saying the rest of the country has a role to play as well. Mira Bains reports. BC Premier David Eby says people should use their purchasing power to stand up for Canada. We will not spend money in a country that wants to do economic harm to Canadians. US President Donald Trump suggested Monday that 25 percent tariffs on Canadian goods could take effect as soon as February 1st. EB told British Columbians to carefully consider where they're taking their vacations and what country they're buying products from. Our decision not

to purchase American alcohol would definitely send a message. It is one of the things that could be on the table to respond to these tariffs. They are completely unjustified. Other ways B.C. could retaliate, E.B. says, is charging U.S. trucks to drive through Canada to get to Alaska or banning American companies from bidding on B.C. infrastructure projects. Carleton University Professor of Public Policy Ian Lee says Canada should be open to a deal. We will get squashed in any trade war because they are vastly more powerful. Mira Bains, CBC News, Vancouver. Canadian medical professionals are calling on the

Canadian government and other G7 countries to step up their support for the World Health Organization. It's after President Trump's executive order this week withdrawing the US fromS. from the WHO. The Center for Global Health Research says the country that will be affected the most will be the United States itself. It says America will lose evolving health intelligence and access to global networks in the event of another pandemic. The Trudeau government is giving more than $90 million to cities in Ontario and Saskatchewan to support people without homes. Nine municipalities in Ontario and Saskatchewan to support people without

homes. Nine municipalities in Ontario have signed the agreement, along with Regina and Saskatoon. Here is Minister of Housing Nathaniel Erskine-Smith. Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Minister of Housing, Saskatchewan, Ontario Beyond immediate emergency efforts, housing, housing, housing is the long-term solution. And Canadians should know that our approach must be twofold if we take this human rights crisis seriously. And the cities have all agreed to match the funding dollar for dollar being offered by Ottawa. Radio Canada has learned Amazon is leaving Quebec. Several warehouses, including

ones in Laval and Montreal, will close their doors within a matter of two months. Amazon employs more than 1,800 people across the province, and recently 250 employees in Laval unionized, something Amazon fought against. But the company tells Radio Canada the closures have nothing to do with that union issue. A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit Prince Harry filed against a British tabloid. Harry sued the publisher of the Sun newspaper claiming it used illegal tactics to gather information on him and his family Harry and a former British MP are the last of a group of people who had filed similar suits Crystal commandsing has more now from London

News UK is finally held to account lawyer David Sherborne reading a statement on behalf of Prince Harry and Tom Watson a statement on behalf of Prince Harry and Tom Watson. The Duke of Sussex was not present at the High Court in London today, but the settlement in the civil case is described as a monumental victory. I'm glad they've apologized. Watson, a former Labour MP, called the unlawful gathering techniques used by newsgroup newspapers as industrial in scale. Prince Harry, his bravery and astonishing courage have brought accountability to a part of the media world

that thought it was untouchable. Newsgroup Newspapers has paid out more than a billion pounds in roughly 1,000 other cases, alleging unlawful gathering techniques, including phone hacking, surveillance, and misuse of private information. A figure has not been shared in this settlement. Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, London. And that is The World This Hour.

For news anytime, go to our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.