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

Episode Date: January 23, 2025

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

Every language is a note in the symphony of our heritage. Together, they create a harmony that cannot be silenced. Discover your voice on the new APTN Languages TV channel. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Neil Herland. Canada's First Minister has held a virtual meeting today to discuss the possibility of a tariff war with the U.S. As Olivia Stefanovic reports, one of the proposals involves removing inter-provincial

trade barriers. Why is it so hard to send a bottle of wine from one province to another? Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston expressing frustration with inter-provincial trade barriers. We should have a lot of pride in what we produce here. The problem has existed since confederation, but now there's growing consensus among premiers to cut the red tape in light of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threat. Ottawa is preparing a strong retaliatory response,

but Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe doesn't agree with the entire approach. Broad-based tariffs, dollar-for-dollar tariffs with the U.S. is not in Canadians' best interests. Moe is siding with Alberta Premier Daniel Smith, who also disagrees with using energy exports as leverage. But Moe and Smith do agree with the need for trade diversification, a subject the federal government is convening an urgent meeting on next week. Olivier Stefanovic, CBC News, Ottawa. New Democrats gathered with their MPs in Ottawa. It could be the last caucus retreat if the party follows through with its promise to topple the Liberal government at the first opportunity.

As David Thurton reports, the NDP is focused on the tariff threat. So now that Donald Trump has taken office, he's again reiterated the threat of tariffs against Canada. Emerging from his caucus retreat, Jagmeet Singh's remarks focused entirely on Donald Trump and his threat to put a 25% tariff on Canadian goods next month. The NDP leader spoke about his plan and how that differs from other political leaders like the Conservatives. I think Pierre-Paul Liev has shown that he's out of touch with where people are at. Things

are changing and with the election of Donald Trump it certainly means people are worried about what Donald Trump means to Canada. Singh has said for some time that the Conservative leader has no plan. For his part, Singh supports dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs, severing the supply of critical minerals, and restricting energy exports. David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa. Prince Harry has settled a lawsuit against a British tabloid publisher, which will pay him damages and give a rare public apology. The publisher used illegal tactics to gather information on the royal for years, Thomas

Dagler reports. Instead of opening an explosive trial that was set to begin this week, Prince Harry's lawyer emerged from a London courthouse claiming victory. News UK is finally held to account for its illegal actions and its blatant disregard for the law. In a last-minute deal, Harry has now agreed to settle his lawsuit against the company behind the Sun tabloid. Its publisher admitting for the first time the newspaper's private investigators broke the law to dig up dirt as early as 1996. For years, Harry has accused the tabloids of illegal phone hacking and other dirty tricks. The publisher now says it's sorry for what it describes as the damage inflicted on Harry's relationships, friendships, and family.

The Duke of Sussex will receive a big payout as well, reportedly worth $20 million or more. Thomas Daigle, CBC News, Toronto. Israel has selected a woman who survived the deadly attack on the Nova Music Festival on October 7th, 2023 as its contestant for the Eurovision Song Contest. Yuval Rafael won a music competition show in Israel tonight. She will now go on to represent Israel at this year's Eurovision in Switzerland. Rafael survived the Hamas attack on the Nova Festival by hiding under a pile of dead bodies for eight hours. And that is your World This Hour for CBC News.

I'm Neil Herland.