The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/22 at 23:00 EST

Episode Date: January 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/22 at 23:00 EST

There is no shortage of scam artists and true crime. But I'm guessing you've never heard of one quite like Caitlin Braun. For over two years, Caitlin Braun conned more than 50 birth workers into thinking that she was pregnant. I'm Kathleen Goldtar, and this week on Crime Story, I sit down with Sarah Trelevin, the host of the con, Caitlin's baby. Find Crime Story wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Herland.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met virtually Wednesday with provincial and territorial premiers to discuss the looming threat of U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods. Tom Perry has more. As I said to the premiers, you can't bring a knife to a gunfight. Ontario Premier Doug Ford has been a lead voice demanding a tough Canadian response to tariffs, which he is convinced are coming from U.S. President Donald Trump. We need to match those tariffs dollar for dollar. Trump has mused about imposing a 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico by February 1st.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been urging Ottawa to focus on diplomacy over threats of retaliation. She posted on social media that the discussion with her fellow leaders was, in her words, more positive. Smith has insisted there should be no export tax or restrictions placed on Alberta oil exports to the U.S. as a way of putting pressure on the Trump administration. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he agrees with Smith on that point, while also siding with Ottawa on the need for a united front.

Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa. Meantime, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Jolie on Wednesday. A statement from the Americans gives few details, but it does say they discussed the Trump administration's new approaches to key issues around the globe. Well, Donald Trump is giving his first Oval Office interview since returning to the White House. He sat down with Fox News host Sean Hannity for a pre-recorded chat which aired tonight. Katie Simpson reports. Nothing about tariffs for our Canadian audience. That's what everyone is watching for. But one of the headlines coming out of this has to do with what Donald Trump says about pardons and

investigations. He was asked about former President Joe Biden's decision to grant preemptive pardons to members of his family, some lawmakers, and public figures who Trump has attacked in the past. This guy went around giving everybody pardons and you know the funny thing, maybe the sad thing, is he didn't give himself a pardon. So the conversation came back to pardons and again whether Trump wants to see Biden and others investigated either by Congress or the Attorney General and he mused about revenge. I went through four years of hell. I spent millions of dollars in legal fees and I won.

The president also defended pardoning violent January 6th riders saying they suffered enough in jail and he again promised to release classified documents about the assassination of JFK. Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. Fire crews in Southern California are battling a new fast-moving wildfire tonight that broke out north of Los Angeles. The Hughes Fire has forced 31,000 people out of their homes. Anthony Maroney is the LA County Fire Chief. The National Weather Service has extended the red flag warning.

Light to moderate Santa Ana winds will continue tonight and into Thursday. The situation remains dynamic, and the fire remains a difficult fire to contain, although we are getting the upper hand. And finally, Amazon is shutting down all of its warehouses in Quebec. More than 1,700 workers will be laid off, Nisha Patel reports. Over the next two months,

Amazon will close its seven locations in Quebec. That means more than 1,700 employees will be out of work. Natham Sabaheddin worked as a supervisor. What are we going to do now? In 2025, it's hard to find one stable job. The move affects the facility in Laval, Amazon's only unionized warehouse in the country. Workers there said they were dissatisfied with low wages and inadequate health and safety measures. Amazon says the decision is tied to cost savings and not issues with the union.

The company will return to using small local businesses to deliver its packages in the province. Amazon opened its first facility in Quebec just five years ago. Nisha Battel, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland.