The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/23 at 09:00 EST

Episode Date: January 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/23 at 09:00 EST

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From CBC News, it's the World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings. By the end of Business Hours today, we will know all the contenders in the race for the leadership of the Liberal Party. Candidates have until 5 p.m. Eastern to officially enter the campaign. But already, some of the frontrunners are putting forward policies that, in some cases, would reverse the work of the Trudeau government. Janice McGregor has more.

Let's start with a pretty stunning admission from Krista Freeland that a government led by her would not move forward with legislation to implement changes to the way capital gains are taxed, backtracking on a policy from her own budget less than a year ago, which she'd promoted as fundamental to tax fairness in this country. And then we have the consumer carbon tax.

Pierre-Paul Yavre's conservatives have been jonesing to run an election on this for months now. But it appears that the top contenders in this leadership race may have killed it already. None of them support continuing to increase it this spring. And there's another signature liberal tax measure that may also be on life support in the days to come. The digital services tax, Canada's attempt to make global tech giants pay a 3% tax on their Canadian earnings. Donald Trump's administration signaled earlier this week a global deal on this ain't going to happen. So if Canada doesn't pull this tax, it's highly likely the Americans are going to retaliate at what's already a threatening point in the relationship. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa.

Still in Ottawa, the federal government is ordering significant cuts across the board already a threatening point in the relationship. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. Still in Ottawa, the federal government is ordering significant cuts across the board to a national employment program for immigrants. Rafi Boujikhanian explains. It is doing nothing but just phasing us out. The Biendo Chatterjee says trying to stay in Canada is becoming harder all the time. Both Chatterjee and his wife are about to lose their work permits. They've set their sights on an immigration option called the Provincial Nominee Program. It allots a yearly number of skilled workers into all provinces and

territories other than Quebec and Nunavut. But this year, Ottawa is reducing those spots by 50 percent. If we want to build houses and apartments, we will need people with trades. Jean-Claude Damour is New Brunswick's immigration minister. He says the top three sectors in his province that rely on PNP spots are construction, education and health care. And if we don't have them, what will be the impact? Federal Immigration Minister Mark Miller's office says he's willing to show flexibility

but points out the department has reduced levels across all categories as part of its plan to lower immigration for the next two years. Rafi B. Jikanian, CBC News, Ottawa. The Supreme Court of British Columbia has certified the government's class action lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors. Clears the way now for the province to proceed as a plaintiff on behalf of other Canadian jurisdictions looking to recover health costs related to opioid addiction.

This legal action comes nine years after BC first declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency. Emergency crews in LA County are dealing now with yet another fast-moving wildfire, this one 70 kilometers northwest of Los Angeles. Out here, it's more sparsely populated. However, out here, we are dealing with high winds along with a thick fuel bed and steep topography.

As local fire fire official Matthew Van Hagen, evacuation orders have been issued for more than 50,000 people living in the immediate area, but the fire has changed direction and some of those orders are being rescinded. At the same time, another new fire is now burning near the exclusive Bel Air neighborhood. This year's Oscar nominations are out. Here are the 10 nominees for best motion picture of the year. Anora, Alex Coco, Samantha Kwan, and Sean Baker, producers. That's Anora heading up the list of best film nominees.

However, Amelia Perez leads the field overall with 13 nominations. The full list of nominees is on our website this morning. One note, Canadian Pamela Anderson, who was considered a contender for best actress for her work in The Last Showgirl, did not earn a nomination. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings. KBTV.com