The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/23 at 11:00 EST

Episode Date: January 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/23 at 11:00 EST

Throughout the 1980s, a strange phenomenon was sweeping North America. They were in a panic. And like people in a panic, they want solutions. Allegations of underground satanic cults, torturing and terrorizing children. The thing is, there were no satanic cults preying on children. And nearly 30 years later, the people touched by it all are still picking up the pieces. This isn't a work of fiction this is a work of history. Satanic Panic available now. 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 Polyev'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. Incidentally, just now, two 11th hour entries have now entered the race. That's Karina Gould, a Liberal MP, and another Liberal MP, Jaime Battiste.

The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a challenge to Quebec's controversial Bill 21. Last year, the Quebec Court of Appeal upheld the bill. It prohibits public sector workers such as teachers and police officers from wearing religious symbols while on the job. The National Council of Canadian Muslims, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, and the English Montreal School Board are all heading up the high court appeal. The federal government is ordering significant cuts across the board to a national employment

program for immigrants. Rafi Bouchakhanian explains. It is doing nothing but just phasing us out. The Bindu 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%. 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 P&P 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 Boudjikani on CBC News, Ottawa. The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is issuing

a plea for stepped-up support for the Ukrainian war effort. We really have to step up and not scale back the support for Ukraine. We have to change the trajectory of the war which is ongoing. And so far as we know, the front line is moving in the wrong direction, it's going eastward. Ruta is calling on all NATO countries to increase their defense spending significantly and deliver more weapons to Ukraine. This year's Oscar nominations are out. Here are the 10, 10 nominees for best motion picture of the year.

Anora, Alex Coco, Samantha Kwan, and Sean Baker, producer. 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 with Oscar night set for March 2nd. One note, Canadian Pamela Anderson, who was considered a contender for Best Actress for her work in The Last Showgirl, was not nominated. And that is the World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.