The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/28 at 13:00 EST

Episode Date: January 28, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/28 at 13:00 EST

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From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Tom Harrington. The public inquiry into foreign interference says there are no traitors in parliament. But Commissioner Marie-José Ogg says the federal government and national security agencies have to do more to prevent meddling by foreign states. Ravi Bhuji Kanyan has more. I saw evidence of some concerning behavior. Commissioner Marie-Josée Ogg says there is need for caution but...

The evidence does not show any MPs plotting with foreign states against Canada's interest. That evidence, 47,000 government documents, mostly classified. More than 100 witnesses interviewed, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, members of his cabinet, and the head of Canada's spy agency, CSIS. OUG says the threat of meddling is real. Certain foreign states are attempting to interfere in our electoral processes and democratic institutions. Ogg has multiple recommendations, some focusing on the pre-Rid period, suggesting elections Canada should have jurisdiction over nominations and party leadership contests. She also says CECES needs to do a better job flagging political decision

makers about the relevance of its intelligence. Rafi Bajikani on CBC News, Ottawa. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is closing out his visit to Poland. He says he's seeing warning signs for democracies around the world. Trudeau is worried about how social media giants may be influencing elections. Democracies being influenced by messages of division, of hatred, of targeting one group at the expense of another. That's something that we all have to be attentive to and vigilant about. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says the rise of the AFD, Germany's far-right political

party, is a dangerous trend. Elon Musk, owner of the social media platform X, spoke at an AFD rally last weekend. Ottawa has a multi-billion dollar aid program in the works if US President Donald Trump imposes tariffs on Canadian products. Radio Canada is reporting the plan is similar to economic measures taken during the pandemic. David Thurton has details. This is who we are as Canadians, and we're going to win. We have to be confident. Francois-Philippe Champagne with that message while visiting Linamar, a manufacturing company in Ontario.

What he didn't say, though, is this. The federal government is preparing a multi-billion dollar aid package if Trump proceeds with his tariffs. While the precise amounts aren't confirmed yet, the measures would target workers and businesses, possibly companies like Linamar. The manufacturer conducts significant cross border trade. One of its execs, Linda Hassanfrats, underscored what's at stake.

So in my opinion, if a significant tariff is imposed, it'll bring the industry to its knees. Some of the government's planned measures could be adopted on their own. Many require parliamentary approval, a challenging task when opposition parties have vowed to bring down the government. David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa. Ontario's Premier will soon be visiting the province's Lieutenant Governor. Doug Ford will ask Edith Dumont to dissolve the provincial parliament and kick off a snap

election campaign. The fixed election date isn't for another 15 months, but Ford claims one is needed now because of the uncertainty sparked by those tariff threats. This isn't going to happen overnight. It may not happen February 1st. I'm sure something's coming, but this is going to be a battle for the next four years. And I want to make sure that I have a strong mandate to outlast President Trump. Ontarians are expected to vote in late February. Opposition parties call this election a waste of time and money.

Italian prosecutors have opened an investigation against Prime Minister Giorgio Maloney and two government ministers. The probe centers on a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Maloney says there are allegations both she and her ministers helped a man named Osama al-Masri. The Italian government has been under fire for releasing al-Masri on a technicality after he was arrested in Turin on a warrant from the International Criminal Court. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.