The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/29 at 19:00 EST

Episode Date: January 30, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/29 at 19:00 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 is our. I'm Tom Harrington. Donald Trump's nominee for Commerce Secretary is teasing about a possible reprieve from those tariffs. Howard Lutnick told his confirmation hearing the levies won't be imposed on Saturday as threatened if

Canada clamps down on fentanyl shipments into the United States. This is a separate tariff to create action from Mexico and action from Canada and as far as I know they are acting swiftly and if they execute it there will be no tariff and if they execute it, there will be no tariff. And if they don't, then there will be. But it's an action-oriented model. Overall, Lutnick says he favors broad tariffs on all products from a country, even if those countries are allies. Lutnick is expected to be confirmed.

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie called Lutnick's comments positive. She met late this afternoon with her new U. new US counterpart, Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Julie says she felt her message was well received. Every time I'm presenting our border plan, every time I'm presenting facts, which are first, less than 1% of fentanyl that is in the US comes from Canada and less than 1% of illegal migrants in the US.S. come from Canada. Well, that is definitely also resonating. So I think that we have a good strategy. Jolie met earlier with the head of the Canada U.S. Security Caucus, Republican Senator Kevin Kramer. At least some of the premiers agree with the approach.

We must take President Trump's statements on border security seriously and to take action immediately rather than focusing on inflaming the issue with rhetoric around retaliation. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is also advocating Canada meet the Trump administration's demand on border security. The president wants the flow of migrants and fentanyl across the border brought to an end. But Smith also admits. Is this likely to end the threat of tariffs entirely? I don't think so.

I think there will be other things that we will need to work on and we will do so. Meanwhile, a KPMG survey of business leaders found 8 in 10 want Canada to respond with targeted dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs. The survey also found the majority of businesses are delaying capital investments until the details of the American plan are known. The first day of the Ontario election campaign is underway. All four party leaders started making their pitch to voters under the shadow of those tariff threats from the U.S. Lisa Shing has more.

When times are tough, I will do whatever it takes. Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford kicking off the race in the border city of Windsor, Ontario using US President Donald Trump's tariff threats as the central theme of his campaign. The better we'll be able to protect our province. Ford has called the election more than a year ahead of schedule with analysts saying he wants to get ahead of a possible change in federal government and while the PCs are ahead in the polls. The opposition parties say the early election call is self-serving.

NDP leader Marit Stiles painting herself as the better negotiator. Doug Ford standing up to Trump. I say hell no. Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie is promising a family doctor for everyone as the province faces a growing physician shortage. Ontarians head to the polls February 27th. Lisa Shing, CBC News, Toronto. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was grilled at his Senate confirmation hearing today.

He's President Trump's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy strongly refuted accusations he is a vaccine skeptic. Despite a record as pro-choice, he also says he agrees with Trump that states should control abortion. Forcing somebody to participate in a medical procedure as a provider that they believe is murder does not make any sense to me. We need to respect each other when we have different opinions and not force our opinions on other people.

R.F.K. Jr. can afford to lose the support of only three Republicans if he is to be confirmed. The HHS secretary oversees the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health. And that is your World News Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.