The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/31 at 11:00 EST

Episode Date: January 31, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/31 at 11:00 EST

When a body is discovered 10 miles out to sea, it sparks a mind-blowing police investigation. There's a man living in this address in the name of a deceased. He's one of the most wanted men in the world. This isn't really happening. Officers are finding large sums of money. It's a tale of murder, skullduggery and international intrigue. So who really is he? I'm Sam Mullins and this is Sea of Lies from CBC's Uncovered, available now.

From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. With the Trump administration's proposed tariffs set to go into effect as of tomorrow, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is insisting Canada is ready. I won't sugarcoat it. Our nation could be facing difficult times in the coming days and weeks. I know Canadians might be anxious and worried, but I want them to know the federal government and indeed all orders of government have their backs. Trudeau says there will be an immediate Canadian response if the tariffs are implemented.

However, the details have yet to be made public. It's been suggested they could include stimulus payments to Canadian companies hit hardest by the tariff action. Meanwhile, it's possible the Trump tariffs might not target Canadian oil. Richard Madden explains. President Trump insists his punishing tariffs will take effect this weekend, but is now signaling Canadian-made oil imports may be exempt. Those tariffs may or may not rise with time.

Oil is going to have nothing to do with it as far as I'm concerned. Oil has nothing to do with it. Now, Trump also said he hasn't made a final decision, but Canadian officials have been frantically lobbying the administration to reverse course, laying out the damage it would have on both economies and the supply chain. But Trump is using the threat of tariffs as a weapon to enact his domestic agenda. He's demanding his neighbours Mexico and Canada take more action to stop migration and drug flow into the U.S. or else he'd slap 25 percent tariffs. His nominee for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said the tariffs will be implemented

in phases and White House officials are telling the Wall Street Journal that Trump may give a grace period before which would give more time for negotiations with Canadian and Mexican officials. Richard Madden, CBC News, Washington. RILEY Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney is saying he will dump the Trudeau government's carbon pricing policy if he becomes party leader. Carney says his plan is to replace it with a series of incentives that would encourage Canadian consumers to go green.

Like his fellow leadership contender, Christia Freeland, Carney says he would keep carbon pricing in place for large industry. Officials in Washington are saying the flight data recorders have now been recovered from the wreckage of the passenger plane that crashed Wednesday night into the Potomac River. And a preliminary report on the tragic midair collision will be released in 30 days. Paul Hunter has more. Paul Hunter Even as divers continue their work in the icy shallow waters of the Potomac sifting through the wreckage of the two aircraft, investigators are already able to begin examining what's been recovered so far,

including the cockpit voice recorder and data recorder from the passenger jet, the so-called black boxes. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, which heads the investigation, expects to issue a preliminary report within 30 days. It'll be supported in part by Canada's Transportation Safety Board because, though the plane was operated by American Airlines, the Bombardier jetliner was built in Canada in 2004. It's to be reconstructed, piece by broken piece, in an NTSB hanger once the recovery is complete to aid investigators in their efforts. Says the NTSB, for now, everything's on the table from mechanical to human error. Paul Hunter, CBC News, Washington. Two fundraising concerts were held last night in Los Angeles for the victims of the LA fires.

I'm rich but I'm happy. I'm poor but I'm kind. I'm short but I'm healthy. Canadian Alanis Morissette was among the artists who performed along with the likes of Billie Eilish, Pink, Katy Perry, and Dr. Dre. Comedian Billy Crystal took part as well. Crystal is among the thousands of people who lost their homes to the wildfires. These were the clothes I wore when I fled my house with my wife Janice, like so many of us did on January 7th. It was all I had. Wore it for a week plus an N95 mask.

I looked like an evacuee or someone who had just robbed a 7-Eleven." The money raised is going to food, clothing, and temporary shelter for those affected by the fires. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.