The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/31 at 14:00 EST

Episode Date: January 31, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/31 at 14:00 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, the world is our. I'm Karen Hauerloch. American President Donald Trump is set to impose a 25 percent tariff tomorrow on Canadian goods sold in the U.S. That's according to White House Press Secretary Carolyn Levitt. As Tom Perry reports, Levitt's comments are being very closely watched in Ottawa. The president will be implementing tomorrow a 25% tariff on Mexico, 25% tariffs on Canada.

White House spokesperson Carolyn Levitt confirming Donald Trump will impose tariffs against his two closest trade partners while hitting China with a tariff of 10 percent. The claim from the White House that this is payback for Canada and Mexico allowing Chinese-made fentanyl along with illegal migrants to flow freely into the U.S. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said Canada will retaliate, which prompted this response from the White House spokesperson. The president is intent on doing this and I think Justin Trudeau would be wise to talk

to President Trump directly before pushing outlandish comments like that to the media. Federal cabinet ministers have been meeting with U.S. officials trying to persuade them tariffs are a bad idea, but it appears for now at least Donald Trump has made up his mind. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa. Canada's economy shrank a bit last November. The country's GDP was down 0.1 percent. Statistics Canada says that's the largest monthly contraction since December of 2023.

But it's predicting an increase for this past December of 0.2 percent. Also, the loonie is now at its lowest level against the American dollar since the early days of the pandemic. It dipped below 69 cents U.S. earlier today on fears of a tariff war with the U.S. The Trudeau government is delaying its plan to hike the capital gains tax. It means the proposed increase won't go into effect until January of 2026. While the hike was proposed in the Liberals' last budget, it has yet to go through Parliament, which is prorogued until March 24th. Mark Carney says he will

get rid of the consumer carbon tax if he's elected the Liberal Party's next leader. It's Carney's first major policy announcement since entering the leadership race, as Kate McKenna reports. It's a sharp turn for Carney, who once praised the price on carbon. It has become very divisive for Canadians. Mark Carney once said the Canadian carbon tax was a model for other countries. Now, he's changed course. My government will immediately remove the consumer carbon tax. government will immediately remove the consumer carbon tax. Today he released part of his economic and environmental plan saying he'd penalize high

pollution imports to keep Canadian companies competitive and speed up approvals of clean energy projects. We will do all of this while remaining laser focused on lowering costs for Canadian households. Carney says he'll create incentives and subsidies for green buildings and transportation with a goal of encouraging growth and fighting climate change. He also addressed Donald Trump's tariff threat, saying Trump thinks Canada will cave in, but it will never bow down to a bully. Kate McKenna, CBC News, Ottawa.

California man will plead guilty to unsafe operation of a drone which crashed into a Quebec water bomber earlier this month. The plane was on loan to those fighting the Los Angeles wildfires. The collision caused $65,000 in damage and grounded the super scooper for several days. Two fundraising concerts were held last night in Los Angeles for victims of the fires. Canadian Alanis Morissette was among the artists who performed along with the likes of Billie Eilish, Pink and Katy Perry.

Comedian Billy Crystal took part as well. Crystal's 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 your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Karen Howelluck.