The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/02 at 02:00 EST

Episode Date: February 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/02 at 02:00 EST

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Canada is pushing back against President Donald Trump's tariff program. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says retaliatory tariffs will be applied to billions of dollars of U.S. goods coming into Canada. Raffaele Boudjah-Canyon has the details. We didn't ask for this. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressing the country tonight. We will not back down in standing up both for Canadians and for the incredible, successful relationship between Canada and the United States.

That relationship on one of its rockiest patches yet. With the US making tariffs on all imported Canadian goods official today, Trudeau is hitting back. Ottawa will slap its own 25% tariff on some $30 billion worth of American goods starting Tuesday, then three weeks later, another $125 billion worth. And Trudeau says he and other Canadian leaders are planning more. We are considering several non-tariff measures. Trudeau says he has not been able to reach Donald Trump since the president's inauguration. He's optimistic about engaging with him in the weeks to come, though Trudeau is set to leave his job after March 9.

Rafi Boudjikan, UNCBC News, Ottawa. The Canadian response coming after the US president signed the tariff executive order imposing 25% tariffs on Canadian goods this afternoon. The only exception is for oil and gas, which will be hit by a 10 percent tariff. Chris Reyes has the details. It will be a 25 percent tariff on all imports from Canada and Mexico and 10 percent on China.

And energy resources from Canada will have a lower 10 percent tariff. Canada, worth noting, is the biggest supplier of oil and gas to the United States. It says, the orders make clear that the flow of contraband drugs like fentanyl to the United States through illicit distribution networks has created a national emergency. And then it goes on to explain what we've heard directly from the president, that tariffs are a powerful proven source of leverage for protecting national interest. Let's talk about this retaliation clause.

It reads, should Canada retaliate against the United States in response to this action through import duties on United States exports to Canada or similar measures, the president may increase or expand in scope the duties imposed under this order to ensure the efficacy of this action. So this is just a long-winded way of saying that should Canada impose counter tariffs, which we know will happen, that the United States reserves the right to increase those tariffs. And as mentioned, the White House says the tariffs will go into effect this Tuesday,

February the 4th. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has issued a statement saying President Trump is right to focus on border issues, but that quote, the imposition of tariffs won't solve these problems. It will only raise prices for American families. It's one of a number of U.S. business organizations criticizing the move, including the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, the United Steelworkers Union, and the National Association of Manufacturers and the American Automotive Policy Council.

B.C. Premier David Eby says he stands behind Ottawa's Team Canada approach, that the country will fight, not fold. He's already implementing measures to push back against the Trump tariffs. Effective today, I have directed BC liquor sales to immediately stop buying American liquor from red states. I've directed government and our crown corporations to immediately stop buying American goods and services and buy Canadian the Americans are bigger

But if we don't stand up for ourselves, they'll just keep coming back for more Nova Scotia premier Tim Houston also announced measures such as removing American liquor from shops and ordering governments to buy Canadian only He's also doubling the tolls on the Kwabee Kwabee quid pass for all commercial vehicles from the U.S. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.