The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/02 at 15:00 EST

Episode Date: February 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/02 at 15:00 EST

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From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Juliane Hazelwood. We're learning more about which American goods Canada is targeting with retaliatory tariffs. Yesterday, US President Donald Trump signed an order slapping 25 percent tariffs on Canadian goods, the only exception a 10 percent tariff on oil and gas. The federal government says it's fighting back and has released a list of products that will be affected. Janice McGregor has the details. Well, there's some things on it that are exactly as advertised. Yes, the orange juice is there, the bourbon is there. in fact all the beer, wine and spirits

are there and this is really interesting to see because it's kind of like a both belt and suspenders approach. We have the provincial premiers for their part pulling stuff off of shelves at their provincial liquor authorities. Then even if stuff is coming in, it's going to be 25% more expensive. It has the things that sort of made headlines the last time we were going to war over steel tariffs. The Harley Davidson's are here, the playing cards, the appliances, Vermont maple syrup,

that's gonna have a tariff. Grain crops, that is interesting for Canadian farmers in a world where otherwise it is a very free trade open market. What isn't on this first list are things like steel, aluminum, manufacturing components, anything to do with the automotive trades. You do not want to kneecap your manufacturers with what you are doing. We're hoping to get some more information about the choices they're making to effectively rescind concessions in that three-way trade agreement to put pressure on the Americans. Janice McGregor reporting from Ottawa.

Provinces are hitting back and planning their own countermeasures. Nova Scotia, Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador and BC say they'll ban or restrict the sale of American alcohol in their provinces. Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says he'll double down, double some highway tolls that is for U.S. commercial vehicles. B.C. Premier David Eby is directing the province and Crown corporations to buy Canadian goods and services first. U.S. President Donald Trump is defending his decision to hit his closest trading partners with tariffs, a move that's expected to hurt jobs, make life more expensive, and reshape the Canada-U.S. trading relationship.

And as Katie Simpson reports, the president's allies are coming to his defence too. We are sick of being taken advantage of. U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance argued that tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China are necessary to motivate all three countries to stop the flow of illegal drugs into the US. But he also admitted it's about so much more. We are committed to getting America back on a sustainable fiscal pathway. Part of that we really think the president believes is the tariff equation. Donald Trump wants tariffs collected from American companies to pay for his election campaign promises. things like tax cuts.

Trump admitting on social media, yes, there may be some pain with this, but he's standing by his decision, again, arguing Canada should become the 51st state, claiming Canada ceases to exist as a viable country without the U.S., adding, harsh but true. Incendiary language at an already low point in the Canada-U.S. relationship. Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. We must put Canada first. And that is why common sense conservatives condemn President Trump's massive, unjust tariffs. Conservative leader Pierre Polyaev is denouncing the Trump tariffs. He's calling on the Prime Minister to recall Parliament so MPs can consider his seven-point plan for fighting back. It's a plan that includes retaliatory tariffs, an

emergency tax cut for Canadians, and the end of interprovincial trade barriers. These tariffs are a wake-up call, that it is time for us to meet our potential. It is time for us to be a country that can trade with itself, that builds homes quickly, a country that allows entrepreneurs to succeed, that secures its borders to protect its people, that builds its military to protect its sovereignty. Poliev did not say whether he'd commit to not bringing down the government if Parliament was recalled. And that is Your World This Hour.

For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.