The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/04 at 17:00 EST

Episode Date: February 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/04 at 17:00 EST

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From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Tom Harrington. Canada's Public Safety Minister says like Donald Trump, he is focused on fentanyl at the border. David McGinty was at a border crossing in Manitoba today, meeting with RCMP and border services agents. Cameron Rakintosh was there too. A Canada border services agent demos a fentanyl screening machine

at the border crossing at Emerson, Manitoba, as federal public safety minister David McGinty watches. Our objective was to prevent terrorists. Our objective continues to be to prevent tariffs. Speaking to a group of RCMP and CBSA agents, McGinty said his focus is on U.S. President Donald Trump's fixation on fentanyl. McGinty said he'll have more to say about the appointment of a Canadian fentanyl czar later this week.

As for Trump's promise to revisit tariffs next month. Trying to project where the White House might be in 30 days is, I have to be honest with you, I just don't have that kind of luxury of time. This is good for Canada to make sure that our borders are safe and secure. McGinty says his focus is squarely on the border. Cameron McIntosh, CBC News, on the Canada-U.S. border near Emerson, Manitoba. Trump's tariffs on Canadian products may be on hold, but premiers such as Andrew Furey of Newfoundland and Labrador aren't acting like the threat is over. Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador didn't start this offensive, but we will

be responsive to an attack. Federal Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc is asking his fellow ministers if they have any ideas about retaliation to U.F. tariffs. That's according to a confidential memo obtained by CBC News. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie says as Ottawa keeps making its case in Washington, Canadians should not be complacent. I think Canadians across the country are feeling a sense of relief, but I think absolutely we need to make sure that we continue to hold together to keep this very strong Canadian

unity that we're showing altogether right now and we need to be strong as one. Meanwhile we'll continue to plead the case of Canada in the US. Julie also says premiers are willing to work with the federal government to get rid of trade barriers put up by the provinces. President Trump is going ahead with a promised overhaul to programs that don't align with his priorities. He signed multiple executive orders today, including one removing the U.S. from the UN's Human Rights Council, another limiting funding to the organization's relief agency.

Trump was asked about his ongoing tariff disputes and if China could also get a pause to its additional tariffs. Well, there's a short term freeze with Mexico, as you know, and with Canada. But they've agreed to be very, very strong at the border, stronger than they ever were by far. China slapped tariffs on U.S. imports in a swift response to new U.S. duties on Chinese goods. Police in Sweden say they believe about 10 people are dead after a mass shooting at an adult learning center. It happened in a small town about 200 kilometers west of Stockholm. Officials say they are still not able to confirm the exact number of dead and injured.

They do believe the shooter is among the dead and that he acted alone. But a motive is still unclear. The Aga Khan has died at age 88. Prince Karim Aga Khan was for decades the spiritual leader of an estimated 50 million Ismaili Muslims, a unique and powerful figure. Haver Gould reports. Say good morning, dear Highness. Good morning.

Prince Karim Aga Khan, greeted by school children in Kenya, the school one of the billions of dollars worth of development projects he created in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. There's so much that has to be done. It's better, I think, to try and do it once properly. In 1972, when Ismailis were expelled from Uganda, the Aga Khan asked Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to help, and Canada took in thousands of refugees. Decades later, the Trudeau family friendship led to an expenses scandal for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau when he vacationed on the Aga Khan's private island in the Caribbean.

Building and sustaining a prurist society is always going to be a work in progress. The Aga Khan was a billionaire with properties and business interests around the globe, but his overarching duty, he said, was to help the vulnerable while promoting tolerance. Havard Gould, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your World This Hour.

For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington.