The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/05 at 10:00 EST

Episode Date: February 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/05 at 10:00 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 this hour. I'm Pap Philpott. With US President Donald Trump's tariff threat still hanging over Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has just announced he'll host a special Canada-US Economic Summit on Friday in Toronto. It will bring together Canadian leaders from trade, business, organized labour and public policy. The aim is to figure out how to diversify Canada's export markets and make trade

within Canada easier. And on that last topic, Internal Trade and Transport Minister Anita Anand says Canada is making progress on removing inter-provincial trade barriers. There will be a key focus when the premiers meet with the Prime Minister later today. The momentum is palpable. The moment is here and we are seizing the moment. Anand says she expects there will be substantial progress on enhanced provincial trade before the beginning of March. There's growing condemnation over Donald Trump's plan for Gaza. Yesterday Trump said he wants the US to take over

the beleaguered territory and turn it into what he called the Riviera of the Middle East. People in Gaza itself are outraged by that suggestion. Trump's statements are completely rejected. We've endured nearly a year and a half of bombings and destruction, yet we remain in Gaza. We will not leave because of Trump's decision. We would rather die in Gaza than leave it. We will stay here until we rebuild it. Trump can do as he pleases, but we firmly reject his decisions. No one will leave Gaza." The growing list of countries rejecting the plan includes Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt,

along with Australia, France, Russia, Spain, and China. Trump made his suggestion after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House yesterday. Netanyahu says Trump's plan is, in his words, an idea worth paying attention to. U.S. military planes are returning illegal migrants to India. It's part of a key Trump policy to deport undocumented foreign nationals. And Asalina Shivji reports dozens of people being brought to India today. The C-17 military plane landed in the early afternoon in Amritsar in India's northern state of Punjab. Reports are with between a hundred and two hundred people aboard, all Indians who are living illegally in the

United States. It's the first military plane sending illegal immigrants back to India, and the first India-bound flight since US President Donald Trump returned to office. Trump has made forced deportations a key part of his immigration agenda, and India is the third highest on the list of countries just behind Mexico and El Salvador with undocumented immigrants in America. An estimated 725,000 Indians live illegally in the U.S. It's a sticking point in the increasingly close diplomatic ties between Washington and New Delhi. The issue will also be on the agenda when India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to Washington

to meet with Trump likely next week. Salima Shivji, CBC News, Mumbai. The Alberta government is suing a registered non-profit organization that moved vulnerable clients into a hotel. CB News first broke this story last year. Now we've learned the case has been referred to police. Julia Wong has the latest. Close to a year after vulnerable clients were moved to a hotel and received inadequate care, the Alberta government is suing housing provider Contentment Social Services for more than $140,000. University of Calgary Professor of Health Law, Lorian Hardcastle. This lawsuit sends the message to other agencies that if they are not providing the services that they say they are providing,

that potentially they could not providing the services that they say they are providing, that potentially they could face similar litigation. The lawsuit includes the cost of a hotel bill, hotel damage, rent and meals for clients covered by the Alberta government. A ministry spokesperson says the province stepped in to ensure clients continued to receive services. A police spokesperson tells CBC News it received a report of fraud that the financial crime section is currently investigating.

CBC News was not able to reach Contentment Social Services president by phone or email. A lawyer for a director declined to comment. None of the allegations in the lawsuit have been proven in court. Julia Wong, CBC News, Edmonton.