The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/05 at 11:00 EST

Episode Date: February 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/05 at 11:00 EST

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From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Pat Philpott. With U.S. President Donald Trump's terror threat still hanging over Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced he'll host a special Canada-U.S. Economic Summit on Friday in Toronto. It will bring together Canadian leaders from trade, business and organized labour. Meanwhile, the man who hopes to succeed Trudeau as Prime Minister has some blunt words. Campaigning in Windsor, Ontario today, Mark Carney says Canada needs to change to

navigate the shifting geopolitical world. Look the world is being fundamentally transformed the old rules-based order is finished but a new one a new system is not yet emerged and Canada should now work with like-minded nations to create a trading system that is consistent with our values and that builds our prosperity. Carney also wants to break down trade barriers between provinces saying in a divided world Canadians need to rely more on each other. There's plenty of reaction today to Donald Trump's suggestion that the US take over Gaza. They must be allowed home.

They must be allowed to rebuild. And we should be with them in that rebuild on the way to a two-state solution. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer making his position clear under questioning in the House of Commons. The U.S. president wants to deport Palestinians from Gaza and construct what he's calling the Riviera of the Middle East.

Sasha Petrosic has more from Jerusalem. The reaction in this part of the world has been very swift. Obviously, we are hearing from Arab countries who have long opposed exactly this kind of movement of displacement of Palestinians from this part of the world. Both of the countries that Donald Trump has counted on, Jordan and Egypt, have already rejected that. Saudi Arabia has also said that it is not going ahead with agreements with Israel unless there is a Palestinian state and rejecting this particular plan. We're also hearing objections from many countries around the world, from Australia,

France, Spain, Russia, China. Pretty much the list is growing of countries who are saying that the only way to get peace in this corner of the Middle East is to have a two-state solution and a Palestinian state. Sasha Petrusik, CBC News, Jerusalem. The US Postal Service says it will once again start accepting packages from China, but it's possible those packages will now be subject to extra taxes. Just a few days ago, US President Donald Trump closed a loophole that allowed low-value packages to enter the US duty-free. New data in BC shows a significant drop in toxic drug deaths in the province. But as Michelle Gossoub reports, advocates are warning about becoming complacent.

I am glad to see that slight decrease. Drug deaths in BC fell 13 percent in 2024. The latest death toll is lower than any year since 2020. Even with that drop, the BC Coroner's Service says over 2,200 people died of overdoses last year. A number Garth Mullins with the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users says is a travesty. The deaths aren't stopping. 13% decrease is nice, but it's nowhere near

where we should be. Fentanyl continues to be the main driver of deaths in BC. There's now a renewed focus on the drug as Canada faces pressure to secure its border with the US. Day Stewart is with the advocacy group Mom Stop the Harm. The government down south deals in fear but I don't know that the measures that have been discussed recently as today are gonna make a lick of difference. Still there is some hope BC could be turning the page on a crisis that has killed thousands. Michelle Kassoub, CBC News, Vancouver. Meanwhile, Conservative leader Pierre Paulyev says if he becomes prime minister, he will

treat fentanyl production like mass murder. He says he will reverse Bill C-5 and post-mandatory life sentences for fentanyl drug manufacturers. The Liberal government says Bill C-5 was created to address systemic racism and discrimination in the criminal justice system. That's World This Hour. I'm Pep Philpott.