The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/05 at 14:00 EST

Episode Date: February 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/05 at 14:00 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 is ours. I'm Tom Harrington. Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney has delivered a warning about the impact of tariffs. He's drawing on his experience leading the Bank of England through Brexit in 2016. You know, you can't suspend the law of economics. I've seen this movie before in Brexit where steps are taken. It takes a while for the economic effect to come, but it comes. The impact of tariffs. Tariffs will cause inflation. Inflation will cause higher interest rates. Great linkages between economies can be torn apart with real economic

costs. It's a strategy, it's not leadership. Karni also says he expects tariff negotiations between Canada and the United States to go well past the current March 4th deadline. He also thinks talks on updating the current free trade agreement should open earlier than 2026. Conservative leader Pierre Poliev says the government should have acted far earlier to clamp down on fentanyl. Supplies of the opioid crossing into the U.S. is one of the reasons Donald Trump gave for threatening to impose a 25 percent tariff on Canadian goods. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday the establishing of a fentanyl czar,

but Polyev says the deaths of 50,000 Canadians from the drug should have been reason enough. We should crack down on drugs not to please President Trump, but to ensure that not one more mother has to bury her face in her hands on learning that her son died of an overdose in a back alley somewhere. Polyev wants life sentences for anyone convicted of fentanyl trafficking, calling them mass murderers. New data in BC shows a significant drop in toxic drug deaths in that province. But as Michelle Gussoub reports, advocates are warning about becoming complacent.

I am glad to see that slight decrease. Drug deaths in BC fell 13% 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 U.S. 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 going to make a lick of difference. Still, there is some hope B.C. could be turning the page on a crisis that has killed thousands. Michelle Kassoub, CBC News, Vancouver. Donald Trump's suggestion the U.S. takeover Gaza is sending shockwaves around the world. The president wants to deport Palestinians from the beleaguered territory, then construct

what he's calling the Riviera of the Middle East. Sasha Petrusik is in Jerusalem. Gaza may be buffeted by winter winds today, but it's the unexpected blast from US President Donald Trump that has them in despair. He should know that we will not leave our country. Reaction was exactly the opposite on the streets of Jerusalem. It's like too good to be true. Welcoming Trump's idea to force some 2 million Palestinians from Gaza with US troops.

Maybe it will be replaced by Western values, as in businesses. As for Hamas militants whose attack on Israel sparked the current conflict, they say this US plan could lead to more violence. It's also not expected to help keep the current ceasefire going long enough to see all of Israel's hostages released. Sasha Petrusik, CBC News, Jerusalem. The king of Sweden visited the site of the country's worst mass shooting to lay flowers for the victims today.

Nine people were killed and five others seriously wounded when a shooter opened fire at an adult learning center. The gunman also died. Police say there is no evidence the 35-year-old suspect had any ideological motives. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.