The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/05 at 20:00 EST

Episode Date: February 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/05 at 20:00 EST

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Ottawa has circled the date on its calendar, March 4th. That's the new deadline for the U.S. to impose tariffs on Canadian imports. Both the federal and provincial governments are stepping up their conversations as the day nears, including the notion of dismantling domestic trade barriers. David Thurton reports. The momentum is palpable. The moment is here. With trade at the forefront, Transport Minister Anita Onond is meeting with premiers. Along with the Prime Minister, they'll discuss the Trump tariff threat and eliminating trade barriers within Canada.

Barriers that make it harder for provinces to trade with each other than other countries. Onond said she expects to see substantial progress on this file by next month. The work has already been occurring and the willingness to reduce inter-provincial barriers to trade and add up to $200 billion to the Canadian economy. But the Conservative leader took a swipe at Canada's trade policy. The Carney-Trudeau Liberals have made us hopelessly dependent on the Americans. Pierre Poliev said through strict regulations, Canada hasn't been able to broaden its trade partners. David Thurton, CBC News Ottawa.

Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney expects tariff discussions between Canada and the U.S. to continue into the spring. There's currently a March 4th deadline for the imposition of 25 percent duties on Canadian goods entering the U.S. There is currently a March 4th deadline for the imposition of 25% duties on Canadian goods entering the U.S. Carney hopes a renegotiation of the current free trade deal with the U.S. and Mexico could bring more stability. Pete Slauson The uncertainty that's been created, I think,

increases the need to look at USMCA or KUSMA as we describe it, look at it in its entirety, and reinforce it and build forward going forward so that that's there. So I think negotiations will extend and I would very much like to be part of those. Pete Carny says he's been through this kind of upheaval before. He was governor of the Bank of England during the UK's withdrawal from the European Union. Opposition 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 tariffs.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday the establishing of a fentanyl czar, but Poliev 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. Poliev wants life sentences for anyone convicted of fentanyl trafficking calling them mass murderers. The RCMP say the four people found on the Cary the Kettle, Nakota First Nation in Saskatchewan were murdered. They say their initial investigation suggests the home was targeted. The bodies of two men and two women were discovered yesterday. Police arrested a man who was pointing a gun at people on a nearby First Nation community.

He is facing weapons charges, but police have not yet said if he is a suspect in the murders. Well, you may have noticed Canadians seem to be uncharacteristically public in their patriotism these days. Even one of Montreal's iconic bakeries had a craving to get into the mood, unveiling a new bagel that shows our true colors. Vanessa Lee explains. I'm listening to the radio and the talk about everything that's going on at the tariffs, and I thought, wow, like maybe I can do a Canada bagel.

Fairmount Bagel co-owner Rhonda Schlaffman is beaming with patriotic pride as she makes a batch of red and white hand rolled bagels. She says it's their way of making a statement. It just came to me overnight. I just thought of doing something that would cheer people up, that would make us feel proud of who we are and where we come from. Schlaffman's grandfather came to Canada from Russia and opened Montreal's first bagel bakery more than a century ago. The wood-fired bagels are now known around the world. The dough is braided together, she says, much like the way Quebecers and Canadians are uniting

in these uncertain times. Vanessa Lee, CBC News, Montreal. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening. The New York Times. The New York Times. The New York Times.

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