The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/07 at 04:00 EST

Episode Date: February 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/07 at 04:00 EST

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From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Claude Fague. Donald Trump's threat of tariffs continues to dominate political discussions at all levels of government. Justin Trudeau sat down on Thursday with big city mayors trying to plan for what the U.S. president may or may not do. Tom Perry reports. Over the coming month, Team Canada will be stepping up. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reminding mayors from across Canada the country is

not out of the woods yet when it comes to US tariffs. Trudeau says municipal leaders need to spread that message to their fellow mayors and city councillors in the US. Josh Morgan is mayor of London Ontario. You know I think the the rest of the world could be just sitting back and laughing at us because we've built something incredibly special here that is highly effective, and we should be fostering and growing it, not doing damage to it. Federal ministers continue to make the rounds in Washington, while in Canada, the government says it's working on a pledge it made to U.S. President Donald Trump, who agreed to his

30-day pause on tariffs, after Canada said it would appoint a fentanyl czar to stem the flow of the deadly drug across the border. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa. Meanwhile, Trump is doubling down on his plans for the U.S. to take over Gaza and for Palestinians there to be relocated. But as Paul Hunter reports, there are still no details on how this plan might work, and in Gaza there is defiance and determination to make sure that it doesn't. In the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to relocate thousands of Palestinians in some other country for Gaza to be redeveloped as a so-called place for the people of the world

is flat out not an option to them. The idea of displacement is very difficult, said this man. We have nothing but our land. This is our land. We can't leave it. Before attending the National prayer breakfast in Washington, Trump reiterated his proposal, rejected by so many in the Arab world and beyond, posting on his Truth Social platform, Gaza would be turned over to the United States by Israel at the conclusion of the fighting, he wrote. The Palestinians would be resettled in far safer and more beautiful communities in the

region, adding no soldiers by the U.S. would be needed. Paul Hunter, CBC News, Washington. The largest union in the U.S. government is suing the Trump administration to stop proposed massive layoffs. The lawsuit is on behalf of the workers in the U.S. Agency for International Development. The union calls the government's actions unconstitutional and illegal. The Department of Government Efficiency, being overseen by billionaire Elon Musk, wants to

cut 200,000 government jobs and is offering buyouts. So far, only about 40,000 employees have accepted those buyouts. A new marketplace investigation is exposing misleading discounts at the popular clothing retailer Old Navy. The team tracked prices and found many items were on sale more often than not, raising questions about whether these so-called deals are real. Asha Tomlinson reports. Everything was on clearance. Shoppers are looking for bargains at an Old Navy just outside Toronto. I found a bunch of good deals actually. But we want to know if the deals are really what they seem.

We ordered 10 products from Old Navy's website and tracked prices for seven months to see how often they're on sale. All 10 of the items we bought were on sale more than half the time we checked. Retailers should be fair and accurate in their representations that they make Justin Giovannetti is a class-action lawyer based in Vancouver he's filed a suit against Old Navy. Gap and Old Navy represents that their products are being sold at a discount we allege that that actually is not a discount price because that's the price at which these products are always or almost always sold.

Giovannetti's case hasn't been proven in court and his class action still needs to be certified. We shared our findings with Old Navy's parent company Gap Inc. It declined to comment. Asha Tomlinson, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.