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

Episode Date: February 7, 2025

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

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and start listening today. From CBC News, it's the World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings. We go first to a Canadian Economic Summit being held today in Toronto. We talk about inter-provincial trade. It's very difficult, even if your product is made in Canada, to get it from British Columbia to Ontario. That is Wes Hall, a member of the Prime Minister's Council on Canada-U.S. Relations.

He'll be at the table today along with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and dozens of representatives from Canadian business and Canadian labor. It's a summit born out of the lingering U.S. trade tariffs. And its main goal, among a number of priorities, is to look at opening up Canadian markets for Canadian manufacturers concerned about the future of trade with the United States. A new executive order signed by US President Donald Trump is calling for sanctions against staff members at the International Criminal Court.

The order accuses the ICC of targeting the United States and its ally, Israel. Sasha Petrusic reports. Trump really does seem to be pushing the United States and Israel closer and closer together. He is accusing the International Criminal Court of illegitimate and baseless actions targeting the U.S. and its close ally Israel, in his words. All of this would place financial and visa restrictions on various people at the court. They have not been named. The court said this is unacceptable. Also says that it would continue providing hope and justice to millions of innocent victims of atrocities. Those are its

words. And of course, it comes on the heels of the US and Israel pulling out of a couple of other UN agencies. Yesterday the UN Human Rights Council and before that UNRWA, the main agency that helps Palestinian refugees. Sasha Petrosik, CBC News, Jerusalem. Still with the Trump administration, it's being sued by a government employees union over cuts to USAID. The lawsuit claims the administration's unilateral actions are unconstitutional and illegal and will create a global humanitarian crisis. Tens of millions of people around the world rely on the agency's development, aid, and medical programs. But led by Elon Musk, the Trump White House is taking steps to dismantle it.

The agency's staff is being cut from 10,000 employees down to 300. A Canadian woman is among three former Harrods employees who are accusing Ali Fayad of sexual assault. Ali Fayad is the brother of Mohammed Al Fayad, the late owner of Harrods, who has also been accused of sexual abuse by hundreds of women. Crystal Gamansing reports. owner of Harrods, who has also been accused of sexual abuse by hundreds of women. Crystal Gamansing reports. When you're feeling mortified and someone's laughing and giggling.

Amy says despite years passing, she can still hear Ali Fayed's voice and see his face. At the time, she was 21. I was taken on the private Harrods jet, completely alone with Mr. Ali. In a CBC interview, she said her boss, Mohammed Al-Fayed, told her to go to Switzerland to do some administrative work for his youngest brother. But there was no work to be done, and Ali suggested they go to a community pool. I didn't even get a chance to swim. It was just being grabbed and pulled in and fumbled and groped.

Amy is a part of the group Justice for Herod's Survivors, which is pursuing civil legal action against the department store. The allegations against Allie Fayed by three women, including Amy, have not been tested in court. Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, London. Candidates looking to be the next Prime Minister are facing a key deadline today. The Liberal leadership hopefuls have until 5 p.m. Eastern

to pay the next installment in their candidacy fee. And it's a lot of money, $125,000. And as of yesterday, one candidate, Karina Gould, was saying she doesn't have it. The party set the entry fee for this race very, very high. We've seen that that means that there are a number of potential candidates that may have run that didn't, and there are a couple that have already dropped out because of that. My campaign didn't exist when the parties set these rules, but we're doing everything

that we can to meet it. Gould says she is confident she will make today's deadline. And that is The World This Hour.