The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/07 at 17:00 EST

Episode Date: February 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/07 at 17:00 EST

In Scarborough, there's this fire behind our eyes. A passion in our bellies. It's in the hearts of our neighbors. The eyes of our nurses. And the hands of our doctors. It's what makes Scarborough, Scarborough. In our hospitals, we do more than anyone thought possible. We've less than anyone could imagine.

But it's time to imagine what we can do with more. Join Scarborough Health Network and together, we can turn grit into greatness. Donate at lovescarborough.ca. From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Julianne Hazelwood. Justin Trudeau says Donald Trump is not joking about annexing Canada.

The Prime Minister made the comments behind closed doors at a gathering of business leaders, but his words were accidentally heard outside the room. David Thurton reports. There will be no messing with the 49th parallel period. Frank words from Transport Minister Anita Honnard following Justin Trudeau's own straight talk. The Prime Minister was at a Q&A behind closed doors, but journalists heard some of his answers outside the room, over loudspeakers. It's hard to hear, but Trudeau says Trump's goal is to absorb Canada, that it's, quote,

a real thing. Afterwards, ministers like Stephen McKinnon did not downplay Trudeau's warning. Canada is free. Canada is sovereign. Canada will choose its own destiny. Thank you very much. Trudeau's comments underscore what Canada is facing with the new Trump administration, as the president repeatedly calls Canada the 51st state.

David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa. Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister is reiterating that there will be financial help for Canadians if and when Donald Trump acts on his threat to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian goods entering the U.S. The government will be there. We were ready. The employment minister was working on EI things. But we're not in the U.S. The government will be there. We were ready. The employment minister was working on EI things. But we're not in the pandemic.

We have to be, you know, very strategic when it comes to spending. But right now, we need to make sure that we address the issue of uncertainty by standing up and being very strong together. Melanesia Lee also says local and provincial governments can help by choosing Canadian businesses for government contracts. Moments ago, the deadline for Liberal leadership candidates to pay the party's $125,000 fee lapsed. It's the third in a series of installments. All five candidates have paid. A final installment of $125,000 is due February 17th. A Manitoba First Nation has almost no working fire hydrants because there's no running water in large swaths of the community.

Residents of Tataskwiak Cree Nation north of Winnipeg have had to use buckets to fight fires. Cameron McIntosh has more details. The one fire truck in the community won't start. Even if it did, the fire hydrants don't work. They're at least 40 years old and some of them have been taken down. Melvin Cook Jr is the fire chief of the remote Tataskwiak Cree Nation where the water system is broken and Cook says little has changed since two fires they couldn't stop claimed one life and displaced about 50 others almost two years ago. We lost. We lost. We're fighting. Chief Doreen Spence says the community is working with the federal government on plans for new water infrastructure.

When I hear a fire, this is what we use. In the meantime, volunteer firefighter Virginia Audie shows off a bucket, calling it the best tool she has for now. Cameron McIntosh, CBC News, Winnipeg. In Nova Scotia, two of the four crew members pulled from the water after their boat capsized have died. Two others were treated and released from hospital. The 18-metre Fortune Pride capsized near Halifax last night, triggering a Coast Guard search.

A new report by the Canadian Climate Institute shows building new homes in areas at high risk of wildfires or floods could force governments, insurers and homeowners to spend up to $3 billion more in annual disaster relief and rebuilding costs. Sarah Miller is the author of the report. The flood risk that we project in Alberta is pretty dramatic. New homes could drive up losses by $220 million per year. In Alberta, we're looking at wildfire damages potentially increasing at about $31 million annually. And that's just Alberta.

Miller says provinces should come up with stronger rules when building in high-risk areas. And that's your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.