The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/08 at 04:00 EST

Episode Date: February 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/08 at 04:00 EST

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start listening today. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. The Canadian government says it will list drug cartels as terrorist organizations under the law. The move is part of the agreement struck with US President Trump to stave off his tariff threats and appease his concerns about fentanyl. But experts say dozens of groups have their fingerprints on the fentanyl trade, not just cartels. Darren Major has the story. The conduct of criminal cartels are very similar in nature to terrorist groups.

Public safety minister David McGinty says adding cartels to the terrorist list will grant law enforcement agencies more powers to track their illegal funds and activities. It would also allow intelligence agencies, such as CSIS, to be more involved in investigations. There is growing evidence to suggest that Mexican cartels are gaining a foothold in Canada's illicit drug market. But Jessica Davis, a former senior intelligence analyst,

says just because more law agencies could get involved doesn't necessarily mean they will. It's not like the Caving government has proactively said, you know, the cartels are a huge problem. We're listing them as terrorist entities. We are going to deploy all of our tools and resources to target them. A recent intelligence report on organized crime says biker and street gangs are also heavily involved in drug distribution.

Darren Major, CBC News, Ottawa. Chris Jeffreeland's campaign for the liberal leadership has been a target of malicious activity with alleged ties to the Chinese government. This, according to the Canadian task force that is mandated to monitor election interference. Carina Roman has more details from Ottawa. The task force says it's identified an information operation targeting Christia Freeland. The MP is one of five candidates running to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader and Prime Minister. The task force detected what it calls coordinated and malicious activity aimed at Freeland. It traced

the operation to the Chinese social media and messaging app WeChat. To WeChat's most popular news account, an anonymous blog with alleged ties to the Chinese government, the WeChat news articles disparaged Freeland. It's estimated that 2 to 3 million WeChat users saw the campaign globally. In a statement, Freeland said she will not be intimidated. Making this kind of discovery public is a departure for the task force, which faced criticism during the recent foreign interference public inquiry for not telling Canadians about online malicious campaigns against candidates.

Karina Roman, CBC News, Ottawa. A developing story in the Middle East. Hamas is set to hand over three Israeli hostages this morning in exchange for Palestinian detainees and prisoners. The swap of the captives will be the fifth exchange under the Gaza ceasefire deal, aiming at resolving the 15-month war. To British Columbia, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are expected at the opening ceremonies of the Invictus Games today. The competition was started by Prince Harry in 2014 for wounded veterans. As

Yvette Bren reports, this will be the first to feature winter sports and a first for BC. As you go down here, I want you to think about the... A coach shows team Ukraine skier Arsen Ryokpo-Szopko how to turn. A translator explains what being on this Whistler slope means to him. In Victor's game... Me, in Victor's games, is like a swallow of fresh air. He only clamped on ski boots for the first time six days ago.

I am skiing six days. He's one of hundreds of Invictus athletes competing in British Columbia over the next week. Adaptive ski instructor Ellie Taylor says Ryaboshapko progressed fast. Amazing how he just throws himself in. Prince Harry founded the Invictus Games for wounded veterans in 2014. A decade later, hundreds of competitors from 23 nations will compete in BC. For Ryaboschapko, who was shot in both legs during a Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut,

skiing mountains he'd only seen from a ship is the realization of a dream. Eva, CBC News, Wissler. And that is your World This Hour. Get all the news you need anytime, anywhere. Download the free CBC News app today, now with 18 live local streams. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Thanks for listening.