The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/09 at 19:00 EST

Episode Date: February 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/09 at 19:00 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. U.S. President Donald Trump says he's serious about Canada becoming the 51st state.

He reiterated his stance in an interview with Brett Baier on Fox News. You know, the Prime Minister said this weekend to a group of Canadian businessmen, he was at a private meeting, he said that your wish for Canada to be the 51st state is a quote real thing. Is it a real thing? Yeah, it is. I think Canada would be much better off being a 51st state because we lose $200 billion

a year with Canada and I'm not going to let that happen. If they're a 51st state, we lose $200 billion a year with Canada. And I'm not going to let that happen. If they're a 51st state, I don't mind doing it. According to the U.S. Government, Canada had a $53 billion trade surplus with the United States in 2022. Trump also said Canada and Mexico have not done enough to avoid tariffs next month. And since that interview, Trump spoke to reporters on Air Force One saying he'll announce 25 percent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the U.S. on Monday. He says the tariffs would apply to Canada and Mexico. And...

Announcing probably Tuesday or Wednesday at a news conference, we send people tariffs and very simply, if they charge us, we charge them. In other words, the U.S. would impose import duties on products when another country has levy duties on U.S. goods. As Canada asks people to buy local in the face of the U.S. tariff threat, shoppers are reading labels more closely at the grocery store. David Hare is vice president with Canadian manufacturers and exporters. He says there's an easy way to tell.

If it says the product of Canada, then 98% of it is Canadian. If it says made in Canada, it has to have at least 51% of its contents manufactured or made in this country. Hehr says we shouldn't be fooled by brands. He says Coors, for example, is 100% manufactured in his province. White South Africans are turning down US President Donald Trump's asylum offer. Trump signed an executive order on Friday cutting aid to South Africa and offering to resettle white South Africans in the US. Trump claimed they were suffering discrimination under a new law that seeks to address racial

inequality in land ownership. Flip buys of the Afrikaner solidarity movement says they don't want to leave. We may disagree with the ANC, but we love the country. As in any community, there are individuals who wish to immigrate, but the repatriation of Afrikaners as refugees is not a solution for us. We want to build a future in South Africa. The new law allows for expropriation without compensation in circumstances where it is just and equitable and in the public interest to do so. Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians are heading north in Gaza after Israeli troops

withdrew from checkpoints dividing north and south. Along with the release of hostages held by Hamas and prisoners in Israeli jails, this was a key part of the ceasefire deal. Phil Bleszanak reports. A long line of trucks and people carrying their belongings make their way across the Net-Sarim corridor. The road divides Gaza into north and south. Henny Al-Zanin is eager to see what's left of his home.

Thank God the road was good and the army have withdrawn. Thank God for safety. Israeli pullout is a key condition of the ceasefire deal and the army have withdrawn. Thank God for safety. Israeli pullout is a key condition of the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, the first phase of which ends in three weeks. Jack Cunningham teaches international relations at University of Toronto's Trinity College. He says negotiating the next phase will be difficult. Israel wants Hamas dismantled and Hamas wants a complete Israeli withdrawal. It's difficult to see them being reconciled unless something quite dramatic happens. And US President Donald Trump's statements about taking control

of Gaza and turning it into the Riviera of the Middle East have complicated negotiations. Philip Deschanoc, CBC News, Toronto. The Super Bowl is underway with the Kansas City Chiefs squaring off against the Philadelphia Eagles and one of the players on the field will be Canadian Sydney Brown. The London Ontario native is a safety for the Eagles. The team is hoping to stop the Chiefs from winning a third straight Super Bowl. And that's your World This Hour. You can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts, updated every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.