The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/11 at 03:00 EST

Episode Date: February 11, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/11 at 03:00 EST

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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 Neil Herland. U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders imposing 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to the states that include shipments from Canada

The move is designed to increase domestic metal production in the u.s. So if it's made in the United States, there is no Tariff all you have to do is make it in the United States We don't need it from another country as an example Canada if we make it in the United States. We don't need it from another country. As an example, Canada. If we make it in the United States, we don't need it to be made in Canada. We'll have the jobs. That's why Canada should be our 51st state. The new tariffs are supposed to take effect in March,

and then in the meantime, Canada and other countries will be trying to get exemptions. Canada's industry minister, François-Philippe Champagne, reacted last night on the platform acts he said, Steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada, the United States' closest ally, would be totally unjustified.

Canadian steel and aluminum support key industries in the U.S. from defense, shipbuilding, energy to automotive. He adds, Our response will be clear and calibrated. We will continue to stand up for Canada. The American government's latest tariff threat is giving Quebec's aluminum industry a case of deja vu. The industry already weathered similar tariffs during Donald Trump's first term. Steve Rukavina reports.

Quebec is the biggest supplier of aluminum to the U.S., providing 60% of all imports. In 2018, during another trade dispute, Trump imposed a 10% tariff on the metal for about a year. Diaz Yang is a PhD candidate in political science at McGill. That was quite detrimental. There was an estimated about 3 billion costs on the Canadian economy. Trump eventually lifted those tariffs while he was fighting for reelection. Vivek Ashtvesh is a marketing professor at McGill. He says the industry here failed to learn its lesson in 2018. The dependence of aluminum producers on the United States has remained the same

and marginally increased, and we have not been able to find substitute markets or countries where this aluminum can be exported. Jiang says the U.S. being so close to Canada is still the best possible option. Economically, it just makes so much more sense. Both experts agree Trump's unpredictability makes crafting a response to his tariff threats a challenge. Steve Rugevina, CBC News, Montreal. British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating after the Mounties shot and killed a teenager over the weekend in Surrey. It happened during a confrontation with police. Officers were responding to a call

following reports of a person in distress with a gun. As more than 500 athletes from 25 countries gather in Vancouver and Whistler to participate in the Invictus Games. One Canadian veteran isn't celebrating. Scott Snow is a 43-year-old retired Navy diver who represented Canada in the last games. He's suing National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces. As Peter Zimonjic reports, Snow says the injuries he sustained in Germany have left him unable to work. Yeah, grab my crutches please.

Scott Snow spent 14 years serving in the Royal Canadian Navy, retiring in 2015 on a medical certificate. Years later, he was invited to represent Canada at the 2023 Invictus Games in Düsseldorf, Germany. During a game of wheelchair rugby, Snow fell, injuring his neck, spine and head. CBC News previously reported that when he returned to Canada, he was told that while serving military members on the team were insured, he wasn't medically covered. After two spine surgeries, Snow says he can no longer move easily around his home or afford

to pay for physical therapy. The Liberal government responded by introducing insurance for veterans in future games, including the ones being held in BC this week. But Snow says he wasn't offered any help. Still to this day no one has reached out to me from the Canadian Armed Forces or D&D or Soldier On. Snow says he does not blame the Invictus Games and supports the organization. His suit is against National Defense and the Canadian Armed Forces. It asks for 2.4 million in compensation to pay for accessibility renovations to his house and the pain and suffering he has endured. Peter

Zemanjic, CBC News, Ottawa. And CBC reached out to the Canadian government but has not received a response. And that is your World This Hour. I'm Neil Herland.