The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/11 at 07:00 EST

Episode Date: February 11, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/11 at 07:00 EST

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From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is coordinating with world leaders as the White House prepares to issue tariffs on all steel and aluminum entering the United States. Trump is at a, rather Trudeau is at a global AI summit in Paris and had the opportunity today to deliver a message directly to the Trump administration. Olivia Stavanovic reports. As usual these summits are a great opportunity to speak with a range of leaders.

Moments after the Prime Minister made those comments to reporters in Paris, a senior federal government official says Justin Trudeau got in a word with US Vice President JD Vance. We will stand up for Canadian workers. we will stand up for Canadian industries. The official says Trudeau mentioned the impact steel tariffs will have in Ohio, Vance's home state among Canada's largest markets and one of the states where US President Donald Trump wants to revive steelmaking. Trudeau did not announce retaliatory measures today, but he warned Trump's 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports will drive up costs for Americans. Trudeau says Canada will work with the Trump administration over the coming weeks to highlight the consequences the tariffs could have on both sides of the border.

Olivia Stefanovic, CBC News, Paris. Meanwhile, the Canadian premiers are traveling to Washington this week for a lobbying campaign aimed at getting the Trump administration to reverse course. And the clock is ticking. As of today, U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum are set to go into effect as of March 12. Ontario PC leader Doug Ford says he has spoken with Canada's leading steel companies, Stelco and DeFasco, promising that if the tariffs are implemented, the Canadian response will be immediate and substantial. Meanwhile, the head of the European Union, Ursula von der Leyen, says the US tariffs will not go unanswered and will trigger harsh countermeasures from the EU. In Brussels today, she says the EU will act to safeguard its economic interests and will

take whatever steps are necessary to protect European workers, businesses and consumers. In the midst of this ongoing tariff threat, Conservative leader Pierre Poliev is addressing another potential threat to come, one involving Canada's Arctic security. Juanita Taylor explains. Our safety, territory and trade with the U.S. requires we take back control of our North. Pierre Poliev unveiled part of his plan while touring Iqaluit, how he would accomplish security and stability in the North should he become the country's next Prime Minister. It includes doubling the size of Canada's rangers, adding more icebreakers and building Canada's first permanent Arctic

military base in Iqaluit. Hostile powers want our resources, our shipping routes and to be in striking distance of our continent. Poliev is taking aim at the Russian and Chinese governments. He says both have been eyeing the Arctic because of its viable shipping lanes due to climate change. A timely reference, says former Nunavut Senator Dennis Patterson who says there is a need to work more closely with the United States. It's in our mutual

interest in defending and protecting our northern border. Juanita Taylor, CBC News, Yellowknife. Back to President Trump, he was signing a number of executive orders yesterday, one of them taking aim at paper straws. As these things don't work, I've had them many times. On occasion, they break, they explode. If something's hot, they don't last very long, like a matter of minutes. And I don't think that plastic's going to affect a shark very much as they're eating,

as they're munching their way through the ocean. As President Trump signing an executive order ruling back a Biden administration policy, it was designed to phase out federal purchases of single-use plastics, including straws, by the year 2035. Less than 10 percent of plastic waste is currently recycled. The rest takes hundreds of years to break down. And researchers have found micro-plastics in every corner of the planet, including inside the bodies of animals and humans.

And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.