The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/11 at 09:00 EST

Episode Date: February 11, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/11 at 09:00 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. Trudeau is at a global AI summit in Paris and had an opportunity today to deliver a message directly to the Trump administration. Olivia Stavanovic has more. 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 U.S. Vice President J.D. 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 percent 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. While the Canadian premiers are in Washington this week for a stepped up 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 Canadian aluminum are set to go in effect as of March the 12th. Meanwhile, the head of the European Union, Ursula von der Leyen, says the U.S. 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 the ongoing tariff threat, Conservative leader Pierre Poliev is addressing another potential threat to come, one involving Canada's Arctic security. Winita Taylor reports. Our safety, territory and trade with the U.S. requires we take back control of our North. Pierre Pauliev 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.

Postile 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. Along with launching his trade action yesterday, President Trump was also signing an executive order that takes aim at paper straws.

These things don't work. I've had them many times. And 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. Trump is rolling back a Biden administration policy that called for federal purchases of single use plastics to be phased out by the year 2035. The Biden Initiative was launched to help step up global recycling efforts. Less than 10% of all plastic waste is currently recycled.

The rest takes hundreds of years to break down. And researchers have found microplastics in every corner of the planet, including inside the bodies of animals and humans. And that is The World This Hour. For news anytime, go to our website cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.