The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/11 at 20:00 EST

Episode Date: February 12, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/11 at 20:00 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 is our. I'm Tom Harrington. CBC News has learned the proposed U.S. tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports

could be double trouble for Canada. All Canadian imports to America already face a 25 percent tariff on March 4th. But the new levies on those metals take effect March 12th. And the White House says the two taxes will be combined, meaning the country may face 50 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum. Meantime, as Kate McKenna reports, the premiers are lobbying hard against all of it in Washington. Let's stick together and please get the message to President Trump. This is not a good idea for both countries.

Doug Ford is touring Washington with a message. He spoke at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce this morning. The two greatest countries in the world. Let's work together. But it's unclear whether his message is seeping in. Yesterday Donald Trump announced new tariffs on steel and aluminum. And at Ford's event, much of the crowd was Canadian. Do I think it's going to resonate with Donald Trump? Probably not. Eric Miller is a DC-based consultant.

This is a case where, unfortunately, President Trump has to touch the hot stove before he realizes how valuable and integrated this relationship is. All 13 Canadian premiers are in Washington this week, part of a massive anti-tariff push. Kate McKenna, CBC News, Washington. The tariffs were the topic du jour for some on the Liberal leadership campaign trail. Candidates are talking tough in an effort to become the next Canadian Prime Minister. Mark Carney spoke in Regina about the issue. We as Canadians are coming together. We're going to build our strength here at home.

We have many other options abroad. We are going to develop those rapidly. And if the Americans are going to be reasonable, if the Americans are going to be willing to strike an agreement and not tear it up a few years later, but strike an agreement with honor that they are going to honor, then we look forward to sitting down and having those negotiations. Christian Freeland's campaign today focused on affordability for Canadians, putting out a multi-point plan that includes cutting taxes. Fentanyl was one of the reasons Donald Trump said he was imposing tariffs on Canada. Today, the federal government announced the new Fentanyl Czar that Prime Minister promised

the President. Kevin Brasso spent more than 20 years in the RCMP, including as Deputy Commissioner. He was recently the Prime Minister's Deputy National Security and Intelligence Advisor. Justin Trudeau says Brasso's appointment will accelerate Canada's efforts to detect, disrupt and dismantle the fentanyl trade. Cases of influenza are high and rising in Canada. Emergency rooms across the country are seeing that firsthand. Alison Northcott has more.

We're seeing a lot of cases in our emergency department. In the busy emergency room at the Montreal Children's Hospital, Dr. Jesse Papenberg, a pediatric infectious disease specialist, says we're in the throes of an intense flu season. Right now on our hospital wards at the Montreal Children's Hospital, we've had several hospitalizations in children due to influenza over the last few weeks, some of which have required intensive care unit admission. So there have been some very severe cases so far this year. The latest data from the Public Health Agency of Canada shows flu cases rising,

with widespread activity in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec, which reported more than 4,000 cases last week alone. Papenberg says this year's flu vaccine is estimated to be about 50 percent effective against the two main influenza strains circulating and that getting it can help prevent serious illness. Alison Northcott, CBC News, Montreal. Salman Rushdie testified today at the trial of the man accused of attacking him. The 2022 stabbing left the British author

blind in one eye. Rushdie described seeing a masked man rush at him while he was on stage in New York. He felt a sense of great pain and shock and remembered lying in a pool of blood. The 27-year-old accused has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and assault. The District Attorney says discussing a motive will be unnecessary. The former leader of Iran issued a fatwa against Rushdie in 1989. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington.