The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/13 at 18:00 EST

Episode Date: February 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/13 at 18:00 EST

When a body is discovered 10 miles out to sea, it sparks a mind-blowing police investigation. There's a man living in this address in the name of a deceased. He's one of the most wanted men in the world. This isn't really happening. Officers are finding large sums of money. It's a tale of murder, skullduggery and international intrigue. So who really is he? I'm Sam Mullins and this is Sea of Lies from CBC's Uncovered, available now.

From CBC News, the world is our. I'm Tom Harrington. A reciprocal makes tariffs really fair. Donald Trump said he was going to impose reciprocal tariffs today. Instead, he ordered a study of the effect of those tariffs on any countries that put those charges on U.S. goods. And among Trump's targets, this country. Canada's been very bad to us on trade, but now Canada's going to have to start paying

up. Canada's going to be a very interesting situation because, you know, we just don't need their product and yet they survive off the fact that we do 95 percent of what they do. He also repeated he still wants Canada to become a U.S. state. But Trump admitted tariffs may drive prices up in the short term. Inflation is already on the rise in the U.S., hitting 3.9 percent in January. The study on tariffs should be done by April 1st. B.C. must be ready to defend against these unjustified tariffs.

BC Finance Minister Brenda Bailey says part of that preparation for Donald Trump's threatened tariffs includes a government hiring freeze. She's also announced an election promise to deliver a $1,000 rebate for grocery purchases cannot be kept. The reality is, at the time that this commitment was made it was a very different time than the world after November 25th when Trump announced 25 percent tariffs on their closest trading partner. We do not get to make decisions in a void or a world that is unchanging and we too are

deeply disappointed. Bailey tables the next provincial budget on March 4th, the same day as Trump's deadline for those 25% tariffs on Canada. We're starting to get a better idea of how many Canadian shoppers are changing their habits. According to a new poll, more than 80% intend to buy more items made in Canada. They're motivated, they say, by US economic threats to Canada. Scott Peterson has more. This is coming out in a recent poll by Léger. As far as the vast majority of us, in fact,

81% of Canadians say that they have, quote, significantly increased how many Canadian-made products they intend to buy. 56% say that they're ready to cancel and avoid U.S. travel altogether. 59% say that they're ditching U.S. alcohol for products made here in Canada. Things from Sobeys, from Loblaws, advertising their Canadian roots, say that they have Canadian products, whether it's carrots or apples, tomatoes, pork or beef. And also, this is leading a lot of companies,

like Boston Pizza, like Tim Hortons, putting their Canadian foot forward, saying that they want to increase the amount of Canadian products they're buying. And so this is a trend that we're seeing playing out for a lot of Canadian consumers and retailers at the same time. Scott Peterson, CBC News, Toronto. A federal court is hearing arguments on whether the current suspension of parliament is illegal. At the prime minister's request, the governor general prorogued the House last month. That has allowed the liberals to

select a new leader. Two Nova Scotia men are arguing there is no reasonable justification for parliament to be prorogued. The hearing is expected to last two days. Dozens of people were injured when a car plowed into a crowd in Munich today. The attack comes as the city prepares to host foreign leaders for an international security conference and Germany prepares for a national election. Rebecca Collard reports. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz just hours after the incident

saying the attackers should be punished and made to leave Germany. Police say a white Mini Cooper overtook a police vehicle and plowed into a group of demonstrators. A suspect has been detained, a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker whose application was denied. The attack happened just hours before international leaders, including US Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky began to arrive in Munich for the annual Munich Security Conference. Some 5,000 officers are deployed in the city to ensure the conference's security. Germany is just 10 days away from a federal election where security and migration have

been top issues. Rebecca Collard for CBC News, Berlin. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.