The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/14 at 11:00 EST

Episode Date: February 14, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/14 at 11:00 EST

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From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. With all eyes on the Trump administration, a global security summit has opened in Munich. You hear this term burden sharing, but we think it's an important part of being in a shared alliance together that the Europeans step up while America focuses on areas of the world that are in great danger. That is US Vice President JD Vance saying the White House expects Europe to take more responsibility for its own security needs.

And as we hear now from Abby Kugadasen, there will be more to come from the Trump administration over the course of the weekend. Three days in Munich will allow European officials to meet and mingle with the US delegation for the first time since Donald Trump returned to the White House. Europeans will use this opportunity to try to get a sense of the US administration. Rafael Loss is with the European Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin. He says world leaders and high-ranking officials take to the main stage of the security conference in southern Germany. But much more will happen in the back rooms, on the hallways.

Much of the talk will focus on a pressing issue for Europeans. What happens next in Ukraine? much of the talk will focus on a pressing issue for Europeans. What happens next in Ukraine? In recent days, Trump has confirmed speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin, announcing the two had agreed to start negotiations immediately. Trump has also suggested Ukraine won't get all of its territory back from the Kremlin. And his Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth set off even more alarm bells by saying NATO membership for Kiev is off the table.

Abby Kualdas in CBC News, Berlin. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie is at the three-day Munich conference, taking part in, among other things, discussions on Arctic security. Now to Ottawa, where with parliament prorogued, conservative MPs are taking part today in a strategy session on Parliament Hill. And the conservative meeting comes ahead of a rally the party has planned for tomorrow to mark Flag Day. Janice McGregor reports. As the Conservative caucus gathers this Valentine's Day, it's true patriot love they're preparing to wear on their sleeves. National Flag Day will be marked

by the Governor-General with the ceremony on Parliament Hill this morning. But earlier this week on his social media, Polyev stood with the flag at his National Flag Day will be marked by the Governor General with a ceremony on Parliament Hill this morning. But earlier this week on his social media, Poliev stood with the flag at his official residence and called on all Canadians to unite like never before. The text messages his party's been blasting out to try to build a big crowd for his rally, though, suggests it will be a partisan affair and one that leans into a very different message than the Canada is broken theme that conservatives had been hammering when their target was Justin Trudeau. Instead, we are now seeing Poliev use a Wilfrid Laurier quote actually, Canada first, Canada last, Canada always as his tagline, words that simultaneously push back against Trump

while also embracing the populist rhetorical style of the America First movement that continues to resonate with some conservatives here in Canada. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. The Trudeau government's two-month GST holiday officially comes to an end tomorrow. And now it has to be determined whether it was worth the effort. Philip Lee Shanick has more. So I had to go in manually, just turn was worth the effort. Phillip Lee Shanick has more.

So I had to go in manually just turn off all the taxes. Toronto gift shop owner Trin Ngo put in extra hours prepping for the tax break just before Christmas. Ngo says it didn't help her sales due to the short time frame and limited number of products exempt from the tax. So is she looking forward to reversing her work this weekend? No, but at least it's a quiet time so that's fine. Statistics Canada data on the impact of the tax holiday won't be out for a while,

but Dan Kelly of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says it wasn't worth the bother. So it didn't move the dial very much with respect to sales, but did add a lot in terms of administrative complexity. But Kelly Higginson of Restaurants Canada disagrees. So really the GST holiday is doing what it was supposed to do. She credits the tax holiday for pushing hiring to pre-pandemic highs and she says with the threat of U.S. tariffs it should be permanent. Phil Deschanaux, CBC News, Toronto.

And that is The World This Hour. For news anytime, go to our website cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.