The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/21 at 12:00 EST

Episode Date: February 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/21 at 12:00 EST

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From CBC News, it's the World is Our. I'm Joe Cummings. This was a win for 40-plus million and the guys knew it and they delivered. Postgame thoughts there from Team Canada head coach John Cooper. And what his team delivered last night was victory in Boston. With Connor McDavid scoring the winner in overtime, Canada beat the United States to capture the inaugural Four Nations faceoff tournament. 3-2 the final score, and here in Canada, the celebration was on.

It's great. It's great. Go Canada, go! It's a big deal for our country politically right now with everything going on and also hawkins are our sport. I'm proud of my country. On social media, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has commented saying quote, you can't take our country and you can't take our game.

At this point, we've yet to hear from US President Donald Trump. Now as good as his victory was for Canadian hockey fans, there's still more to come. The 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy will include NHL players. So last night's game is a preview of what we could see again this time next year. Now to Washington and the annual Council of Governors Summit. It has all the US governors on Capitol Hill today and joining them to discuss the Trump administration's ongoing tariff threats are two Canadian premiers. Cameron McIntosh has more.

Well, quite simply, it's just about being seen and heard. Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston are both here. Now relations with Canada aren't formally on the agenda for the governors, but the premiers are just trying to take advantage of an opportunity with nearly all the governors and hundreds of state officials all in one place. Just building the case for partnership with Canada in the face of President Trump's tariff threats, here is Premier Tim Houston. No tariffs. building the case for partnership with Canada in the face of President Trump's tariff threats. Here is Premier Tim Huston.

No tariffs. I mean, ultimately that's what we're trying to get to. But it's a process, you know, we understand that. So we just continue to talk about how the impact it can be, you know, put the price up for Americans, have an impact on Canadians, have an impact on Nova Scotians. So the success is just getting people to listen and engage in dialogue. This also builds on similar lobbying last week when all 13 premiers are here. They got a meeting with some Trump officials, both sides saying the dialogue was positive,

but certainly no promises made. Cameron McIntosh, CBC News, Washington. A new study is suggesting that a Canadian high-speed rail line would generate billions of dollars in economic benefits. The study from the C.D. Howe Institute says the proposed line between Toronto and Quebec City would generate anywhere from 15 to 27 billion dollars in revenue over a 50 year span. Prime Minister Trudeau announced this week that the government is moving ahead with a plan to develop the high-speed rail corridor, but it's

still in the planning phase with any construction at least five years away. In the midst of the mounting tariff tension between Canada and the U.S., a Vancouver island man is offering up some Canadian hospitality to our neighbors south of the border. Todd Maffin has posted a special invitation on TikTok for Americans to come and visit Nanaimo, and the response so far has been pretty encouraging. Georgie Smythe has more. Hey, Americans who support Canadians, I have an idea. What if we picked a day in like a month and a half or so where all of you come up here to Vancouver Island?

Todd Maffin is throwing down the welcome at 4,000s of Americans. Should we do this? To support Canada by signing up to visit his town, Nanaimo, in the spring. The invite and the video went viral down south, provoking shares like this. To support Canada by signing up to visit his town, Nanaimo, in the spring. The invite and the video went viral down south, provoking shares like this. He says, hey, one dollar's worth of dollar 46 up here, right?

Maffin, who's a business journalist, says the idea was kind of an accident, but could have a huge positive impact on the seaside town. We're past 2,000 people now. If 10% of those 2,000 show up, 200 people, it's still going to be, I think, a pretty decent boost to the Mid-Island's economy. The local tourism board has already got hotel bookings from people as far as Texas and Florida. Canadians and Americans trading travel tips again instead of tariffs for now. Georgie Smythe, CBC News, Vancouver.

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