The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/25 at 02:00 EST

Episode Date: February 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/25 at 02:00 EST

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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 this hour. I'm Neil Herland. US President Donald Trump says his threat of tariffs against Canada will go ahead.

Trump made the comment at the White House Monday during a news conference with the President of France. The CBC's Richard Madden reports from Washington. We were in the gilded East Room of the White House for that joint press conference where the question of tariffs was brought up by a colleague and Trump essentially said that yeah it's happening. The tariffs are going forward on time on schedule this is an abuse that took place for many many years and I'm not even blaming the other countries that did this I blame our leadership for allowing it to happen. And these tariffs of course goes back to those initial tariffs Trump threatened to slap on Canada and Mexico linked to border security and fentanyl. You'll recall

Trump initially paused them until the beginning of March to kickstart negotiations and as a result Canada scrambled promising to bolster security along the northern border, appointed a fentanyl czar as the White House requested but apparently that's still not enough to satisfy the administration and Trump says those tariffs are going forward and on time. Richard Madden, CBC News, Washington. And there's another big story involving U.S. President Donald Trump and Canada.

Tonight Trump says the Keystone XL pipeline should be built. The project was cancelled in 2021 by the Biden White House. After activists fought against it for years, the pipeline would move oil from Alberta to refineries in the U.S. The four candidates running to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader and Prime Minister faced off tonight in a French language debate in Montreal. Christia Freeland spoke about her experience dealing with U.S. President Donald Trump. Christa Freeland spoke about her experience dealing with US President Donald Trump. Because I've already done it. I've negotiated with Mr. Trump.

I negotiated NAFTA, the new NAFTA, and we succeeded in getting a better agreement. Frank Bayless suggested a different approach with Trump. First of all, I don't think I'd bother go seeing him. No, I'm serious. I would send a delegation for discussion purposes, but I wouldn't put myself in a position where he can demonstrate that he wants to be intimidating. Mark Carney struggled at times with his French and at one point made a blunder when talking about the war in Gaza, a mistake that Freeland jumped on. We all agree on Hamas on a two-state solution.

No, we don't agree with Hamas. No, we're against Hamas, absolutely. Yes, we're all against Hamas, we are. And Karina Gould questioned her own government's immigration policy. We have to be honest with Canadians. The government was too ambitious with the immigration targets over the past few years and the Liberal Party sees the importance and the value of immigration. Meantime, the Liberal Party rejected an appeal from the disqualified candidate Ruby Dalla

to let her back into the leadership race. Last week, the party said she broke 10 campaign rules. We are learning new details about the attempted murder of a six-year-old boy in Halifax. Turns out the suspect was already known to police. Kayla Hounsell reports. It happened in the middle of the afternoon on a busy transit thoroughfare in downtown Halifax. A six-year-old boy stabbed multiple times, attacked by someone he doesn't know, taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

It's a very very tragic incident. Halifax regional police constable Martin Cromwell says officers were called around 1 20 Sunday. Police say one of the boy's parents was instrumental in ensuring the suspect remained on scene. Investigators have charged 19 year old-old Elliot Chorny with attempted murder and possession of a weapon dangerous to public peace. Crown attorney Michael Cody is prosecuting the case. I confirm these are very serious allegations, of course very tragic. Court documents show Chorny is also facing a previous assault charge.

Nova Scotia Health says she was allegedly involved in an incident at a Halifax hospital last month. Kayla Hounsell, CBC News, Halifax. And that's the CBC News.