The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/02 at 19:00 EST

Episode Date: March 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/02 at 19:00 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 Jasmine Sepulis. The White House is again sending mixed signals about its threatened tariffs.

The U.S. seems poised to impose the sweeping measure this Tuesday. But whether or not those tariffs will be as steep as originally planned is still anyone's guess. Katie Simpson has more. Both Mexico and Canada have done a reasonable job on the border. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says the U.S. president may not hit his biggest trading partners as hard as originally planned. I think there are going to be tariffs on Tuesday on Mexico and Canada exactly what they're going to be I'm gonna leave that for the

president to decide. Donald Trump had previously promised to impose broad 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico with a lower 10% tariff on Canadian energy products all under the guise of frustration around illegal immigration and the flow of fentanyl into the U.S. During an interview with Fox News, Lutnick seemed to suggest the numbers could change. That is a fluid situation. Ever since Trump won the election, he's made a wide range of threats with ever-changing justifications.

Trump is so unpredictable, Canadian officials are not expecting to know his final decision until the actual deadline arrives on Tuesday. Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. European and NATO leaders have wrapped up their meeting on how to continue supporting Ukraine in its battle against Russia's invasion. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says they've come up with a plan that includes keeping the military aid flowing, keeping economic pressure on Russia,

and putting together a coalition of the willing to ensure Russia abides by any peace agreement. The UK is prepared to back this with boots on the ground and planes in the air. Together with others, Europe must do the heavy listing. But to support peace in our continent and to succeed, this effort must have strong U.S. backing. In London, speaking through a translator, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke

to reporters about his meeting with Donald Trump on Friday. I do not perceive my country as better than others, but definitely not worse than others. During that meeting Trump yelled at Zelensky. It ended with the Ukrainian delegation being kicked out of the White House. Zelensky was asked if he was willing to meet Trump again, if that meant he would have to apologize. The people have lost their lives, and it is impossible to bring it back.

And it is very painful for us and all that we want from partners is the constructive dialogue. So that they remember who the aggressor is. Trump has repeated Russian propaganda messages calling Ukraine the aggressor and Zelensky a dictator in fact Russia invaded Ukraine, Zelensky won the election in 2019 and the Ukrainian Constitution does not allow elections during wartime. And the 97th Academy Awards just got underway in Los Angeles. Conan O'Brien is hosting for the first time but as Eli Glasner tells us it wasn't certain this year that the show would go ahead.

There was talk of the Oscars being postponed because a month ago, no one knew where we would be. But here we are and it is the entertainment business, so the show goes on and certainly now the people that we've been talking to in Los Angeles, there is a feeling that the industry needs this show to celebrate and to take a stand. Clayton Davis, he's the awards editor at Variety. Take a listen.

If you survived COVID, you survived the Hollywood strikes and your house burned down and you're still standing, man, you're a survivor. And we wanna make sure that we can allow a business and a world that celebrates art like the Oscars, that it's still welcoming to everyone and everyone has a shot at it and we don't have to move it overseas. That is what I've been hearing from so many people here that regardless the obstacles,

the industry will find a way. Eli Glastner, CBC News, Los Angeles. And that is your World This Hour. Remember you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts updated every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Jasmine Sepulis.