The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/02 at 21:00 EST

Episode Date: March 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/02 at 21:00 EST

In Scarborough, there's this fire behind our eyes. A passion in our bellies. It's in the hearts of our neighbors. The eyes of our nurses. And the hands of our doctors. It's what makes Scarborough, Scarborough. In our hospitals, we do more than anyone thought possible. We've less than anyone could imagine.

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 is sour. I'm Neil Kumar. Prime Minister Trudeau joined European and NATO leaders at a hastily organized summit in London

to discuss ways of supporting Ukraine that don't depend on contributions from an increasingly reluctant America. As Tom Perry reports, the consensus is NATO and Europe need to do a lot more to look after their own security. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau brushing past reporters as he arrived at the London summit where he was greeted by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. We are at a crossroads in history today. as he arrived at the London summit where he was greeted by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. We are at a crossroads in history today.

Starmer met this week in Washington with US President Donald Trump. Trump has made clear he's far less interested than past presidents in defending Europe and harbors a deep skepticism about supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia. Starmer says it's time for Europe to step up with a plan to end the fighting and guarantee Ukraine's security. 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 succeed, this effort must have strong US backing.

To try to win that backing, Starmer has announced a sharp increase in UK defense spending and is calling for a coalition of the willing to join the UK, France and others in a plan to protect Ukraine. Tom Perry, CBC News, London. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says tariffs will be levied on Canadian and Mexican goods on Tuesday. But it's not clear if President Trump will make those tariffs 25 percent. They have done a lot, so he's sort of thinking about right now how exactly he wants to play it with Mexico and Canada, and that is a fluid situation.

There are going to be tariffs on Tuesday on Mexico and Canada, exactly what they are. We're going to leave that for the president and his team to negotiate. Lutnick also says the US will levy an additional 10% tariff on Chinese goods. As Canada waits to find out what happens, the prime minister is preparing a response. JP Tasker reports on the uncertainty ahead and why some in this country say this moment

is about more than just tariffs. Really, we don't know the true impact at this time yet, which is stressful as well. Rodney Beerhausen owns a Niagara Region greenhouse. He says half of the company's flowers are sold into the U.S. A trade war could price them out of that market. We are taking the threat very seriously and trying to be very proactive and responding. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising to hit the US with retaliatory tariffs as soon as Trump launches his trade war.

We will have a strong, unequivocal and proportional response as Canadians expect. But the federal government is still holding out hope its border crackdown will appease Trump's concerns about drugs and migrants. We can't rely on the Americans anymore. Conservative leader Pierre Poliev says Canada should pull back from the U.S. Whatever Trump does next. We need to take back control of our economy and bring home a strong, self-reliant and sovereign nation.

JP Tasker, CBC News, Ottawa. One day after phase one of the Gaza ceasefire ended, Israel is again blocking all humanitarian aid from entering Gaza. It's trying to pressure Hamas into accepting a new US proposal to extend phase one through Ramadan and Passover and calls for more hostages to be released. At the same time, negotiations on a second phase would continue. Here's Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sarr. We fulfilled all our commitments until the very last day, which was yesterday.

Our position is that during negotiations, hostages should be released. Hamas has rejected the proposed extension. And the Vatican says Pope Francis is still in stable condition. In a statement, it says Francis is without a fever and no longer requires the use of a mechanical ventilator. The Pope has been in Rome's Gemelli Hospital battling double pneumonia for over two weeks. In a post on X, Pope Francis thanked his supporters for their prayers. And that is Your World is Sour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts updated every hour, seven days a week.

For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.