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

Episode Date: March 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/03 at 21:00 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. U.S. President Donald Trump says the tariffs are coming. After months of uncertainty and delay, Trump says he will be imposing a 25% tariff on any

imports from Canada and Mexico starting Tuesday. Katie Simpson has more. This is a very big day for a lot of reasons. U.S. President Donald Trump confirming the worst-case scenario for Canada and Mexico. At an event celebrating a new investment in U.S. semiconductor production, he announced he'll make good on his tariff threat. Very importantly, tomorrow tariffs 25% on Canada and 25% on Mexico. Trump offered multiple reasons for his decision, first saying he wants auto sector jobs to

leave Canada and Mexico with new plants to be built in the U.S. He then returned to his original reasoning, blaming his biggest trading partners for allowing Fentanyl to enter the U.S., declaring he's not open to negotiating. No room left for Mexico or for Canada. No, the tariffs, you know, they're all set, they go into effect tomorrow. All of it has the feeling of an existential groundhog day. Another deadline, mixed messages from Washington and a sense of dread. This is the new normal.

Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. And Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has just issued a statement tonight about the tariffs. He says there is no justification for these actions. Meantime, Canadian governments at all levels are vowing to fight back. David Thurton has reaction from Ottawa. If Trump is imposing tariffs, we're ready. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie says Canada will strike back with more than $150 billion in countermeasures.

Ottawa's first blow, 30 billion dollars, will land immediately, she says. And there are thousands of jobs in Canada at stake. Now we've done the work. We are ready should the US decide to launch the trade war. Last month Trump delayed economy-wide tariffs by a month, but if Washington follows through this time, Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government won't back down either. You have two choices here, folks. We roll over as a country or we fight like hell, like we've never fought before.

Ford is threatening to remove U.S. alcohol off provincial shelves. He's also asking retailers to slap a maple leaf on Canadian products to encourage shoppers to buy local. David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa. There's a major development tonight involving the war in Ukraine. The U.S. is pausing military aid to the country, just days after a testy meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. As Katie Nicholson reports,

the White House is still pushing for a deal to end the war. Thank you very much. Days after the diplomatic rupture that put a deal between the US and Ukraine on ice, a hint all is not lost. I think everybody has to get into a room, so to speak, and we have to make a deal. And the deal can be made very fast. And yet, still seething from Friday's Oval Office clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky,

US President Donald Trump now pausing all military aid to Ukraine until he sees a good-faith commitment to peace. Earlier in the day, those tensions clearly bubbling to the surface. Now maybe somebody doesn't want to make a deal, Earlier in the day, those tensions clearly bubbling to the surface. Now maybe somebody doesn't want to make a deal and if somebody doesn't want to make a deal I think that person won't be around very long. For his part, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky signaled a willingness to work together, saying Ukraine, Europe and America can ensure decades of stability, but to achieve this,

they must be constructive. Katie Nicholson, CBC News, Toronto. A former Manitoba judge will be leading the third-party investigation into the procurement process used by the Alberta government and Alberta Health Services. Raymond E. Wyatt is a former chief judge of the Provincial Court of Manitoba. Premier Danielle Smith says she hasn't seen any evidence of wrongdoing. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Herland.