The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/04 at 14:00 EST

Episode Date: March 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/04 at 14:00 EST

1942, Europe. Soldiers find a boy surviving alone in the woods. They make him a member of Hitler's army. But what no one would know for decades, he was Jewish. Could a story so unbelievable be true? I'm Dan Goldberg. I'm from CBC's personally, Toy Soldier. Available now wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world is our. I'm Tom Harrington. Now I want to speak directly to one specific American, Donald. The Prime Minister addressed the US President directly during his news conference in Ottawa

this morning. Justin Trudeau spoke shortly after 25 percent tariffs on Canadian imports went into effect. Canada wasted no time responding. Levees on $30 billion in U.S. goods are now in place. That will rise to cover another $120 billion in American imports in 21 days. Trudeau saves some of his most pointed words when addressing the American president. Now, it's not in my habit to agree with the Wall Street Journal, but Donald, they point out that even though you're a very smart guy, this is a very dumb thing to do.

Trudeau also spoke directly to the Canadian people. He says the trade war now underway is going to be tough, but adds Canadians will pull together because that's what we do. Provincial leaders are joining in on Ottawa's retaliation to the tariffs. Teamers have been announcing their own strategies. As Quabino O'Duro reports, they range from taking direct action against the U.S. to looking for new buyers for their goods. Today, our province and our entire country faces a reality that we haven't seen before.

New Brunswick's premier Susan Holt speaking about how the government will support the province's residents. Among the measures, they are launching a Made in New Brunswick campaign to make it easier to find local items. Newfoundland and Labrador and B.C. say they are looking to send their goods to new markets. We need to be ready to escalate using every tool in our toolkit. In Ontario, Premier Doug Ford is threatening a 25% surcharge on power sent to several U.S. states and taking U.S. alcohol off shelves at the province's distributor.

Manitoba, another of several provinces targeting American booze. Quebec's government says it has a new program called Frontiers. It will help provide loans to help businesses weather the economic storm in the short term. Premiers across the country are calling on Ottawa to reduce the inter-provincial trade barriers, saying it will develop the nation's economy. Kubino Duro, CBC News, Montreal. The White House meantime is sticking to its guns. President Donald Trump is issuing new warnings this afternoon. He's threatening to slap even more tariffs on Canadian goods.

Richard Madden reports. The president's going to have conversations with the Canadians. Vice President J.D. Vance justifying the punishing new tariffs by blaming Canada for failing to stop fentanyl flowing across the border. The Canadians have not been serious about stopping the drug trade. While U.S. stats show less than 1% of fentanyl comes to the northern border, the Trump administration is using it as leverage to slap 25% tariffs on all imports from Canada and Mexico. And those costs will likely be passed on to American consumers.

Brian Cornell is the CEO of retail giant Target. He says seasonal goods from Mexico, like fruits and vegetables, will see price increases immediately. We'll try to protect pricing, but the consumer will likely see price increases over the next couple of days. President Trump is now threatening to slap even more tariffs on Canadian goods and is expected to lay out his tariff agenda in a speech before Congress tonight. Richard Madden, CBC News, Washington.

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on the Prime Minister to reconvene Parliament for an emergency session. He wants party leaders to come together to put in place measures including emergency support for affected workers and industries. Singh also wants to see investments in union jobs and unanimous support for retaliatory tariffs. To other news now. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says it is time to make things right.

In his nightly address, Zelensky said no one wants an endless war. Who doesn't want us? Endless wars. forward. Zelensky's statement comes hours after the United States suspended its military aid to Ukraine. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.