The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/05 at 11:00 EST

Episode Date: March 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/05 at 11:00 EST

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From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to speak today to U.S. President Donald Trump. The conversation comes the day after the U.S. launched a trade war against Canada. And according to U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, a deal could be in the offing. Here is Lutnick speaking last night with the CBC's Katie Simpson on Capitol Hill. Canada made us an excellent offer and we're talking to the president. What do you mean by offer?

What do you mean excellent offer? What does that mean? More work on the border. Like what are the specifics? More work on the border. No, lots of details. We're going through it together and the president's thinking about that. More work on the border. More work on the border. No, lots of details. We're going through it together, and the president's thinking about that.

Letnick also says the president might be willing to roll back some of the tariffs, dropping them down from the current rate of 25 percent. But from the Canadian government's perspective, that is not good enough. Here is Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc. We're not interested in some sort of reduction of the tariffs. We want the free trade agreement with the United States and Mexico respected, and we'll continue to work with the government of the United States on issues once the tariffs are lifted.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford spoke with Howard Lutnick last night and is reported to have told the Commerce Secretary that there could be no negotiations until the tariffs are dropped. Meanwhile, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is scheduled to announce her province's tariff response plan today. Canada's premiers have one by one been rolling out their retaliation measures, with some pulling American alcohol from provincial outlets, bars, and restaurants. Ontario has announced a 25% surcharge on electricity exports to the U.S. and New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt is saying she's considering cutting off electricity to Maine.

Among the Canadian business sectors watching the trade action with some great concern is the Newfoundland and Labrador crab industry. Nearly all the province's crab harvest worth hundreds of millions of dollars is exported to the United States. Heather Gillis reports. Crab harvesters and processors are working out prices for this year's catch. And that just got a lot harder to do

with the 25% U.S. tariff on Canadian goods. Paul Grant with Beothic Fish Processors says tariffs will hit everyone's bottom line. For a load of crab, you probably pay $60,000, $65,000 extra in tariffs. If you have a load of lobster meat, it could be over $300,000. Last year, 95 percent of the province's snow crab was exported south. Now the province is searching for new buyers in the rest of Canada, Europe and Asia. Provincial fisheries minister Gerry Byrne calls the tariffs a betrayal from Canada's closest ally.

Never since the 1992 moratorium has such a challenge been put before us. But he thinks the U.S. market for Newfoundland seafood is elastic and believes people will still buy it. Heather Gillis, CBC News, St. John's. Now to health news and a disturbing trend in the fight against cancer. Researchers say they are seeing a steady increase in cancer cases among young adults between the age of 18 and 39. Jennifer Yoon has more. How do they feel?

In a small auditorium at Toronto's Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, a half a dozen millennials sit learning how to deal with hair loss during chemotherapy. Cancer in this age group was once an anomaly, but increasingly that's changing. So it's across the board. All cancers essentially are going up in the younger population. A recent study in the Lancet Medical Journal suggests some cancers are two to three times higher in millennial Americans compared to baby boomers. Toronto colorectal cancer surgeon Dr. Shadia Shmala has seen this firsthand.

Cancer specialist Dr. Abhagupta says young adults with cancer also have distinct questions like can they freeze their eggs? That's why she created a program tailored for young adults at Princess Margaret. We just wanted to ensure that there was a program dedicated to address these types of unique needs. She wants resources like this made available everywhere in Canada. Jennifer Yoon, CBC News, Toronto. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.