The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/05 at 21:00 EST

Episode Date: March 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/05 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 this hour. I'm Neil Herland. North America's automakers are getting a break from the Trump tariffs for one month.

The White House says the pause gives companies time to shift more production and jobs to the U.S. Peter Armstrong reports. First came Trump's senior officials flooding the cable news outlets. I think Mr. Trudeau, it would be really useful if he just toned stuff down. That's Peter Navarro, White House senior counselor for trade and manufacturing. He's calling the president dumb. He's calling him Donald instead of respectfully the president.

A demand for respect from an administration that now all but exclusively calls Prime Minister Justin Trudeau governor of the 51st state. Then White House spokesperson Caroline Levitt was asked about a phone call between automakers and Trump. We spoke with the big three auto dealers. We are going to give a one month exemption on any autos coming through USMCA. That would be a huge relief to one of Canada's biggest industries, but it still leaves vast swaths of the Canadian economy, including energy supplies facing tariffs. Peter Armstrong, CBC News, Washington. Canada's political leaders are speaking out and rolling out more measures to

counter the economic attack from Washington. But so far there's been little movement. Tom Perry reports. To Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Donald Trump's 30-day pause on tariffs for Canada's auto sector changes nothing. The deal is zero tariffs. We're gonna budge. Other premiers also weighing in on US tariffs including Alberta's Danielle Smith. It is a betrayal of a deep and abiding friendship. Smith is standing by her opposition to limiting the flow of Alberta crude oil to the US as a means of applying pressure on the Trump administration even as Ottawa says all options are on the table. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie says that's the federal government's goal.

But it's not easy. The fact that the goalpost seems to change many times and that many other issues that are not linked to trade have been put on the table is definitely a challenge. Jolie says the dialogue continues. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump today and we're getting late word about what they discussed. A senior government source tells CBC News, the U.S. offered to drop tariffs on some Canadian goods if Canada stopped its retaliation. But Trudeau said no.

The U.S. has paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine. The move is meant to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to cooperate with Donald Trump in holding peace talks with Russia. But US officials say the suspension may not last long. Chris Brown reports. When Russian drones smash into Ukraine cities, destroying buildings and killing civilians, as they did in Odessa, US satellites and surveillance can often sound the alarm

and gain life-saving time to prepare. But as part of coercing Ukraine's government into cutting a Donald Trump-led deal with Vladimir Putin, that crucial intelligence sharing is now suspended. Trump's team had already paused the transfer of weapons with the measures hobbling Ukraine's ability to defend itself from Russia's constant onslaught. Trump CIA Director John Ratcliffe told Fox's Business Network the restrictions could be short-lived if Ukraine does what Trump wants.

U.S. officials suggested a meeting between both sides is coming, possibly within days. Chris Brown, CBC News, London. The interim leader of Manitoba's Progressive Conservative Party has apologized to the families of Morgan Harris and Mercedes Myron. They're two of the four indigenous women murdered by a serial killer in Winnipeg in 2022. Manitoba's conservatives refused to pay for a search of a Winnipeg area landfill for their remains before they were voted out of power.

Wayne Iwasco's apology follows last week's discovery of potential human remains at the landfill. He says the party acted without empathy and lost its way. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Herland.