The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/06 at 16:00 EST

Episode Date: March 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/06 at 16:00 EST

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From CBC News, the world is our. I'm Tom Harrington. Another day, another twist in Donald Trump's trade policy. The US President has signed an executive order exempting most goods from both Canada and Mexico from tariffs he imposed on Tuesday but only until April 2nd. Marina von Stackelberg has the latest. We've been treated very unfairly as a country. It's a trade war that's changing by the hour with the US president slapping tariffs on and off Canadian exports. What we know right now, Donald Trump will postpone his 25% tariffs on goods coming in from Canada and Mexico that fall under the existing North American Free Trade Agreement

until April 2nd. That should effectively cover most Canadian exports. But a White House official told CNBC nearly two-thirds of Canada's exports into the U.S. don't comply with the current agreement. So they will still be subject to the tariffs. So it's not clear what will and won't be exempt. Trump says his planned 25% tariff on Canadian aluminum and steel will still go ahead as planned next week. Marina von Stackelberg, CBC News, Ottawa. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province will charge 25% more for electricity shipped to the US. The price increase starts Monday despite the reprieve announced by Trump.

Ford says the surcharge will stay in place for as long as the threat of US tariffs is looming over Canada. Ottawa has announced it will give provinces and territories nearly 37 billion dollars for child care. The federal government has reached deals with all jurisdictions except for Alberta and Saskatchewan. The new agreement will extend its $10 a day child care plan until 2031. Prime Minister Trudeau says the agreements are meant to protect his government's flagship policy. The thinking has always been not just how does this do well right now and help us in

a short term politically or have a political impact short term, but how does this change Canada for the better in resilient ways long into the future? Trudeau says the child care plan has become one of the foundational elements of Canada ways long into the future. Mike O'Brien, CNN Reporter, The New York Times, New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New

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York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York Times, The New York to spread disinformation. Catherine Tunney has the details from Ottawa. China, Russia, Iran, all countries the communication security establishment warns will very likely try and use AI to meddle in the upcoming federal election. The cyber spy agency put out a threat assessment this morning, warning both Canadian voters and politicians to be on guard. Emerging AI tools are trained on huge amounts of data to generate a response to a wide range of requests from a user, from text to video and images, all of which can be used to try and mislead voters or sow division, says CSE. The report goes on to say political parties and those running for office are likely to be targeted by hackers

too, looking to leak harmful or embarrassing details. There is some positive news. CSE does say it's very unlikely that these activities will fundamentally undermine the integrity of the next general election, which could take place very soon. Catherine Tunney, CBC News, Ottawa. The FBI is offering a $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of Ryan Wedding. It is also adding the Canadian alleged drug kingpin to its list of most wanted refugitives.

The 43-year-old competed for Canada as a snowboarder at the 2002 Olympic Games in Utah. He's now facing U.S. federal charges related to three murders and cocaine trafficking. Akil Davis speaks for the FBI. Wedding went from being an elite athlete to running one of the most sophisticated drug trafficking networks in North America. Wedding and 15 other defendants are currently charged for their roles in this drug operation. This operation has shipped drugs from Colombia through Mexico and into the United States and Canada. Wedding is believed to be hiding out of Mexico or elsewhere in Latin America.

And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington.