The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/06 at 17:00 EST

Episode Date: March 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/06 at 17:00 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 at the World This Hour, I'm Tom Harrington. Another day, another twist in Donald Trump's trade policy. The 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. Maria

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 U.S. 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 US 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. Federal Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc has just responded to Trump's announcement in a post on X. He says Canada will delay the second wave of tariffs on U.S. products until April 2nd. That second installment would cover $125 billion worth of American imports. BC Premier David Eby says a temporary pause

in US tariffs is not good enough. We are not going to accept these continual threats, this continued uncertainty, and we're gonna ensure that the Americans understand how pissed off we are, how unified we are, and I say we don't let up until the president takes the threat off the table. EB also announced provincial moves against the tariffs. They include a ban

on US alcohol sales in BC liquor stores and working towards the elimination of interprovincial barriers on goods and labor credentials. To other news now, Ottawa has reached a settlement with indigenous survivors of so-called Indian hospitals. Crown Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasagorang says it's important Canada face up to past actions carried out by Canadian leaders in Ottawa. Gary Anandasagorang, Crown Indigenous Relations Minister, Ottawa The federal government operated 33 of these hospitals, originally established as tuberculosis

treatment centres. However, they quickly as tuberculosis treatment centers. However, they quickly became a tool of segregation. Many indigenous patients were forced to stay for months or even years, enduring mistreatment, neglect and abuse. The federal government has agreed to pay compensation to individual survivors in the range of $10,000 to $200,000. Ottawa is also earmarking nearly $400 million for a healing fund and research and education about Indian hospitals.

The federal court will decide whether to accept the settlement in June. The FBI is adding a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder to its list of 10 most wanted fugitives. Ryan Wedding is facing charges in connection with several murders and transnational drug trafficking. As Thomas Dagley reports, U.S. authorities are also offering a substantial reward in a decade-old manhunt. The U.S. State Department says it's now offering a reward of up to $10 million for information

leading to the arrest of Ryan Wedding. He's accused of orchestrating at least three murders in Ontario while hiding out in Mexico and leading a major criminal network. Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton says Wedding's drug ring used the city as its primary transport hub to move vast quantities of drugs through the US and Canada, including five tons of fentanyl a month. The increase in the reward should make it clear

there is nowhere safe for Wedding to Hide. US prosecutors filed a grand jury indictment against Wedding last fall, nearly a decade after the RCMP first started searching for him on separate charges. The FBI's Akil Davis. Our chances of catching him with the public support remain very high.

Thomas Daigle, CBC News, Toronto. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.