The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/06 at 18:00 EST

Episode Date: March 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/06 at 18:00 EST

When a body is discovered 10 miles out to sea, it sparks a mind-blowing police investigation. There's a man living in this address in the name of a deceased. He's one of the most wanted men in the world. This isn't really happening. Officers are finding large sums of money. It's a tale of murder, skullduggery and international intrigue. So who really is he? I'm Sam Mullins and this is Sea of Lies from CBC's Uncovered, available now.

From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Tom Harrington. The Canadian economy is suffering a serious case of whiplash. 48 hours after bringing in tariffs on all imports from Canada and Mexico, Donald Trump signed an executive order today installing another reprieve for both countries, but only until April 2nd. Megafest Gerald has more from Washington. Signing an executive order this afternoon, President Donald Trump reversed some of the tariffs he imposed just two days ago on Canada and Mexico.

They've been in the news lately, haven't they? Goods that fall within the free trade agreement between the US, Canada and Mexico will now be exempt from the tariffs, but only until April 2nd. That's when Trump plans to impose widespread tariffs on all countries that he feels are treating the US unfairly. Trump insisted the pause is not because stock markets have reacted negatively since the tariffs went into effect. Nothing to do with the market. I'm not even looking at the market because long term the United States will be very strong with what's happening here.

Despite the pressure from business groups and even some allies on Capitol Hill, Trump maintains there will be no further pauses or exemptions after April 2nd, meaning there are still weeks of uncertainty ahead. Megan Fitzpatrick, CBC News, Washington. Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Canada is not going to lift the tariffs already on 30 billion dollars worth of American imports, but it will postpone the second round of tariffs, another 120 billion until April 2nd. That's the same day. Trump says the second reprieve will end. It's a first step. It's an important step. But we're not at the end of the road. And

we're going to continue to do what's necessary to ensure that all of these tariffs are removed. LeBlanc says the two governments will continue to talk in the meantime. The RCMP have launched an investigation following a complaint regarding Alberta Health Services. The agency's former CEO alleges high-level arm-twisting, possible conflicts of interest, and corruption took place in multi-million dollar health deals. She is suing the province for wrongful dismissal after being fired in January. None of the allegations have been proven in court. Alberta's Auditor General and Danielle Smith's government have launched their own probes into the contracts.

Canada's cyber intelligence agency is issuing a warning for the upcoming federal election. It says foreign powers are likely to use artificial intelligence tools 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. Katherine 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 fugitives. The 43-year-old competed for Canada as a snowboarder at the 2002 Winter 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 in Mexico or elsewhere in Latin America. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.