The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/06 at 20:00 EST

Episode Date: March 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/06 at 20:00 EST

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Donald Trump's unpredictable trade policy took another surprise twist today. Forty-eight hours after bringing in tariffs on all imports from Canada and Mexico, the president signed an executive order today installing another reprieve for both countries, but only until April 2nd. Marina von Stackelberg has reaction from Canadian government officials. Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc says most of Canada's exports will qualify for the one-month exemption to Trump's tariffs. That will we hope take a lot of pressure off a number of sectors but it's not the end of the road. LeBlanc says the goal is no tariffs at all. That's a point he makes in daily calls with his US counterparts. He says

Ottawa will postpone a second round of tariffs until April 2nd, but it's not backing off on the tariffs it already put on some US goods. Hopefully we're lining up a conversation with the Americans that's much more coherent. Premier Doug Ford says Ontario will go ahead with its 25% tax on the electricity it sends into the U.S. starting Monday. You know there's one person to be blamed for that and that's President Trump. He's created an absolute mess. He's created chaos.

Several premiers have said they won't back down on countermeasures until all the tariffs are lifted. Marina von Stackelberg, CBC News, Ottawa. British Columbia has signed a four-year pharmacare agreement with the federal government. Under the deal, Ottawa will provide $670 million for universal access to contraceptive and diabetes medications. It will also cover hormone replacement therapy to treat menopause symptoms. BC becomes the second province to join the National Pharmacare Plan after Manitoba signed up last week.

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. 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 alleged Canadian 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 through Mexico, and into the United States and Canada. Wedding is believed to be hiding out in Mexico or elsewhere in Latin America. Pope Francis has thanked well-wishers in an audio recording from Gemelli Hospital in Rome. A two-line message was played for the faithful who gathered for a nightly prayer at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. It's the first time they have heard from Francis since he was played for the faithful who gathered for a nightly prayer at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. It's the first time they have heard from Francis since he was hospitalized for double

pneumonia nearly three weeks ago. The Vatican says the 88-year-old remains in stable condition. His hospital stay is the longest in his 12-year papacy. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.