The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/06 at 21:00 EST

Episode Date: March 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/06 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 Claude Fague. We begin in Ottawa. It's a first step, it's an important step,

but we're not at the end of the road. Finance Minister Dominique LeBlanc says the latest pause on U.S. tariffs is good, but not good enough. He says Ottawa has agreed to postpone its second round of tariffs on U.S. imports to Canada until April 2nd. That as for the first round applied yesterday. We haven't taken the 25% on $30 billion of imports into Canada. We have not lifted that because we want to get to a position that we were in two weeks

ago where there are no tariffs applied. B.C. premier David Eby says a temporary pause in U.S. tariffs doesn't cut it. We are not going to accept these continual threats, this continued uncertainty, and we're going to 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. E.B. also announced provincial moves against the tariffs. They include a ban on US alcohol sales in B.C. liquor stores and working towards the elimination of inter-provincial barriers on goods and labor

credentials. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province will charge 25 percent more for electricity shipped to 1.5 million customers in the U.S. The price increase starts Monday, despite the reprieve announced by Trump. He told CNN that surcharge will stay in place for the duration of Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods. Honestly, it really bothers me. We have to do this. I don't want to do this. I want to send more electricity, more critical minerals, more oil. That's what we want to do. To other news now. The Alberta RCMP have launched an investigation into Alberta Health Services.

It's related to allegations of political interference and potential conflicts of interest within its procurement practices. Scott Stevenson has more. The RCMP confirmed the preliminary review of a complaint received on February 6th has now moved into a formal investigation but said no further details are available at this time. It comes after the former CEO of AHS, Athena Mensalopoulos, filed a $1.7 million wrongful dismissal lawsuit against the health authority and the province on February 12th. In her claim, Mensalopoulos alleged she was fired in part because she'd launched an investigation and forensic audit into various

contracts. Her lawyer, Dan Scott, says Mensalopoulos welcomes news of the RCMP investigation. None of the allegations have been proven in court and statements of defense have yet to be filed. Alberta's Auditor General and the provincialvincial Government have launched their own probes into the contracts and Premier Danielle Smith has said she has seen no evidence of wrongdoing at AHS. Scott Stephenson, CBC News, Edmondson. 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. Thomas Dagg reports. The U.S. State Department says it's now offering a reward of up to $10 million dollars 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 U.S. 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.

U.S. 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 Claude Fague.