The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/07 at 08:00 EST

Episode Date: March 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/07 at 08:00 EST

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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, it's the World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings. We start with the US tariff crisis. And as it stands this morning,

the Trump administration has temporarily paused some of its tariff action on Canada. It's a move many believe is linked to complaints being issued by the US auto and agriculture sectors. But while this confusing on again off again campaign continues, Canada's response remains unchanged. Kate McKenna has more. One message is loud and clear from Ottawa and the provinces. This 30-day partial tariff pause is not good enough. The federal government won't lift $30 billion in retaliatory tariffs even if it won't proceed with a second and bigger wave of retaliation in a few weeks. The on-again-off-again tariffs leave Canadian businesses in turmoil and uncertainty.

Finance Minister Dominique LeBlanc spoke to CBC's power in politics. The on-again-off-again tariffs leave Canadian businesses in turmoil and uncertainty. Finance Minister Dominique LeBlanc spoke to CBC's power and politics. We're hopefully lining up a conversation and a discussion with the Americans that's much more coherent in the sense it's not this week, it's this sector of the economy. He says the majority of trade to the US can now meet the bar of being compliant with the existing free trade agreement and avoid tariffs for now. But there are other looming deadlines. There's a steel and aluminum tariff that could come into effect next week.

There could be more tariffs on April 2nd. Plus, yesterday's announcement from Trump is being described as a pause, not a total walk back. Kate McKenna, CBC News, Ottawa. All this, of course, has launched a wave of anxiety right across Canada with many Canadians increasingly concerned not just about their finances or Canada's sovereignty but also their state of mind. Campbell McDermott has more.

Never a Trumper! Protesters outside the US Embassy in Ottawa expressing their fears and anxieties about Trump's threatened tariffs, his withholding of support for Ukraine and the 51st state jibes, Krista Bayless worries for her children. Mostly anxiety for my kids' future. For Luisa Fenner, it's finances. So I'm frightened about the economic impact. Steve Whitwell worries it could come to a war.

Yeah, keeps me awake at night. They're not alone. Mental health professionals say Trump anxiety is surging across Canada. Heather Anderson is a psychologist in Ottawa. This is not the occasional person that is experiencing this. This is across the board. Psychologists say there is no single solution to Trump anxiety and offer a variety of advice.

Exercise, mindfulness, spending time with loved ones, pets, or in nature, and check in with yourself before checking the news online. Campbell McDermid, CBC News, Ottawa. Hungary's prime minister says he will be polling his citizens on Ukraine's potential future membership in the European Union. Viktor Orbán says the EU's plans to fill the gap left by apparent cuts to American support for Kyiv will damage the bloc's economy. But it's expected that the proposed survey is a massed attempt to shore up support for

Orban's position. And it follows the European Union agreeing this week to significantly increase its military spending. And at the close of an emergency summit last night, the EU also voiced near unanimous support for Ukrainian sovereignty and Ukrainian territorial integrity. A legal challenge to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's proroguing parliament has been dismissed.

Two claimants from Nova Scotia had asked the federal court to declare the move illegal, insisting there is no reasonable justification. However, the court's chief justice has ruled that the applicants failed to show that Trudeau exceeded parliamentary limits or limits established in the Constitution. Another setback for Elon Musk's aerospace company. Getting video down from the ship, you can see we've lost several engines and we've lost attitude control of the vehicle. At his SpaceX mission control in Texas as a Starship rocket exploded last night just moments after

liftoff. Some of the debris scattered over a vast area of the Caribbean forcing flights to be diverted in and around the Turks and Caicos Islands. It also led to delays at four Florida airports. This is the second time in less than two months that a SpaceX mega rocket has exploded during a test flight. And that is The World This Hour. For news anytime go to our website cbcnews.ca.

For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.