The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/07 at 21:00 EST

Episode Date: March 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/07 at 21:00 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, the world this hour. I'm Claude Fague. U.S. President Donald Trump is taking aim at two contentious trade targets, lumber and dairy.

He's threatening a triple digit tariff. Marina von Stackelberg reports. Canada has been ripping us off for years. Donald Trump threatening a 250% retaliatory tariff on Canadian lumber and dairy. 250% nobody ever talks about that. That's not gonna happen anymore. After dealing with on and off again threats all week, Ottawa unveiled its plan to help Canadian businesses weather the uncertainty. International Trade Minister Mary Ing. This is a really, really important and very practical package because we know that this is what businesses have asked for.

It seems to be the case that things are going to get worse. Garant Harvey is an employment relations expert at Western University. There is likely to be further measures needed. Whether this is going to be enough to deal with a situation that we're facing now, time will tell. Harvey says it's hard to know what Canada should do to support its economy when Trump's actions are so hard to gauge. Marina von Stackelberg, CBC News, Ottawa.

Alberta Premier Daniel Smith says the province and the country need to remain steadfast in the face of the Trump terror threats. Smith says there's one key issue for the U.S. What the Americans are worried about is Canada being a dumping ground for other outside of the agreement nations to be able to use our tariff-free status to get access to the U.S. market. I can verify the oil and gas going through our pipelines is Alberta oil and gas. Smith says there needs to be a federal election

so whomever becomes prime minister will have a strong mandate to deal with the crisis. China has imposed new tariffs on Canadian agricultural and food products in response to Canadian import levies on Chinese electric vehicles along with steel and aluminum products. The Chinese tariffs will include 100% levies on Canadian rapeseed oil, oil cakes and peas and 25% on pork and aquatic products.

The tariffs are set to take effect March the 20th. It's a touching moment for me. This will be my last public event as prime minister. That's a somewhat emotional Justin Trudeau speaking at a roundtable to business leaders in Montreal. In fact, his last public event will be Sunday when the Liberal Party chooses his successor. And CBC Radio will have special coverage of the Liberal leadership results on Sunday.

Join Your World Tonight hosts Susan Bonner and Catherine Cullen of The House at 4.50 p.m. Eastern Time. Syria is seeing its deadliest fighting in the three months since the fall of Bashar al-Assad. New clashes between Assad loyalists and Syria's new government have killed at least 70 people in the last couple of days. Crystal Gomancing reports. The peace shattered in the coastal city of Latakia. Syrian security forces are engaging fighters loyal to deposed leader Bashar al-Assad after what officials said were premeditated attacks on checkpoints. We the administration of the general security in Aleppo are heading to the coast, said Abu

Dahir Thursday night as men in uniforms piled into the back of pickup trucks. Dozens of fighters on both sides have been killed and at least four civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The U.K.-based groups as curfews have been imposed in several cities, including Latakia and Tartus, which it says have experienced hectic military movements. Syria has been mostly peaceful since Hayat Tehir al-Sham, also known as HTS, seized control of the country late last year. Crystal Gamancing, CBC News, Jerusalem. Buffy St. Marie is losing her Juno Awards and her place in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, or CARIS, says St. Marie was not eligible. She recently confirmed that she is an American citizen, not Canadian. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Paig.