The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/09 at 01:00 EST

Episode Date: March 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/09 at 01:00 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 Mike Miles. Cabinet ministers and Saskatchewan's premier condemning China's decision Saturday to impose tariffs worth $3.6 billion on some agricultural

and seafood products. As of Olivia Stavanovic reports, it's expected to hurt Canadian farmers. Well, to say that people are anxious would be an understatement. If farmers didn't already have enough to worry about, the head of the Canola Council of Canada says his industry is taking another major hit. China is placing a 100% levy on canola, a move that Chris Davison says will be hard to absorb while producers are also grappling with US tariffs. Those two markets together represent over 75% of Canadian global canola trade. The move comes after Canada placed a 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles, a decision

the federal government took last fall following similar action by the European Union and the Biden administration in the US. Along with canola, China is placing a 25% levy on Canadian pork and some seafood imports along with another 100% tariff on pulses. Olivia Stefanovic, CBC News, Ottawa. Four European nations are joining forces with Arab countries, selling the merits of a reconstruction plan for Gaza. The proposal has already been rejected by Israel and the U.S.

Still, efforts to bring more supporters onside are underway, even as conditions for those living in Gaza deteriorate. Crystal Guimansing reports from Jerusalem. In a joint statement, Italy, France, Germany, and the U.K. say the Arab Reconstruction Initiative provides a realistic plan to rebuild Gaza. Dozens of Arab nations are contributing to the $53 billion initiative. So far, European countries are only endorsing it.

All while those in Gaza watch food prices skyrocket and aid supplies evaporate. Sam Rose is the UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator in the Palestinian territory. Palestinian families should be celebrating the holy month of Ramadan, yet again facing uncertainty. Israel stopped aid shipments into Gaza last week. It wants Hamas to accept an extension of the current ceasefire, instead of moving on to the second phase of the deal it previously agreed to, with no guarantee of continued peace, reconstruction appears far off. Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, Jerusalem.

Australian authorities say one person is dead as a tropical storm continues to lash the country's eastern coast. New South Wales State Premier Chris Mintz is warning residents. This emergency is not over. The rain is continuing and expected to keep falling in the days ahead. Officials say Cyclone Alfred made landfall near Brisbane on Saturday. Hundreds of thousands of people are facing power outages after violent winds toppled power lines. Dozens of communities are under evacuation orders. Authorities expect the flooding to continue over the next few days. Women around the world are calling for equal pay, reproductive rights and an end to gender-based violence during demonstrations marking International

Women's Day. Women's rights are under attack. What do I do? Stand up like that! In New York City, hundreds protested what they described as growing threats to women's rights and civil liberties under the Trump administration. Many activists worry the current political environment has led to a backsliding on many of the rights they've long fought for. In Washington Saturday night drag, performers led the way as hundreds of demonstrators protested

Donald Trump's takeover of cultural institution, the Kennedy Center. Say it with me. Our art is not the pot! Last month, Trump fired the Center's board and named himself chair, and all programming seen as promoting diversity, equity, and conclusion was purged. Protesters called on Congress to end what they called attempts to criminalize gender nonconformity. And that is your World This Hour for CBC News. I'm Mike Miles. ...