The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/07 at 04:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/07 at 04:00 EDT

Scott Payne spent nearly two decades working undercover as a biker, a neo-Nazi, a drug dealer, and a killer. But his last big mission at the FBI was the wildest of all. I have never had to burn baubles. I have never had to burn an American flag. And I damn sure was never with a group of people that stole a goat, sacrificed it in a pagan ritual, and drank its blood. And I did all that in about three days with these guys. Listen to Agent Palehorse, the second season of White Hot Hate, available now. From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Neil Kumar. British Columbia is the election battleground today for Liberal leader Mark Carney

and Conservative leader Pierre Poliev. But as Carina Roman reports, they're talking about very different issues in their pitch to voters. Who is ready? This is Liberal leader Mark Carney's first time in BC during the election. Until now, he had not been further west than Winnipeg. But then so far, he's twice paused campaigning to return to Ottawa and deal with the latest tariff salvo from the Trump administration. And it's not over.

If you saw the headlines over the weekend, more coming on our softwood lumber, 50,000 people employed. Carney is set to meet with B.C. Premier David Eby today, specifically on the move by the U.S. to hike duties on softwood lumber. But Carney's not the only leader in BC right now. British Columbia is probably the worst place for fentanyl overdoses in the world. Conservative leader Pierre Pauliev is addressing another hard-to-solve problem in this province, fentanyl addiction and deaths. I'm here today to announce that a new conservative government will fund recovery for 50,000 Canadians who need it.

Carina Roman, CBC News, Victoria. President Trump's latest tariffs are hitting home for many Canadians with those who work in the auto industry, forestry and more. Some are already out of work and there's a new threat of rising U.S. duties on other goods. JP Tasker explains. So it's going to be devastating for our community and for the jobs here. The Canadian auto industry is reeling in the wake of new U.S. tariffs. The massive Stellantis plant in Windsor, Ontario closed for at least two weeks. There's some folks that are going to be struggling pretty quick.

Derek Gungle builds Chrysler and Dodge vehicles there. One of the 3,200 auto workers now off the job. Forestry workers are also bracing for impact. B.C. and Ontario say Trump's Commerce Department is planning to more than double duties on Canadian lumber. The latest move in a decades-long dispute. We're not going to stop until we get to zero. Vic Fidelity, Ontario's jobs minister,

arguing this lumber surcharge will make it a lot more expensive to build anything in the U.S. Trump is threatening even more tariffs on Canadian pharmaceuticals and semiconductors. Combined with existing tariffs on steel and aluminum and now lumber and autos, the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement has been left in tatters. JP Tasker, CBC News, Ottawa. The tariffs and threats from U.S. President Trump are driving down the number of Canadians planning vacations in the U.S. But many in the hospitality industry say they're not seeing a drop in Americans making bookings. The executive director of Cranbrook Tourism says she expects a busy summer ahead.

Chrissy Jan says local campgrounds are already booked up and golf courses are seeing a 26% increase in bookings compared to this time last year. Americans are still going to come to us, maybe even in increasing numbers. And that that's because we are the friendly neighbor to the north and that we want to remember to kind of preserve that at a time like this. She says preliminary numbers from Destination Canada already show an uptick in travel intent from Americans. And because so many communities rely on tourism,

she says she hopes Canadians will remember to be kind. In the NHL, Alexander Vetchkin has made hockey history. Here is O'Vetchkin! He scores! He scores! Number 895! The Washington Capitals captain broke Wayne Gretzky's record of 894 career goals. The Great One held that honor for 31 years after taking from Gordie Howe in 1994. The game against the New York Islanders was paused immediately for an on-ice ceremony marking the moment NHL Commissioner Gary Bement gifted Ovechkin with a painting of him hoisting the Stanley Cup.

Ovechkin addressed the crowd and his team. Like I always say all the time, it's a team sport without my boys, the whole organization, the fans, the trainers, coaches. I would never stand there and obviously I would never pass a great one. So, fellas, thank you very much. I love you so much. Wayne Gretzky was on hand including Ovechkin's mother, wife and two sons. And that is Your World is Sour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kubar.