The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/08 at 01:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/08 at 01:00 EDT

Every language is a note in the symphony of our heritage. Together, they create a harmony that cannot be silenced. Discover your voice on the new APTN Languages TV channel. From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Neil Kumar. Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper has endorsed conservative leader Pierre Poliev for Prime Minister, as Poliev met thousands of supporters south of Edmondtonite.

In his endorsement, Harper said Poliev was the best candidate for a better, stronger, and more united future. From a person who has been right on all the big issues for a decade, and a person who has the energy and, yes, the youth, to take us forward into a better, stronger, and more united future. That person, he is our leader and he is the next Prime Minister of Canada, Pierre Pauliev and Anna. The Conservative Party had an estimated crowd of 12,000 people which would make the rally one of the larger campaign events in Canadian history. Liberal leader Mark Carney also held a rally in Richmond, B.C.

U.S. President Donald Trump isn't backing off from his trade aggression. Instead, he's doing the opposite, threatening another economic superpower with even higher tariffs. Katie Simpson has more. We are a friend of Israel, as you know. President Donald Trump sitting in the Oval Office next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listening closely to his new pitch to escape US tariffs. I think Israel can serve as a model for many countries who ought to do the same. Trump seemed to welcome the promise. At the same time, he lashed out at China after it took a very different route,

imposing retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods. If that tariff isn't removed, we're putting a 50% tariff on above the tariffs that we put on. What we're seeing is really no distinction between an ally or an enemy. Enu Manek is a fellow for trade policy at the Council on Foreign Relations.

She says this will make life more expensive in the U.S. and sends a message to America's trading partners. If you decide to retaliate we are going to hit back again. After a weekend of mixed messaging Trump signaled he is in fact open to negotiations. Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. Liberal leader Mark Carney says stock market turbulence is evidence that investors aren't as confident as Donald Trump is about tariffs and that Canadians will end up paying the price. The probability of a recession in the United States has gone up significantly. You see that from independent commentators and something that we had warned about and

I take no joy in that it becoming more likely. That will have significant effects on the Canadian economy. It's very hard for us to avoid that. Carney says Canada has rock-solid financial institutions to weather the economic storm. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is addressing Western alienation. Charging Liberal policies are forcing her province to take a back seat. Ljuban Stevanovic has more from Edmonton. The election is going to be decided before we have a chance to vote. It's a long-standing grievance in Western Canada, now refueling a push about breaking

up the country, led in part by Wexit founder Peter Downing. The separatist movement is going to absolutely explode even more than when Trudeau was in back in 2019. Downing is part of a minority right now, but recent polling from the Angus Reed Institute shows only one quarter of residents in Alberta and Saskatchewan feel their province is respected by the rest of the country. This is the time when we need to come together as a country. Liberal leader Mark Carney, who was born in the Northwest Territories and grew up in Alberta,

says he is committed to building more pipelines. There is a lot of frustration on the part of Albertans. But Alberta Premier Daniel Smith is warning of a national unity crisis. Olivia Stefanovic, CBC News, Edmonton. And Florida has won its third national championship in U.S. college basketball, following a 65-63 victory over Houston. The Florida Gators came back from a 12-point deficit in the second half. However, the Houston Cougars got the ball back with 19 seconds left but could not find

a final shot. And that is Your World This Hour. Remember to listen to us wherever you get your podcasts updated every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Neal Kumar.