The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/08 at 05:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 8, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/08 at 05:00 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. Ex-Prime Minister Stephen Harper endorsed conservative leader,

Pierre Poliev, at a packed rally in Alberta on Monday night. Marina von Stakeberg has more on Harper's rare political appearance. We are just south of Edmonton at Pierre Pauliev's rally. His organizers say this is the biggest one yet, more than 12,000 people, and an important one for Pauliev because tonight he got the endorsement of former Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Have a listen. 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.

But Harper did have a few key things to say. He said that he was in a unique position to talk about the leader because he is the only person where both the people running worked for him. Of course referencing Mark Carney as the former Bank of Canada governor while Stephen Harper was the Prime Minister. He said that his choice for Prime Minister in his words without a shadow of a doubt is Pyrr Poliev. He says he has known him for over a quarter of a century, that he worked hard, he fought and he learned, and that he has the political experience and that that is the most important characteristic. Marina von Stackelberg, just south of Edmonton

here. 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. Inu Manik 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're 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 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 a 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. Olivia Stavanovic 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 that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Kumar.