The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/09 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/09 at 00:00 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 this hour, I'm Neil Herland. U.S. President Donald Trump has followed through on his threats. New tariffs on dozens of American trading partners are now in effect, including a staggering

104% tariff on Chinese goods. Trump spoke about his plan at a gala dinner tonight. The CBC's Katie Simpson reports from Washington. Donald Trump greeted with a standing ovation at a black tie gala dinner for Republicans. Cheered as he defended his tariff policy despite growing bipartisan blowbacks. It's a good situation, not a bad. It's great. It's going to be legendary. You watch. Over the course of his speech, the president bragged about forcing world leaders into trade negotiations. They've given us everything.

They don't want tariffs on themselves. And it's very simple. We're making deals and people are paying tariffs. And then he suggested he might not actually be open to reaching agreements. We don't necessarily want to make a deal with them. Goods from dozens of countries are now being taxed at a wide range of rates, including the 104 percent tariff now in place on China. The White House is not offering up any sort of timeline as to when they hope to start

signing deals. Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. Conservative leader Pierre Polyev is promising to lower taxes for Canadians by cracking down on offshore tax havens. As Olivia Stefanovic reports, it's all part of a plan that takes aim at his main political rival. Mark Carney, like all liberals, is a high-tax hypocrite. Conservative leader Pierre Poliev accusing the liberal leader of personally stashing

his taxes abroad, when in fact, Mark Kearney co-chaired two investment funds for asset manager Brookfield, worth a total of $25 billion, registered in Bermuda to give pensioners tax advantages. You can't avoid your taxes. Global elites should not be able to either. While tax havens are not illegal, Poliev is trying to undermine Kearney's credibility and appeal to working Canadians, promising to crack down on tax havens, rewrite tax rules, and close offshore banking loopholes.

Poliev also says he wants to name and shame wealthy corporations that dodge taxes like Brookfield, a company that Poliev indirectly held investments in. Olivia Stefanovic, CBC News, Edmonton. Liberal leader Mark Carney was in Delta, B.C. Tuesday selling his plan to double the pace of home building in Canada. Build Canada Homes will provide billions of dollars in financing for affordable home builders, and above all, Build Canada Homes will catalyze an entirely new

housing industry with Canadian lumber at the center of it. And NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says he's confident he'll win his own riding of Burnaby Central despite polls showing a likely victory for the liberal candidate. Rescuers in the Dominican Republic are racing against the clock searching for possible survivors after the roof of a well-known nightclub

collapsed. Local authorities say more than 79 people are dead. Ellie Sheahson reports. The jet set nightclub was packed for a popular merengue performer. That's Ruby Perez on stage at around 1245 in the morning. But just moments later, tragedy. The roof of the nightclub suddenly collapsed and CBC News has confirmed with his manager

that Perez is among dozens killed. On social media, Dominican police said their focus was on rescuing the survivors. Also among the dead, former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Octavio Dotel and a provincial governor, Nelsy Cruz, sister of former Major League Baseball player Nelson Cruz. More than 150 clubgoers were taken to hospital. According to authorities, some people may have been spared, depending on how the debris fell around them. The country's president describes the tragedy as immeasurable.

Ali Shiasan, CBC News, Toronto. And that is your World This Hour.