The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/09 at 02:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/09 at 02:00 EDT

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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 percent tariff on Chinese goods. Trump spoke about his plan at a gala dinner tonight. Katie Simpson reports. 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're giving 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.

On the campaign trail, Conservative leader Pierre Polyevv was in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, tonight, where he spoke about the large turnout for his rallies. I think that the reason why we've attracted these record-breaking crowds is people have hope again. People have hope. The young people have hope that soon they'll be able to afford a home and start a family and have kids and give their parents some grandkids. Liberal leader Mark Carney held a rally tonight in Calgary.

The war between Israel and Hamas is one of the biggest issues in the world, but some Muslim and Arab Canadian voters say party leaders are avoiding the topic on the campaign trail. Nicole Williams has more. We've got, you know, a humanitarian crisis. There's many things on the mind of Aisha Shirazi this election. More than a hundred Muslim and Arab organizations have signed a letter calling for a clear commitment from party leaders to support Palestinians in Gaza and stand against Islamophobia. But any mention of the issue of the conflict

by party leaders on the campaign trail has been few and far between. Ruby Dacher is professor of international development at the University of Ottawa. She says that's because the war as a campaign issue is downright risky because of how divided voters are on the conflict. What we can see is that the Arabs are, I wouldn't say spread equally among the parties,

but I would say spread enough for there not to be a huge backlash. Even still, Shirazi says voters like her want to know where Canada's political leaders stand on the war in Gaza. Nicole Williams, CBC News, Ottawa. Rescuers in the Dominican Republic are racing against the clock, searching for possible survivors after the roof of a well-known nightclub collapsed early Tuesday. More than 79 people are dead. Ellie Schiazza reports. The jet set nightclub was packed for a popular merengue performer.

That's Ruby Perez on stage at around 12.45 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.