The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/09 at 15:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/09 at 15:00 EDT

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Donald Trump is putting a 90-day pause on the latest round of tariffs that were to hit most nations as of today. The lone exception is China. It has now been slapped with a whopping 125% tariffs. The announcement sent US stock markets skyrocketing after hours of already volatile trading. The White House denies Trump's decision, was informed by the market meltdown seen in past days. Treasury Secretary Scott Besson says the pause is about rewarding countries who chose not

to retaliate. We have just been overwhelmed, overwhelmed by the response from mostly our allies who want to come and negotiate in good faith. So we are expecting them to come with their best deal. The benchmark tariff at 10% remains in place while negotiations continue. The White House says that now includes imports from Canada and Mexico that were initially exempt. Now to the federal election campaign, conservative leader Pierre Polyev was in Sault Ste.

Marie, Ontario rolling out a tough-on-crime promise. Three strikes you're out means that anyone convicted of three serious offenses will be ineligible thereafter for bail, probation, parole or house arrest. And they will serve a minimum of 10 years behind bars. Poliev also says those with three convictions will be designated as dangerous offenders. It means they won't be released until they can prove they are no longer a danger to society. Liberal leader Mark Carney says he has a plan to make Canada an energy superpower and create thousands of good-paying jobs. He says the country needs to invest in both conventional energy, oil and gas, and in clean energy.

Our system of investment tax credits are promoting a generational investment in clean energy, in making oil and gas the lowest emission and therefore the most competitive in the world. They will unlock more solar, more wind, more nuclear, more geothermal, more hydrogen, more biofuels. Carney also announced plans to get Canada's oil and gas and critical minerals to market and pledged to diversify the country's trading partners. New Democrats are promising to get pharmacare done. Jagmeet Singh says it was the NDP who forced the liberals to implement the first phase of drug coverage and if enough MPs are elected they'll get the

next phase done before the end of the decade. David Thurton has more. These are the medications that are most often prescribed. This is going to give a lot of relief to people that are worried about being able to afford their medication. Jagmeet Singh says he will fight like hell to expand pharmacare. At the moment, a handful of provinces have signed agreements to implement free public coverage for contraceptives and diabetes medications and devices. New Democrats would expand that to about 100 of the most prescribed medications. So if you want pharmacare to happen, if you want us to move forward with pharmacare,

and you want essential medications to be covered, vote for a New Democrat. Re-elect your New Democrat incumbents, those that have fought for you. Liberals have specified they would extend coverage for contraceptives and diabetes meds to all provinces and territories, but stopped short of covering more prescriptions. David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa. Montreal police have arrested seven people who they say were part of the traditional Italian mafia. Police say some 40 officers were involved in the raid. Investigators say the suspects were selling large quantities of drugs, mostly cocaine.

The suspects had previously been targeted with search warrants. Police seized drugs, cash and guns, but the arrests didn't happen until today. King Charles has a heartfelt apology for Italians. He became the first British monarch to address both Houses of Parliament in Rome. I can only hope you will forgive us for occasionally corrupting your wonderful cuisine. We do so, I promise you, with the greatest possible affection. King Charles is in Italy on a four-day state visit. He says the two nations are deeply intertwined. And that is The World This Hour.

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