The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/10 at 04:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/10 at 04:00 EDT

When they predict we'll fall, we rise to the challenge. When they say we're not a country, we stand on guard. This land taught us to be brave and caring, to protect our values, to leave no one behind. Canada is on the line and it's time to vote as though our country depends on it. Because like never before, it does. I'm Jonathan Pedneau, co-leader of the Green Party of Canada. This election, each vote makes a difference. Authorized by the Registeredleader of the Green Party of Canada. This election, each vote, makes a difference. Authorized by the Registered Agent of the Green Party of Canada.

From CBC News, the World This Hour, I'm Neil Herland. Financial markets around the world are breathing a sigh of relief after U.S. President Donald Trump paused his plan to impose hefty tariffs on goods from countries around the world. For now, there are no new changes to tariffs on Canadian goods, but Canadian automakers are still worried. Brian Kingston is president of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers Association. Extreme confusion and that appears to be how things are going these days when it comes to US trade policy. It's constantly changing and always lacking in details. What we do know is that the auto tariffs remain in place. There's been no change there. Prime Minister Mark Carney says the pause on

reciprocal tariffs announced by President Trump is a welcome reprieve for the global economy and he says Canada will start negotiations on a new economic and security relationship with the US after the federal election While most countries were spared by US President Donald Trump China was not the US is now slapping a 125 percent tariff on Chinese made goods and China is fighting back today with an 84 percent retaliatory levy on imported US goods. Conservative leader Pierre Poliev held a rally in Brampton, Ontario last night, a city with five seats all currently held by the Liberals. As Olivia Stefanovic reports, Poliev

supporters are confident the conservatives can flip the writings because they believe they have more support than the polls show. If we're not going to win, we're going to lose Canada. At conservative leader Pierre Poliev's latest rally, a supporter named Sarah, who wouldn't give her last name, held a long banner that said, Do you believe the polls? Because look at the crowd coming out for Poliev. CBC's poll tracker says the Conservatives trail the Liberals by seven points.

Who's ready to vote for a change? Poliev's rally in Brampton, Ontario was much smaller compared to his event outside of Edmonton earlier this week, which drew about 12,000 people. Still, Poliev managed to fill most of a convention center ballroom, where he delivered a tough-on-crime message in a region grappling with auto thefts, as he begins another swing through the vote-rich Greater Toronto area. Olivia Stvanovich, CBC News, Brampton, Ontario. The number of deaths from a nightclub tragedy in the Dominican Republic is surging.

At least 184 people are confirmed dead after the roof collapsed Tuesday during a concert. Shailen Pena is waiting for news about her father, her stepmother and her aunt, all missing under the rubble. I want to go in there, you know, get rid of all the rocks as much as I want to. But I really just have to like set it out and wait. And finally, for decades Canadian snowbirds have been spending lots of money every year in Florida. Then U.S. President Donald Trump started his tariff war. Now Canadians are reconsidering their spending habits.

Steve Futterman reports from Florida. 70-year-old Lori Fisher lives in Winnipeg, but has been coming to Florida every winter since he was five. What's going on now between Canada and the United States from a Canadian point of view is untenable. Now he is going home. He sold his condo here in Clearwater and doesn't expect to come back.

I've talked to a lot of Canadians that have made the decision to leave and many who were thinking of coming are staying away. Pretty large amount of Canadians actually deciding to cancel their trips. Robert Washington is a real estate broker in Tampa. So I work with a lot of investors that own airbnbs. One client said about 40% of his bookings were with Canadians. All of them canceled his trips all over Florida. Business businesses, especially hospitality businesses, are feeling the impact. In one spot especially popular with Canadians... Beautiful, tiny, and in Florida, the site of the first spring training game of the Blue Jays.

...in Dunedin, Canadians did show up for the Blue Jays preseason games, but the numbers seemed to be smaller. Steve Futterman for CBC News, Clearwater, Florida. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Herland.