The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/07 at 06:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/07 at 06:00 EDT

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you'll know just how healthy they are. Visit Spexsavers.cavers.cai to book your next eye exam. Eye exams provided by independent optometrists. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Fade. Ontario Premier Doug Ford had some harsh words about U.S. President Donald Trump and his negotiation tactics. Speaking with reporters yesterday, after a virtual meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney and his fellow premiers, Ford warned that Trump will target Canada's free trade deal with the U.S. and Mexico known as Kuzma.

And he'll try to renegotiate the deal that shields many Canadian goods from the American tariffs earlier than the 2026 review date. He said Canada has to be ready for anything. He doesn't want to go on record. He's coming full bore out of us. He's not, this isn't going to be a church picnic. This is going to be, let's get down down to it and we'll see what happens. I'm, I'm praying that everything's going to go fine. But if it doesn't, I'm going to ask the people, do you trust President Trump? I don't. Meantime, sweeping new tariffs are now in effect for goods from dozens of countries entering the U.S. Last week, the Trump administration extended a deadline for trading partners to reach a new deal

with the states. A man in Chilliwack, B.C. has been found not criminally responsible for killing his wife last year. After the B.C. Supreme Court found he was suffering from delusions at the time. The court ruling says the man now 70 killed his wife who can't be named under a publication ban while believing he was saving her from being tortured or raped by people who were targeting the couple. It says the man began acting in an unusual and paranoid way in the lead-up to the killing. NATO is known for its sophisticated military technology, but now many in the defense community are asking, is it worth it? As Canada prepares to spend billions more on defense, it has to decide should it focus on high-tech, high-cost weapon systems, or cheaper disposable technology.

Murray Brewster reports on what the experts are saying. This is a long, long-running debate. Andrew Rosulius is a former Canadian Defense Department arms control expert. NATO nations, including Canada, are trying to figure out these days where to put their money. Another $9.3 billion going into this country's defense budget this year, all of it for badly. needed new equipment. A new report by the U.K.-based Chatham House says sanctions are forcing Russia to produce less sophisticated military hardware. NATO has always had the technological edge over Russia, and Rosulia says going forward in deciding between quantity versus quality, governments

like Canada are going to have to look not at defense spending targets, but at what makes sense militarily to deter Russia and potentially its allies. Ukrainian intelligence has warned Russia is training North Korean workers to mass produce Shaheed drones, something bound to increase tensions in the Pacific. Marie Brewster, CBC News, Ottawa. Victoria M. Boko has done it. The 18-year-old Canadian tennis player has advanced to the finals of the National Bank Open in Montreal after winning her semi-final match last night

and becoming just the fifth Canadian woman to make the finals of the event first played in 1892. Sarah Levitt reports. She has done it again, the new Canadian queen of the court. Victoria Mboko now onto her first ever major final in the big leagues. The storybook continues. The 18-year-old came into Montreal's National Bank open relatively unknown, but her smashing success has won over the crowd.

She says she's grateful for it. Playing in front of the home crowd obviously has its advantages. You know, you always have everyone pumping you up as much. as much as they can. Tournament director Valéry Tetreau has watched it all with excitement. Just a couple months ago, she was probably the one still talking about who her

role models were. Mboko has gained quite the fan base and her success at this tournament means she's insured a spot at the U.S. Open's main draw at the end of the month, a first for her at a grand slam. But right now, the finals

here in Montreal. Sarah Levitt's CBC News, Montreal. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Faye.