The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/22 at 23:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/22 at 23:00 EDT

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25% tariffs will remain on steel, aluminum, and auto products, all in the hopes of restarting trade talks with the U.S. But there is mixed reaction to the decision. Catherine Tunney reports. Come September 1st, Canada will lift retaliatory tariffs on a long list of U.S. products, meaning many U.S. goods will no longer face a 25% tariff when imported into Canada. As long as they're in compliance with the Canada-United States-Mexico agreement, the removal of most tariffs is a goodwill move, Carney suggested, clearing the way for amicable talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, ahead of Kuzma renegotiations next year.

We are working on something. The move appeared to sit well with Trump, the trade war instigator. We want to be very good to Canada. I like Carney a lot. Industry reaction in Canada was more mixed as they wait for Trump's next play. Conservative leader, Pierre Pollyev, says the PM, who campaigned on being a good negotiator, is coming up short. It has been yet another capitulation and climbed down by Mark Carney. Alberta Premier Daniel Smith says she supports Carney's decision, while Ontario Premier Duckford, a vocal fan of retaliatory tariffs,

says Canada needs to hit back if the deal is struck soon. Catherine Tunney, CBC News, Ottawa. The FBI has raided the home of a former Trump appointee. John Bolton once served in Donald Trump's first term. However, that really ships soured quickly. Cameron McIntosh has the details from Washington. Clearly marked by their jackets, FBI agents carried empty boxes searching for documents into former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton's Maryland home.

They also raided his D.C. office. Trump doesn't really understand how our nuclear navy works. Bolton is a vocal critic of the president, a fixture on cable news. Recently speaking about Trump's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a court now authorizing an FBI search for classified documents. President Trump, insisting he knows nothing about it. The raid comes amid other accusations the Trump administration is targeting critics and political opponents, Democratic Representative Jamie Raskin. Please count me in the camp of the suspicious of what's going on right now.

But bad blood between Trump and Bolton runs deep. His first day back in office, Trump canceled Bolton's security detail despite death threats from Iran. Cameron McIntosh, CBC News, Washington. New York State police say five people are dead and many others injured after tour bus crash enrolled on a highway. The bus was returning to New York City from Niagara Falls. 52 people were on board. The crash occurred on a highway east of Buffalo. Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the crash.

The man accused of driving into a crowd with his SUV at the Labu-Labu Filipino Festival in South Vancouver was back in court on Friday. The hearing for Kai G. Adam Lowe is to determine whether he is mentally fit to stand trial on murder charges. Karen Larson reports. The 30-year-old Kai G. Adam Lowe is facing 11 counts of second-degree murder in what was the worst vehicle ramming attack in Canadian history. The trial earlier heard from two expert witnesses, both forensic sites, psychiatrists who have assessed Lowe, one on behalf of Crown and one on behalf of his defense.

The two sides are now arguing over that evidence. Now, generally in Canadian law, a person is found unfit to stand trial because of a mental disorder based on three criteria. They don't have the capacity to understand the proceedings or the consequences of them, and they don't have the capacity to communicate with their legal counsel. After Lowe was arrested, it was revealed he was under the care of a mental health team. The question here at Vancouver Provincial Court is not his mental state back then, but his mental state now. Karen Larson, CBC News, Vancouver.

And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar. Thank you.