The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/23 at 01:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/23 at 01:00 EDT

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I'm Neil Kumar. Canada is removing tariffs on goods from the United States that are covered by their current trade agreement. 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 Palliev 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 a deal is struck soon. Catherine Tunney, CBC News, Ottawa. We're learning more about the case of two missing kids in Nova Scotia and why police don't suspect foul play.

Shane Aluck tells us more about the search for Jack and Lily Sullivan, a brother and sister who went missing nearly four months ago. Daniel Martel knew he was a likely suspect when his two stepchildren disappeared. He says police have looked at everything from his cell phone to his banking records. In fact, he says he's tried to help, like early in the investigation when police found a scrap of blanket on a nearby road. I called it into RCMP when I realized it was a piece of a pink blanket found. That blanket, one of the only clues as to what happened to 6-year-old Lily and 4-year-old Jack Sullivan,

who vanished from their home in rural Nova Scotia on the morning of May 2nd. Now, newly unsealed court documents are giving fresh insight into the investigation. CBC News and other media organizations fought for their release. They describe how police examined cell phone and banking records for the children's mother and stepfather. People close to the children passed polygraph tests. and investigators reviewed three days of surveillance videos showing people leaving Nova Scotia by car. As recently as mid-July, investigators wrote, Jack and Lily's disappearance is not believed to be criminal in nature.

Shane Luck, CBC News, lands down station. New York State Police say five people are dead and many others injured after tour bus crash and rolled 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 Lapu-Lapu-Lapu Filipino Festival in South Vancouver was back in court on Friday. The hearing for Kaiji Adam Lowe is to determine whether he's mentally fit to stand trial on murder charges. Karen Larson has more. The 30-year-old 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 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 the world this hour. Remember, you can listen to us where we get your podcasts. We update every hour seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.

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