The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/14 at 12:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 14, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/14 at 12:00 EDT

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It's like he's trying to date you all of the sudden. Yeah, and I do look like my mother. Love Me, available now wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Fagg. The latest tariffs in U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war kick in today. It's a global 10% tariff on all softwood lumber and timber entering the U.S. For Canada, this will come on top of steep levees already in place.

The CBC's Janice McGregor reports from Ottawa. The thing about lumber tariffs is that they are mutually destructive. The U.S. construction industry not only likes the stronger softwood lumber from Canada's colder climate. It needs it. Its own mills can't meet demand. Housing starts are already down in the U.S. tariffs only make it worse. Nevertheless, two-by-fours required to frame American homes are now piling on to the list of exports targeted according to the Trump administration's national security rationale. Since the expiration of the most recent softwood lumber trade truce with Canada a decade ago, Canadian Forests, companies have been on a roller coaster of seemingly endless cycles of anti-dumping and countervailing duties, legal appeals, any assistance government provides to keep the industry afloat.

Well, that just becomes fodder for the next U.S. industry complaint of unfair subsidization. As a result, the Canadian share of the U.S. market has fallen from about a third two decades ago to around a quarter of the American market now. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. It's Election Day in Newfoundland and Labrador. is hoping voters will give his party another majority government. But progressive conservative leader Tony Wakeham says it's time for a change. Health care, the economy, and energy deal with Quebec have dominated the campaign. But ultimately, NDP leader Jim Dinn says he thinks this election will be a referendum on the liberals' leadership.

The political turmoil in Madagascar is growing more intense. Large crowds celebrate in the streets of the Capitol after the president reportedly fled the country. Andri Rajalina says he fears for his life and claims there's a plot to stage a military coup. His precise whereabouts are not known. But from his self-imposed exile, Rajalina has ordered the immediate dissolution of the lower house of parliament. A fire at a factory in Bangladesh has left. at least 16 people dead. Officials say it happened in a garment factory in the capital of Dhaka. Several other people were injured. The fire spread to an adjacent chemical plant.

Emergency crews expect the number of dead to go up. There's no word on what caused the fire. The U.S. Defense Department is giving an ultimatum to media outlets. Agree to follow new rules or hand in your access passes for the Pentagon. Several media outlets are refusing. The CBC's Willie Lowry reports. Under the new regulations, journalists who cover the Pentagon will have to sign a document that promises they won't use information that hasn't been authorized. In a social media post, Defense Secretary Pete Hegeseth said access to the Pentagon was a privilege. He added that under the new rules, the press will no longer be allowed to roam the building freely

and will no longer be permitted to solicit criminal acts. In other words, leaked information. It should be noted that Secretary Hegseth was partially responsible for what some believed to be one of the biggest leaks of the Trump administration to date when a journalist was inadvertently added to a government group chat on a U.S. strike on Houthi rebels in Yemen. The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, and a host of other outlets say they have no plans to agree to the Pentagon's terms. Willie Lowry, CBC News, Washington. It's being called a powerful moment of representation.

Canadian pop star Sean Mendez invited indigenous artist Tia Wood to join him on stage. The Cree and Salish singer-songwriter delivered a passionate duet with Mendez during his Sunday show in Vancouver. The 26-year-old Wood is quickly making her mark on the Canadian music scene. The Alberta-born singer from Saddle Lake Cree Nation is also a Juno nominee. And that is Your World This Hour. I'm Claude Fagke.