The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/24 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 24, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/24 at 13:00 EDT

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Mike Miles. The Ribles are continuing from Donald Trump's angry late-night post. The president declared he was terminating trade talks with Canada. Trump's furious about an Ontario ad campaign that used a clip of Ronald Reagan arguing against tariffs. Chris Reyes has the latest on the spot, spat. Trade barriers hurt every American worker and consumer. President Donald Trump says he,

He's shut down trade talks with Canada over an Ontario ad running in the U.S. In it, audio of President Reagan's 1987 speech touting the values of free trade. Last night, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation claimed the ad misrepresented the speech. Trump wrote, based on their egregious behavior, all trade negotiations with Canada are hereby terminated. Trump's economic advisor, Kevin Hassett, said Trump's frustration isn't just about the ad. The Canadians have been very difficult to negotiate with, and you look at the fact that we're down negotiating with Mexico separately, reveals that it's not just about one ad. In a statement to CBC from the White House, spokesman Cush DeSai said, the ad is an example of Canada playing games, adding that further talks are futile if Canada can't be serious. Chris Reyes, CBC News, New York.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is now on his way to Asia to take part in an international summit. before getting on the plane, he said this about the breakup of the trade negotiations with the U.S. The importance of distinguishing things we can control and things we can't control. We can't control the trade policy of the United States. Carney says Canada is prepared to continue talks when the Americans are ready to have those discussions. The Mounties say Canada's drug trade is changing fast. The RC&P recently arrested three people in a raid on an illegal drug lab in Portland. Colburn, Ontario. As Colin Butler explains, the bust is peeling back the curtain on a new

kind of criminal chemistry. We prevented the future production of millions of dollars worth of synthetic drugs. In New Market, Ontario, RCMP Chief Superintendent Chris Leather laid out the new reality of Canada's drug trade. Law enforcement and public health agencies are seeing more domestic labs, greater chemical sophistication, and a shift from the importation to in-country manufacturing. It came as police unveiled Project Overboil. The probe started at a quiet warehouse in Port Colburn, which led police to a super lab on a rented farm. Inside, officers found almost 240 kilos of drugs. MDMA, GHB, methamphetamine worth close to $10 million.

The bust, RCMP say, is part of a growing trend. Fifty such domestic labs have been dismantled since 2024. Police say it's proof. Canada's synthetic drug supply is now being made right here at home. Colin Butler, CBC News, London, Ontario. The Alberta government is ending its work-from-home policy for public sector employees. The Alberta Public Service says all workers will be required to return to the office full-time as of February 1st.

Thousands of employees have been able to work from home up to two days a week after pandemic restrictions were lifted in March of 2022. The order follows similar moves by other jurisdictions, including Ontario. New York Attorney General Letitia James has pleaded not guilty to federal charges in a Virginia court. She's being accused of lying on mortgage papers to get a better loan. The case has been pushed by President Donald Trump, whom James is accusing of weaponizing the justice system. Justice system, which has been used as a tool of revenge and a weapon against those individuals who simply did their job and who stood up for the rule of law. James won a major fraud case against Donald Trump in New York.

She's among several perceived enemies of the president now being prosecuted by the DOJ. Others include former FBI director James Comey and Trump's former national security advisor, John Bolton. And that is the world this hour. Get all the news you need anytime, anywhere. Download the free CBC News app today. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.