The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/20 at 05:00 EST

Episode Date: December 20, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/20 at 05:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Mike Miles. People connected to the lobster fishery in southwest Nova Scotia are calling this season one of the most challenging in recent memory. They went in knowing they were already going to have to contend with 25% tariffs from China on Canadian seafood exports. But other factors are making some people call on Ottawa for help. Michael Gorman reports. If lobster were a wine, this would be an unspectacular advantage. Lobster exporter Stuart Lamont says the quality coming from southwest Nova Scotia so far has been disappointing. He says it's forcing his staff to comb through product more thoroughly than usual in search of the

best quality that can survive being shipped around the world. Veteran lobster captain Tommy Amiro says it's not the worst he's ever seen, but when combined with Chinese tariffs, a weak U.S. market, increased operating costs and a wharf price that makes it difficult to cover bills, some people are getting worried. We've dealt with, you know, some different issues, but right now we're trying to weather four storms at once. Amiro says if the tariffs cannot come off, Ottawa should provide support the way it has for auto workers and farmers. Akiti Annapolis MP Chris Dantramont agrees. I think we need to be able to look at that as a whole system rather than just one group over another. Nova Scotia produces more than $500 million worth of lobster a year. Michael Gorman

Chairman, CBC News, Halifax. On Bondi Beach in Australia, a thousand surf lifesavers stood in silent vigil this morning. Sunday marks one week since the shootings that killed at least 15 people at a seaside celebration of Hanukkah. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese calling at the country's darkest week in recent history. The terrorist atrocity committed against innocent people celebrating Hanukkah last week at Bond. Targeting our cherished Jewish-Australian community has left our nation grieving and angry. The nation is carrying deep pain and sorrow. Albanese calling Australia's Jewish community completely unbreakable.

Our Prime Minister, Mark Carney, is laying up publicly what he sees as red lines dealing with China. Those comments coming as his government wades into a new relationship with the economic giant. Catherine Tollany reports. Prime Minister Mark Carney has before. to China's Canada's biggest security threat. He's also made clear he sees potential in renewing ties with the economic power. And then the question is how deep is the relationship and how clear are the guardrails around that relationship? In a year interview with CBC's Rosemary Barton Live, he was asked if he sees risks further aligning the country economically with Beijing.

And there are areas, artificial intelligence, critical minerals, defense, where clearly the security threats are such that we would not have a deep relationship with China in those areas. Those proposed guardrails will be closely watched over the coming year as Carney looks to reset Canada's relationship with China. Ties between the two countries have been deeply strained. And earlier this year, the public inquiry investigating foreign interference called China a persistent and sophisticated threat. Canadian officials have been traveling to China for talks paving the way for a potential Carney visit next year. Catherine Tunney, CBC News, Ottawa.

You can watch more of the year. and interview with Prime Minister Mark Carney tomorrow on Rosemary Barton Live, starting at 10 a.m. Eastern on CBC News Network and wherever you stream, CBC News. Carney's predecessor, getting called out by actor and right-wing podcaster Russell Brand, who got all snitty about who former wife, singer Katie Perry, is currently dating. Look, I was okay with Orlando Bloom. But Justin Trudeau! Come on, man!

Don't put me in Calgary with that guy. That globalist stooge. Brand addressing the conservative turning point convention this week in Phoenix. By the way, Perry's parents were in the audience for that outburst. No word so far on how they, or Perry, or Trudeau reacted. Brand is currently facing sexual assault charges in England. That is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.

Thank you.