World Report - October 7: Tuesday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: October 7, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney expects some tariff relief from today's talks with US President Donald Trump. Carney government retooling border security Bill C-2 after opposition parties said they would not support it. Israelis mark 2 years since Hamas October 7 attacks, as Palestinians endure another round of shelling in parts of Gaza. Chris Barber and Tamara Lich, two leaders of the 2022 truckers convoy in Ottawa, to be sentenced today. Marineland warns it may be forced to euthanize beluga whales if federal government does not agree to request for financial aid.  WestJet hikes checked bag fee for 2nd time in 2 years. Will Air Canada be next? Researcher and backcountry enthusiast Fred Ramsdell still may not know he won the Nobel Prize for medicine. 

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. This is a CBC podcast. This is World Report. Good morning. I'm Marcia Young. Canada, U.S. trade relations are front and center today in Washington. Prime Minister Mark Carney will sit down with U.S. President Donald Trump to talk tariffs. And sources tell CBC News, Canada is hoping to secure some relief on steel tariffs, specifically. The CBC's Willie Lowry joins me.

me now from Washington. And Willie, what are we expecting during today's meeting? Well, expectations are low. The CBC has learned that Prime Minister, Mark Carney, and his team are not anticipating to walk out of the White House with a blockbuster trade deal, but rather movement on steel tariffs currently set at 50%, which could then serve as a framework for future negotiations. David McNaughton is the former Canadian ambassador to the U.S., and his advice, slow and steady. We shouldn't panic. You know, I think at some point, the tariffs are going to start impacting on, you know, consumer prices in the United States. The closer Trump gets to the midterms, the more I think he'll be anxious to do real deals as opposed to the kind of smoke and mirror deals he's done up until now.

And hopefully at that, by that point, we will have, you know, establish some parameters. What are the potential risks for Carney heading into today's meeting? Numerous. The relationship between these two leaders is a delicate one. Not only because of the ongoing trade war, but Donald Trump's recent speech to military generals in which he once again called for Canada to become the 51st state. And today's meeting is about a lot more than trade. Carney and Trump are expected to discuss a host of issues around security, as well as the wars in U.S. Ukraine and Gaza. Prime Minister Carney has endorsed President Trump's 20-point peace plan in Gaza, but the two do not see eye-to-eye when it comes to a future Palestinian state,

with President Trump rebuking Canada and other Western countries' decision to recognize Palestine. So he'll have to navigate that and other issues all while trying to set the U.S.-Canada relationship on a more cordial and productive path. Thank you, Willie. My pleasure. The CBC's Willie Lowry in Washington. The federal government is retooling its border security bill. The border was a big justification for the first round of U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods.

And the government tabled C2 in response. But it now appears that bill is dead. Opposition parties say they will not support it. Janice McGregor has more from Ottawa. And Janice, why wasn't the government able to pass this bill? Marcia, concerns surfaced early that its proposed new powers for law enforcement, we're going to give the government a lot of power to snoop on ordinary Canadians. And even though the opposition was broadly on board with strengthening the border

to appease Washington's demands, the way C-2 would allow authorities to intercept communications, search and seize digital data, well, that became a bridge too far. Here's opposition leader Pierre Pollyev, speaking to our colleague Kate McKenna over the weekend announcing conservatives would not allow this bill to move forward. If you expect there's something suspicious in a parcel or an envelope, you set it aside, you go to a judge, and you get a warrant. The envelope or parcel is not going to grow legs and run away. But as recently as yesterday, in question period, ministers were still defending this bill, saying police had asked for lawful access powers to help their investigations.

Here's Ruby Suhota, the Secretary of State for Combating Crime. Canada is the only country amongst a G7 in our five eyes that does not have a law awful access legislation. Mr. Speaker, this is so important in order to protect our children that are being exploited online. However, a new bill was being drafted. It went on notice last evening for introduction later this week. Not only conservatives, but the bloc and new Democrat MPs were also not prepared to vote with the liberals on this one. So in a minority parliament, the government's gone back to the drawing board, trying to figure out how to pull what couldn't find support in order to save and pass the rest.

Thank you, Janice. You're welcome. The CBC's Janice McGregor in Ottawa. A woman lists the names of people killed in Hamas's October 7th attack, one of many memorials being held across Israel today. Today marks two years since that attack. Some 1,200 people were killed. Most were civilians.

Hamas also took more than 250 people hostage. The attack initiated a war in Gaza that health ministry says has killed more than 67,000 Palestinians. The CBC's Paul Hunter is in Israel with more. Two years precisely after the Hamas attacks into Israel and at the site of the Nova Music Festival in southern Israel, just outside its border with Gaza, they gathered today to mourn and remember.

Orit Baran's daughter, Yuval, was at the festival that day, killed while trying to escape the Hamas attackers. They miss her so much. She was the unicorn of the house and her smile, her noise. Nearly 400 people were killed at this place alone with more than three dozen kidnapped. In attacks that caught Israel by surprise and overall left some 1,200 dead, 250 kidnapped many still in captivity. The attacks sparked Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza that's left many tens of thousands of Palestinians dead, hundreds of thousands displaced and without essential supplies.

Efforts to end the war for both sides to accept a proposed U.S. peace deal, meanwhile continue. But even on this day, at the site of that festival, the sound of Israeli artillery fired into Gaza echoed through the festival's memorial itself, where placards on permanent display showed photos of the dead, those killed as they ran, or caught hiding, killed roadside or in nearby fields. Paul Hunter, CBC News at the site of the Nova Music Festival in southern Israel. Chris Barber and Tamara Leach are expected to be sentenced today for their role in the self-style freedom convoy.

The protest movement blockaded downtown Ottawa for weeks in 2022. Leach and Barber were found guilty of mischief in April. The Crown has asked for Leach to be sentenced to seven years in prison and for Barbara to be sentenced to eight years behind bars. Their defense teams have asked for their clients to walk with absolute discharges. Marine land wants to know whether the federal government will provide any money to help care for its beluga whales. And its deadline is today. The Ontario Aquatic Amusement Park is closed.

The fisheries minister has rejected an application to export the whales to China. And as Lisa Xing reports, she's also rejecting the notion of any money. I hold marine land accountable. Fisheries minister, Joanne Thompson. rejecting the park's request for money to care for its remaining 30 belugas. To immediately respond with a request for federal funding is inappropriate. The ask comes after the minister rejected its applications to send the whales to a theme park in China. In a letter to Thompson last week,

Marine Land said it was in a critical financial state, and if Ottawa doesn't come up with the funds, it will be forced to euthanize the belugas. The now defunct amusement park and zoo in Niagara Falls, Ontario, closed to the public last year. A 2019 federal ban on keeping whales, dolphins, and porpoises for breeding or entertainment undermined Marineland's business model, and for years it was subject to controversy with animal rights activists. There is no easy way out. Camille Lapchuk, executive director of advocacy group Animal Justice, says the onus should fall on the park to care for the animals. is also urging the Ontario government to intervene, since it's responsible for animal welfare.

It's clear that there's going to need to be a federal and provincial role in any solution. Provincial and federal officials are working on a plan. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said last week he's hoping the belugas can be moved to a place they can thrive. Lisa Sheng, CBC News, Toronto. WestJet is hiking the fee for a checked bag. This is the second time in two years. The fee is going up by $5 for ultra-basic and economy fares. That means economy passengers who prepay for their bag will see the fee start at $40,

and those who wait until check-in will be charged at least $60. The question now is, will Air Canada also raise check-bag fees? If history repeats itself, it will. Three scientists who study quantum mechanics are the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Physics. John Clark, Michelle DeVore and John Martinez, all work out of universities in the United States, and hopefully they will all be near the phone. Unlike Fred Ramsdale, he is one of the three people who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine yesterday, but he still may not know the Nobel Committee has not been able to reach him.

Neither have his friends and colleagues. One of them told AFP News, Ramsdale is probably hiking in the backcountry in Idaho, away from cell service and living his best life. Well, that is the latest national and international news from World Report News anytime. CBCNews.ca.com. I'm Marcia Young.