Your World Tonight - Canada’s retaliatory tariffs, toxic air in hockey arenas, France art heist, and more

Episode Date: September 8, 2026

Canada returns fire in the ongoing trade war with the U.S.. Businesses are already raising prices in response. And that will hit consumers right in their wallets.And: The air in local hockey arenas is filled with more than the shouts of excited parents. The Canadian Medical Association says carbon monoxide is an invisible threat on the ice.Also: Authorities in France are trying to get to the bottom of a brazen art heist at the Renoir Museum on the French Riviera.Plus: Questions for Bombardier, sanctions on goods from Israeli settlements, the air at Ground Zero, and more.

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Canada retaliates with counter tariffs on a slew of American goods. And now President Trump is responding, raising questions about the cost for Canadians in this escalating tariff fight. This is Your World Tonight. I'm Salima Shivji. It's Tuesday, September 8th, coming up on 6 p.m. Eastern. Also on the podcast. The symptoms, the signs, you know, we just automatically jump to a cold. We don't ever look at that. And then to learn that these arenas do not have rules that they have to have carbon monoxide monitors in them

is mind-blowing. Facing off against a deadly gas, parents and health officials warn about the danger of carbon monoxide in hockey arenas and call for more to be done to detect it before it's too late. Back to school, back to work, but not back to business as usual, as Canada returns fire in the ongoing trade war with the U.S. Dollar-for-dollar counter tariffs are now being tacked onto more than $27 billion worth of American imports at the border. And Prime Minister Mark Carney is warning Canadians the road ahead will be bumpy. Tom Perry begins our coverage tonight from Ottawa. Canada came to life in many ways in response to American aggression.

Prime Minister Mark Carney had no public events on Tuesday. Instead, he posted an address online, reaching back into Canada's history and previous times when it faced threats from the U.S. Our first prime minister, Sir John A. McDonald, recognized the threat of an expansionist United States for what it was, raced to unite this land. As for the current threat,

a trade war launched by a U.S. president who has persistently declared his desire to turn this country into America's 51st state, Carney says his government had little choice but to fight back against U.S. tariffs. Now, I don't believe. leave in escalating the conflict. That's not constructive. But our tariffs

are necessary to protect our workers, protect our companies and our communities. Right now, Carney has public opinion on his side. Ralph Goodale is a former Liberal Cabinet Minister and High Commissioner to the UK, who now serves on the Federal Government's

Advisory Committee on Canada-U.S. Trade. He says Canadians take Donald Trump's threats to their economy and sovereignty seriously. Remember that his ultimate goal is not to have a good business partnership. His ultimate goal is annexation and subjugation. But fighting a trade war could cost Canadians dearly.

Mark Warner, a trade lawyer in Toronto, thinks Canada is too small to inflict any serious damage on the U.S. And he doesn't see anyone coming to the country's defense. I think at some point you have to say, like every other country in the world, let's get to an agreement and move past Mr. Trump. And for some reason, Canadian politicians don't want to do what every other country wants to do. Yeah, there'll be people in Europe cheering us on. But they're not doing what Mr. Carney's

doing it. For now, Canada's premiers are by and large backing Carney's approach. BC's David Eby says he's all in on Team Canada. And today took aim at a series of angry and at times strange social media messages posted by Donald Trump over the weekend, some of which targeted Canada and the prime minister. All I can say is that the president is clearly unhinged. Those memes are bizarre. They are disturbing. Other premiers waiting to see what comes next. Saskatchewan Scott Moe says Canada's counter tariffs are necessary but will be costly.

He says the goal needs to be getting back to the table to negotiate the best deal for Canadians. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa. At this point in the Canada-US trade war, the larger economic crisis. consequences of these new counter-tariffs are hard to measure, since so many possible scenarios could play out, and there's no sense of how long it all might carry on. But as Nisha Patel reports, businesses across the country are crunching their own numbers, and it's not looking good for them or their customers. This morning, it went from $9 a square foot up to $11 a square foot. At his flooring store in Oshawa, Ontario, Guy Pellipu has already raised prices. He imports most of his

carpets from the U.S. They're now subject to counter tariffs of up to 50%. We try and absorb some, but as a small business, it's really challenging for us to absorb those kind of costs in the long term. Some manufacturers he works with have offered to share the burden, though the longer the tariffs are in place, the more likely it is that the costs will be passed on. He worries the higher prices will turn off customers hitting his bottom line. of sleep. You know, it's not only worrying about my own family, it's worrying about all of the families

that we employ. The import tax does apply to some big ticket items like appliances and furniture. But Moschalander, an economist at Concordia University, says most everyday goods aren't affected. I don't think that we're going to see a huge impact on prices.

The Canadian government tried to design them in a way so that the consumer would be shielded from the full brunt of the tariffs. He says shoppers should be able to find alternatives that aren't made in the U.S., though he suggests it's wise to have a plan. What do you see coming your way in terms of big bills or big expenses that you're going to be facing, and how many of these things are American products that are on that tariff list? These commuters in downtown Toronto already weighed down by the high cost of living

say the frustration is real. I think the escalating talks between Canada and U.S. back and forth are punitive to its citizens. The economic impact of us, everyone's being affected by it. It's pointless. And I just think it's going to continue to get worse. Pellipu, the business owner, says for him that negative consumer sentiment is most concerning. If people continue to buy, we can continue to absorb longer. then we have the continual business and it allows us to be able to do it. But what we've seen drop off with everything that's happening is people are getting scared.

They're not buying. That lingering uncertainty, a shadow over his business and the broader economy. Nisha Patel, CBC News, Toronto. Coming right up, what the Americans are saying and doing about Canada's latest move. Plus, carbon monoxide puts hockey arenas on thin ice. And later, we'll have this story. In a picturesque stone villa off the French Riviera, a brazen art heist. Thieves, making off with two Renoir paintings, officials call priceless.

And it was all over in less than five minutes. It's just garden variety fevery. But that's what's scariest about it. I'm Jennifer Yun, and I'll tell you about this latest museum heist in a string of thefts coming up on your world tonight. Like the trade talks also up in the air, is what's in store for Bombardier. The Quebec plane maker is once again in Donald Trump's crosshairs.

He's threatened to ban unless the company builds in the U.S. Bombardier defenders on both sides of the border point out it already does, and they're pushing to keep things that way. Natalia Vikesl explains. You never know what to expect from Trump, you know, like he's a little bit unpredictable. Lynn St. Marie works as a mechanic and technician repairing airplane components in Dorval, Quebec. She says the aerospace industry in this part of the province is so tightly knit that virtually everyone knows someone impacted by Donald Trump's threats against Bombardier. And we think about our friends who are at Bombardier right now, and that's not a very reassuring thing for them.

On Monday, the U.S. President declared that the Canadian Aerospace Company would no longer be able to sell planes in the United States. But St. Marie says that it's not just Bombardier employees in Canada that might be affected. I have some friends that are Americans. I feel bad for them. He's not helping his own people at all from what I can see. Bombardier employs about 3,500 people across more than 20 states. That includes more than 1,000 workers in Wichita, Kansas. Today, Republican Senator Roger Marshall came out with a statement defending the Canadian jetmaker posting online he would fight Trump's proposed ban,

which could imperil hundreds of jobs in his home state. We don't know how we would impose that. Valeri Baudouin is part of Prime Minister Mark Carney's Advisory Committee on Canada-U.S. Economic Relations. She says there are still a lot of questions about what could happen next. We know this administration. They always go in the gray area and they try to come up with a solution when they want something fixed like that. Members of Parliament are also reacting to the threats. From Stephen Fjour, who's in charge of Canada's defense procurement. It's an important company for Canada and the U.S.

and we're looking to find a way through this. To transport minister Stephen McKinnon, who says that Canada and the U.S. are among the few countries that can conceive, manufacture, and certify aircraft. Bombardier, I know, takes its responsibilities to its stakeholders, its employees,

its supply chain members, very, very seriously, and has, you know, done so deliberately in both Canada and the United States, and we expect that to continue for a long, long time. For Quebec, Premier Christine Frechette, She says the province is not planning any retaliatory action unless the threat becomes more real. But she adds that her government is monitoring the situation closely. Natalia Vikesal, CBC News, Montreal.

Since Ottawa's retaliatory tariffs took effect overnight, officials on both signs of the border woke up to a day full of tension, waiting for a response from an unpredictable U.S. president and his aggressive administration. As Katie Nicholson tells us, Trump is now saying he wants to ban Canadian goods from American government contracts. U.S. Trade Representative Jameson Greer took just two questions, both in French, before slipping into his offices, confirming Canada,

could expect a response to its counter-tariffs this afternoon, and that he would speak with his Canadian counterpart, Dominic LeBlanc about that response, maybe today, maybe tomorrow. Then this afternoon in a post on Truth Social, the U.S. President announced he was directing the federal government's General Services Administration to stop buying Canadian origin products until Canada, quote, restores full and fair reciprocity for American farmers and companies. Donald Trump claims those government purchases account for more than $50 billion a year.

So far there's no executive order. making this official or spelling out how it would work. No response yet either from Canadian government officials. This, after Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, had more tough talk earlier today. If I were the Canadians, I'd be careful. They wanted the benefits of being a state without being a state. And now that the arrangements may be splintering,

everyone's going to come to our side. They had an agreement. Representative Dan, user of Pennsylvania on Fox, also firmly in Trump's court. They have not been a good trading partner when it comes to milk, when it comes to aluminum, when it comes to some of our other exports to Canada. And guess what? Their economy is going to suffer.

But there are other Republicans who worry about a long, drawn-out trade war with Canada amid an affordability crisis, especially heading into November's midterm elections. It's not just Canada. There's tariffs all over the world right now that are hurting small businesses. Something Democrats like Virginia representative, Suha, Supremany. are only too keen to exploit. The American people are paying higher prices over and over again, and that will be on the ballot boxes coming November.

A calculation that may determine whether today's announcement from Trump marks the end of the administration's rebuke of Canada or an opening salvo into further escalation. Katie Nicholson, CBC News, Washington. New York's mayor says newly released documents suggest city residents were misled for months about the air quality around ground zero. Zoran Mamdani has made public more than 170,000 pages of city records, just days before the 25th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks on the World Trade Center.

Some show that 10 months after the attacks, asbestos was nearly everywhere around lower Manhattan, including on nearby buildings, but city officials were claiming the air was safe. Talk show host John Stewart has long advocated for first responders and survivors. He says the documents prove what they have been saying, for 25 years. What they all knew, and what we all knew who live in downtown Manhattan, is that there was

poison in the air and on the ground and in the windowsills and in your air conditioners and covering your pets and your clothes, and it stayed there for months. Everyone knew. And now it's very clear that the city knew as well. The information could help people apply for victim compensation funds. Canada has joined the UK and France and other countries announcing a ban on trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. In a joint statement, Prime Minister Mark Carney and the leaders of France and the United Kingdom say the Israeli government must stop the illegal expansion of settlements, which impedes the possibility of a two-state solution.

Ottawa says it will begin implementing the ban in the next few months. Sasha Petrissik reports. Israelis in the settlement of Ariel are used to being condemned. The World Court has declared Israel's continued presence there and in other settlements illegal. So sanctions by Canada, the UK and other European countries are met with defiance by a settler named Adam. We're not going to stop fighting. We're going to keep building. Ariel is one of the biggest settlements with shopping malls, subdivisions and factories. But over the past two years, there's been a surge of others.

More than 80 new Israeli communities approved. And across the West Bank, settler violence against Palestinians is rising. Today, we refuse to be bystanders to further suffering and to the destruction of the two-state solution. British Foreign Minister Ed Miliband says a large new swath of settlements approved. by Israel last month will cut the West Bank in half and make a future Palestinian state unviable. That's what triggered British sanctions, he says. So I can announce today that we will introduce an import ban on goods from illegal settlements in the occupied territories. Israel was quick to denounce the UK, with Foreign Minister Gideon Tsar ordering its consulate in annexed East Jerusalem, closed, and sanctioning British lawmakers.

The message to every government that harms us is clear. Whoever acts against Israel, Israel will act against them. Canada issued its own written statement with Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anna and saying Ottawa will also introduce restrictions on trade with settlements in the coming months, a move that Israel's embassy calls hostile meddling. Imports from settlements are hard to gauge because they're labeled as companies. from Israel. Canada's total imports from Israel amount to less than $2 billion a year. But I think as a precedent, it is very significant.

Khaled El Gindi is with the Quincy Institute in Washington. He says this will be welcomed by Palestinians, though many have already lost hope in getting their own state. Maybe even too little too late in terms of saving a two-state solution. The sanctions were condemned by the United States and its ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee. If the Brits go and put some kind of boycott and sanctions on them, the repercussions are going to be significant. Most U.S. states have laws banning trade with any country that sanctions Israel. And Huckabee warns these will be used. Sasha Petrissik, CBC News, Toronto.

Russia has resumed round-the-clock attacks on key. The explosions in the Ukrainian capital stopped for a few days while U.S. special envoys Steve Whitkoff and Jared Kushner were there. The two say they held encouraging talks with President Volodemir Zelensky, but they made no breakthrough on ending the war. Kiev is experiencing multiple air raids with sirens going off about 10 times a day. We have new information tonight many hockey parents will want to hear. It's from a recent report about a killer gas that you can't see or smell.

its links to Canadian rinks and one terrifying exposure in Alberta that sent dozens of young athletes to hospital. Megan Fitzpatrick has that story for us. I'm 10 years in as a hockey parent. It never would have crossed my mind that this is something that could have happened. The health scare that happened at a hockey tournament near Calgary in 2024 has stuck with Jessica Marshall and her son. So he travels with a carbon monoxide monitor on his bag now.

The players around 11 years old came off the ice with severe. headaches, dizziness, nausea, and vomiting. Parent Dan Moyer first thought a flu virus was hitting the team. But the off-duty firefighter also knew the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning. He called a nearby fire department. As soon as they walked in the front door of the arena, it got high alarms into their monitoring equipment. Moyer called another team parent, Lori Lee, a nurse practitioner. Together, they spread the word that kids should get to the emergency department.

More than 20 players were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning. Some were put on oxygen, all recovered. The parents are now sharing their experience in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Lee says she was surprised to discover this wasn't an isolated incident. Once we learned this has happened in other arenas and that there's national guidance to help prevent it, we really wanted to raise awareness that those guidelines exist. Health Canada's guidelines say ice resurfers are a major emitter of carbon monoxide into arena air. If the equipment isn't properly maintained and the arena ventilation is poor,

carbon monoxide can rise to dangerous levels. Cold air can also trap the gas at ice level. Emergency medicine doctor Bruce Campana says children exercising are at a higher risk of health effects. So not only are they hypermetabolic, they're hyperventilating, their heart's beating faster, they're breathing in more air and more carbon monoxide, but there's more carbon monoxide there for them to breathe in. Health Canada recommends arenas use electric-powered ice resurfers to cut back on emissions and install carbon monoxide detectors. Some arenas have alarms, the one where Jessica Marshall's son got sick, did not. She thinks that they should be mandatory. And then to learn that these arenas do not have rules,

that they have to have carbon monoxide monitors in them, is mind-blowing. Public health inspector Vittoria Vecerelli works in arenas in Ontario. She says operators must take proactive steps to ensure good air quality. What are they doing to prevent that alarm from going off in the first place? That's a question. Lee, Marshall and Moyer hope operators will ask themselves after hearing their story. My kids spend a lot of time in an arena and they should be safe. Regardless of what happens on the ice this season,

these parents say raising awareness about the health risks in the rank is a win. Megan Fitzpatrick, CBC News, Toronto. A bold break-in, a high-profile haul and a dramatic Hollywood-style escape. French authorities are scrambling after thieves stole two valuable masterpieces from the Renoir Museum in the south of France. It's just the latest in a string of European. in museum thefts, which has left the art world asking if more can be done to protect these priceless treasures. Jennifer Ewan has the details.

A stone villa off the French Riviera with an olive grove and a garden, a picturesque setting for a brazen art heist, a smash and grab of Renoir paintings worth millions. The thieves broke in at around 6 a.m., cutting a hole in the fence and snatching four paintings from the Renoir Museum in Kang Ser Mer, says village mayor Brian Masson. The police municipal is intervened in more than five minutes for police to arrive, but the thieves got away with two

paintings, abandoning the two others as they fled, Masson said. These were priceless paintings for the people of Kangsomere and beyond, says Deputy Mayor Caroline Daman. Residents of the small village expressing shock. I didn't expect this here in Cancermer, and that's a shame, says one woman. It's unsettling. They're targeting all the museums, says another man.

This is just the latest in a string of museum robberies in Europe, including one at the Louvre in Paris last year, where thieves snatched up eight pieces of the French crown jewels in less than eight minutes. Museum thieves are getting more violent, too, according to a report last month from Europol, with criminals using tools like sledgehammers and crowbars instead of deception and stealth.

It's just garden variety thievery, but that's what's scariest about it. Art theft expert Anthony Amore says they may be getting more common, but the thieves at the Renoir Museum suggests they may not be getting smarter. He says the paintings they stole would be hard to sell in the black market. Everybody who would be interested in art would know that these are stolen,

can only get them arrested, and are not worth the big price tag that the thieves are looking for. So that's the paradox of art theft. Amori says there's no one-size-fits-all solution to improve security at museums, especially because they're trying to balance security with making sure people can enjoy the work. After all, says Mayor Brian Messon, these works belong to the people of King Sehmer and represent an important part of their emotional heritage. Jennifer Yun, CBC News, Toronto. And finally, this is the chirping of an African cheetah.

Its bird-like vocalizations may be a little surprising to some, but perhaps even harder to believe, bones uncovered in a mine site in northern Yukon have been found to belong to Ice Age cheetahs. This is the first publication that actually says to the world, oh, look, this species is in the Yukon, which is a huge range expansion of this species. That's paleontologist Julie Meachan on the specimens that she helped excavate. DNA analysis by the University of California found the bones were not pumas or cougars, as originally thought, but rather long-extinct American Cheetahs or Miracinonyx. The findings were recently published in the journal Current Biolmys. The discovery-confounded Yukon-based paleontologist Grant Zazula, who was certain the Cheetah mostly lived in the U.S., consuming a diet not even found in Canada's north. First, we wanted to figure out what they were eating because we don't have pronghorn antelope in the Yukon, and we, as far as we know, have never had pronghorn antelope in the Yukon.

So we knew that they had to be doing something very different, very unique. So a sample was taken from the bones and sent to Alaska for isotope analysis. Forensics techniques used chemical clues to determine what the animal was eating. Matthew Wooler is director of the Alaska Stable Isotopes Lab. From that point, I was hooked because the data was like nothing I'd seen before. It was very, very unusual data from an isotope perspective. And so I was like, whoa, I want to figure this out. I want to figure out what this is telling us about these cheater and what they're feeding on.

And then he did figure it out. The cheetahs almost exclusively ate fish, unlike almost any other wildcat past or present, with salmon in abundance at the time. That unique behavior makes Zuzula want to rename the northern population, Yukon Cheetah. When we think of these predators of Beringia, we always want to envision them like chasing animals and eating mammoths

and hunting and preying upon smaller things. But these Yukon Cheetahs were actually developed, whole new behavior that we've never seen before. Thanks so much for being with us. This has been Your World Tonight for Tuesday, September 8th. I'm Salima Schiffey. Have a good night. For more CBC podcasts, go to cbc.ca.ca slash podcasts.