Your World Tonight - Tariffs coming March 4th, U.K. prime minister meets Trump, landfill search for murdered women, and more

Episode Date: February 27, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump says Canada should expect tariffs on March 4th. He claims drugs are “pouring” over the border at unacceptable levels. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will have an immediate and extremely strong response.And: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is in Washington. Like the president of France earlier this week, Starmer is trying to get Trump onside with Europe on how to deal with the war in Ukraine. European leaders are worried about Trump’s willingness to work with Russian President Vladimir Putin without including Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Also: The families of two murder victims say it’s an emotional day, after the discovery of possible human remains at a landfill north of Winnipeg. Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran were murdered by a serial killer in 2022. Their families and communities have been fighting to have the landfill searched for their bodies. The identification process might take weeks.Plus: Antarctic climate research, provinces try to improve primary care, Gene Hackman remembered while investigation continues, and more.

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This is a CBC Podcast. If on Tuesday there are unjustified tariffs brought in on Canada we will have an immediate and extremely strong response as Canadians expect. A vow to hit back hard on a threat that's getting more firm. A day after the timeline bounced between March, April and maybe. It's a more definitive Donald Trump today promising 25% tariffs by next week with Canada promising retaliation right away. Welcome to Your World Tonight.

I'm Susan Bonner. It is Thursday, February 27th coming up on 6 p.m. Eastern also on the podcast. We knew those women were in there and this is the day that we've been waiting for. Although it's a good thing that we found the remains, it's also very, very hard. An emotional discovery in a struggle for closure. Families of two murdered Indigenous women speak about the finding of remains

after a long and difficult fight to search a Manitoba landfill. Canadians waiting to find out if Donald Trump will follow through on his tariff threats might not have to wait much longer. After several changes to the schedule, the U.S. president says he's going ahead with 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico next Tuesday. But as we hear from Katie Simpson, Canadian officials are continuing their efforts to stop it. Welcome. Public safety minister David McGinty gathered the heads of the CBSA, the RCMP and the new Fentanyl czar to make an urgent pitch to the Trump administration

highlighting the changes Canada has made to improve border safety. The evidence is irrefutable. The progress is being made. Standing outside the White House, Canadian law enforcement leaders outline parts of their presentation, which includes statistics, details of investigations and arrests, according to RCMP Commissioner Mike DeHem. The result speaks for itself. 47 kilograms of fentanyl, over 15,000 pills, not strictly fentanyl but other pills as well.

Not long after the Canadian delegation entered the White House for their meetings, President Donald Trump declared his mind is already made up. The border security improvements are not good enough. The drugs continue to pour into our country. Trump says next week he's going ahead with 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico while also imposing an additional 10% tariff on China. A lot of drugs are coming in through Canada. We can't have that.

Despite what Trump says, less than 1% of fentanyl entering the U.S. illegally comes from Canada and less than 1% of illegal immigration takes place along the Canada-U.S. border. Keeping us destabilized, which is what his modus operandi is. Canada's former ambassador to the U.S., David McNaughton, says even though Trump is doubling down on his threats, his past behavior suggests it doesn't necessarily mean he'll go through with it. We had numerous times where he was threatening to do things and he didn't do them and then others where it just came right out of the blue.

Trump has made multiple threats targeting Canada. Tariffs related to border security are supposed to kick in March 4th. Additional 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum are supposed to begin on March 4th. Additional 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum are supposed to begin on March 12th. And then unspecified tariffs related to broader complaints about the Canada-U.S. trading relationship are scheduled to begin April 2nd. We will continue to do that work and do everything necessary to avoid these tariffs coming in.

On that first tariff deadline, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is prepared to retaliate. If on Tuesday there are unjustified tariffs brought in on Canada, we will have an immediate and extremely strong response. Canadian officials expect threats, exceptions and new deadlines to be the norm. The question they're trying to answer now is how does Canada break out of that cycle? Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. Britain's Prime Minister was at the White House today.

Keir Starmer navigated a tough balancing act pushing for U.S. security guarantees in Ukraine and a role in future peace talks while clearly trying to stay on Donald Trump's good side. Paul Hunter has more from Washington. We like each other, frankly. In the Oval Office, with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Russia's war on Ukraine high on the agenda, the first order of business for Donald Trump, an offering. It is my pleasure to bring from His Majesty the King a letter.

From Charles to the US President. An invite for a state visit to the UK soon. The answer is yes. But to the substance of the meeting with Starmor, Ukraine, another signal from Trump, a possible end to the war may now be close. I think Russia has been acting very well. I think we're very well advanced on a deal but we have not made a deal yet. I want to give it the the bad luck sign. We don't want to do that but we've had very good talks with Russia and we've had very good talks as you know with Ukraine. With Stammer looking on Trump

didn't offer details. Today's meeting just days after Trump met with the President of France on this, and it's a day before Trump meets with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. Trump underlining today he expects Zelensky to sign off on allowing U.S. access to Ukraine's critical minerals, payback, says Trump, for all the military aid the U.S. has given Ukraine. Zelensky, in turn, is expected to seek U.S. security backing in any peace deal with Russia. Trump, today, repeating his view, that'll be mostly up to Europe. Besides, said Trump, if there is a truce, when it comes to Russian President Vladimir Putin... You know, it's trust and verify, let's call it that. And I think we both can be that way. I think it'll keep his word.

I think he's, I've spoken to him, I've known him for a long time now. I have confidence that if we make a deal, it's going to hold. But on the question, if British troops go in as peacekeepers after any truce, would the UK also want US security support in Ukraine? Something Trump has consistently suggested he'd oppose. Historically has always been the case. We have each other's back and coming out of this, our teams will now be talking in detail about that.

Up next for Trump, Zelensky tomorrow. Asked today to comment on how he himself labeled Zelensky a dictator just last week said Trump did I say that I can't believe I said that next question and Trump moved on Paul Hunter CBC News Washington coming up on the podcast the families of two women believed to be buried in a landfill speak out. A teen drug prevention program with promising results, plus Canadian science in Antarctica. It is a painful discovery that the families of two murdered Indigenous women are processing after a long struggle. Potential human remains were found at a Manitoba landfill after a fight to get a controversial

search approved. Karen Pauls has the latest. When I got the call yesterday, my heart dropped right down to my stomach. Al Harris's mother is one of four First Nations women murdered by a serial killer in 2022. It's believed the bodies of Mercedes Myron and Morgan Harris ended up in a dump just outside of Winnipeg. After a long fight to search the landfill,

crews began sifting through debris last December. Wednesday, a grim discovery, potential human remains. The families were called to the site. Today, still expressing shock. I want my mom. Sorrow and anger. Yesterday when I left the landfill, I felt like I was abandoning her again. I felt like I was leaving her.

No family, no person should go through what we went through. Jordan Myron is the sister of Mercedes Myron. If people would have just listened to us and realized that they are there, this could have happened a lot sooner and that's what really angers me. This search has been controversial. Search the landfill! The previous Conservative government lost the last provincial election in part because it vowed not to search the landfill. Melissa Robinson is

Morgan Harris' cousin. I was thinking back to when we were all told no, that couldn't be done and that it wouldn't be done. You know what the hell with all you guys because it got done. Premier Wab Kanu hopes this discovery brings some healing to the families and the province. This is a value statement about who we are. This is about us as Manitobans saying who we want to be as a province. And in my mind, we're a province where if somebody goes missing, we go looking. Officers from the RCMP's Major Crimes in Forensic Identification Services are working with Manitoba's Chief Medical Examiner to confirm if these are human remains

and if so, whose remains they are. The process could take weeks. We grieve but we also stand here in our strength. Cairo Wilson is the Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and a member of the same First Nation as these two women. You know the violence against our First Nations people, it continues and we can't ignore this crisis anymore. Starting with safety and justice and for these women, dignity. Karen Pauls, CBC News, Winnipeg. Tributes are pouring in for Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman. The 95-year-old was found dead at home on Wednesday along with his wife.

As Hackman's Hollywood legacy is being remembered, the circumstances of his death are unclear and police are investigating. Makda Gabr-Salelassie has more. Take a good look, Pop. Here's just a bit of Gene Hackman's big break as a bank robber in 1967's Bonnie and Clyde. For the Balboa! A few years later came his first Oscar win for his turn as a detective in the French Connection. The western film Unforgiven earned him his second Oscar in 1993.

And while his movies kept him in the spotlight for decades, now it's the mystery around his and his wife's deaths making headlines. All I can say is they have been deceased for quite a while. The pair and one of their dogs were discovered dead in their Santa Fe home Wednesday afternoon. While an affidavit for a police search warrant listed their deaths as being suspicious, this afternoon Santa Fe Sheriff Adan Mendoza said there were no obvious signs of foul play, but it was also not being ruled out either. There was no indication of a struggle. There was no indication of anything that was missing from the home or disturbed.

You know, that would be indication that there was a crime that had occurred. There was no indication of that. The affidavit says the fire department also did some testing and did not locate signs of a carbon monoxide leak or poisoning. While investigators wait on autopsy results to learn more about the deaths, Hackman is being remembered for how he lived and lit up the screen. He's extremely funny in straight comedy and even in dramas and thrillers. He always gave movies a little jolt.

Toronto film critic Adam Naiman wrote an obituary detailing the actor's life and accomplishments. He says there's so much that younger generations can learn from the actor's performances. And all anyone has to do is watch him in night moves or in scarecrow or in under fire or in Mississippi burning or I could go on and they're gonna see what a terrific actor he is. A tough childhood may have had a hand in shaping him into the talent he became. At 13, Hackman's father left the family for good and his mother struggled with alcoholism. Hackman joined the Marines and worked in radio all before being bit by the acting bug.

You always felt his characters were kind of in mid-struggle and I think that that's a really interesting place for an actor to be. Johanna Schneller is the president of Toronto Critics Association. Although it's been more than two decades since Hackman made a film, she says his talent has left a lasting impression. He helped shape American cinema. He was such a vital part of it for so long. He was able to do everything and his loss is just it feels like the loss of an era. Along with being an actor and a husband Hackman was also a father and grandfather. His family released a statement saying they're devastated by the loss. Makda Gebre-Seles is CBC News, Toronto.

Andrew and Tristan Tate have arrived in Florida after travel restrictions were lifted on them in Romania. The brothers were arrested in Bucharest in 2022. Andrew Tate has millions of followers online. He is a self-described misogynist who posts videos directing men to control women and even assault them. The brothers face multiple accusations of rape, human trafficking and money laundering. Britain has an extradition request for them. The two are dual US-British citizens. Matthew Jury represents four women in the UK accusing Andrew Tate of sexual abuse.

He says the Trump administration helped the men to return to the US. They're just disgusted, dismayed, distraught. They don't understand how this could happen. Why would the so-called most powerful man in the world intervene on the behalf of one of the world's worst and most prolific alleged sex traffickers and rapists? The Tates have denied all accusations. The Tates have denied all accusations. This is Your World Tonight from CBC News. If you want to make sure you stay up to date and never miss one of our episodes, follow us on Spotify, Apple, wherever you get your podcasts.

Just find the follow button and lock us in. Ontario has detected 84 new measles cases over the last two weeks. That means a total of 119 confirmed cases and 23 probable ones this year alone. Almost all of the cases are connected to an outbreak that began in October and has also spread to New Brunswick and Manitoba. 18 children have been hospitalized, including one who required intensive care. For the 10 years between 2013 and 2023,

the province recorded a total of just 101 infections. It's a long way from just say no. A new approach for preventing teen drug use is getting promising results at a Montreal clinic. Despite the success, funding for programs like this can be inconsistent and hard to access. Alison Northcott reports. You know Aaron was an impulsive, sensation-seeking kid. He's the one that skateboarded off the top of my house onto the top of my work van. Justin Phillips' 20-year-old son Aaron died of an overdose in 2013 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

She says he was also sensitive and sometimes anxious. The kinds of traits, Phillips says, teens don't always have the tools to manage. Had we had these tools, I absolutely believe, you know, it would have been different. A Montreal drug prevention program called Preventure zeros in on certain personality traits like impulsivity and anxiety and offers teens different ways to cope with them. It is not designed to teach people about the harms of drugs and then scare them away from them or make different choices. It's a program that is targeting certain risk factors that we know are related to early

onset use. The program's founder Patricia Conrod is a psychiatry professor at the University de Montréal and a scientist at St. Justine Hospital. And it turns out when you equip young people with these skills they're less likely to find that they need to use substances as a way to cope. A recent five-year study in the American Journal of Psychiatry found Preventer in 31 Montreal area schools reduced the growth in the rate of substance use disorder by 35% year-over-year compared to the control group. We're going to start by identifying Sam's physical sensations. Over two 90-minute workshops, students gain insight into their own personalities

and how to manage them. 16-year-old Romane Roussel is now in grade 10 and says the workshops made a difference. It helped me a lot. Like, I'm less impulsive now because I have used some techniques and I like take a breather. So it's not just a just say no approach. After her son's death, Justin Phillips founded an organization to support other families dealing

with addictions and to promote prevention. She's working to bring prevention into more communities in the U.S. Prevention has never been something that we've put ahead of treatment. I remain hopeful but I don't think we're moving as fast as you know me and all the countless other parents wish that we could. Christine Schwartz with the Children's Health Policy Centre at Simon Fraser University says in Canada more funding is needed for evidence-based prevention programs like Preventure. So when we invest early we pay less over time. Right now the Preventure program is offered in schools in five Canadian provinces as well as in 12 U.S. states. Conrad, the program's founder, says funding for prevention can be inconsistent and hard to access

and she hopes that changes so more communities can access programs like hers. Alison Northcott, CBC News, Montreal. An estimated six and a half million Canadians don't have access to a family doctor or nurse practitioner. It's one of the many problems in primary care. As part of a CBC series called The Cure, Heather Gillis takes a look at what some provinces are doing to find solutions. Kristin Walsh pours up a cup of coffee in the kitchen of her Conception Bay South home

in Newfoundland and Labrador. Then it's over to the dining room table to pour over her medical records. She lives with multiple chronic conditions and no family doctor. Last year she says she spent $2,000 out of pocket to see a nurse practitioner, a service that isn't covered in her province. And then there was a point where I had a lot of edema, like leg swelling, so I was going like almost every week to see like, has the swelling improved with the medication change

or do I need to make another change? And every visit is a subsequent like cost, so it can get very costly. She's far from alone. A new report from Health Canada says this country is short, 23,000 family doctors. To fix the problem, provinces are investing. Two years ago BC introduced a new payment model to bump family doctor pay from about $250,000 up to $385,000 a year.

The province says it's since attracted a thousand new doctors. Dr. Rita McCracken is a family physician and primary care researcher at the University of British Columbia. She says it's now time to improve team-based care, connecting more patients with existing doctors. Which means that the capacity in the system in terms of how many patients can I look after, there hasn't really been a change with the new payment model. On the opposite coast, Nova Scotia is launching a new way to assess internationally trained doctors. Dr. Gus Grant is the registrar of the College of Physicians and Surgeons,

and he says it could add up to 40 new doctors a year, drastically cutting assessment time from 18 months down to 12 weeks, with trainees seeing patients who don't have primary care. What we're trying to do here is to develop a better, quicker, reliable, safe way to identify competent physicians. In the Yukon, the Medical Association expects 40 percent of doctors will leave or retire in the next five years.

Dr. Derek Bryant says they're planning a homegrown residency program. Essentially the hope is that we would have the ability to train family doctors locally here because currently there is no option to do that. BC and Ontario are opening up new medical schools, other provinces are expanding them and adding extra seats. But new doctors won't graduate for years and Walsh says change can't come fast enough. And until Walsh can find a family doctor, she'll have to continue paying out of pocket. Heather Gillis, CBC News, St. John's. It is election day in Ontario. Progressive conservative Doug Ford is hoping to pull off

a rare third majoritymajority government. He called a snap election, arguing he needed a strong mandate to deal with Donald Trump's tariff threats. Opposition parties tried to shift the focus to the shortage of family doctors in the province and the affordability crisis. Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie and NDP leader Mert Stiles may be battling each other for second place and official opposition. Hundreds of meters below the ocean surface in some of the most remote

waters on the planet, a battalion of diving robots is collecting and transmitting vital data. It's part of an international effort to understand the changing climate. Our international climate correspondentrespondent Susan Ormiston is on board an Antarctic expedition and has more on Canada's contribution. Alright this is the float that we're going to launch today. It's an Argo float. Sophia Johannesson shows us a meter-long metal tube with an antenna on one end. This is the antenna that it uses to talk to the satellite and this is the instrument package in here. It measures the temperature and the salinity of the seawater. She's one of the scientists with Fisheries and Oceans Canada aboard HMCS Margaret Brooke

on a four-week scientific expedition to Antarctica. We're talking on the flight deck in a makeshift workroom as she hands off the heavy Argo float to Lieutenant Jeff Brooker. All right in the water. All right in the water. It's in the water. The Argo pops up bobbing in the southern sea. It will go down to a thousand meters and then it will float along at a thousand meters wherever the current takes it for about 10 days and then at the end of 10 days

it will go down further to 2,000 meters and then it will shoot right up to the surface. To connect with the satellite and send 10 days of data, then dive again for the next 3 to 5 years. There are about 3,000 Argos in oceans around the world, but fewer in a remote area like Antarctica. They're monitoring climate change effects in real time in the ocean. They can help to improve climate models for weather prediction and also for forecasting long-term change. Overall ocean temperatures are warming four times faster than in the 1980s according to new research from the University of Reading. Seas around the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula are warming even more rapidly than the average. We have just crossed 60 degrees south heading for Antarctica and have entered into the Antarctic treaty waters. Please enjoy this milestone entry. The Margaret Brook has been sailing four days from

the last port in Chile expecting to reach the tip of Antarctica by Friday night, which marks the start of two weeks of intense science. Thomas James is chief scientist on this expedition. What we do fits into a much bigger international effort to understand climate change, to make the observations, do the analysis, carry out the modelling in order to understand global climate change. Hoist? The scientists, many of them already experts in Arctic research, will add to polar knowledge from the other end of the world.

Susan Ormiston, CBC News, on board HMCS Margaret Brook in the Drake Passage. Returning to one of our earlier stories and the death of American actor Gene Hackman, one of Hollywood's biggest stars the death of American actor Gene Hackman, one of Hollywood's biggest stars in the 1970s and 80s and a two-time Oscar winner. In 1986, Hackman was coach Norman Dale in Hoosiers, the true story of a small-town Indiana high school basketball team that made it all the way to the state championship. the crowds, the size of the school, their fancy uniforms, and remember what got you here. Focus on the fundamentals that we've gone over time and time again. And most important, don't get caught up thinking about winning or losing this game. If you put your effort

and concentration into playing to your potential to be the best that you can be, I don't care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book, we're going to be winners. Okay? All right. Let's go. Let's go. Let me hear it.

Go! Let me hear it! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Hoosiers didn't win any major awards, but it's still considered one of the great sports movies of all time and one of Hackman's most memorable performances. Thanks for joining us. This has been Your World Tonight for Thursday, February 27th. I'm Susan Bonner. Talk to you again.