Your World Tonight - Trade talks back on, Carney’s promises, heatwave in Europe, and more

Episode Date: June 30, 2025

The digital services tax is off the table, and the talks are back on. Canada and the U.S. are talking trade – with the previously announced July 21st deadline still the goal.And: During his election campaign, Mark Carney promised to move fast to solve problems and meet challenges by Canada Day. Now that he’s prime minister, we look at how that’s going.Also: It's the heat AND the humidity, and centuries of burning of fossil fuels. Temperatures across Europe rise into the 40s – just as the tourists arrive in droves.Plus: Shipping LNG from the West Coast to Asia, dozens dead in Gaza after overnight attacks, Calgary adds fluoride to city water, and more.

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Welcome to Your World Tonight. I'm John Northcott, also on the program. If you take a look at the previous temperatures over like decades, we can see that these temperatures are three to five times more likely than they would have been without the impact of human-induced climate change. It's the heat and the humidity and centuries of burning of fossil fuels. Temperatures across Europe rise into the 40s and will stay there for a while, just as tourists arrive in droves. Canada's on-again, off-again trade negotiations with the U.S.

seem to be back on again. President Donald Trump abruptly called them down on Friday. Prime Minister Mark Carney had a chat with him on Sunday and by Monday morning Ottawa and Washington are set to be back at the table. But it came at a cost. Rafi Boujikaneen reports. It's very simple. Prime Minister Carney in Canada caved to President Trump in the United States of America.

White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt says there is only one way to parse what went down on Sunday when Prime Minister Mark Carney called her boss. It was a mistake for Canada to vow to implement that tax that would have hurt our tech companies here in the United States. The digital services tax was supposed to make tech giants pay up to Ottawa, 3% on their revenues from Canadian users, retroactive to three years ago. The federal government expecting to collect some 2 billion US dollars by the end of the month from American companies such as Amazon, Google or Facebook's parent company Meta. Then last Friday, Trump said all trade talks with Ottawa are over blaming in part what he called the taxes sudden announcement though the Canadian government said for years this was on the way. Last night I had a good

conversation with President Trump. Carney is insisting the rescinding of the tax is good. It's part of a bigger negotiation. It's something that we expected in the broader sense that would be part of a final deal. The criticism though is piling on. Conservative leader Pierre Polièvre saying in a statement the government needs to insist the U.S. must back down on softwood lumber tariffs. Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet adds that digital services tax was supposed to serve a purpose. Those huge companies make a lot of money on Quebec and Canada territory and do not pay their fair share. Ottawa has been talking about this tax since 2020 and previous US President Joe Biden was not happy about it either.

Laurie Turnbull says Canada probably knew it would have to blink. The political science professor says now trade talks can go ahead with Trump. I think probably just kind of puts us back on a decent setting. This is a moment where he can feel like he's winning. He can feel like he's forced Carney to do something that I suspect we were probably going to do anyway. Each government trying to boast of good news right before major national holidays on both sides of the US-Canada border, as major irritants remain, from US tariffs on steel and aluminum

to Canadian protections on supply-managed sectors like dairy. Even as Canada's proposed deadline to a deal ticks closer, now just three weeks away. Rafi Boudjikani on CBC News, Ottawa. Tomorrow is Canada Day and a self-declared deadline for the PM. Mark Carney gave himself 60 days in office to introduce some of his most ambitious plans. From bringing in a middle-class tax cut to breaking down trade barriers between provinces, Olivia Stefanovic has more and some of those promises. In this trade war, just like in hockey, we will win. On the federal election campaign trail,

Prime Minister Mark Carney set several ambitious goals with the most patriotic of deadlines. We will get rid of all federal barriers by July 1st. Free trade in Canada by Canada Day. On the eve of that target date, the federal government has reached most of its objectives, including passing legislation. Are senators ready for the question? Eliminating federal restrictions to domestic trade.

Adopt the motion. We. Adopted. But many provincial trade barriers still remain, leaving it up to the provinces to resolve. And the way Carney cleared federal limitations through Omnibus Bill C-5 continues to generate pushback from environmentalists and Indigenous leaders, including Senator Paul Prosper. The government's promise was to break down the remaining federal barriers to inter-prevential

trade by Canada Day. That's part one of this bill. Part two of the bill, the Building Canada Act, was never promised on such a short timeline. But Carney did pledge to speed up how major projects are approved urgently. President Trump is trying to break us so America can own us. Is that going to happen? No. To keep Canadians from traveling south, Carney introduced free access to national parks and heritage sites this summer, along with train travel discounts.

And starting July 1, an income tax cut for the middle class, saving the average two-income family $840. Right now we're actually seeing half of Canadians think the Liberals are off to a good start right now. So they are still riding that wave following the election. Eddie Sheppard is the vice president of insights at the public opinion research agency abacus data. He says the challenge for Carney moving forward will be not to squander the goodwill he's built up. He's focusing very much on the macro side of

things. So he's looking at growing the economy, improving our GDP, the larger goals. The challenge is the Canadians care more about the micro in terms of how all that trickles down to them. Carney recently stepped beyond his election campaign promises by recently declaring Canada will meet its NATO defence spending goal, spending 2% of its gross domestic product on defence by next year, then 5% 10 years from now. One of the election promises Carney hasn't fulfilled yet, a review of red tape within federal departments,

something Carney pledged to get done 60 days after being launched. Olivia Stefanovic, CBC News, Ottawa. Pierre Poliev now has a path to return to Parliament. Mark Carney has called a by-election for August 18th in the rural Alberta riding of Battle River Crowfoot. It was vacated by a Tory MP earlier this month, allowing the Conservative leader to run. The riding is considered a Conservative stronghold. Poliev has been sidelined since losing his Ottawa area seat in April. The Liberals announced that Darcy Spady, who works in the energy industry, would stand as their candidate. Coming right up,

Calgarians are once again sipping some fluoride with their tap water. Experts say it will make for healthier teeth, but there are some who say adding it to the water bites. Also, Canada begins shipping liquefied natural gas to Asia, hoping to catch up to some other LNG exporting countries, such as the U.S. And later, we'll have this story. It's another consequence of Donald Trump's trade war. Indigenous tourism operators in Canada say their industry is at risk

because of a massive drop in U.S. visitors. They warn hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars are at stake. This is actually tragic and terribly impactful to all Indigenous tourism businesses in Canada. I'm Yasmine Renea in Vancouver. Later on Your World Tonight, the bid to keep Americans coming north. As of today, fluoride is back in Calgary's drinking water. The city began re-adding the mineral after more than a decade without. A public vote supported the move, even as there's a push in some places to take fluoride

out. Aaron Collins looks at the research and the debate. It's back. At this pool, Calgary's on-again, off-again relationship with fluoride. It's on-again. Not a hot take on this sunny summer day. I think it's a good thing. I mean, if you can put it in a drinking water without any kind of side effects, then I think it's great. It's good. I've got two young kids and then for myself as well, just getting our healthy teeth and bones is super important. Calgary stopped adding fluoride to its water nearly 15 years ago. Since then, several studies have suggested the move increased tooth decay in kids.

And in a recent vote, 62% of Calgarians said they wanted fluoride back. So the city reversed course. Giancarlo Carrà is a Calgary City Councillor. I think in retrospect it was a mistake. I think the citizens voted for it and I'm happy that we're putting it back in. But that's not a universal opinion. Some Canadian communities have been adding fluoride to their water since the 40s, but fewer than 40% of Canadians receive fluoride in their drinking water.

Montreal decided to stop adding the mineral to its water treatment plants just last year. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says his state will stop putting fluoride in its water tomorrow. It's forced medication when they're jamming fluoride into your water supply. There is a growing push in the U.S. toming fluoride into your water supply. There is a growing push in the U.S. to ditch fluoride in drinking water, one being led in part by the U.S. Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Fluoride made a lot of sense in the 1940s, but today we have fluoride in our toothpaste. We have it available in mouthwash. You can get it. The benefit is topical. But that's a position most experts and governing bodies in North America reject. Among them, Health Canada and the Canadian Dental Association both support fluoride in drinking water. Stephen Levy is a professor of dentistry at the University of Iowa. It does provide benefit to everyone

that drinks the water of all ages, young Children, older Children, middle aged and older adults. As long as you have some teeth back in Calgary, Councilor Carras is happy fluoride is again flowing in the city's water. But cross says there's something more important that could be done for dental health. People who are passionate about dental health should be passionate about actual universal dental health care. That's something Canada is inching towards. The federal government announced the expansion of its dental care program in March.

Aaron Collins, CBC News, Calgary. A tanker docked in Kitimat, BC represents a significant moment for LNG, liquefied natural gas. CBC News, Calgary. As Canada begins producing and exporting liquefied natural gas or LNG for the very first time, attention is turning to just how much the new industry could grow. A handful of projects and developments could make the country a global LNG player. One proposed facility is on the shores of the Nass River near the small fishing town of Gingolf. Here there's hope for what LNG could bring. The community, about 800 kilometres north of Vancouver

in northwest BC, is part of the Nisga Nation and near the site of the future project called Solisum's LNG. It means, in one word, prosperity. And it also means taking care of ourselves. Nisga Nation President Eva Clayton expects to make a decision later this year on whether to proceed with the project, costing more than 20 billion dollars to build both the export terminal and natural gas pipeline. We see the project not just benefiting for the moment, but in perpetuity. Canada's LNG industry is starting from scratch after many setbacks in the past and several

challenges ahead. A decade ago, a few dozen projects were proposed on the west coast, but the majority failed, facing regulatory hurdles and a crash in commodity prices. I think a lost opportunity. Now, the first facility is up and running, the LNG Canada facility in Kitimat, exporting its first cargo this week. Two other facilities in BC are under construction. If plans for all seven projects proceed, it would total about a hundred billion dollars of investment.

Martin King is an analyst with RBN Energy. That would be pretty substantial. Certainly it makes Canada more of a player on the global stage for natural gas. Ten years ago, while Canada's LNG industry struggled to launch, Certainly it makes Canada more of a player on the global stage for natural gas. Ten years ago while Canada's LNG industry struggled to launch, the United States started producing LNG, growing to become the top exporter in the world. And it continues to expand, including a proposed mega-project called Alaska LNG. The White House is backing the project, including more than $30 billion US in loan guarantees.

It would compete directly with Canada's nascent industry on the west coast. Mike Johnson is an LNG expert with the Canada Energy Regulator. It's a competitive market. Everybody's fighting for this market share. Not everybody's going to win. LNG projects in BC still face hurdles, including the risk of construction cost overruns and labour constraints. For projects requiring a pipeline there is opposition from some local communities. This is one of the rare parts of the world where you can drink from the streams, you

can drink from the rivers. Colin Sutherland-Wilson is chief councillor of the Kispy Ox band. He opposes Solisum's LNG because a pipeline would be built about 15 kilometers from his town threatening the local salmon supply. He says communities are ready to fight including blockades and court battles. This is the the calm before the storm right now. Back in Gingolf it's hard to imagine a large-scale LNG facility constructed near such a small riverside town nestled in a forest surrounded by mountains. Eva Clayton of Niskanation is already looking forward to the project's very first shipment.

Wow, it's going to be amazing and it's going to be bringing a lot of smiles and happiness to our people. Construction could begin next year before the facility's possible start in 2029. Kyle Backs, CBC News, Gingolf, BC. Gaza health authorities say Israeli strikes killed at least 60 people today. They hit after Israel's military issued evacuation orders for large parts of the territory. It came as a top Israeli official is traveling to Washington for talks on a possible ceasefire. Tom Perry has more from Jerusalem. A calm turquoise sea in the distance up close. Chaos, suffering and death.

New images from Gaza show the bloody aftermath of an Israeli strike on a beachfront cafe. Young men scrambling to carry the wounded to ambulances amid debris and a large crater marking the point of impact. This is a place to escape war. This area is a place for these poor people to relax says Abu Adi Al-Tartour. At the Al-Shifa hospital west of Gaza City, family of those killed in the Israeli strike arrived to claim the bodies of their loved ones. Mohammed Bakr lost his son.

May God have justice on Hamas, he says. May God harm them and their children the same as us. The Israeli military says it's targeting Hamas militants. But those targets today included a school near Gaza City where displaced people had taken shelter and where Gaza health officials say Israeli fire killed at least 10 people. Nisreen Abu Zayed has been living here with her four children. Our homes are gone and now the tent we were sitting in is gone she says. I don't know where we're going to go. Standing in what's left of the four story concrete school building Mahmoudoud Marke has a simple message. Stop this war, he says. Enough.

With Israel's ceasefire with Iran so far holding, there has been talk of a potential breakthrough in Gaza. David Menser, an Israeli government spokesperson, says efforts are continuing. I can today share with you that the Prime Minister is working to end the campaign in Gaza through the release of the hostages and the defeat of Hamas as soon as possible. But Israelis and Palestinians have heard that before. A top security adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington this week for talks with senior White House officials and there's a report Netanyahu himself will be there next week with U.S. President

Donald Trump urging Israel to make a deal. Tom Perry, CBC News, Jerusalem. Donald Trump has signed an executive order lifting most of the U.S. sanctions on Syria. The White House says Trump is fulfilling a promise made earlier this year after meeting with Syria's interim leader. The conditions include normalizing relations with the US and with Israel. Sanctions will remain on Syria's former leader Bashar al-Assad and people linked to his regime. In March, Ottawa announced it would ease sanctions on Syria for six months. There's a major vote happening in the US Senate over a sweeping MAGA bill. In March, Ottawa announced it would ease sanctions on Syria for six months.

There's a major vote happening in the US Senate over a sweeping MAGA bill. Lawmakers are considering several amendments to Donald Trump's proposed legislation. The bill is considered a cornerstone of the president's domestic agenda. It includes tax breaks and spending cuts, and would add more than $3 trillion to the US debt over 10 years. The final vote could come tonight. The bill would then go back to the House of Representatives before reaching the President's desk. Trump wants it passed before the 4th of July. Europe is in the grip of a first major heat wave of the year.

For many locations, temperatures rose to over 40 degrees. Desert winds from North Africa are partly to blame. In many countries, the searing heat is pushing emergency systems and vulnerable people to their limits. Megan Williams has more from Rome. There was a time not that long ago when Rome's intense daytime heat would ease by evening. But like in much of Europe in the last few years, relief hasn't come until September. Now with this summer's first official heat wave in Europe, firefighters are already battling blazes, schools are shutting down,

and public health officers issuing warnings. In western Turkey, fires continued for a second day. In southern France, temperatures topped 40 degrees, with blazes burning hundreds of hectares. A campsite and an abbey had to be evacuated. It's not easy because we can't go outside, says Jean-Claude, a resident of a French elderly care home. We have a lovely garden, but it's too hot to go out, he says.

And I have heat-related eczema so it doesn't help. 84 of France's 101 departments are under an orange heat alert, its second highest. Spain is on track for its hottest June ever, with the southern city of Seville hitting 42 degrees. ever, with the southern city of Seville hitting 42 degrees. It's awful. It makes me collapse. We need to look for shade constantly, air conditioning in the car. And we have these bracelets that ring with all these heat warnings, says municipal worker Perna Berufo.

Even cooler countries like the Netherlands are feeling the strain. Amsterdam has extended shelter hours for the unhoused and in Germany dry weather has led to low water levels on the Rhine disrupting shipping. And it's not just water running low. In several regions electricity demand has surged with concern growing about utilities grid strain as millions turn on fans and air conditioners. Once a rarity in European cities. Hospitals are reporting more cases of heat exhaustion and public fountains have become gathering points with some residents seen dipping their dogs in. Extreme heat in Europe is now a dreaded seasonal

feature and globally a cause of more deaths each year than floods, hurricanes or earthquakes. Fossil fuel emissions are the main cause scientists say. Here in Italy, 16 cities are now under red alert with one northern region contemplating a ban on outdoor work during peak hours. In Rome, a lineup of tourists clings to the sliver of shade wrapped around the Colosseum. We try to stay hydrated. Summing up summer survival strategy across most of Europe. Megan Williams, CBC News, Rome. Jurors in the Sean Diddy Combs sex trafficking trial have ended their first day of deliberations.

They've been sifting through seven weeks of sometimes graphic and emotional testimony. Combs is pleaded not guilty to federal charges of racketeering, conspiracy and sex trafficking. The hip-hop mogul is accused of forcing women to have sex with male escorts and using his business empire to commit crimes. Authorities in Idaho have identified the shooter in yesterday's firefighter ambush and say his body was found after an hours-long search. Police say 20-year-old Wes Roley started a brush fire near the city of Coeur d'Alene, then lured emergency workers into a trap. Two firefighters were killed, another is recovering in hospital. There is no word yet on how Roley died or on a possible

motive. This is Your World Tonight. I'm John Northcott. You can hear your world tonight wherever you are. Just subscribe to our podcast on your favourite podcast app or download the CBC News app. Just go to the local tab and press play. Indigenous tourism has seen a boom in recent years with much of that business coming from the U.S. But lately, bookings are down thanks to tariffs and strains in Canada's relationship with its southern neighbour. And as Yasmine Renea reports reports that's putting the industry at risk.

We have been living on this land for a millennium for generations. On a walk through the scenic trails of Vancouver Stanley Park, Tlaise Campo explains the significance trees and plants have to Indigenous peoples. I didn't live off Western medicine. Whatever the land provided that's what I needed. Campo is the co-owner of T'Lase Tours, one of Canada's Indigenous tourism businesses that are feeling the pinch of Canada-U.S. tensions. Campo says U.S. corporate groups totaling about a thousand guests

have cancelled bookings for the summer. We've been building these relationships for the past 21 years and to see them go, it makes me sad. She's not alone. The Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada recently surveyed about a hundred Indigenous tourism operators. Nearly 70 percent are reporting a drop in US bookings. CEO Keith Henry. Some US visitors are either following the political views of the day from the US

and maybe they see Canada as not a great partner and others are just um, they don't know if they're gonna be welcomed in Canada. He says US tourists account for 30 to 35 percent of overall revenue for indigenous tourism operators and that the industry could lose as much as 500 million dollars this summer. Hundreds of jobs if not thousands of jobs are at stake here if the season does continue are at stake here. If the season does continue to see declines. Dean Work, the Métis owner of Great River Fishing Adventures in B.C.'s Fraser Valley, estimates he's lost a quarter of a million dollars from U.S. cancellations.

This is actually tragic and terribly impactful to all Indigenous tourism businesses in Canada. He says it comes at a time when some Indigenous businesses are still recovering from the pandemic and are hoping to make Canada a global leader in Indigenous tourism. He says he wants the federal government to help. In a statement to CBC News, the Ministry responsible for tourism says it's working with Indigenous organizations to support the growth of Indigenous tourism and will continue to promote Canadian destinations internationally. As for Campo, she has this message to Americans. We do not want to push you away.

We still want to have this strong relationship between each other. Hoping geopolitical tensions don't get in the way of Indigenous teachings. Yasmine Ranea, CBC News, Vancouver. Finally. The Snowbirds, the Armed Forces, a technical flying team as part of summer festivals across the country and tomorrow flying over Ottawa for Canada Day. In the inner right-wing position will be Ottawa's own Captain Katie Clapp.

In our classic big diamond formation of all nine aircraft it means I'm on the right side of the formation and I'm on the inside closest to the bottom. Clapp says it's a goal she's had since she was a teenager and learned about Maurice Carmichael the first woman to ever fly with the Snowbirds. Someone told me about the first female Snowbird pilot was going to transition and become the commanding officer

of the squadron, and that kind of like lit the fire. Oh, I didn't know that I could do that, but if she could do it, then so could I. And then the rest is history, and here we are. Clap is the third woman to be part of the team, but she is part of a first for the Snowbirds. Her flight technician is Avery Arsenault. Super special to find out I got to be her technician this year. We don't believe there's ever been a female pilot and technician duo on this team. Clap says she's especially proud to be able to

perform over her hometown where she first imagined being a pilot. It means a lot to set a goal for yourself as like a 15 year old girl to say I want to do this thing and to get to actually do it is like a big sense of accomplishment and I hope that it you know inspires at least one other girl or boy whoever at some point to set a goal and chase after it. Thanks for being with us. This has been Your World Tonight for Monday, June 30th. I'm John Northcott. Good night. For more CBC podcasts, go to cbc.ca slash podcasts.