Your World Tonight - Trump stops Canada talks, Blue Jays game 1, danger of teen diets, and more

Episode Date: October 24, 2025

An anti-tariff ad provokes the U.S. president to cancel trade negotiations with Canada. The ad by the Ontario government uses the words of former president Ronald Reagan — criticizing the long-term effects of tariffs on workers and the economy.And: The Toronto Blue Jays return to the World Series after 32 years as they host the Los Angeles Dodgers in game 1. High stakes and huge fan interest have many in this country hoping to replicate the success of 1993.Also: Canadian pediatricians say doctors should discourage teens from dieting, because it harms their mental — and physical — health.Plus: More than 20 countries — including Canada — talk about supporting Ukraine, Quebec’s new scheme for paying doctors, is Vladdy worth $500 million? And more.

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I think the president probably more than anything is frustrated with the progress that he's making with Canada. And sometimes when you're frustrated, a timeout is the right call. And the president's saying no talks with Canada. Commercial break. U.S.-Canada trade talks are off after an anti-tariff advertisement got some negative audience feedback from the White House. Now, Ontario says it'll pull the spot, but not before it gets some Major League air time this weekend. This is your world tonight. I'm Stephanie Scandaris. It's Friday, October 24th, coming up on 6 p.m. Eastern, also on the podcast.

More more way! I've been here since 11.30 in the morning, so die-hard, pump. The energy's right here. Go Blue Jays. Crush the Dodgers. Blue Jays baseball has been captivating Canada for weeks, but This hits different. After finishing the regular season in first place and storming through the playoffs, Canada's team and its growing baseball bandwagon are ready for the World Series. It was a swing for the fences that has people on both sides of the border scrambling to get in position and not even talking about the big game yet. Ontario's anti-tariff TV ad has been trying to sway Americans for weeks.

Now, President Trump has reacted with one of his curveballs, forcing officials here to change their game plan. We have full coverage on this story tonight, beginning with Tom Perry in Ottawa. When someone says, let's impose tariffs on foreign imports, it looks like they're doing the patriotic thing by protecting American products and jobs. The words of a former U.S. President sending the current occupant of the White House into a frenzy, a 1987 radio address by Ronald Reagan, in which he cautioned the American people against high tariffs, refashioned into a television ad bought and paid for by the government of Ontario. Throughout the world, there's a growing realization that the weight of prosperity for all nations is rejecting protectionist legislation and promoting fair and free competition. Donald Trump, who watches a lot of TV, saw the ad, and hated it. Trump, who also spends a lot of time online, went on truth social late last night to call the ad fake to declare that Reagan, one of the architects of the original Canada-U.S.

Free Trade Agreement, actually loved tariffs, and to announce in all caps that all trade negotiations with Canada were hereby terminated. For months, we have stressed the importance of distinguishing things we can control and things we can't control. Prime Minister Mark Carney today responding to Trump's late night outburst in the cold light of morning as he boarded his plane for a summit in Asia that both he and Trump will attend. Carney says Canada and the U.S. have been making progress on trade

and Canada is prepared to keep talking. We stand ready to pick up on that progress and build on that progress when the Americans are ready to have those discussions because it will be. White House taking a much dimmer view, a spokesperson lamenting today that good faith efforts by the U.S. to address what they call Canada's longstanding unfair trade barriers have not led to any constructive progress. No more talks. No more talks with Canada. But where do we go from here? Well, I mean, the president, I'm sure, you know, has his reasons. Trump's Economic Council Director, Kevin Hassett, went on Fox News to try to explain his boss's latest

hard turn. I would guess that at some point between now and the end of his term, he'll talk to Canada again. But yes, right now, I think there's been frustration with the behavior of the Canadians, the demeanor of the Canadians, the positions of the Canadians. So it's probably a good time to take a break for the law. Tyler Meredith was head of fiscal and economic policy for former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He says Canada needs to get trade talks back on track. And as for the Ontario ads, Meredith says they did exactly what they were supposed to do. Trump was objecting to was that the ads are actually very effective, right? They actually put a very stark political message in the window about the cost of what those tariffs are going to

bring to U.S. consumers going into the next midterms. Effective or not, the ads won't be running much longer. Ontario Premier Doug Ford has confirmed the spots will air on U.S. television through the weekend, including during tonight's World Series game between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers. But Ford says they'll be put on hold as of Monday to allow trade talks to resume, though that, of course, still depends on Donald Trump. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa. All right. For more, let's bring in Catherine Cullen, the host of CBC Radio's The House.

She's in Ottawa. Catherine, want to talk about where this leaves Mark Carney. We heard those comments from him today as he was getting on that plane. What do they show about how he might handle this situation? Stephanie, in some ways what stuck out to me the most was how he approached the microphone. phones. You have the U.S. President tweeting in all caps about how angry he is, whipping up some real consternation. And Mark Carney hops out of the car. He tries to crack some jokes with the journalists about the Toronto Blue Jays before he gives his statement. He is trying to take down the

temperature and bring some calm to a very heated situation. And what about Premier Doug Ford's decision to stop airing the ads? I mean, he's not going to be doing it right away. He's waiting until Monday. They're going to play for the whole weekend of World Series big. And baseball. But what does that decision tell us? It's fascinating because obviously provoking Donald Trump with these ads does not seem to be helping get at least some of these sectoral tariffs off, but you had people starting to line up in favor of keeping them running, Manitoba Premier Wob Canoe, B.C.'s David Eby, former Quebec Premier Jean-Cheret. I was interviewing Derek Bernie today for the House. Former U.S.

Ambassador, he was Brian Mulroney's Chief of Staff, and he knew Ronald Reagan. He was in favor of keeping the ads going and said Canada should show some spine. But despite that support, in the end, Ford is pulling them. Yeah, so it makes it clear that these ads are a problem from Canada's perspective. Maybe the Prime Minister has not come right out and fully criticized the ads, but the provocation isn't helpful. And how can Mark Carney get these negotiations back on track? Well, Carney can point out that these weren't his ads.

This was Ontario's doing. Ford's Post does suggest he talked to Carney, then decided. decided to pull them so perhaps Carney can even claim some credit for stopping them. We also know that Mark Carney and the president text and call each other. Presumably that might help. Right. And Trump does seem to genuinely like Carney. He called him a great man. The last time the two were at the White House, there's also the possibility of them talking face to face. Both are traveling for the Apex Summit in South Korea. So perhaps a chance to get things back on track there. But we have gone months now without a deal. And Trump has shut down negotiations. twice now. How much hope does Canada actually have in getting this back? Canadian officials clearly thought they were making progress, getting rid of some sectoral

tariffs, so I'm sure that they want to get those conversations going again for the economy's sake and politically. Carney would surely like to have at least some kind of a deal. It is what he campaigned on, even if Trump has proven more dedicated to tariffs than most people expected. Plus, Carney can't just wait necessarily to have this addressed in the the Kuzma negotiations, that process could take months, quite possibly more than a year. Canadian industries do not want to wait that long. And there is the quiet fear that some observers raise that however self-destructive it might be for the American economy, Trump could try to walk away from North American free trade altogether.

Whoa, Catherine, thank you so much. Thank you. Host of CBC Radio's The House, Catherine Cullen, in Ottawa. Coming right up, it's O-Tonnie versus O Canada. Baseball fans across the country are set for the World Series. And boycotts, sanctions, and more military support, Ukraine's allies gather in London to plot next steps for the war with Russia. Later, we'll have this story.

The feedback that I received was a little bit of the tune. It's kind of, it's a phase. For teenagers, navigating how they look can lead down a risky diet path. and doctors could be ignoring the signs. I think one of the things that people who struggle with food and eating in any way tend to be best at is hiding it. I'm Anandrom in Toronto. Coming up on Your World tonight, the new guidance to help recognize eating disorders before they reach a critical point. It's Canada's feel-good story.

And tonight, people across the country are ready to cheer on the final. chapter. The Toronto Blue Jays begin the World Series, taking on an American baseball powerhouse and one of the game's biggest stars. Thomas Dagla has more on the excitement and the expectations. More more wins! More wins! The dome in downtown Toronto may be closed, but with more than 44,000 fans tonight cheering for the Blue Jays, the roof is sure to feel like it's about to pop. Been here since 11.30 in the morning, so die-hard pumped. The energy's right here. Go Blue Jays, crush the Dodgers.

Baseball watchers agree the Jays face an uphill battle. Toronto is taking on the reigning World Series champions, and pundits have compared the fight against the Dodgers to the biblical battle between David and Goliath. The one thing we cannot do is look over there and say that is Goliath. Jay's manager, John Schneider, doesn't buy it. That is a beatable baseball team that has its flaws and that has its really, really good strengths.

Earlier in the day, as Cruz carried out sound checks for the national anthems, Jay's fans breathed a sigh of relief. Learning injured infielder Bobichette would be back on the roster for the first time in the postseason. I'm ready, so I've been praying for this moment for my whole life, and to have an opportunity to be a part of it is really special, and I'm super excited. With Toronto rookie pitching sensation Trey Yassavage on the mound to start games, game one. The Jays are also leaning on fan favorites, including Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George

Springer. But the Dodgers are counting on the sport's single biggest star. Otani! Otani has done it again! Shohei Otani, the one-of-a-kind slugger and hard-throwing pitcher, is drawing fans from Japan and across North America. He means a lot to me, especially for the Japanese people and the Asian people of our community. Brendan Wong and Dave Pollard are both members of Otani's official Canadian fan club. We can cheer for our Jays. We want them to win, but we can also recognize that Shohei Otani is probably the greatest baseball player of all time. For this weekend, the eyes of the baseball world are fixed on Toronto.

If the Jays can pull off at least two early wins, the best of seven will return to this side of the border. And then all bets are off, says noted baseball writer Ken Rosenfall. Are the Dodgers favored? Yes. Do the Blue Jays have no chance? No. Let's go Blue Jays! Indeed, the Jays have already accomplished a rare feat, giving fans across the country a team to cheer for this late in October. Thomas Dagg, CBC News, Toronto.

The Jays October's success is partly tied to a move the team made back in the spring. The club and its owner, Rogers, signed a deal to keep star player Vladimir Guerrero Jr. under contract for 14 years. It came at a big cost, $500 million U.S. dollars. But now, with Vladdy taking his team to baseball's biggest stage, well, looks like money well spent. Anisei Dari breaks it down. Fans want more home runs, and the Jays are swinging for them.

Rogers wants fans to keep paying for that show. Back in the spring, he had signed a 14-year mega deal with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. So is one player worth half a billion dollars U.S.? Well, so that's the question, right? Victor Matheson is with the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He researches the economics of sports. Obviously, if you make it all the way to the World Series and it's that one big signing like Vlad, you know, it probably is.

We can break down the numbers and it probably works. We don't know yet if all these numbers will work out. Rogers has only released earnings up until the end of September before the baseball postseason. But even leading up to these playoffs, the company said the Jays drove big revenue increases for media and sports, up 26%. Meanwhile, over at the Wireless Division, revenue flat, only up 1%. But there's speculation from economists that Rogers may have already covered this year's share of the Guerrero deal. In terms of just this year, just the ticket sales gets you a full payment of this player's salary. So that's pretty good. And of course, that's just part of the money, right?

And there are many parts to this money. Rogers owns the stadium itself and makes money from food and merchandise. Rogers also owns the network airing the games, Sportsnet, which you often have to buy from a cable company, like Rogers. They need a marquee player. It's like if you go into a car showroom. Sports economist Dwayne Rockerby at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta says, just like other businesses, high-end products gain attention. And a superstar player is that kind of investment. Maybe they lose money on him, but they make money on all their other operations because of him. Set money on fire with a blowtor.

Those watching the games could be just fine with that, like sports analyst and podcaster Steve Glynn. It's my team, so I don't care if they just bought their way in. Sounds good. It's my money anyway, right? Like, we're all paying for the tickets and the beer and the hot dog as long as your forearm. Oh, my goodness! The Blue Jays aren't the only big spenders. Series rivals, the L.A. Dodgers are spending $700 million on a deal with Shohei Otani. They had the highest average attendance in the league this year.

What a start. And he's Hidari, CBC News, Calgary. You're listening to Your World Tonight from CBC News. And if you want to make sure you 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. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky was in the UK today. with what's being called the Coalition of the Willing. More than 20 countries are part of the group,

mostly European nations, with Canada at the table too. Their focus is supporting Ukraine as the war grinds on and planning for what happens if the peace process finally succeeds. Breyer Stewart reports from London. Outside of 10 Downing Street in London, a group of Ukrainians greet Volodymyr Zelensky. Ukraine's president met with the U.K.'s Prime Minister Kirstarmer ahead of a meeting of the coalition of the willing.

So our plan is to make strong steps together. The group, which is led by European nations, is trying to find a way to increase the shipment of weapons and air defense systems to Ukraine. It's also strategizing about the security guarantees that will need to be in place if there is a truce. However, the prospect of that feels far off. On Friday, officials say two people were killed and a few dozen injured

in an attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Hirsson. In recent weeks, targets in Russia have also come under attack. Ukraine has stepped up strikes on its oil and gas sites in an attempt to erode Moscow's economic engine. Kiev got some help earlier this week when the U.S. decided to sanction two of of Russia's largest energy companies. NATO Secretary General, Mark Ruta. The sanctions will starve them of revenue

and significantly increase the pressure on Putin to come to the negotiating table. But the Trump administration hasn't given Ukraine its long-range tomahawk missiles. We still can't determine for sure on whose side Trump is. Nikola Beleskov believes the fact that the missiles are being debated it is promising in itself. He's a research fellow at the National Institute for Strategic Studies in Kiev. He says the U.S. has changed course on other weapons before, at first denying them

before giving the green light. It's about basically leveling the playing field. If people want Ukraine to survive and deny Russia an outright victory, it's a kind of must have technologies. Washington is still reviewing whether to send Tomahawks to Ukraine. Earlier this week, U.S. President Donald Trump canceled an anticipated meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin because he said he thought it would be a waste of time. But this weekend, other meetings will go ahead. Putin's special envoy for economic cooperation is in Washington speaking with U.S. officials. Breyer-Stewart, CBC News, London.

Changes to the way doctors in Quebec are paid could land the provincial government in a legal fight. Quebec's premier says legislation, table today, will improve medical care in Quebec. But health care providers say it's bad for patients, and they're willing to make that argument in court. Alison Northcott has more. The burden of that bill rests mostly on our shoulders. Dr. Lin-Couture is a family doctor and head of the Association of General Practitioners for Quebec's Laurentians region. She says the government's attempt to improve Quebecers' access to family doctors will only make things worse. It's not just by pushing more patients to all the physicians that is going to work.

This is building up expectations in the population that we're not going to be able to meet. After months of tense negotiations with the unions representing medical specialists and GPs, the CAQ government tabled special legislation Friday to change the way doctors are paid, compensating them based on how many patients they see, tying some of their pay to performance objectives and prohibiting certain pressure tactics. In a video message earlier this week, Premier Francois Lago said we're not doing this against the doctors, we're doing it for Quebecers. The province says the bill is an exceptional measure to ensure better access to care and protect patients.

Doctors and the province have been waging a public battle since the spring. Medical specialists and GPs stopped teaching med students as a pressure tactic. The GPs suspended that tactic Thursday. Yes, it has affected us a lot, the pressure tactic. Maxence Peltier-Lebrun, president of the Quebec Medical Students Association, says his graduation could be delayed by a month or more. But he stands with the doctors in their opposition.

There's so many elements that are problematic and that will just prevent us from having a normal practice and really being able to heal patients to do our job as doctors that we understand where the federations are coming from. Outside a major, Montreal, hospital, dozens of specialists gathered to denounce the legislation. Psychiatrist Karin Igar Tua, with Quebec's Medical Specialist Federation,

warning it will push doctors out of the province or into retirement. The government has become so obsessed with numbers that they have forgotten how to look at quality of care. She says her federation plans to continue its fight. Quebec's health minister, Christian Dubé, didn't back down. Talk to me about facts. Talk to me instead. about the reality of our patients. The patients are not being served. They're not being served properly.

The government is rushing its legislation through the National Assembly. It could pass overnight or early Saturday. Alison Northcott, CBC News, Montreal. It can start slowly and be hard to recognize that it's a dangerous path, young people cutting back on food and changing their diet until it becomes dangerous.

Now Canadian doctors, have new guidance on how to deal with eating disorders and how to get involved before it's too late. Anand Rahm explains. Calling you from upstairs, dinner's ready. What did that feel like at times? Horrifying. Sitting in the Toronto living room she grew up in 24-year-old Bronwyn Black

is talking about a decade ago when her relationship with food was all-consuming. I'd spend all day thinking of ways to get out of it. or that I could lie and navigate it. Her problem, at 13 years old, went from a recipe hack on social media to a full-blown daily obsession with restricting what she ate. And when she eventually saw a problem, her doctor didn't. The feedback that I received was kind of, it's a phase, you know, maybe monitor it,

come back if it gets worse. And that's what new guidance, the first in decades from the Canadian Pediatric Society, is targeting, getting doctors to recognize disordered eating before it reaches a critical point. Dr. Allison Rodriguez is one of the authors. Sometimes we will miss an undiagnosed eating disorder in a youth who may present in a larger body size because of maybe a health care provider's own weight bias. And by guiding doctors to screen without what may seem like the telltale signs, she says it can help promote a wider understanding for both doctors and patients of what's healthy. Weight is just one measure of health and it doesn't certainly represent the entirety of

someone's health. Every time I try to watch videos on how to those ways and stuff like that. And, yeah, it's often, often see that. That pursuit of looking good, what was in the magazines, now on social media, and always in the hallways, that all makes teenager Santiago Cordova feel less than. I mean, yeah, it makes you, like, feel sad about yourself sometimes because it's like, that's so perfect. I'm not going to be that perfect ever, you know?

By grade 8, more than 50% of teens have attempted to lose weight in some way. Ariel Maharaj is a registered psychotherapist with the National Eating Disorder Information Center. He warns that doctors focusing on just weight alone might make a patient not want to address more complex issues with food. The weight focus in health care might mean that a person who's affected don't feel comfortable to bring this to their health care provider as a worry of thinking that they're going to get stigmatized. I was such a baby when I was, you know, experiencing these issues. Bronwyn says she's in a better place now. And as we did that broadcast journalist thing of making her go through old photos, she said all these smiling times were the point.

I think one of the things that people who struggle with food and eating in any way tend to be best at is hiding it. And experts say when the right questions are asked, then those who struggle with eating don't have to hide their need to seek help. Onondrom, CBC News, Toronto. Music and baseball. It's always been a great team. And as the Toronto Blue Jays continue their epic run to the World Series, the team is taking its soundtrack to another level.

I Want It All by Queen has featured heavily in the Jay's postseason. even made one at all their playoff slogan. Today, just in time for Game One, a new collab with the team releasing a remix featuring the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. It's just the latest banger on the Jay's Playoff playlist. Rock classics from Rush have popped up regular. during Blue Jay's pregame shows. Singer Getty Lee is one of the team's most loyal fans. Happened to hear the music.

That's New York, New York. That's, ooh, baby. Earlier in the playoffs, the Jays used music as a trolling tactic, blasting Frank Sinatra's New York, New York, as they celebrated in Yankee Stadium. And then there's the all-time standard. OK Blue Jays. Released in 1983, the Jay's 7th inning stretch song

was stripped down a couple of weeks ago for an acoustic version, courtesy of Arkell's frontman, Max Kerman. You got the bleachers, you got them to spring till fall. a dog, a drink, the umpies call. What do you want? Let's play ball. Okay, Blue Jays, let's play ball. This has been your world tonight for Friday, October 24th. I'm Stephanie Skanderas. Thank you for being with us. Good night and go Jays. For more CBC Podcasts, go to cBC.ca slash podcasts.