The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/20 at 18:00 EST

Episode Date: January 20, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/20 at 18:00 EST

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From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Tom Harrington. We begin with Inauguration Day. I will do the best of my ability. Preserve, protect and defend. Preserve, protect and defend. The Preserve, protect, and defend. The Constitution of the United States. The Constitution of the United States. So help me God.

So help me God. Congratulations, Mr. Trump. Donald Trump is once again President of the United States. Trump took the oath of office just after midday in the rotunda of the US Capitol. The ceremony was forced inside due to cold weather. In his speech, Trump said his presidency marked the beginning of America's.S. Capitol. The ceremony was forced inside due to cold weather. In his speech, Trump said his presidency marked the beginning of America's golden age. At a rally for supporters,

the new president will sign a large number of executive orders. He is expected to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement and order the U.S. government to officially recognize only two genders, male and female. But many orders are directed at securing America's southern border with Mexico. Jamie Strachan has a preview of Trump's priorities. In a blistering inaugural address, President Donald Trump promised what he called a revolution of common sense when it comes to US immigration policy, particularly the border with Mexico. First, I will declare a national emergency at our southern border.

Trump is also reinstating the so-called remain in Mexico policy. Previously asylum seekers were allowed to remain in the US pending a hearing. That program has been scrapped and all appointments cancelled. He also vowed to begin a process of mass deportation. All illegal entry will immediately be halted and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came. By declaring a national emergency it would allow the Defense Department to deploy military forces to the border. It's also believed Trump will

extend the wall between the US and Mexico which currently extends along about a third of the border. Jamie Strash in CBC News, Toronto. As Donald Trump takes office, Liberal cabinet ministers are discussing Canada's relationship with the US. That's where many learned those tariffs on Canadian goods weren't mentioned. Marina von Stackelberg reports. There was no conversation today. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie admits she found out when everyone else did.

Donald Trump won't act right away on his threat to put a 25% tariff on all Canadian goods. It is important news. It was first reported in the Wall Street Journal. A source in Trump's administration says the president will instead order an investigation into what he calls the unfair trade relationship with countries like Mexico, China and Canada. Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc. If the administration wants to study the economic and trade relationship between Canada and the United States, we think that's a positive opportunity for us.

LeBlanc says Canadian officials continue to try to convince Republican politicians in the U.S. the tariffs would hurt both the Canadian and American economy. Marina von Stackelberg, CBC News, Ottawa. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she's pleased to see now President Trump didn't impose the tariffs. She says Canada now has more time to make its case. If you take energy out of the picture, we actually buy more US goods and services than they buy from us. So we actually are the ones with the deficit and I think we can make that argument. I think we can also make an argument about how our discounted energy gets value added in the U.S.

and then it gets exported internationally, and they benefit from that too. Smith's been accused by other premiers and the Prime Minister of putting Alberta's interests ahead of Canada's. Joe Biden used his finals hours as president to issue a number of high-profile pardons. They include Dr. Anthony Fauci, General Mark Milley, and members of the House Committee that investigated the January 6th assault. Biden also pardoned five members of his own family. He says he wants to prevent

them from being targeted by baseless and politically motivated investigations. Biden also commuted the sentence of Native American activist Leonard Peltier. Peltier served nearly five decades in federal prison for the killings of two FBI agents back in 1975. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.