The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/20 at 21:00 EST

Episode Date: January 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/20 at 21:00 EST

Every language is a note in the symphony of our heritage. Together, they create a harmony that cannot be silenced. Discover your voice on the new APTN Languages TV channel. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Neil Herland. We begin with breaking news from Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump has just confirmed tonight that he plans to impose hefty tariffs on Canada.

It's a late bombshell for Canadians who breathe the sigh of relief today, thinking this country was in the clear. Katie Nicholson reports. Some in Canada were cautiously relieved Donald Trump left his 25% tariff threat out of his first batch of executive orders, but it may have been short-lived. We're thinking in terms of 25% on Mexico and Canada because they're allowing vast numbers of people. Canada is a very bad abuser also. Vast numbers of people to come in and fentanyl to come in.

Late Monday, the newly sworn in 47th president made it clear that threat is still looming. Asked if he had a date in mind, Trump responded. I think February 1st. In Ontario alone, a 25% tariff, according to some projections, could affect as many as half a million jobs. Experts say it would significantly impact Canada's GDP and possibly plunge the country into a recession. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie wasted no time responding. And we're calling every single political leader across the board, across the country, to stand united. Because now, more than ever, we need to make sure that we put country first.

Canada has been preparing its own counter tariffs, targeting 37 billion in goods to hit back at the new administration. Finance Minister Dominique LeBlanc, standing with Chollet, said it would be a mistake for Trump to enact the tariffs. Katie Nicholson, CBC News, Toronto. Earlier today, Donald Trump was sworn back into office as President of the United States. The ceremony forced inside the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol because of cold weather in Washington. Peter Armstrong has more on a historic return to the White House. I, Donald John Trump, do solemnly swear that I will face—

Donald Trump is back. It wasn't that long ago. He was defeated. He was dismissed, even convicted. The golden age of America begins right now. The swearing in of a president is the height of American pageantry, the inaugural speech often the stuff of soaring rhetoric and unifying ambition. Trump has eschewed those traditions.

For many years a radical and corrupt establishment has extracted power and wealth from our citizens. He laid out dozens of measures he says will reset America and its relations with the world. Some of the richest, most powerful tech billionaires in America were seated in front of the elected officials. But the best applause lines were reserved for the culture wars that helped push Trump into the presidency. It will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female.

Peter Armstrong, CBC News, Washington. And tonight Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency at the southern U.S. border with Mexico, also designating criminal cartels as terrorist organizations. And as Ellen Morrow reports, Trump also took aim at the practice of automatically giving U.S. citizenship to anyone born in the states. I will declare a national emergency at our southern border. It was one of the loudest outbursts of cheers during Donald Trump's second inaugural address. Just minutes into the speech, the newly sworn in president launching into his

immediate plans to crack down on illegal immigration. All illegal entry will immediately be halted. Trump claimed there is what he called a disastrous invasion at the US southern border, promising to send US troops to stop it. As commander-in-chief, I have no higher responsibility than to defend our country from threats and invasions and that is exactly what I am going to do. Trump also announced a slew of executive orders to keep more migrants out and kick out millions already living in the U.S., vowing to keep his key election promise of the largest mass

deportation program in U.S. history. Ellen Morrow, CBC News, Washington. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Herland.