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

Episode Date: January 21, 2025

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

I'm Marcia Young. And I'm John Northcott. We're the hosts of World Report. Three in ten Canadians actively avoid the news. If you're one of them, we won't judge. Even though we report the news every day, Marcia? Even though, John. Listen, we know it can be hard keeping up with everything happening

in Canada and around the world. So at World Report, we focus on the essentials. Every morning, we bring you the day's top stories all in just 10 minutes. You get in, you get out, and you get informed. You can find and follow World Report wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Herland. U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed tonight that he's considering a plan to impose hefty tariffs on Canada.

It's a late bombshell for Canadians who breathed a sigh of relief Monday, 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 percent on Mexico and Canada because they're allowing vast numbers of people, Canada's 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. Katie Nicholson, CBC News, Toronto. Earlier on Monday, 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 Donald Trump also signed an executive order declaring a national emergency at the southern U.S. border with Mexico, also designating criminal cartels as terrorist groups. Trump also took aim at the practice of automatically giving U.S. citizenship to anyone born in the states. Ellen Morrow reports from Washington. 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 U.S. southern border, promising to send U.S. 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 US, vowing to keep his key election promise of the largest mass deportation program in US history.

Ellen Morrow, CBC News, Washington. And late tonight immigrant and civil rights advocates in the US, including the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a lawsuit against Trump over his executive order to end the so-called birthright citizenship. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Herland.