The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/21 at 07:00 EST

Episode Date: January 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/21 at 07:00 EST

They called it a school, but what kind of school has a graveyard? He says, you know what, I can't wait to get out of this hellhole. And that was the last time we heard from him. The kind of school that was meant to kill the Indian in the child. I have never seen such abject fear as what I saw in that child. And I have never seen such abject evil as what was in that man. I'm Duncan McHugh. This is Cooper Island.

Available now on CBC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. We start in Washington where newly sworn in President Donald Trump has yet to formally sign off on his threat to take tariff action against Canada. But talking to reporters last night in the Oval Office, he's suggesting that it may only be a matter of time. 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. When do you think you would enact the... I think February 1st. 25% on both, sir. On each. And the Trudeau government has been quick to comment. Here is Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc. None of this should be surprising. The one thing we've learned is that President

Trump at moments can be unpredictable. We have spent the last number of weeks preparing potential response scenarios for the government of Canada in partnership with provinces and Canadian business leaders and union leaders. So our country is absolutely ready to respond. LeBlanc insists that response includes a long list of counter tariffs. Also watching on with concern is the Alberta oil patch, which has a number of representatives in Washington this week. Kyle Backs has more.

Canada's largest export is oil and natural gas. At this point, it's not clear what the new US administration is considering. Not sure how much thought has been given to this date and this deadline. Having said that, whether it's February 1st or March 1st, no tariff is good. In Washington for the inauguration, Calgary Chamber of Commerce President Debra Yedlin says Trump's latest comments are a dose of reality. You know, anybody who had sort of this notion that it was gone was also living in a world

of magical thinking. There is a reprieve for now as the February 1st deadline seems fluid, but Yedlin says the tear of threat remains very real. Kyle Backs, CBC News, Washington. Included in the close to 200 executive orders President Trump signed yesterday is a blanket pardon for all those charged with crimes in the January 6th attacks on the U.S. Capitol. Trump has pardoned, commuted, or is dismissing the cases of more than 1,500 people charged or convicted in the riots. That includes the release of those found guilty of violent attacks against police. In other news, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called a public inquiry into last

summer's knife attack on a dance class in northern England. The attack claimed the lives of three young girls. Crystal Gamansing has more. The tragedy of the Southport killings must be a line in the sand for Britain. In a packed room at 10 Downing Street, UK Prime Minister Keir Stalmer said the blame for the deaths of BB King, Elsie Dotsdancombe and Alice de Silva Aguirre lies with the attacker, but acknowledged the government did fail the victims. I will not let any institution of the state deflect from their failure. Three times before his deadly knife attack, Axel Ruda-Cabana was referred to a government program

to stop people from becoming radicalized and supporting terrorism. The murders fueled large and violent riots across England. There were rumors of a government cover-up and misinformation about the attacker being an illegal immigrant. It was later revealed that the British-born Rudra Kibana was also in possession of an al-Qaeda training manual and the poison ricin. Crystal Gamansing, CBC News, London. The National Institute on Aging is calling on all levels of Canadian government to adopt a long-term care model it's calling Small Care Homes. These are households of no more than 10 to 12 residents with each facility staffed by a small team of frontline health workers.

In a report released this week, the Institute says Small Care Homes would provide better care, better control, and better quality of life than traditional facilities which on average house dozens of residents. And that is the World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.