The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/21 at 17:00 EST

Episode Date: January 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/21 at 17:00 EST

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Ella Morrow reports from Washington. So this is January 6th. Donald Trump issuing a sweeping pardon for more than 1,500 people charged in the storming of the Capitol building on January 6th. A riot fueled in part by Trump's false claims, the 2020 election was stolen. Fulfilling a campaign promise, the pardons are full, complete and unconditional. And they'll also apply to violent offenders charged with attacking police officers on the day. Six individuals who assaulted me as I did my job on January 6th will now walk free.

Michael Fanon was a DC Metropolitan police officer at Capitol Hill. I have been betrayed by my country and I have been betrayed by those that supported Donald Trump. Those pardoned include Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right Proud Boys Group, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison after being convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in the attack. Ellen Moro, CBC News, Washington. Several states are fighting back against Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship. That right grants American citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil. Critics say Trump's order violates the Constitution.

Tony Waterman reports. Confusion and anger at the U.S.-Mexico border as hundreds of asylum seekers who had official appointments are turned away. A mobile app which has helped nearly a million people enter the U.S. legally, shut down within minutes of Trump resuming office. There are a lot of people who really need asylum, who face hard things at home, says

Honduran migrant Dania Alvarado. We want the Texas border. Immigration hawks have praised the president's swift action, but his attempt to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants is already facing legal challenges. More than a dozen Democratic state attorneys general on Tuesday sued, claiming the order violates the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, the case is likely to land in front of the conservative majority Supreme Court. Tony Waterman for CBC News, Eagle Pass, Texas.

The Liberal Cabinet has been hearing from its Council on Canada-U.S. Relations. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau convened the group to plan for the threat of 25 percent tariffs on Canadian goods. It's made up of representatives from across the business, labor, and political spectrum. Former Quebec Premier Jean Chalet is a member and says any tariffs would mean one thing. Some total of all this is that we're all going to suffer. It just doesn't make sense.

So let's move to the real question. What is it that the American administration, this administration wants? What is it that they need? What does Canada have that the Americans need and want and that they're where they can't find easily find any substitutes? And then we can have a good discussion. Taras were not part of Donald Trump's first day back in office,

but the president has said they could be in place on February 1st. The inflation rate is on the decline again. It dipped to one point eight percent last month from one point nine in November. Statistics Canada says the biggest factor in the decline was the federal government's temporary GST break. Without it, StatsCan says the inflation rate would have increased by close to half a percentage point. The data comes ahead of the Bank of Canada's interest rate setting that happens next week. that happens next week. At least 76 people have been killed in a fire at a ski resort in northern Turkey. Hundreds of people were staying in the 12-story hotel when the fire broke out overnight.

Firefighters say it took 12 hours for the flames to be extinguished. They say that was because the resort was in a remote location. Four people were arrested, including the hotel's owner. An investigation into the cause is now underway. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.