The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/31 at 04:00 EST

Episode Date: January 31, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/31 at 04:00 EST

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Because news. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Claude Fague. Investigators say the cause of the crash between a passenger jet and a helicopter in Washington may not be known for months. Thursday night, the NTSB though confirmed the recovery of both the flight data and voice recorders from the passenger jet, but not the helicopter. Paul Hunter has more on the collision from Washington.

In the ice cold waters of the Potomac River in Washington, divers and recovery teams spent the day in the grisly task of finding bodies. The passenger jet and military helicopter that horrifically crashed into each other mid-air last night, now laying silently in waist deep water, the plane upside down in three large pieces. John Donnelly is chief of the Washington Emergency Services. At this point we don't believe there are any survivors from this accident. Early indicators are the two aircraft were in standard flight patterns.

Air traffic controllers were aware of both, and the helicopter was told of the passenger jet. Investigators stress they are in absolute early stages of this and have given few other details. Paul Hunter, CBC News, Washington. On the heels of the tragic midair collision in Washington, the Trump administration says it wants to change the way the Federal Aviation Administration operates. Late Thursday night, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he wants to reform the FAA. Duffy said he's, quote, in the process of developing an initial plan to fix the FAA

and hopes to release the plan shortly. U.S. President Trump says he plans to move ahead with his plan to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico. He says the levies will be placed on imports from the two countries Saturday and as Olivia Stefanovic reports they could be higher than 25%. Look Mexico and Canada have never been good to us on trade. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, US President Donald Trump reiterated his threat. I'll be putting the tariff of 25% on Canada and separately 25% on Mexico. Adding he may or may not target Canadian oil, warning the levies set to be introduced on Saturday could spike.

Those tariffs may or may not rise with time. Trump cited Canada's trade deficit with the U.S. along with concerns over illegal migration and fentanyl, even though the movement of those crossings at the northern border amount to a fraction compared to the southern border. In the final push to prevent any tariffs, Public Safety Minister David McGinty is joining his cabinet colleagues in Washington, D.C., appealing to U.S. lawmakers. Olivia Stefanovic, CBC News, Ottawa. It's been a year since the federal government announced limits on permits for international students, a move that has sent Canadian colleges into a cash crunch not seen in decades.

This week, another Ontario college announced cuts to dozens of programs. Our senior education reporter, Diana Suvinac Johnson, has more on the impact these cuts are having on students and the communities. Students were shocked. I'm pretty sure the college officials were shocked. Vivian Eke has dreamt of being a 3D animator for years. So learning her program at Centennial College

will be canceled along with 48 others was a shock. For many colleges, federal caps on international student enrollments have necessitated cuts to courses, programs and staff. Colleges were particularly hard hit, especially in Ontario, where analysts say more than 70 percent of Canada's international students reside. St. Lawrence College also announced cuts to more than 50 programs just this week. President Glenn Volbragg says not only students are affected but all those local workplaces that were counting on St. Lawrence grads as workforce. It will hit our local communities.

And as bad as all that sounds, experts say the cuts are nowhere near done as Canada's post-secondary sector contends with a lean new reality. Deanna Sumanac-Johnson, CBC News, Toronto. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.