The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/05 at 08:00 EST

Episode Date: March 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/05 at 08:00 EST

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We start in Washington. Mr. Speaker, the President of the United States. I'm Joe Cummings. We start in Washington. Mr. Speaker, the President of the United States. That is Donald Trump being introduced for his address last night to Congress. And the speech included a commitment to seeing through the trade war he has launched against Mexico and Canada. April 2nd, reciprocal tariffs kick in. And whatever they tariff us, other countries, we will tariff them.

That's reciprocal, back and forth. Whatever they tax us, we will tax them. Trump continued over a range of issues from the war in Ukraine and immigration to Elon Musk's campaign against government spending. And it touched off a vehement reaction from the Democrats in the chamber. It led to Texas Democrat Al Green being ejected by House Speaker Mike Johnson. The chair now directs the sergeant-at-arms to restore order.

Remove this gentleman from the chamber. Trump's speech came in at just under an hour and 40 minutes, which congressional historians are saying was the longest address of its kind in more than 60 years. Meanwhile, we're expecting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to speak with President Trump today on the tariff issue. This has talks continue behind the scenes between Canadian officials and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Here is Lutnick speaking with the CBC's Katie Simpson

last night on Capitol Hill. ...made us an excellent offer, and we're talking to the president. What do you mean by offer? What do you mean excellent offer? What does that mean? More work on the border. Like what? More work on the border. No, lots any specifics? More work on the border.

No, lots of details. We're going through it together and the president's thinking about that. With more on Howard Lutnick and his ongoing negotiations, here's Janice McGregor. Lutnick told CBC News there's been lots of talking, but it appears the federal representative that he's been actually back and forth with is Finance Minister Dominique LeBlanc. They had a short conversation the afternoon. LeBlanc told our CBC News special last night that they plan to speak again. We're not interested in some sort of reduction of the tariffs.

We want the free trade agreement with the United States and Mexico respected and we'll continue to work with the government of the United States on issues once the tariffs are lifted. Lutnick reached out to Ontario Premier Doug Ford as well. That call's been described as tough, with Lutnick trying to persuade Ford specifically and Canada generally to back off. Ford refused. And like LeBlanc said, until there's no tariffs, there's no negotiation. As the Prime Minister said, this is a clear violation of NAFTA. Canada intends to prosecute that case. A new deal is not possible while this fundamental violation remains.

Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. Canada is taking its case against the tariffs to the World Trade Organization. Canada's representative will be asking the WTO this morning to open consultations with U.S. trade officials. Back to Trump's speech last night to Congress, it included a direct appeal to the people of Greenland to consider joining the U.S. He says he supports Greenland's right to determine its own future, but says if you choose, quote, we will welcome you into the United States of America.

The Prime Minister of Greenland has commented, saying Greenland is ours and cannot be taken or bought. Canada's spy agency is sounding the alarm over the future of the Arctic. A newly released CESIS report points to the environment, critical infrastructure, economic activity and geopolitics as converging factors that make the region susceptible to serious threats from abroad. The brief is being called the most extensive public account to date of the spy agency's

concerns about espionage and foreign influence in the Canadian North. And that is The World This Hour. You can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. The World This Hour is updated every hour, seven days a week. And for news anytime, go to our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.