The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/05 at 09:00 EST

Episode Date: March 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/05 at 09:00 EST

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From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. First to Washington. America is back. This U.S. President Donald Trump had an address last night to Congress. Trump touched on a range of issues from the war in Ukraine and immigration to the ongoing cuts to government spending. And he defended the trade action he's taking against Canada, Mexico and China. Megan Fitzpatrick reports.

A supportive crowd of Republicans cheered President Donald Trump on while his critics in Congress at times heckled and booed. For more than an hour, Trump highlighted the major changes he's already made in his first few weeks in the White House, calling the pace unrelenting and saying he's just getting started. The American dream is surging bigger and better than ever before. Trump made a number of claims and promises including that tariffs will make America rich again. Despite warnings that they'll make goods more expensive for consumers, Trump justified the tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China and said he's okay with some disturbance in the economy.

We will take in trillions and trillions of dollars and create jobs like we have never seen before. Trump made no mention of Canada becoming the 51st state but did complain about a trade deficit with his northern neighbor and too much fentanyl coming across the border. Megan Fitzpatrick, CBC News, Washington. Meanwhile, we're expecting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to speak with President Trump today about the U.S. tariff action. And it's possible that, at least from the American side, there could be room for movement. Here is U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Capitol Hill last night. There will be tariffs, but the question is, is there room from where we are today till

tomorrow? And I think the answer is yes. Lutnick has been in contact with both finance minister Dominic LeBlanc and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, and it's being reported that in both discussions, Lutnick was told there will be no negotiations with the U.S. on any White House demands until the tariffs are dropped. And Canada is now taking its case against the tariffs to the World Trade Organization. WTO officials are confirming today that Canada's complaint has been received and the request for consultations is being circulated to the WTO membership.

Back to Trump's speech to Congress, it included a direct appeal to the people of Greenland to consider joining the U.S. And if you choose, we welcome you into the United States of America. We need Greenland for national security and even international security, and we're working with everybody involved to try and get it. But we need it really for international world security. And I think we're gonna get it. One way or the other, we're gonna get it.

The Prime Minister of Greenland has commented saying, quote, Greenland is ours and cannot be taken or bought. Now to health news and a disturbing trend in the fight against cancer. Researchers say they are seeing a steady increase in cancer cases among young adults between the age of 18 and 39. Jennifer Yoon has more. How do they feel?

In a small auditorium at Toronto's Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, a half a dozen millennials sit learning how to deal with hair loss during chemotherapy. Cancer in this age group was once an anomaly, but increasingly that's changing. So it's across the board. All cancers essentially are going up in the younger population. A recent study in the Lancet Medical Journal suggests some cancers are 2 to 3 times higher in Millennial Americans compared to baby boomers. Toronto Colorectal Cancer Surgeon Dr. Shadia Shmala has seen this firsthand. Cancer specialist Dr. Abhagupta says young adults

with cancer also have distinct questions like can they freeze their eggs? That's why she created a program tailored for young adults at Princess Margaret. We just wanted to ensure that there was a program dedicated to address these types of unique needs. She wants resources like this made available everywhere in Canada. Jennifer Yoon, CBC News, Toronto. And that is The World This Hour. For news anytime,

go to our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.