The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/28 at 23:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 29, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/28 at 23:00 EDT

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I'm Claude Fague. Donald Trump's trade agenda is now in limbo. A court has ruled the vast majority of his tariffs are illegal and for now they're blocked. And this includes some but not all tariffs imposed on Canada. And the White House is not happy about any of it. The CBC's Katie Simpson reports from Washington. You know we have the hottest country anywhere in the world. Donald Trump has long claimed the U.S. economy is set to boom because of his tariff agenda.

An agenda that is now on hold indefinitely. A federal court striking down the vast majority of the president's tariffs. All of the measures he justified under the guise of a national emergency. That includes fentanyl and border security tariffs imposed on Canada, Mexico and China. Those are now blocked. And all of the country specific tariffs, the Liberation Day ones, based on his claim trade deficits amount to a national emergency, those are illegal as well. This does not have an impact on the 25% steel and aluminum tariffs or the auto sector related tariffs as those

were imposed using different justifications. The court said Trump overstepped his authority. These kinds of powers typically rest with lawmakers in Congress. The White House is appealing the decision vowing to use every lever of power at its disposal. Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. Manitoba has declared a state of emergency. More than 17,000 people in northern First Nations and the city of Flintlawn have been

ordered to leave their homes. More than 17,000 people in northern First Nations and the city of Flintlawn have been ordered to leave their homes. Cameron McIntosh reports. Forest firefighters rapidly retreating from a wall of flames near Craydon, Saskatchewan. Just over the border in Flintlawn, Manitoba, resident Elsa Adelurda watched the same fire about three kilometres away. You can still see the fires, the smoke. Now she's on her way out. same fire about three kilometres away. Now she's on her way out.

An evacuation order issued for the whole community. It's not the only community. Chief David Meneas and Pimicikamak First Nation taking to Facebook telling people to leave, as several Northern Manitoba First Nations also evacuate. More than 17,000 people on the move. Premier Wab Kanu now declaring a state of emergency. We've called on the federal government to send the Canadian Armed Forces. They are doing so.

Manitoba has had Canada's worst fires so far this year, already burning triple the usual area of a regular fire season. Cameron McIntosh, CBC News, Winnipeg. Mark Carney has faced a lot of first tests as Canada's new Prime Minister. Today, it was his first question period. As Kate McKenna reports, the opposition wasted no time criticizing the government's agenda. I would like to welcome the Prime Minister to his first official question period. Opposition leader Andrew Scheer started Prime Minister Mark Carney's first question period

on a cordial note. But the warm welcome didn't last long. Carney was grilled on the government's response to tariffs, energy policy and why his government isn't tabling a spring budget. If he's the man with the plan and the guy you hire in a crisis, why won't he table a budget before he goes on summer vacation? Attorney Deflectic saying the Conservatives didn't promise a spring budget either. Mr. Speaker, I understand the member of the opposition is very busy, didn't have a chance to study closely the 100-day plan of the former member from Ottawa,

Carlton, which did not include a budget. Hey, I'd love to be in there. Conservative leader Pierre Polyev spoke to reporters outside the House of Commons. After failing to win his seat, he has to watch proceedings from outside the chamber until he wins a by-election. Kate Mckenna, CBC News, Ottawa. Canada Post says it lost $1.3 billion in 2024. It's blaming some of its losses on last year's labor dispute. But a big chunk, about $800 million, is from lower revenue.

Letter mail deliveries continue to decline, and competing carriers are capturing a bigger share of the parcel delivery. The Crown Corporation has lost nearly $4 billion since 2018. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.