The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/29 at 01:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 29, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/29 at 01:00 EDT

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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 flint lawn have been ordered to leave their homes Cameron McIntosh reports forest firefighters rapidly retreating from a wall of flames near Creighton Saskatchewan just over the border in flint lawn Manitoba resident LS at alerta watched the same fire about three kilometers away you can still see the fires the the smoke. Now she's on her way out.

An evacuation order issued for the whole community. I am definitely panicking. It's not the only community. So we're doing a full evacuation now. Chief David Meneas and Pimichickamac 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. 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. The red ink is rising at Canada Post. The mail carrier delivered a 1.3 billion dollar loss for 2024. Part of it blamed on a strike last year that left customers in the lurch. Now some worry the current job dispute could scare off even more. Marina von Stackelberg has more. Right now the Canadian Union of Postal Workers

is refusing overtime but still delivering mail. That's different from their full national strike late last year. That halted Canada Post's entire operations right at its busiest and most profitable holiday season. The corporation has said all of this uncertainty has really hurt its bottom line as customers leave for more reliable delivery services. One of those people is small business owner Scott Wingfield. His Victoria Company makes and ships prints for some 2,500 artists across Canada. I've relied on Canada Post for about 98% of my business.

When the strike hit last time, I yanked most of my shipping. So I'd say about 60% of my shipping now does not go through Canada Post. And he says many small businesses just don't feel like Canada Post is reliable anymore. And so he thinks these losses, personally, will just continue. Marina von Stackelberg, CBC News, Ottawa. President Donald Trump has indicated he'll impose a deadline for Vladimir Putin on agreeing to a ceasefire in Ukraine. Trump says that if the Russian leader were still stringing him along in two weeks, he

would respond differently. Trump has so far stopped short of imposing sanctions, but has warned his stance could change. And that is Your World This Hour. For news anytime, you can visit our website at cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.