The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/10 at 14:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/10 at 14:00 EDT

Hey, it's Gavin from Because News. This week on the news quiz, Scott Thompson is here. I've known him for a long time. He always makes me laugh. And he always has something surprising to say about American politics. And it's never what I think he's going to say. Also, we'll talk about vicious compliance from the Ebbington School Board and double dating. Also, we've got Brandon Ash Muhammad and Jan Karwana who are going to try to get a word in edgewise. That's all coming up on this week's Because News. Get it wherever you get your podcasts, which is presumably here. From CBC News, The World This Hour. I'm Kate McGilfrey. Prime Minister Mark Carney's setting an ambitious agenda for the fall sitting of parliament.

He's laying out as government's economic and legislative goals at the Liberal Caucus retreat in Edmonton. As Olivia Stefanovic reports, Carney is priming Canadians for big changes. These are tough times. We have to make tough choices. for a better future. Prime Minister Mark Carney says the scale of change his government is planning won't be easy, but he says it's necessary to ensure Canada isn't reliant on its main trading partner anymore. What's happening in the global economy is not a transition. It's a rupture. Carney says his government is still focused on building a new economic and security relationship with the U.S., but it's also working with other countries to expand markets. And in the fall budget,

the Prime Minister promises to cut spending so Canadians can invest more. Next week, Carney says his government will unveil its plan to double the pace of housing construction over the next decade. And tomorrow, the Prime Minister will announce the first batch of major projects, but the list will not include a new oil pipeline. Olivia Estefanovich, CBC News, Edmonton. Teachers in Alberta are poised to go on strike as early as October 6th. The Alberta Teachers Association says that's their deadline for a negotiated settlement with the province to be reached.

Overcrowded classrooms and salary increases are the main sticking points here. ATA President Jason Schilling says schools and teachers need proper funding. Public education is in a crisis, full stop. Whether the government chooses to acknowledge it or not, the reality is undeniable. Students are being shortchanged and our teachers are being pushed to the brink. The province has offered salary. increases of 12% over four years. It also pledges to hire 3,000 new teachers. Premier Danielle Smith says a wage increase higher than what's already on the table puts that plan

at risk. Edmonton police are asking provincial justice officials to intervene in a murder case where the victim was an eight-year-old girl. The Crown has agreed to a plea deal that dropped the original first-degree murder charge to manslaughter. Police say that would bring the justice system into disrepute and would be a miscarriage of justice, the victim and the accused, a 29-year-old woman, cannot be named under a publication ban. Canada is pledging steadfast support for Poland, after as many as 19 Russian drones violated Polish airspace overnight. Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada's coordinating with the Polish government and other NATO allies. Russia insists it wasn't planning to attack targets

in Poland. Anna Cunningham reports. The Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says Poland is at its closest to open conflict since World War II. A planned EU defence minister's meeting in London has pivoted to discuss Poland. The British Defence Minister John Healy says the incursion was unacceptable. We will stand together and we will support Poland through NATO to resist those in the future. A White House official says US President Donald Trump plans to. talk to the Polish president later today. Poland has invoked Article 4 of the NATO Treaty, which any member can call when it feels territorial integrity, political independence,

or its security are at risk. It's only the eighth time the measure has ever been used. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. Canadians are continuing to shun the US as a travel destination. Statistics Canada says Canadian residents travelling to the US by car was down 34%. from the same time last month, and travel by air was down more than 25%. This was the seventh consecutive month of year-over-year declines. The number of Americans traveling to Canada is also down, but by much less, 4.5% by car and 3.6% by air.

And that is your world this hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. We update every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey. Thank you.