The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/16 at 18:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/16 at 18:00 EDT

Hugh is a rock climber, a white supremacist, a Jewish neo-Nazi, a spam king, a crypto-billionaire, and then someone killed him. It is truly a mystery. It is truly a case of who done it. Dirtbag Climber, the story of the murder and the many lives of Jesse James. Available now wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Kate McGilfrey. The government will table the federal budget on November 4th. It's the first under Prime Minister Carney.

Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canada needs to lower its spending, but also invest more. I'm not sugar-coating anything. I've said this is going to be a generational investment. We're going to have to make tough choices. We're going to be asking from Canadians to work together with us because they understand this is a transformational moment. This is nothing like business as usual. Opposition leader Pierre Pahliav accuses the liberals of doubling the deficit

with no plan to rein in spending. Transport Minister Christia Freeland is quitting the Liberal Cabinet and won't run in the next election, but she will continue as an MP, at least for now. Kate McKenna has more. Christia Freeland left her last cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning. She's leaving her role as transport minister to serve as special representative for the reconstruction of Ukraine. For more than a decade, Freeland has been a key figure on Parliament Hill.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says she will be missed. Yeah, she's always a friend. I talk to her almost daily and by daily, and she's a good person, and she'll do a great job over in Ukraine, and I support her all the way. Freeland played a leading role in renegotiating NAFTA and signing a trade deal with Europe. She also resigned from Cabinet last fall, setting into motion the events that would see Justin Trudeau resign. In a letter posted on social media, she thanked Canadians for the privilege of serving. Kate McKenna, CBC News, Ottawa. As for Freeland's previous role, it is being

split up. Canada U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc will absorb Freeland's internal trade duties, and government house leader Stephen McKinnon will take on transport. Both ministers were sworn into their new roles this afternoon. Canada is getting a failing grade when it comes to housing affordability, access to health care, and the social safety net. Food Bank's Canada has come out with its annual poverty report card. It says more than one in four Canadians currently live with some kind of food insecurity. Neil Hetherington is CEO at Toronto's Daily Bread Food Bank. He says the government can help by boosting the Canadian disability benefit in this upcoming budget.

Right now it's at $200 per month. Somebody who is on disability incomes is living in deep poverty. and they're having to come to the Daily Bread Food Bank, and so we want to see those income supports raised right away. The report does say there are some signs of hope offered by initiatives like affordable housing programs and the Canadian dental care program. Israel has launched a major ground offensive into Gaza City,

home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. It's happening as the United Nations Commission of Inquiry releases a new and damning report into Israeli actions in Gaza. It says there are reasonable grounds to come. include that Israel has carried out several genocidal acts against Palestinians since the start of its war with Hamas in 2023. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says Israel's actions are unacceptable. The truth is that this is something that it is morally, politically, and legally intolerable. Israel has denounced this report as distorted and false. The murder of Charlie Kerr,

is an American tragedy. Utah County Attorney General Jeff Gray says he will seek the death penalty for the suspect in the killing of the right-wing activist. Tyler Robinson has also been charged with aggravated murder, obstruction of justice, and five other charges. The 22-year-old allegedly shot Kirk dead while he was hosting an event at Utah Valley University last week. Charlie Kirk was murdered while engaging in one of our most sacred and cherished American rights. the bedrock of our Democratic Republic, the free exchange of ideas. Gray says Robinson confessed to murdering Kirk in text messages he exchanged with his roommate on the day of the shooting. Gray also claims Robinson's DNA was found on the trigger of the

rifle that fired the fatal shot. That is your world this hour. Get the latest headlines anytime on our website. CBC's News.ca. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilvery. Thank you.