The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/19 at 16:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/19 at 16:00 EDT

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David Thurton has details. We are moving forward with a piece of legislation that will create four new criminal offenses. The first two are aimed at protecting religious institutions. Justice Minister Sean Fraser says his... bill would make it a crime to target not just places of worship, but schools and community centers associated with them. The proposed legislation also makes it an offense to willfully promote hate through symbols, particularly the swastika or images tied to organizations listed as a terrorist group. All this, while respecting charter rights of freedom of expression,

according to the minister. This bill goes to great lengths to specifically protect the ability of Canadians to take part in peaceful protests and to freely express themselves in a nonviolent way. For the first time, the government is also adding a definition for hatred to the Criminal Code. David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa. The federal government is launching public consultations on the North American Free Trade Pact. Canada, U.S. and Mexico will begin the formal review of the deal next year. Ottawa says it wants to hear from businesses and workers on their priorities. Submissions accepted until November 20th.

and the U.S. have already announced their own public consultations on the future of trade. Canadian-made COVID-19 shots will be available in the country beginning this fall. The Moderna MRNA vaccines are being produced at the company's biomanufacturing facility in Laval, Quebec. Industry Minister Melanie Jolie says this is part of Canada's efforts to set up a domestic vaccine supply chain. Canada's ready. We're ready to produce here at home. We're ready to protect our people. and we're ready to lead on the global stage. The LaValle facility will have capacity to produce up to 100 million doses a year. Transgender rights advocates accuse the Alberta government of what they call state-sponsored transphobia.

A memo leaked to CBC says the province plans to use the notwithstanding clause to uphold three laws affecting transgender people. Stephanie Cramm explains. The notwithstanding clause is meant to be controversial. That's law professor Eric Adams. On Alberta, possibly using a rarely used provision, which allows governments to temporarily override certain sections of the charter. The memo leaked to CBC says the province will integrate the clause into three laws that set rules around students changing their names or pronouns, ban transgender girls from amateur female sports, and limit gender-affirming health care. It's an attack on young girls and women's identities. I mean, it disenfranchises a large number of people.

Helen Kennedy with 2SLGPTQ plus advocacy group Egal says the clause is increasingly being used by some provinces. Right now, Canada's top court is reviewing Quebec's use of the clause for its secularism law. Meanwhile, in Alberta, the memo outlines the proposal to use the notwithstanding clause will be introduced to Cabinet on October 21st. Stephanie Cramm, CBC News, Edmonton. Russia has violated the airspace of another NATO country, according to officials in Estonia. The Baltic country summoned a Russian diplomat to protest after three Russian fighter aircraft entered its airspace without permission and stayed there for 12 minutes. NATO and the European Union are condemning the incursion. EU's foreign policy chief, Kayakala, says Russia is testing how far it can go.

We must show no weakness because weakness is something that invites Russia to do more. And they are increasingly more dangerous, not only to Ukraine, but also. also to all the countries around Russia. This latest airspace violation comes just over a week after NATO planes downed several Russian drones over Poland. And that is the world this hour. For news any time, visit our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Dave Secklands.

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