The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/01 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 1, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/01 at 07:00 EDT

The spirit of innovation is deeply ingrained in Canada, and Google is helping Canadians innovate in ways both big and small, from mapping accessible spaces so the disabled community can explore with confidence, to unlocking billions in domestic tourism revenue. Thousands of Canadian companies are innovating with Google AI. Innovation is Canada's story. Let's tell it together. Find out more at g.co slash Canadian Innovation. from cbc news it's the world this hour i'm joe cummings we go first to washington where a midnight spending deadline has come and gone and the u.s government is now shut down it means millions of federal employees are no longer being paid that includes everyone from air traffic controllers and national park employees to certain members of the military

And the Republicans, of course, are blaming the Democrats. John Barrasso is the Republican Senate whip. Well, the radical wing of the Democrat Party demanded that Chuck Schumer shut down the government, and he did that today. What that radical wing had told him to do was work with them through his war room. He had a war room going for the last eight weeks to orchestrate the shutdown. But Democrat Chuck Schumer sees it differently. We see now Republicans are plunging Americans.

into a shutdown, rejecting bipartisan talks, pushing a partisan bill. They've got to sit down and negotiate with Democrats to come to a bill that both parties can support. The last shutdown back in 2018 lasted 35 days. It led to many federal workers being forced to use food banks. And thousands of workers that were declared essential began calling in sick saying they couldn't afford to pay for the gas they needed to get to work. Within the next month and a half, Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to announce the next round of major nation building projects. So far as government is supporting the fast-tracking of five projects, none in the north. But as the CBC's David Common reports, Nunavut has some options.

It wants Ottawa to consider. The Canadian Air Force surveillance plane passes over the snow-cap mountain expanse of western Nunavut. Beneath the untapped terrain below lie the critical and rare earth. minerals the world now craves. Getting it out of the ground and on to global customers is the challenge. Nunavut's outgoing premier, PJ Akirok, is eager to see talk of developing land and port infrastructure. It is the investment Kickstarter. He believes the region urgently needs. We could really build our own economies using our own resources right in our backyard, but it requires investments in infrastructure. Some of that is about power. Nunavut's electricity comes from

diesel generators. Its internet, unlike most Canadians, comes by satellite. New generating models and internet fiber would be a game changer. Hakeha Gook wants to make sure the North isn't an afterthought. David Kahneman, CBC News, Akkadowit. Meanwhile, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is announcing a new energy infrastructure project today. We don't know any specifics, but for weeks now, Smith has been floating the idea of a new pipeline that would bring Alberta Bichaman to B.C. The Alberta Premier has also been hinting that a key private proponent will soon be confirmed. Ontario's Auditor General is set to release four specific reports today looking into some major government programs. Shelley Spence's office will report on the implementation of the national $10 a day care program with fees capped at $22 a day.

The AG is also looking into expanding Ontario's $2.5 billion Skills Development Fund for workers and will soon report on the government's progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the Home Construction Regulatory Authority. Now to the Philippines. An overwhelmed hospital treats patients in its driveway. The fear of aftershocks after yesterday's earthquake is real and many people are saying they're too scared to go inside.

At least 69 people are dead after a powerful 6.9 magnitude quake hit last night, the epicenter being near Cebu, several buildings collapsed, trapping people inside, some are still being pulled from the rubble. The military has been sent in to assist in the efforts. And that is the World This Hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcast. The Worldless Hour is updated every hour seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings. Thank you.