The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/01 at 08:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 1, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/01 at 08:00 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

alberta premier daniel smith is making an announcement today on what's believed to be a major energy infrastructure project we don't know any specifics but for weeks now smith has been floating the idea of a new pipeline from alberta to bc janice McGregor reports. We don't know yet what energy sector players are involved, where they're looking at, even what the proposal is exactly. But Daniel Smith's been meeting with the energy sector for weeks trying to get another pipeline proposal off the ground. When the major projects office released its first list of priorities, there was no mention of a pipeline. But Alberta's premier at that point didn't seem to mind along with that first list. It also had previewed future support for carbon capture and storage projects.

Part of what Smith has pitched to the federal government as a grand bargain that in return for approving another pipeline, the industry would massively invest in emerging technologies like carbon capture and storage. Smith also said that new pipelines won't proceed unless the Kearney government gets rid of what she characterizes as bad bills that have discouraged new corporate investments. Those bills remain in place. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. The two parties on Capitol Hill couldn't come to terms overnight on ending a budget stalemate, and as a result, the U.S. government is now shut down.

On this vote, the azer 47 and the Azer 53, the bill upon reconsideration is not passed. That's a gavel coming down in the Senate last night, with the Republicans and Democrats blaming each other for the impasse. With the government operations now at a standstill, it means federal services have been cut off, with hundreds of thousands of employees now on unpaid leave. Willie Lowry has more. While essential services like law enforcement, hospital care, and air traffic control will continue, many of the people who work in these fields will be expected to work without pay. That's the same for the military.

Active duty troops are expected to report for duty as normal, but they may eventually be forced to work without pay as well. Agencies are expected to furlough tens of thousands of people. Now, Social Security benefits and Medicaid will continue, but if employees there are furloughed, services may be delayed. Essentially, everything slows down. TSA may be operating at a reduced capacity, meaning longer lines. Border services will remain open, but most national parks are expected to close. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has suggested that the shutdown may also lead to mass layoffs of government employees.

Trump saying some jobs could be gone. permanently. Willie Lowry, CBC News, Washington. The United Nations is reporting that more than 250,000 people have been displaced from Gaza City over the past month. And soon Israel says it will be closing the last remaining route out of the city as it continues its campaign to dismantle what's left of Hamas. At the same time, a peace proposal for Gaza remains on hold as the militant group reviews the details. Sasa Petrissik has the latest. After almost two years of war, the promise of peace is dangling over Gaza.

But among the displaced Palestinians in Dear Al-Bala, there's doubt. Jamil al-Aidi doesn't think the deal would give them control over their lives. Palestinian people need to end the occupation in all land. We need to live like other people in the world. We need to live in peace and justice. There are many vague details in U.S. President Donald Trump's 20-point peace plan. Will Israel's military control end once the war does? Will the proposed international administration bring power to Palestinians

or just a new colonial government? Could there ever be a Palestinian state? But the big question is, will Hamas accept this deal? It said no to similar offers already. Sasha Petrusik, CBC News, Jerusalem. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.