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

Episode Date: October 1, 2025

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

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as prime minister mark carney continues to work on green lighting so-called nation building projects it's possible alberta premier daniel smith has her own project in mind smith has an announcement scheduled for today and while we don't know any specifics in recent weeks smith has been floating the idea of a new 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. Five provinces are increasing their minimum wage as of today. That's Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, and P-E-I. Ontario is at the top end, moving up to $17.60. Across the country, only Nunavut and Yukon are higher. Alberta is the only province that hasn't boosted its minimum wage in recent months, and it remains at $15 an hour, which is the lowest in Canada. The two parties on Capitol Hill couldn't come to terms overnight,

on ending a budget stalemate, and the U.S. government is now shut down. On this vote, the azer 47 and 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 government operations now at a standstill, it means federal services are cut off, with hundreds of thousands 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. Now to the Philippines. In the wake of yesterday's earthquake, an overwhelmed hospital treats patients out in the street. Due to the fear of aftershocks, many people are scared to go inside. At least 69 people were killed in the 6.9 magnitude quake.

A number of buildings of collapsed and rescue teams are in the process of searching for survivors in the rubble. Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelenskyy says the situation, at the Zaporica nuclear power plant is critical. At Zelensky saying the plant has been disconnected from the power grid for seven days, and a disaster is a real possibility. This is the longest power outage at the plant since Russia seized control of a facility in the initial weeks of the invasion. And that is the world this hour.

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