The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/01 at 12:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 1, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/01 at 12:00 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 a project of her own 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 pipeline. 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, The last remaining whales in captivity here in Canada will not be sent to China. Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson says the federal government will not grant an export permit to ship 30 beluga whales from marine land in Niagara Falls to a Chinese aquarium.

The Fisheries Act, which is important in guiding the decision, is clear. Whales do not belong in tanks and captivity for entertainment purposes, and that really was at the center of the decision. Thompson says she is open to reviewing future permit applications based on the health and well-being of the whales, but she says at this point, Marine Land and the province will determine their future. The two parties on Capitol Hill could not 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 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. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is saying the situation at the Zaporica nuclear power plant is critical. As 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 the facility in the initial weeks of the invasion some three years ago. Since then, both Russia and Ukraine have accused the other of putting the plant at risk. And that is the world this hour. For news anytime, go to our website, cBCnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.