The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/01 at 14:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 1, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/01 at 14:00 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 the world this hour i'm kate mcgilfrey it is very scary to think that we have machine gun fire in laval

christopher skee is the member of quebec's national assembly for the laval writing of st rose he says shots rang out at a starbucks in his city this morning police say one person was killed two others injured in an incident that bears the hallmarks of organized crime. Three sources have now confirmed to Radio Canada. The deceased is Haralambalos Theologu. The 40-year-old was a major organized crime figure in Quebec. Ottawa has denied a request by marine land to export its remaining belugas. The Ontario Amusement Park wanted to ship 30 whales to an aquarium in China.

Fisheries and Oceans Minister Joanne Thompson says the decision to deny the export license was made in the best interest of the whales. Fisheries Act, which is important in guiding the decision, is clear. Wales do not belong in tanks and captivity for entertainment purposes, and that really was at the center of the decision. The theme park did not reopen this year, and a source tells CBC News it is on the brink of filing for bankruptcy. Ontario's Auditor General says there are discrepancies in how the province picked out

applications for a $2.5 billion federal fund. She says her office found that many projects were funded, despite being a poor match for the program, while projects that were better fits were overlooked. Megan Fitzpatrick reports. The Ontario government has dedicated more than a billion dollars to the Skills Development Funds' training stream. Companies, unions, or other organizations that apply are evaluated by Ministry of Labor staff and are ranked. Then the minister's office chooses who gets the money and how much. A new Auditor General's report says 54 percent,

the applications approved by the minister's office were ranked as poor, low or medium, according to the program criteria. Those recipients got about $742 million. Meanwhile, more than 600 applications that were ranked high were not chosen. Auditor General Shelley Spence says it's the government's prerogative how they want to run a fund like this, but... We found that the Ministry of Labor, immigration, training, and skills development's processes for the selection of applications was not fair, transparent or accountable. Spence says taxpayers would have gotten better value for money if more of the higher-ranked projects were picked. Megan Fitzpatrick, CBC News, Toronto. As of today, five provinces are increasing their minimum wage. That's Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, and PEI. 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. It remains at $15 an hour, the lowest in Canada. And a vote to swiftly end the government shutdown has failed in the U.S. Senate. Many services have now been cut off and hundreds of thousands of federal workers are on unpaid leave. And President Donald Trump has threatened that thousands of them could lose their jobs permanently. Willie Lowry reports. On this vote, the a's are 47. The nays are 53. For the second time in less than 24 hours, Republicans and Democrats,

failed to pass a bill that would keep the government running through October and much of November. The blame game is now in full swing. Republican leaders say there is no reason for the Democrats to vote against it. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said it all comes down to minority leader Chuck Schumer. Chuck Schumer at the behest of a bunch of liberal far-left activist groups has walked his Democrat colleagues into a boxed canyon. Democrats, meanwhile, are adamant that health care needs, including an additional trillion dollars in health care spending, need to be addressed before passing the bill. Roughly 750,000 Americans who work for the federal government will be furloughed.

And President Donald Trump hinted many may end up being fired. Willie Lowry, CBC News, Washington. And that is your world this hour. For news any time, you can add to our website, cbcnews.ca.com. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey.