The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/06 at 17:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/06 at 17:00 EDT

I'm Gavin Crawford, host of Because News, Canada's hilarious weekly news quiz. This week, Chris Siddiqui, Alice Moran, and Queen Priyanka, join me. So sit straight up in your chairs and get ready to find out why you can't recline them, at least on one major Canadian airline. This panel may not know baseball, but they will need to brush up on their strike knowledge to win this week. And there's one chip flavor that's only existed in Canada, but we'll soon head to the U.S. I guess we're doing crunch diplomacy now. We'll play a round of eat it or ate it.

try to figure out if it's a chip flavor or a drag queen. We're serving it all up wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Stephanie Scandaris. Changes are coming to the way Ottawa does its budget planning. The federal budget will be presented in the fall instead of the spring. Ottawa says it's for better transparency. David Thurton reports.

We need to spend less so we can invest more. Canada's finance minister offered a preview. of his November 4th federal budget. Francois Filippe-Champine says day-to-day spending will be separate from capital spending. You know, when Canadians go and pay their sell bill, they understand that's an expense. When you buy a house, it's an investment.

So the government of Canada, when we're doing that, I think it's going to provide more clarity, more transparency. And committee, Conservative finance critic Jazzrat Singh-Halan, didn't buy the approach. So are you guys going to be cooking the books, trying to trick Canadians with these tricky accounting practices. I think, Madam Chair, it's responsible for a member of parliament to use language like that. The finance minister added, the government will still report on whether it has balanced its overall budget.

David Thornton, CBC News, Ottawa. The Federal Fisheries and Oceans Minister says marine land's request for money is inappropriate. Ottawa has recently denied the park a permit to export its 30 remaining belugas to China. The Ontario company now says it has run out of money and will start euthanizing the whales unless the federal government reconsiders or comes up with cash by tomorrow. Minister Joanne Thompson says marine land should try harder. Frankly, marine land is responsible for the care of the belogas. They've been in their care for quite some time.

And really the province of Ontario has a role here to ensure that the bulogas are well-maintained and cared for. Thompson says she is talking to the company today. to decide on the next steps. Negotiations between Hamas and Israel's delegations are underway in Egypt. They are finalizing a ceasefire deal based on Donald Trump's Gaza plan. Israel says it backs the proposal, while Hamas says there are still points to discuss. Donald Trump says he has red lines when it comes to demands from the militant group. If certain things aren't met, we're not going to do it.

But I think we're doing very well, and I think Hamas has been agreeing to things. that are very important. On Friday, Trump urged Israel to stop bombing Gaza after Hamas expressed its openness to negotiations. Since then, Palestinian officials say more than 100 people have been killed in the enclave. France is once again without a prime minister. Sebastian LeCourneau abruptly resigned hours after naming a new government.

He blames increasingly polarized politics in a nation that's in crisis. Rebecca Rossman reports from Paris. Speaking outside the Elysee Palace, Sebastian Le Corneux says the job has become impossible amid political gridlock. A loyalist to President Emmanuel Macron, he criticized opposition parties for refusing to cooperate. Both left and right-wing lawmakers had already slammed his new cabinet, nearly identical to his predecessor, Francois Beirouz. Lechernou's resignation comes just 26 days after his appointment, making him France's fifth prime minister in less than two years.

This farce has gone on long enough, says far-right party leader Maureen, calling on McHolne to resign. The embattled president says he won't step down before the end of his term in 2027. His two options now are to dissolve Parliament or appoint yet another Prime Minister. Rebecca Rossman for CBC News, Paris. Superstar Centre Connor McDavid has signed a two-year extension with the Edmonton Oilers. The $25 million deal will keep him under contract through 2020. Oilers' GM, Stan Bowman, says the fact that McDavid didn't ask for more money shows his commitment to the team. This is a unique situation because it's not about the money for Connor.

And I think I've been open about that, that we're just excited that he believes in where we are and where we're headed. I think that's the thing that's great news for us. McDavid led the team to back-to-back Stanley Cup finals in 2024 and 2025. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scandaris.