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

Episode Date: October 8, 2025

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

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The debater's 20th anniversary season, comedy, worth arguing about. From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. CBC News has learned that Prime Minister Mark Carney raised the Keystone XL pipeline in his meeting yesterday with U.S. President Donald Trump. And it's possible Carney could be looking to use Keystone as leverage

in his tariff negotiations with the White House. Janice McGregor reports. This pipeline was a hot political debate like a decade ago. TransCanada, which is now T.C. Energy. It had a proposal to send Alberta oil south, first to U.S. refineries, but then onwards it hoped to world markets. This was stopped by Barack Obama's administration amid intense pressure from environmentalists. But Donald Trump has always liked this pipeline idea. And a source with direct knowledge of the president's conversation with Mark Carney yesterday says, the Prime Minister raised the idea of reviving this pipeline proposal as some part of a bigger cooperative deal between Canada and the U.S. But it's unclear how the tradeoffs around this partnership that Carney's pitching would really work. The company has moved on.

And as far as we know, this isn't a pipeline that a proponent has put in front of, for example, the new federal major projects office to prioritize. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. Speaking of pipelines, B.C. Premier David E.B. and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are at odds over Smith's campaign for a proposed pipeline from the Alberta oil patch to the northern BC coast. Katie DeRosa explains. It's a spat that escalated quickly. Last week, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith outlined her plan to get federal support for a proposed bitchement pipeline to British Columbia's North Coast. Major nation building project. BC Premier David Eby tried to be. a good neighbor, tempering his opposition to the proposed pipeline. But now the gloves are off.

It's not the Danielle Smith show. It's the Canadian team. Daniel Smith says, Premierese comments are un-Canadian and they're unconstitutional. Smith insists that private sector backers will build the pipeline if Ottawa removes roadblocks, such as the ban on tanker traffic off BC's North Coast. Following a meeting with the Prime Minister Monday, Danielle Smith insist that Mark Carney pledged to reach an agreement on the proposed pipeline by mid-November. David E.B., meanwhile, is calling on the PM to focus on shovel-ready projects, not what he calls a fictional pipeline. Katie DeRosa, CBC News, Victoria. The Israeli military has intercepted another aid flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea, and according to

Israel, six Canadians are among the activists who have been detained. The flotilla includes nine vessels that were believed to be looking to challenge Israel's naval blockade of Gaza. Israel says 145 people were aboard the boats and they are now being processed for deportation. National Guard troops from Texas are in Illinois, preparing to enter the city of Chicago. U.S. President Donald Trump says the Chicago deployment is needed to help with immigration enforcement and to fight crime. But Mayor Brandon Johnson calls it reckless and unconstitutional. The federal government is out of control. This is one of the most dangerous times in our nation's history. An unhinged, double-minded, simple-minded man who is not being held accountable.

The White House is accusing the mayor of aiding and abetting criminals, rapists, and drug traffickers. Both the city and the state of Illinois have launched legal campaigns to stop the deployment. Facing a three-game series sweep, the Yankees rallied last night to beat the Blue Jays. And Aaron Boone's Club comes from down 6-1 to win at 9-6. And the team gets a chance one more night to force a game 5. That's a final call from Yankee Stadium as New York puts their first win on the boards. The series continues. Game 4 tonight, again in the Bronx, with the Jays, one win away from eliminating the Yankees and moving on to the divisional championship.

And that is the world this hour. For news anytime, go to our website. CBCNews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummix.