The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/16 at 12:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/16 at 12:00 EDT

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today on his government's plans to tackle crime at the center of the policy is reforms to the bail system that he says will keep those accused of violent crimes off the streets while they await trial creating new reverse onus bail provisions for violent and organized crime related offenses It will no longer be up to the crown to prove why someone should stay behind bars. It will be up to the accused to prove to the court why they can be trusted to be released. As well, Carney says his government will introduce tougher sentences and the possibility of consecutive sentences for violent auto theft, organized crime, organized retail theft, and home invasion.

And people convicted of sexual assault will no longer be eligible for conditional sentences served in the communities. The Canadian Real Estate Association has updated its forecast for 2025, and it seems home sales won't dip as much as first expected. Their latest report shows market activity is rebounding and predicting a decline of just over 1%. Looking ahead, the Association expects the national average home price to remain strong. Canada's federal, provincial, and territorial health ministers are gathering in Calgary. They're taking stock of the country's health care systems and addressing urgent concerns.

Christine Burak has more. We are moving to a narrative of hope. Danielle Martin is a family doctor in Toronto. Ontario is promising to connect everyone with a family doc within four years. As Canada's health ministers meet face-to-face in Calgary, Dr. Martin says it's an opportunity to learn from one another and do big things. A real pharmacare program, one that covers essential medicines for all Canadians. Alberta's health minister didn't provide an agenda for the meeting,

but health care workforce issues are top of mind. Doctors and nurses are pushing for safer workplaces and the ability to work across provinces without needing a new license each time. Rita McCracken is a family doctor in BC. She says provinces paying into for-profit clinics is also impacting workforce shortages. Increasing access to private options is not going to solve the problem. She hopes health ministers will discuss evidence based

ideas for improving the system, ideas that push toward lasting improvements for patients and providers. Christine Burak, CBC News, Toronto. Officials in Israel have confirmed the latest bodies returned by Hamas are those of dead hostages. The remains were handed over late last night. Forensic exams have determined one is a 27-year-old woman who was attending the Nova Music Festival, the other is a 39-year-old Israeli soldier. Hamas says the bodies of the remaining hostages are buried under rubble in Gaza, and it needs special equipment to find and retrieve the remains. Meanwhile, Gaza's health ministry says it has received 30 more bodies of Palestinians from Israel, bringing the total to 120 since Friday. South Korea is issuing a travel ban for

parts of Cambodia over growing concerns about its citizens being lured into working in scam centers there. Frank George Smith has more. South Korea's national security advisor, Weissung Lack, says more than 1,000 South Korean nationals could be working many involuntarily in Cambodia's thriving scam industry. The response team heading to Cambodia from Seoul includes officials from South Korea's police force and spy agency. This week, Britain and the U.S. imposed sanctions on the Prince Holding Group, accusing it of enabling the global scam network. The centers, often run by organized crime rings, traffic people into working there, implementing scams linked to romance or investment schemes

which deceive people around the world into handing over personal information and money. Seoul has now banned its people from traveling to certain regions of Cambodia known for high levels of criminal activity. Frank Smith for CBC News, Seoul. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Gene. Louise Phillips.

Thank you.