The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/17 at 12:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 17, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/17 at 12:00 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 gina louise phillips new federal measures to strengthen border security are set to be announced this hour

prime minister mark carney will be speaking from the niagara region jennis mcgregor tells us what we can expect as the prime minister and other ministers fan out this morning to talk about border security they're facing tough questions the first legislation that mark carney's government introduced last spring was that major border bill, but it couldn't find enough support to go anywhere in the minority parliament. So some controversial parts have been stripped out. A do-over bill was introduced last week. The Liberals call this new version streamlined, but it's still trying to execute the stronger border that Canada promised the Trump administration. It would deliver. It would still change the Customs Act to give border services agencies more powers

to inspect facilities, intercept, confiscate, illegal drugs or weapons or stolen cars. But the changes it makes to the asylum system, new eligibility rules, the powers to cancel, suspend, change immigration documents. The legislation gives the government fairly sweeping new powers for how it handles foreign nationals at its border. And refugee advocates continue to be alarmed. CBC's Janice McGregor in Ottawa. The union representing striking public service workers across British

Colombia has agreed to enter non-binding mediation with the province. The strike is now in its seventh week. Talks have repeatedly broken down with the two sides still far apart on wages. In a statement, the union says the process is expected to begin as soon as possible. Union members will remain on picket lines while mediation is underway. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets with President Donald Trump this afternoon in Washington, where he is. is expected to push for more U.S. weaponry. But Thursday's phone call between Trump and the Russian president

may undermine his pitch. Willie Lowry has more. Volodymyr Zelensky has been pretty clear. He wants tomahawks. That's an American-made missile with a range of up to 2,500 kilometers. That means Ukraine could strike deeper into Russia, hitting areas, including Moscow, that have, for the most part, been out of reach. But it's a big ask.

Washington has been reluctant to provide Ukraine with that kind of offensive firepower for fear of antagonizing Russia. And for a brief moment, it seemed that President Donald Trump was toying with the idea. A call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday may have changed that. I did actually say, would you mind if I gave a couple of thousand tomahawks to your opposition? I did say that to him. I said it just that way. He didn't like the idea. That was CBC's Willie Lowry reporting from Washington. Five people have pleaded guilty of their involvement in a major grandparent scam in Quebec targeting Americans.

There are 13 suspects altogether. Quebec police and the FBI estimate they manage to defraud the Americans out of $400,000. Lauren McCallum reports. Police say it took only a few months for the alleged fraudsters to convince their American victims to hand over thousands of dollars. In some cases, their life savings. The 13 suspects were arrested two years ago. Five pleaded guilty yesterday before the trial even began.

Eric Cookson-Monte is the Crown Prosecutor in the case. He says the accused demanded about one and a half million dollars, but didn't collect nearly that much. Cookson-Monte says the victims only handed over about $400,000, and police were able to intercept about half of that. Police say about 1,700 Americans were contacted by the alleged Quebec fraudsters, but they were only able to identify about 20 victims. The five men who pleaded guilty will be back in court in January for sentencing.

Lauren McCallum, CBC News, Montreal. President Trump's former national security advisor has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of mishandling classified information. John Bolton served during Trump's first administration. He is the third Trump adversary to be indicted. And that's the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.