The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/23 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/23 at 07:00 EDT

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and to be clear we won't transform our economy easily or in a few months it will take some sacrifices and it will take some time that's prime minister mark carney last night laying the groundwork for what Canadians can expect to see in the upcoming federal budget. It will be tabled November 4th, with Carney saying there will be spending cuts made that will allow the government to balance its operating deficit in three years. Carney says the goal is to build a stronger, more competitive economy, but he says that transformation will take time and sacrifice. However, he specifically noted two social initiatives that will continue on as is.

That's the dental and child care programs. still in ottawa we're expecting the liberals to table a crime bill today and it calls for stricter bail and sentencing standards for offenses involving violent crime and organized crime among other things it looks to allow for consecutive sentences for repeat offenders so multiple sentences can't be served at the same time the fall sitting of the alberta legislature gets underway today with the government saying its top priority is to get the province's fifty thousand striking teachers back in the classroom. Aaron Collins reports. You should fully expect that there'll be legislation in the week of October 27th. Daniel Smith isn't mincing words. Alberta's premier plans to force teachers back to work next week. Without kids returning to the classroom, that would constitute irreparable harm. Negotiations between the province and teachers have stalled. The government has offered a 12% raise over four years and a promise to hire 3,000 more educators. Not enough to address overcrowded classrooms. according to the teachers union.

The quality of public education in this province has declined shockingly. Opposition leader Nehaden Enchi says his party will oppose back-to-work legislation. It certainly is not a fair deal for the teachers. It's not a fair deal for the students. It doesn't solve the problem. The teacher's strike began on October 6th. Nearly 750,000 Alberta kids have been out of the classroom since then. Aaron Collins, CBC News, Calgary. Ukrainian war effort and an announcement from both Europe and the United States that they're hitting

Russia with a new round of sanctions. Anna Cunningham has more. We waited for this. God bless. It will work. Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelensky welcoming the fresh sanctions on Russia from both the EU and the US. This is a good signal to other countries in the world to join the sanctions. He says the U.S. sanctions against Russia's two largest oil companies are the first significant pressure on the Kremlin since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House. It's a move that has angered Russia. Its former president, Dmitri Medvedev, says that peacekeeper Trump is on the warpath with Russia.

In Brussels, the European Council is deciding if it approves a multi-billion dollar loan for Ukraine, funded by frozen Russian assets. It should be Russia who pays for the damages that they are causing in Ukraine. Venskaya Kalaas, the EU's top diplomat. If approved, the loan could be $163 billion. Anna Cunningham, CBC News, London. History is being made today at the Vatican. Let us pray.

God, our Father, you have created the heavens and the earth. That is Pope Leo offering a prayer alongside King Charles. It's the first time a Pope and the head of the Church of England have prayed together in almost 500 years. Dates back to Henry VIII, breaking with the Roman Catholic Church in 1534. Buckingham Palace says Charles's visit to the Vatican and the public prayer are part of a campaign to symbolically unify the two churches. And that is the world this hour.

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