The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/23 at 09:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/23 at 09:00 EDT

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. Bro.C.C. News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. Prime Minister Mark Carney is laying the groundwork for what Canadians can expect to see in the upcoming federal budget. 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 Carney delivering a live address last night from the University of Ottawa. He says the goal is to start work on building a stronger, more competitive economy. But he says there will be spending cuts that will allow the government to balance its operating deficit in three years' time. However, Carney makes a point of saying those cuts will not affect the federal

dental and child care programs. The Carney government tables its budget on November 4th. Still in Ottawa, we're expecting the liberals to table a crime bill today. It calls for stricter bail and sentencing standards for offenses involving violent crime and organized crime. When it comes to bail, there are reports the government wants to shift the burden of proof from the prosecutor to the accused. The fall sitting of the Alberta legislature gets underway today with the government saying its top priority is to get the province's 50,000 striking teachers back in the classroom. Aaron Collins reports. You should fully expect that there'll be legislation in the week of October 27th.

Danielle 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 Nahed Nenchi 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. That's part of the ongoing Ukrainian. war effort, both Europe and the United States have announced they're hitting Russia with a new

round of sanctions. The American sanctions will target the Russian oil industry. And Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky says it's part of what's needed to force Moscow to agree to a ceasefire. Together we have to pressure on Putin stop this war. Pressure, it's been sanctions packages, long range, air defense, and of course financial support. Seasfire is possible. At Zelensky and an EU summit in Brussels, where he again ruled out ever making any territorial concessions to Russia. History was made today at the Vatican. For the first time in five centuries, a pope and a British monarch bowed their heads together in prayer. Megan Williams has more.

In the hushed splendor of the Sistine Chapel, a scene unfolded that just decades ago was unimaginable. King Charles, head of the Church of England and Pope Leo, bowing their heads in prayer, side by side. God, our Father, you have created the heavens and the earth. Religious affairs commentator Catherine Pepinster says the encounter highlights decades of efforts to bridge the gap between the Anglican and Catholic churches. Divisions that began when King Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church some 500 years ago. The thing that it shows is that there is an attempt to be. bring Christians together.

Today's encounter at the Vatican, that included Queen Camilla, was supposed to have taken place in April with Pope Francis, but postponed due to his hospitalization and then death. Megan Williams, CBC News, the Vatican. And that is the World This Hour. You can listen to us wherever you get your podcast. The World This Hour is updated every hour seven days a week. And for news anytime, go to our website. We're at cbcnews.ca.

For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.