The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/23 at 19:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/23 at 19:00 EDT

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Mike Miles. Sources are telling CBC News, Ottawa is pushing back on two American automakers by limiting the number of vehicles they can import into Canada, tariff-free. Stellant has announced it was moving production out of Ontario to the U.S., and General Motors is ending production of electric vans. As Ashley Burke explains, the government's looking to compel the automakers to continue production in Canada. We've heard the industry minister, Melanie Jolie, be very clear that she was disappointed in Stalandis.

She called it unacceptable. And she said she was going to put maximum pressure on them. She threatened to sue them. We also learned that the federal government gave them $105 million to retool that Brampton, Ontario plant and its Windsor plant for production. And the government feels that after giving them this money, they didn't live up to their promise. The condition was they had to keep that plant going. Ontario's premier Doug Ford also said they would sue GM. They didn't live up to what they committed to.

And we heard the Prime Minister to weigh in saying that he spoke to GM, that they have said that they will pay their workers like they have to and live up to that obligation. But he said it's not enough. That he's not satisfied. They're looking for ways to try to keep that plant, that GM plant in Ingersoll open. But all of this really appears to be a move to put pressure on them

to not drain production out of Canada to the U.S. The CBC's Ashley Burke in Ottawa. It's the calm before the storm in Toronto, as the city gears up for game one of the World Series tomorrow night. From the Rogers Center to bars in transit, everyone is getting ready. She and Desjadanne has more on the preparations. We are no stranger to big events, big concerts, big shows, and we learn something from all the major events that come into the city.

Toronto spokesperson Eric Holmes says the city is ready. The Toronto Blue Jays host game one of the World Series tomorrow night, and that means the city has to be ready too, planning on thousands and thousands of visitors, watch parties scattered all over, and a massive one in Nathan Phillips Square. There are lots of ways to get in and around the city. Pick a way that's maybe not driving. Plan your route, plan ahead, and get on down here. The Toronto Police Service wouldn't reveal their exact plans, but with the crowds anticipated, they do warn to expect road closures, allow extra time, and stay aware.

Police presence will be increased inside and outside Rogers Center as the Jays faced off against the Los Angeles Dodgers on baseball's biggest stage. Cheyenne Desjardin, CBC News, Toronto. The liberal government has introduced its long-promised bail reform bill. Justice Minister Sean Fraser make the announcement. This is a package of sweeping reforms that will make bail laws stricter and sentencing tougher, in particular for violent and repeat offenders. Ottawa is making dozens of changes designed to make bail more difficult to get.

Repeat offenders will now have to prove it's safe to grant them bail. As well, the bill proposes tougher sentences for a number of offenses and allow for consecutive sentences, one after another, for violent repeat offenders. The changes have been long demanded by victims' rights advocates, police unions, and some provincial premiers. Ottawa and Ontario are investing $3 billion into clean energy. This project will make us the first in the G7 to have an entirely new kind of nuclear reactor. Prime Minister Mark Carney says the money will pay for four small modular reactors.

They'll be built in Bowmanville, Ontario, next to the existing Darlington Power Plant, and he promises the technology will generate thousands of new jobs. They'll extend over the next 65 years, a couple of more World Series trips for the Jays. The modular reactors are among the first batch of nation-building projects to be fast-tracked by the federal government. Alberta's provincial government says it's going to pass legislation, it says, will allow it to ignore international agreements signed by Ottawa. In its throne speech, the Smith government says the law will cover agreements that touch on provincial jurisdiction and claims that Ottawa does not have the right to impose terms on Alberta.

That is the world this hour. For news any time, visit our website. site cbcnews.ca.ca. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.