The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/27 at 20:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 28, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/27 at 20:00 EDT

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Ontario's Premier says his anti-tariff ad that aired south of the border achieved his goals. Broadcasts of the ad are now on pause, but Donald Trump is still angry and refused to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney during a summit in Asia. David Thurton reports. Best ad that overran. Ontario Premier Doug Ford's showing no regret. after his province's ad airing on U.S. television networks caught the ire of Donald Trump. Not only did it lead to the U.S. President terminating trade negotiations with Ottawa, but it came with the promise to level an additional 10% tariff on Canada.

You know something? Do you know why President Trump's so upset right now? Because it was effective. It was working. It woke up the whole country. Choosing his words carefully, Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters that Ottawa was close to making progress on tariffs on Steel, aluminum, and energy. We are ready, when appropriate, to pick that up. And I'll just re-emphasize that it is the responsibility of the government of Canada to have these negotiations. Asked by reporters if he was mad with Ford.

Carney says it does not pay to be upset and emotions don't carry you very far. David Thornton, CBC News, Ottawa. Police near Montreal have arrested a 33-year-old woman after the early morning discovery of an abandoned newborn at a bus stop in Longay. The baby later died in hospital. Jacqueline Pierre is a police spokesperson. She says the investigation continues and the woman may face charges of infanticide. She is at the hospital because the priority right now is really her mental health and her physical health. So what we want to do, just like the other file, what we want to do is focus on the person that probably that may be in a distress.

So the priority is that. Police won't confirm if the woman is the baby's mother. This comes a week after another baby was. found on the steps of a residence, that baby survived. Food insecurity in Canada continues to get worse. A new report says more people than ever before are turning to food banks for help. And Food Bank's Canada warns the demand is not sustainable. She and Desjardin reports. I was pretty much in tears the first time. Now visiting the food bank is a regular occurrence for Nitu Mata. And she's not alone. The annual Who's Hungry report shows food bank use in Toronto is at a record

high. Neil Hetherington is Toronto's daily bread food bank CEO. It took 38 years to get to 1 million visits and only 4 years to get to 4 million. He says income is not keeping pace with the cost of living and with unemployment rising worries it could get worse. Food Bank Canada's hunger count report shows a similar demand across the country. CEO Kirsten Beardsley says the federal government needs to step up, modernize employment insurance and strengthen the Canada disability benefit. The system wasn't designed to accommodate this level of growth, making this situation unsustainable. Beardsley is calling on Ottawa to set a target reducing food insecurity by 50% by 2030. Shien de Jardin, CBC News, Toronto. Cameroon's president, Paul Bea, has secured an

eighth term in office, according to official results. At age 92, he is the world's oldest serving ruler. The opposition is refusing to accept the outcome, claiming the vote to weeks ago was rigged. Violent protests across the country have killed four people since early results were published last week. Hurricane Melissa nears Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 storm. It's threatening to bring catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage. Prime Minister Andrew Holness is ordering communities along the South Coast be evacuated. As for others, We urge persons to stay inside because the winds, as you can see, can pick up at any time. The rains can come at any time. You can be caught in a flash flood.

Melissa is expected to make landfall on Tuesday. The slow-moving storm has already killed at least three people in Haiti over the weekend and a fourth person in the Dominican Republic. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scandaris. Thank you.