The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/31 at 22:00 EDT

Episode Date: November 1, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/31 at 22:00 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 mike miles the u.s president says he's not about to restart trade talks with canada after terminating them last week

at the time donald trump said he was angry with the tv ad commissioned by the government of ontario criticizing his tariffs as tom perry reports trump is holding a grudge for now speaking to reporters aboard air force one u.s president Donald Trump says he's not ready to resume trade talks with Canada, though he and Mark Carney still get along. I like him a lot, but you know what they did was wrong. He was very nice to apologize for what they did with the commercial. The commercial that so infuriated Trump, he threatened a new 10% tariff on Canada was bought and paid for by the government of Ontario. When someone says, let's impose tariffs on foreign imports, it looks like they're doing the patriotic thing. The ad used a 1987 radio address by former U.S. President Ronald R.

Reagan to criticize U.S. tariffs. Ontario Premier Doug Ford has defended the ad and wrote in Friday's Washington Post that tariffs are testing Canada's long-standing partnership with the U.S. The Prime Minister's office has not said whether Carney apologized for the ad as Trump claims. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa. Canada's economy shrank 0.3% in August. Stats can, saying hardest hit sectors were manufacturing, wholesale trade, and mining, sectors hit by Trump tariffs. It adds the economy also felt turbulence from the work stoppage at Air Canada.

For the first time in eight years, the Prime Minister of Canada has met with China's president. Thank you, Mr. President. It is a pleasure to meet you again and to meet you for the first time in my capacity as Prime Minister. Mark Carney met with Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC summit in South Korea, part of an ongoing attempt to renew the Canada-China relationship after years of increasing strain. I welcome the momentum that has been established in recent months, meetings of our officials, meetings of ministers, and the meeting that I was able to have with Premier Lee in New York. President Xi invited Carney to Beijing and the Prime Minister accepted. The dispute between Quebec's government and its doctors is prompting medical students to threaten a strike. The province

has forced a new pay system on doctors that includes performance targets. Medical students at four universities voted to strike, but fear that same law would allow the government to find them if they walk. Melissa Francois is more. To tell the government how frustrated they are with Bill 2. Ryan Cara is president of the Medical Students Society of McGill University. He says his comrades are deeply concerned over Bill 2. That's why 64% of them voted for a strike. That showcases how much fear there is. Students from University of Montreal and Sherbrook's medical school are also in favor of a strike mandate.

At Laval University, there is less of a consensus with 53% of students voting yes. The Provincial Medical Students Association is now challenging Bill 2 in court. Right now, the men students say they can't go on strike because they're worried Bill 2 would expose them to fines or other penalties. But if they get their way out in court, they say they won't hesitate to walk out the classroom. Melissa Francois CBC News, Montreal. Researchers are using sawdust to clean up dirty water. Their ultimate goal, remove forever chemicals like PFAs.

Eulene, who is assistant professor of engineering at the University of PEI. Researchers at the school are turning that sawdust into activated carbon, an element in household water filters. Activated carbon, which is a very effective, absorbent materials, then can use to clean out the wastewater and then clean out the drinking water as well. So that is overall, like, my work here that we wanted to turn waste and then into the valuable products to help people. Who says right now they're testing water contaminated with chemical synthetic dyes, but eventually they'll test their activated carbon on real wastewater outside the lab.

And before we go and update on the score of Game 6 of the World Series, after six innings, the Toronto Blue Jays are trailing the L.H. Rogers 3 to 1. That is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. calls. Thank you.