The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/02 at 16:00 EST

Episode Date: November 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/02 at 16:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Tuesday is a big day for the Carney government. That's when it will introduce its first budget, but because he leads a minority government, Carney will need some opposition support to pass it. Benjamin Lopez-Steven has the latest. The liberal minority government will introduce a federal budget on Tuesday, but it's not at all clear if the government has enough opposition votes to pass it.

and that raises the prospect of a snap election. You can have an affordable budget, and I've given Mr. Kearney a plan for that. All he has to do is accept it. Conservative leader Pierre Pauliev says he wants a budget that keeps the federal deficit under $42 billion and drops the industrial carbon tax. We can't have a costly budget that makes life more costly for the Canadian people. Frankly, given the serious issues facing us, I'm not sure that an election is good for the country at the moment. Interim NDP leader Don Davies says his party is worried about cuts to the public.

service, but he doesn't think Canadians want another trip to the polls. Prime Minister Mark Carney says he's confident this budget is the right one for Canada and he's ready for a fight. Benjamin Lopez, Stephen, CBC News, Ottawa. The U.S. Secretary of the Treasury says the U.S. government has not put an additional 10% tariff on Canadian goods and services. President Donald Trump said he would as punishment for an Ontario ad campaign. The ad use clips of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan arguing against the use of trade barriers. Today, Secretary Scott Besant was asked if Prime Minister Mark Carney's apology meant they would be lifted. He hasn't put on a 10 percent tariff. He threatened to put on a 10 percent. So he didn't actually

do it? It hasn't been put on yet. This is unacceptable. The Premier of Ontario spent $75 million sending propaganda via our airwaves. It's the equivalent of election interference. The Trump administration claims former President Reagan was a fan of tariffs when, in fact, he was a supporter of free trade. One of two men taken into custody following a mass stabbing on board a British train has been released. Eleven people were attacked on the London-bound train, and one remains in life-threatening condition, an employee with North London Eastern Rail. Police Superintendent John Lovelace says police are not treating this as a terrorist incident. terrorism policing, we're initially supporting our investigation. However, at this stage, there is nothing to suggest that this is a terrorist incident.

A 32-year-old British citizen from Peterborough remains in police custody on suspicion of attempted murder. Help from Canada and other countries is beginning to arrive in Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba, the Caribbean nations devastated by Hurricane Melissa. As Philip Lee-Shanock tells us, survivors need the most basic essentials, like water, food, and shelter. Volunteers gather donations at the Jamaican Canadian Association in Toronto. Harold Maddox says everyone knows someone impacted and wants to help. In Jamaica, there's a saying, every liquor maker maker, mucker. What the meaning is that every bit adds up.

The Canadian government has donated $7 million for humanitarian relief to be distributed by the Canadian Red Cross. Shirin Levera says supplies are already on the way. People need food, medical assistance, water, and shelter assistance, so this is exactly what we're sending. Rahul Singh of the nonprofit disaster assistance organization, Global Medic, says it's sending thousands of water purification kits to Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti. He says his teams on the ground say conditions are difficult.

Coms are down in a lot of areas. Logistics are really tough. There's a fuel shortage. As well, damage to the island. Farms, farms may mean many Jamaicans could face food shortages. Filthes-Shadok, CBC News, Toronto. At least 23 people were killed in a fire at a discount store in Mexico. Eleven others are injured.

It happened in the northwestern city of Hermosio. The state attorney general says most of those killed died from inhaling toxic gases. Local officials ruled out the possibility that the attack was deliberate. That's The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.