The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/03 at 00:00 EST

Episode Date: November 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/03 at 00:00 EST

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I'm Neil Hurland. Tuesday is a big day for the Carney government. That's when it will introduce its first budget. But because he has a minority of seats in the House of Commons, Carney will need some opposition support to pass it. Benjamin Lopez-Steven reports. 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 Pahliav 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. Treasury Secretary says the U.S. government has not put an additional 10% tariff on Canadian goods. President Donald Trump said he would as punishment for an ad campaign

from the Ontario government. The ad used clips of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan arguing against the use of trade barriers. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant was asked if Prime Minister Mark Carney's apology meant they would be lifted. He hasn't put on a 10% tariff. He threatened to put on a 10%. 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 airways It's the equivalent of election interference. A former Trudeau cabinet minister will be the next mayor of Montreal. Montreal, I love. Merci, everyone. Merci.

CBC News projects that Soraya Martinez-Ferrada will be the winner of Sunday's municipal election. She delivered her victory speech last hour. We are here tonight because thousands of Montrealers believe in a better city, a city that truly belongs to everyone. And this momentum for change arose in every neighborhood for the city of the city from east to west, north to south.

Martinez Ferrada will succeed Montreal mayor Valerie Plante who decided not to run again. Martinez Verada served as the Federal Tourism Minister until last winter. She was born in Chile and came to Canada as a refugee. Meantime, CBC News projects that Bruno Marchant will be re-elected mayor of Quebec City. in his victory speech Marchand said it's really touching to see all his supporters.

CBC News also projects that Catherine Furnier will be re-elected mayor of Lungay and Maud Marquis Bissonette will be re-elected mayor of Gatineau. Help from Canada is on its way to Jamaica and other Caribbean islands hit by Hurricane Melissa. The Category 5 storm killed dozens of people. As Philip Lee-Shanock reports, members of the Jamaican community in Canada are coming together to help. There are more than a quarter million Canadians with connections to the island nation. At the Toronto headquarters of the Jamaican Canadian Association, volunteers gather donations. Harold Maddox says everyone in the community knows someone impacted and want to help.

He says, as in any disaster, some fraudulent fundraisers have already popped up. There's a lot of scamming going on. He says to look for credible organizations or government entities. There are some listed on the Jamaican Consul General to Toronto and Jamaican High Commission websites. The Canadian government has donated $7 million for humanitarian relief to be distributed by the Canadian Red Cross. But the storm also damaged many of the island's farms and killed thousands of livestock. Jamaican authorities say the country's 2.8 million people could face food shortages. Philip Hachanox, CBC News, Toronto.

And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland.