The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/03 at 01:00 EST

Episode Date: November 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/03 at 01:00 EST

This ascent isn't for everyone. You need grit to climb this high this often. You've got to be an underdog that always over-delivers. You've got to be 6,500 hospital staff, 1,000 doctors, all doing so much with so little. You've got to be Scarborough. Defined by our uphill battle and always striving towards new heights. And you can help us keep climbing.

Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. Voters in Montreal have elected a former Chilean refugee as their next mayor. Soraya Martinez-Ferada was a federal cabinet minister in the Trudeau government. Now she'll take on Montreal's top job. The city's second female mayor in history. Sarah Levitt has more. Soraya Martinez-Farada is the new mayor-elect of Montreal at her headquarters, Elyt.

Martinez-Ferada fled Chile with her family at just eight years old, coming to Montreal as political refugees. She went into community work before being elected as a Montreal City Councilor in 2000. In 2019, she made the leap to federal politics, becoming a liberal MP, serving in Justin Trudeau's cabinet. We are here tonight because thousands of Montrealers believe in, a better city. A city that truly belongs to everyone. Her campaign emphasized the need for change, saying she would incentivize private developers in order to build faster, making housing more affordable and accessible. She's the first Latino to be elected mayor of Montreal and only the second woman.

Valéry Plante at the helm of the city for eight years under the Project Morial banner opted not to run again. Sarah Levitt's CBC News, Montreal. Meantime, Bruno Marchant has been re-elected as mayor of Quebec City. Prime Minister Mark Carney faces a tough political test this week. He'll table his government's first budget on Tuesday. But because he has a minority in Parliament, he needs some opposition support to get it passed. And if that doesn't happen, it could mean a snap election. J.P. Tasker has more. Our budget will respond head on to the challenges of our time. Prime Minister Mark Carney is promising what he calls generational investments. Tuesday's

federal budget is expected to include more money for the military, housing, and workers affected by U.S. tariffs, but also cuts to rein in spending that ballooned under Carney's predecessor. This budget presents a politically perilous moment for the minority liberal government. If the opposition votes it down, Canadians could be headed back to the polls before Christmas. Conservative leader Pierre Pauliev has made a series of demands in exchange for his party's support. We want an affordable budget that will give Canadians affordable life before Christmas. Christmas. Meanwhile, the Black Quebecois has demands of its own. The separatist MPs are voting

no if they don't get what they want. That leaves the NDP to solve this political puzzle. The small seven-member caucus hasn't decided what it will do. The Liberals need just three opposition votes to get the budget through. J.P. Tasker, CBC News, Ottawa. An avian flu outbreak is affecting seven commercial poultry farms in BC's Fraser Valley. Six of those cases were identified in the last couple of weeks. As Caroline Bargut reports, lockdowns have been ordered as farmers try to protect their flocks. When a farm is on lockdown, the birds are kept in barns and not allowed out. Every vehicle that comes to the property must be disinfected. And every worker who interacts with the animals must wear protective equipment and change their clothes. That's because if avian flu is detected at a commercial

poultry farm, every bird, infected or not, must be called. Last year, 81 farms in British Columbia reported infections. BC's chief veterinarian, Teresa Byrne, says the province could be on track to a similar result. Based on what we saw in the prairies and what we're seeing in Washington, we would anticipate the infection pressure could be just as high as in the last years. The province is currently studying whether air filtration in Barnes helps prevent the spread of the virus, with around 70 commercial farms taking part in the pilot project. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency estimates 8.8 million birds have died or been culled in recent years. Caroline Bargoot, CBC News, Vancouver. U.S. President Donald Trump gave a sit-down interview

to 60 minutes tonight, and he was asked by the CBS News program if he would try to run for a third term in the White House. Can you set the record straight? You're not going to try and run for a third term? Well, I don't even think about it. I will tell you, a lot of people want me to run. Since 1951, the U.S. has had a constitutional amendment limiting presidents to two terms. And that is your this hour. I'm Neil Hurland.