The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/03 at 17:00 EST

Episode Date: November 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/03 at 17:00 EST

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francois philippe champagne calls it a generational shift the minister continued the tradition of getting a new pair of shoes before delivering a budget he went to a bootmaker in quebec he says the budget is making broad investments that will build the country We're going to do the kind of things that will make this country stronger and everyone will see themselves in that budget. So that's why I would expect the opposition parties to be supportive because there is something for every Canadian in that budget. Some estimates say the federal budget could contain a deficit between $70 and $100 billion.

The liberals will need some help for it to pass. With the current minority, they'll need three opposition votes. British Columbia is partnering with the federal government to create a task force aimed at helping the softwood lumber industry. Federal and provincial politicians met today to weigh support for the sector amid punishing U.S. tariffs. The duties exceed more than 50 percent in some cases. BC Premier David E.B. says the task force will fast-track discussions to protect affected workers in the province. We are going to remain unified and together on kids. communications, on strategy, so that British Columbians and Canadians know that the federal government

and the provincial government are in their corner, are standing up for them, and are speaking with one voice on this. The U.S. claims Canada's industry is a national security threat. A Saskatchewan man has been charged with manslaughter in connection with a highway shooting. The incident left the community of Weyburn shaken after a woman. was killed in her car in September. Alexander Silberman reports. A Regina man has been arrested and charged

in the shooting death of a woman on a Saskatchewan highway. 42-year-old Chris Falman is facing four charges, including one count of manslaughter with a firearm. Tanya Myers was shot and killed near Weyburn on September 12th as a passenger in an SUV. She was traveling in one of two vehicles hit by bullets on the highway, leaving the community fearful and at a loss as to why someone would shoot passing cars.

I don't have any information relating to him hunting in the area or coaching. Inspector Ashley St. Germain is an investigator with Saskatchewan RCMP. She says police are not aware of any connection between Falman and Myers. I would discourage speculating or perpetuating rumors about what may or may not have happened. Falman is set to appear in court on Tuesday. Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Regina. The world's leading authority on hunger has declared a famine in parts of Sudan. That includes the city of Elfasher, where a deteriorating humanitarian crisis is unfolding.

Since 2023, Sudan has been torn apart by a civil war that the U.N. says has left more than 30 million people relying on aid. Chris Brown reports. The fall of El Fasher in Sudan's Darfur region may be a turning point in the country's two-and-a-half-year civil war. The rapid support forces captured the city last week, forcing out the Sudanese armed forces after a brutal siege. And ever since there have been reports of hideous massacres of civilians with hundreds dead. Now, the IPC, the world's leading authority on hunger, has declared a famine in El Fasher. Ida El-Said of Sudan's Red Crescent says tens if not hundreds of thousands of people

are fleeing the city. So if they flee away for the way of the desert, they will die from hunger and surreste. The head of the International Red Cross described the situation as horrific. The Pope has urged dialogue and relief efforts, but at the moment there's little evidence of either. Chris Brown, CBC News, London.

And that is the world this hour. Remember, you can listen to our podcast anytime. We update every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.