The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/04 at 00:00 EST

Episode Date: November 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/04 at 00:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. from CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. The Federal Finance Minister says there will be no surprises in Tuesday's budget. Francois Philippe Champagne also insists there will be something for every political party to like, but there's no guarantee the opposition parties will support it. Karina Romit has more. This is going to be a great moment for the donation. Francois Philippe Champagne was at Boulet Boots in St. Tit, Quebec, continuing the tradition of the finance minister getting a new pair of shoes before the budget. The family-owned business is famous for its cowboy boots, but Champagne is choosing traditional black lace-ups, the same type of shoes that RCMP officers wear. Made in Canada for Canada.

Champine's choice is emblematic of the message the government wants to send with the budget, empowering and protecting Canadians while building the country from the inside out. There will be no surprises. Canadians have asked us to do big, bold things. But at a cost, estimates put the deficit at anywhere between 70 and 100 billion, and cuts of up to 15% in some government departments. Karina Roman, CBC News, Ottawa. BC Premier David Eby is pausing new anti-U.S. tariff ads. As Katie DeRosa reports, the move comes after a meeting of provincial and federal leaders focused on the softwood lumber sector.

will not be running the ads. Premier David Eby has hit pause on the province's plan to roll out anti-tariff ads focused on the softwood lumber industry. It comes after U.S. President Donald Trump broke off trade talks with Canada, furious about Ontario's anti-tariff ad featuring former U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Ontario pulled the ads, and Prime Minister Mark Carney says he apologized to Trump. E.B. says any future advertisements will be developed with Ottawa's blessing. friendlier and more unified approach following months of accusations from the premier that

Ottawa had abandoned BC's forestry sector. Dominic LeBlanc, the federal minister responsible for Canada-U.S. trade, assuring the premier, a softwood lumber continues to be something that we had been raising with the Americans. LeBlanc and Eby agreed to a new BC Ottawa task force to respond to punishing U.S. tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber, which have now reached a combined 45%. Katie de Rosa, CBC News. Well, the polls are now closed across the Yukon, and ballots are being counted in a territorial election. The conservative-leaning Yukon Party is leading in 12 ridings. The NDP is in second place with seven ridings, and the incumbent Liberal Party is leading in one riding.

Eleven seats are needed for a majority. The world's leading authority on hunger has declared a famine in parts of Sudan. That includes the city of El Fasher, where a humanitarian crisis is unfolding. Since 2023, Sudan has been torn apart by a civil war. 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 Elfashir. 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 surrethi. 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.

In Los Angeles, Monday, baseball fans gathered for a World Series victory parade, and the star player, Shohei Otani, even joked about winning a third world series for the L.A. Dodgers. I'm ready to get another ring next to you. Let's go. For those cheers, could have taken place in Toronto, but sadly, the Blue Jays lost game seven of the World Series this past weekend. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News,

I'm Neil Hurlend.