The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/05 at 12:00 EST

Episode Date: November 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/05 at 12:00 EST

Okay, I'll confess I totally jumped on the Blue Jays bandwagon last minute, but even I was gutted when they lost game seven of the World Series. And here on Commotion, look, we process our feelings together. This week, I talk with Blue Jays fans about the heartbreak of the World Series loss, but we also get into why the fans want to see this team, this very specific group of people, stick together because, look, we're all now gutting for Blue Jays 2026. Find this episode and a whole lot more on Commotion with me, Alameen Abdul-Bahmood, on YouTube, or wherever you. you get your podcasts. From CBC News, it's The World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings. Nova Scotia MP, Chris de Trauma, is out today

explaining why he has left the Conservative Party to join the Liberals. It's time to actually try to lead a country, to try to make it better, and not try to, knock it down. That's Drona, perhaps making reference there to the aggressive style of conservative leader Pierre Pollyev. The trauma crossed the floor yesterday, just as the liberal budget was being tabled.

And he says the liberal fiscal plan is the correct path forward for both his writing and the country. And it begs the question, are there other conservatives considering this same move? I would suggest that there probably are those that are in the same boat, but I will let them tell their stories if that time goes. When the House of Commons, the Liberals are two seats from a majority. Still with the budget, now that it's been tabled, the next step for the Liberals is to explain to Canadians that this is a fiscal document that looks years down the road at a crisis that's happening right now.

Peter Armstrong explains. Mr. Speaker, the budget I present today comes at a time of profound change. In the House of Commons, finance minister Francois Philippe Champagne lays out the plan his government has crafted to help the economy not just survive the tariff crisis, but to thrive in spite of it. Businesses are being asked to bet big on the liberal promise to get Canadian products to market. The budget is meant to buy time, time for these measures to be implemented and take shape,

but the damage being done to the economy is happening in real time. Sahir Khan, Vice President of the Institute of Fiscal Studies in Democracy at the University of Ottawa, says the clock is ticking. And I don't think these measures are really going to kick in in the short term. It's about confidence in the short term, but the results of a major capital strategy and defense strategy are going to be felt over decades. And therein lies the hard part. Can the economy keep its head above water long enough for the budget and its changes to start playing out? Peter Armstrong, CBC News, Toronto.

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments today about the legality of Donald Trump's tariffs and whether the American president is overstepping his authority. Trump is using an Emergency Powers Act to levy the tariffs, citing national security. concerns. But in the argument against the Trump action, the court will hear that under the Constitution, only Congress has the power to implement a tariff campaign. Still in the U.S., voters in New York City have elected a new mayor. He is 34-year-old Sohan Mandeni. Katie Nicholson reports. A triumphant end to a juggernaut of a campaign. The working people of New York have been told by the wealthy and the well-connected that power

does not belong in their hands. Zoran Mamdani with a fiery speech. Over the last 12 months, you have dared to reach for something greater. The 34-year-old Democratic Socialist rapidly ascended to mayor-elect on promises to

make life in New York more affordable, free buses, child care, rent freezes, and government-run grocery stores. This race, seen by some as a barometer reading, one year after voters elected Donald Trump, to second term in the Oval Office, and one year before, the crucial midterm elections.

Trump injected himself into the New York race. He endorsed former Governor Andrew Cuomo, a longtime Democrat, and suggested he would pull federal funding from the city if Mamdani won. Katie Nicholson, CBC News, Washington. And there were other big wins last night for the Democrats elsewhere across the U.S. The campaigns for governor in both Virginia and New Jersey were. won both by Democrats. And in California, voters approved Proposition 50. It allows the state to redraw its district maps, which will most likely offset similar congressional changes the Republicans put in place in Texas. And that is the world this hour. For news anytime, go to our website,

cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings. Thank you.