The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/05 at 13:00 EST

Episode Date: November 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/05 at 13:00 EST

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From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilfrey. Newly minted Liberal MP Chris Dantramal says he hasn't felt aligned with the conservative leader for months now. Dantramal crossed the floor to join the Liberal caucus yesterday. This morning, he was welcomed warmly by Liberal MPs. Karina Roman has more.

Liberal MPs cheer Chris Dantramter. at his first liberal caucus. At an earlier news conference, Prime Minister Mark Carney introduced him. As the newest member of our government caucus. Carney says he appreciates Don Tremant joining the government caucus at what Carney says is a crucial time for the country. Don Tremant framed his decision as something he is doing for his riding and constituents.

To solve the issues that are important to our communities, and I didn't see it by sitting in the opposition. Don Tremont says he was at odds with the leadership style of Pierre Paulyev, and he did not deny that there are perhaps other conservative MPs considering the same thing. But I will let them tell their stories if that time goes. The Liberals now need only two MPs from other parties to either vote for or abstain to pass the budget. Karina Roman, CBC News, Ottawa. The U.S. tariffs that shaped the direction of that liberal budget face a crucial test in Washington today.

Supreme Court heard arguments on whether the tariffs are legal under the Constitution. Mike Crawley has more. It's in one of the most important decisions in the history of our country. U.S. President Donald Trump showing just how badly he wants to win this case. At stake, billions of dollars' worth of tariffs he's imposed on imports from dozens of countries, including Canada. Without tariffs, our country would be in great jeopardy. The case before the Supreme Court does not address the tariffs Trump has levied on

specific sectors. Instead, it's focused on Trump's use of an economic emergency law to hit countries with broad-based tariffs over cross-border fentanyl trafficking and long-running trade deficits. He's saying that this is an emergency. Herald Hangzhou Coe is a professor at Yale Law School. It's a persistent problem, not an unusual, an extraordinary threat that has suddenly arisen. The case was brought by small businesses who say the president violated the Constitution with his tariff regime. The lower court rulings all went against the administration. Mike Crowley, CBC News, Washington. In New York, the poetry of campaigning may have come to a close last night at nine, but the beautiful prose of governing has only just begun. The city's new mayor-elect

Zoran Memdani says he's at work on his transition to office. He campaigned on making New York more affordable, promising things like free city buses and child care. Donald Trump vowed to make life difficult for the city if they elected Mamdani. For his part, Mamdani says it will be important not to blame the Trump administration for the city's problems. Many of the issues we are speaking about predate President Trump. They are issues that for too long we have turned a blind eye to or we have sought to rationalize or normalize. Momdani will be sworn into office on January 1st. A fish plant in St. Mary's, Newfoundland, was destroyed by a fire overnight. It happened at the height of a powerful storm that brought hurricane.

force wins. Sherry Gambin Walsh represents the area in the Newfoundland and Labrador Assembly. I'm heartbroken. I really truly am. I was speaking to the mayor a couple of times in the last hour. The town is devastated. They're just standing there watching their source of employment just go to the ground. The St. Mary's Fish Plant was one of the area's biggest employers with more than 300 workers. And pitcher Shane Bieber has decided to stick with the Toronto Blue Jays. He chose to exercise his player option and stay on the team for the 26th season rather than become a free agent. He'll be

paid $16 million U.S. for that. He earned a Game 4 road win against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series and pitched in relief in Game 7. The Game 7 viewership numbers are in, by the way, and a total of 51 million people in Canada, the U.S.

and Japan tuned in for that game. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey. Thank you.