The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/05 at 18:00 EST

Episode Date: November 5, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/05 at 18:00 EST

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From CBC News, The World This Hour. I'm Kate McGilfrey. The liberals are now just two seats shy of a majority in the House of Commons. That's thanks to Nova Scotia MP Chris Dantremont, who yesterday decided to leave the Conservative Party and cross the floor. I didn't find I was represented there. My ideals of trying to find solutions and help your community rather than trying to oppose everything that's happening.

That's the opportunity that's being offered by Prime Minister Kearney. Don Tramal made the move just as the liberal budget was being tabled. He says the liberal fiscal plan is the right path forward for both his riding and the country. Liberal MP Mark Miller says his caucus welcomes Don Tramol and any other conservative considering a move. It's not about the conservative movement. It's about the individual that leads it.

And if those people are tired of them, then they know how I've been feeling for the last few years. Some conservative MPs are coming down hard on Dantramal, calling his decision a betrayal. A fish plant in the Newfoundland town of St. Mary's has burned to the ground after a fire ripped through the building last night. It happened at the height of a powerful storm that brought hurricane force winds and pounding rain, a weather system that is still hitting the province. Terry Roberts has more. I'm devastated. When I got down to what I see the flames coming up to the roof. Stephen Ryan is mayor of St. Mary's.

For the past three years, he oversaw an economic resurgence in his town. The local seafood plant was booming with more than 350 workers this season. Anyone who wanted a job could earn a paycheck, processing snow crab and redfish. But on Tuesday night, during a fierce wind and rainstorm, it all went up in flames. Local fire chief Don Boyle says his brigade could only watch as the fire consumed the building. We could not do anything to save that building. The fire was too large. We don't have the resources to put a fire out like that. It's not known what caused the fire, and the owners are not commenting.

But it looks like a small town seafood success story is now buried in ashes. Terry Roberts, CBC News, St. Mary's. The Federal Aviation Administration in the U.S. is reducing air traffic by 10% in 40 markets. The FAA says cutting flights in high-volume markets is intended to maintain safety during the government shutdown. There have been staffing shortages as air traffic controllers work unpaid. The FAA says as many as 40% of them aren't showing up to work at some of the largest airports in that country. The U.S. Supreme Court is taking a hard look at President Donald Trump's use of tariffs. This morning, justice has heard oral arguments on their

and constitutionality. This after Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on virtually all of his country's trading partners, Willie Lowry has more. I want to explain to me how you draw the line because you say we shouldn't be concerned because this is foreign affairs. Supreme Court justices grilled President Donald Trump's legal team

questioning whether the president was within his right to implement tariffs using a 1977 emergency powers act. Trump's team says yes, but even the most conservative justices, appear skeptical. And a group of small businesses and several states are also saying no. Elizabeth Weidra of the Constitutional Authority Center said the case has far-reaching implications. It's also an issue that is of global importance. And so the Supreme Court is going to note that not just the eyes of America are upon it, but the eyes of the world. It remains unclear what impact the decision

will have on Canada. Legal experts say Trump likely has other means to implement terror, at its disposal. Willie Lowry, CBC News, Washington. And Mexico's president, Claudia Shanebaum, has filed a criminal complaint against a man after she was harassed on the street. Video of yesterday's incident shows a man putting his arms around the president,

groping her, and trying to kiss her. Shane Baum says she felt obligated to file a complaint because it's something that happens to women across the country. And that is Your World This Hour. time, you can always visit our website, cBCNews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey.