The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/06 at 03:00 EST

Episode Date: November 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/06 at 03:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. The Supreme Court of Canada will announce today whether or not it will hear a case involving hundreds of ostriches ordered to be culled in British Columbia. The birds were living with a flock that contracted avian flu and died last year. Since then, the owners of the farm have been fighting to keep the rest of them alive. Caroline Bargut has more.

It's been an emotional morning for us, as you can imagine. Katie Pisney has been waiting weeks to find out if the Supreme Court will hear a case that will decide the fate of hundreds of ostriches in the BC interior. Her mother is the co-owner of Universal ostrich farms. 69 ostriches on the farm died of the avian flu. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered the remaining 300 or so culled. For nearly a year, the farm's owners and hundreds of their supporters have been fighting to save the birds. If the court decides not to hear the case, that cull order will stand. We're going to find out whether or not they start killing healthy, vibrant, perfectly amazing animals.

Paul Daly is a law professor and research chair in administrative law and governance at the University of Ottawa. I think the most likely outcome is that the Supreme Court will not decide to hear the appeal. He says if that is the case, the farmers can go back to the federal government with new information and see if they'll reconsider the cull. Caroline Bargoot, CBC News, Vancouver. The U.S. Transportation Secretary is ordering a 10% cut in the number of flights at 40 major U.S. airports. The measure starts this Friday, unless a deal to end the U.S. federal government shutdown is reached. Brian Bedford is the head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. We've identified 40 high-traffic environment markets.

We have decided that a 10% reduction in scheduled capacity would be appropriate to continue to take the pressure off our controllers. And as we continue to see staffing triggers, there will be additional measures that will be taken in those specific markets. The markets include New York City, Washington, Chicago, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. The U.S. government shutdown is now in its 37th day. It's forcing 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 security agents to work without pay. Many of them are now calling in sick. No word yet on whether any flights to and from Canada will be affected. The U.S. Supreme Court is taking a look at Donald Trump's trade policy. It heard arguments Wednesday on the legality of the president's sweeping international trade tariffs,

and as Paul Hunter reports, even some of its conservative justices seem skeptical of their legality. Those challenging the tariffs worry the Supreme Court, with its three Trump appointees and conservative majority, will ultimately side with the president on this. At the hearing, two of Trump's appointees seem to hint, they might be leaning the other way. Amy Coney Barrett, for example, seemed to challenge Trump lawyers who argued a U.S. statute allows presidents to regulate imports at times of emergency, including with tariffs, said Coney Barrett on that. Can you point to any other place in the code or any other time in history where that phrase

together regulate importation has been used to confer tariff-imposing authority? Liberal justices pushed back on Trump's tariffs repeatedly, but it was the questions from some of the conservative justices that left tariff opponents optimistic. Trump has labeled the case, quote, literally life or death for this country. A ruling may come before the end of the year. Paul Hunter, CBC News, Washington. Prime Minister Mark Carney's first budget proposes big spending on defense and infrastructure. But in Canada's north, some are concerned that the focus is shifting away from social programs. Shauna Morgan is the territorial MLA for Yellowknife North.

The most important investment that we need to make in the north right now is in our people. And this budget seems to really emphasize the physical infrastructure. The federal liberals have a minority government in Parliament, and they need to find two more votes to pass their budget later this month. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland. Thank you.