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

Episode Date: November 6, 2025

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

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. from cbc news it's the world this hour i'm joe cummings the supreme court of canada announces today whether it will hear a case involving a bc farm ordered to call hundreds of ostriches the birds are among a flock that contracted avian flu last year caroline bargut reports it's been an emotional morning for us as you can Katie Basitney 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 call 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 call.

Caroline Bargut, CBC News, Vancouver. Now, the Supreme Court will also announce whether it'll be hearing an appeals case in a challenge. to Saskatchewan's school pronoun law. That law prevents children under 16 from changing their names or pronouns at school without parental consent. In passing the legislation, the Saskatchewan government invoked the Charter's notwithstanding clause. The union representing Quebec's medical specialists are launching a legal challenge today to the province's controversial bill too. It changes the way doctors are paid and threatens to crack down on anyone who protests those changes. Allison Northcott has more.

In its legal filing, Quebec's Federation of Medical Specialists says the province's new law is draconian and a flagrant violation of several charter rights. It's asking the court to suspend parts of the law. It changes the way doctors are compensated, tying part of their pay to performance targets. And if they use concerted actions or pressure tactics to protest the law, they could be fined. I submitted my resignation. Dr. Trevor Hennessy has been speaking out about a lack of resources in the Utaway region for years and says the new law has further eroded his trust in the government.

The failings of the government are trying to be passed on to the shoulders of the physicians. Earlier this week, the Quebec government said it would suspend two elements of the law for now, affecting how specialists and family medicine clinics are compensated. We're doing that for the Quebecers and also for the doctors. Quebec's Treasury Board President, France-Elene Durant-so, said the goal was to calm the waters and bring the doctors' federations back to the table. But so far, that hasn't happened. Alison Northcott, CBC News, Montreal.

As part of the Gaza ceasefire, Hamas has released the remains of another hostage. The body returned last night has been identified as a Tanzanian student who had gone to Israel on an internship. Crystal Gamansing has more now from Jerusalem. The sentence we've been waiting for, he's back home. Ruby Henson's son and Israeli-American combat soldier returned to Israel Tuesday. His remains recovered from Sajaya on the outskirts of Gassar. city, an area heavily damaged and still under Israeli control. Yesterday, another body was located and sent to Tel Aviv for forensic testing.

At the time of the ceasefire, 28 hostages were declared dead, but still being held captive in Gaza. Six remain. Our personal journey might have reached its conclusion, but it is only a temporary one. Hostage families met earlier in the week with the government coordinator demanding the government do more to get the remaining hostages home. Slow progress on the return of the bodies has reportedly stalled talks between Israel and Hamas

from progressing to phase two of the U.S. brokered peace plan. Crystal Gamanssing, CBC News, Jerusalem. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings. Thank you.