The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/07 at 13:00 EST

Episode Date: November 7, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/07 at 13:00 EST

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It now stands at 6.7% down from 7.1 in September. Statistics Canada says 67,000 new jobs were added to the economy in October. Peter Armstrong has more. We were warned these numbers can be volatile, and boy, did they deliver. This is way higher than anyone expected. and adds another month to a season of pretty wild swings. Remember, we added 83,000 jobs in June, then lost 105,000 jobs in July and August.

September saw that rebound of 60,000 jobs, and now October added 67,000 jobs. So a lot of swings there, but these gains do pick up on the momentum from September. Big gains in the area's hardest hit by the trade war. Wholesale trade is up. Transportation and warehousing is up. The city of Windsor, which had seen the unemployment rate rise to 11%

clawed at least some of that back to 9.6%. The question, of course, is whether this is just another blip or perhaps a real sign of some stabilization in the Canadian economy. We'll need more data to say yes or no to that one way or the other. Peter Armstrong, CBC News, Toronto. Later this hour, MPs will vote on a Block Quebecois amendment to the federal budget. It calls for the budget to be rejected on the base. basis that it's, quote, harmful to Quebec. This is the latest hurdle the minority liberal

government will have to clear yesterday. MPs defeated a similar budget motion from the conservatives. The Supreme Court of Canada is ordering a new trial for a Quebec man accused of sexual assault. The victim said she couldn't remember most of what had happened, but the top court ruled that she can still provide evidence about consent. Olivia Stefanovic explains. On the question of giving consent, Canadian law says it must be voluntary and someone must have the mental capacity to do so. Otherwise, the sexual activity might constitute sexual assault. That's the issue at the center of a new top court decision.

The Supreme Court of Canada is ordering a new trial for Frederick Rue, a Quebec man accused of sexually assaulting a woman he previously dated. She says she has no clear memory of what happened and believes she may have been drugged. The majority of the High Court says the trial judge that acquitted Rue focused too much on the woman's lack of memory and ignored other signs that she may have been incapable of consenting. The majority says judges must look at the full picture when deciding whether someone has the capacity to consent, including a person's evidence about their physical and mental state, before, during, and after sexual activity.

Olivia Stefanovic, CBC News, Ottawa. More than 2,000 flights across the U.S. are canceled or delayed because of unprecedented strain on air traffic controllers. For several weeks now, they have been working without pay due to that ongoing U.S. government shutdown. The Federal Aviation Administration says flight reductions will start at 4% and reach 10% by the end of next week. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says that number is somewhat arbitrary, but the goal is to keep airspace safe. It is a art that we're trying to deploy to keep people safe in the airspace. And we're trying to prevent the pressure that we now see building in the system. The government shutdown is now into its 38th day, the longest in U.S. history.

Democrats are holding out on voting for a funding bill until they receive concessions on health care from Republicans. And Denmark will become the first country in Europe to ban children from using social media. We're standing in a situation in Denmark where far too many young people, far too many children are having a profile on a big social media platform. Denmark's Minister for Digital Affairs, Carolyn Olson, says the age minimum will be set at 15 for certain social media platforms. She didn't specify which ones or how these restrictions will be enforced. The announcement follows a similar move by Australia. And that is The World This Hour for CBC News.

I'm Kate McGilfrey.