The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/09 at 03:00 EST

Episode Date: November 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/09 at 03:00 EST

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and a digital business library full of on-demand resources. Benefit together with Chambers Plan. Learn more at hellochambers.ca. from cbc news the world this hour i'm mike miles many families in nunavut are anxiously waiting to hear of a federal program called the inuit child first initiative will be reinstated in the federal budget the program started in 2022 offering monthly food vouchers per child as a respite from the high cost of food which abruptly took a halt in march of this year putting a lot of families back into poverty as juanita taylor reports the uncertainty of the

program has families and leaders wanting answers. When we would get the funding, I would try to have meat, dairy, vegetables. Taina Ashuna was buying healthy food for her two boys. With a thousand-dollar food voucher, she was receiving every month for about half a year. Food high in prices. When our funding would be gone, we'd have either cereal, toast, craft dinner. The Rankin Inlet Mom hopes to once again receive that money from the Inuit Child First Initiative or ICFI. But it abruptly stopped for no clear reason, even though it's in place until March

2026. The Carney government's first budget shows a zero commitment after that. It's quite concerning that they're asking us to trust them. NDPMP for Nunavut, Lori Idlout, says she's been pushing for a commitment for continued ICFI funding but hasn't gotten a response. Making us wait when we know that there are immediate needs that need to be, met for inmate families. Juanita Taylor CBC News, Yellowknife. Manitoba Prebrier Wob Knew is telling the province's new Democrats not to take anything for granted. The party's getting ready for an election two years from now, with some polls suggesting

the party's support has grown since the 2023 provincial election. Canoe was hinting the next vote could be sooner. Well, I think at this point, it's just a reality, right? Like, we're not going to go longer than two years. Could maybe be earlier, so everybody needs to get ready. The party's begun nominating candidates for the next provincial election. Scott Moe has received another vote of confidence from the Saskatchewan Party, the Premier getting 80% support from delegates to the party's convention.

This is not the time for any of us in this room or in this province to in any way become complacent. We at every level cannot afford to take anything for granted. While Moe led the party to a fifth straight majority last year, he took responsibility for losses in Regina and Stateness. Saskatoon, adding the party needs to do better in the next election. He's let the Saskatchewan party since 2018. U.S. aviation officials have grounded all MD-11 cargo planes. That's the model that crashed and burned Tuesday in Louisville, Kentucky, leaving at least 14 people dead. The

Federal Aviation Administration wants all MD-11s to undergo further inspection. As global climate negotiations begin in Brazil, Canada's climate minister is insisting this nation is a leader when it comes herbing greenhouse gas emissions. In an interview with CBC's One on Earth, Julie DeBruzen says the recent budget shows the government's commitment on climate, even as it supports fossil fuel expansion. Laura Lynch reports. Short on details, vague on some commitments, the government's recent climate competitiveness strategy isn't easy to decipher. But Climate Minister Julie DeBruzen says Ottawa is embracing the target of

cutting emissions by up to 50 percent within a decade. The minister says Canada goes into international climate talks with a good reputation. We absolutely have credibility. The fact that we have an industrial carbon price is important and is recognized. But political scientist Catherine Harrison of UBC disagrees. I think we're pretty far behind to call ourselves a leader. And we have this separate issue that we don't talk about that much, which is the volume of fossil fuels that we are exporting to other countries.

Canada is behind the European Union and others when it comes to shrinking emissions, but terror fights have made pipelines more attractive to a federal government trying to strike the right balance to both trim emissions and support oil and gas. Laura Lynch, CBC News, Vancouver. What on Earth airs later this morning on CBC Radio 1 at 11, 1130 in Newfoundland. That is, The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.