The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/10 at 15:00 EST

Episode Date: November 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/10 at 15:00 EST

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From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Stephanie Scanderas. Canada has lost its status as a measles-free country. The Public Health Agency of Canada says the demotion comes because of an outbreak that dates back to October of last year. It's believed to have started in New Brunswick and has since spread to most other provinces. Dr. Lenora Saxinger is an infectious diseases specialist at the University of Alberta.

She says ideology undermining the science on vaccines has become a bigger problem since the COVID-19 pandemic. And that it is something that I think we have to take super seriously because, you know, at the end of the day, at the moment, it looks like we're heading back to the early 1900s in terms of the childhood preventable diseases. And it's something that can be prevented. More than 5,000 people have been infected in this measles outbreak. Canada will now have to submit its plan to eliminate measles to the Panamerian. health organization. Prime Minister Mark Carney is getting to work selling his budget to Canadians. In New Brunswick, he spoke about prioritizing buying Canadian for large infrastructure projects.

Kate McKenna has those details. We're going to build. But it's not just about what we build. It's also how we build. Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada needs to become its own best customer. Speaking at a modular home business, he says the government's buy Canadian strategy will involve new rules to make sure Canadian companies are used to build new infrastructure. Ensuring that as much as possible of that $70 billion we're planning to invest in the roads, bridges and community centers on which Canadians rely, comes from Canadian-made suppliers. Kearney hasn't said how this will work. And some critics warn it could drive up costs depending on what the government does next.

All of this is partially in response to Donald Trump's trade war and the tariffs on steel and aluminum that hurt Canadian industry. Kate McKenna, CBC News, Ottawa. A dead humpback whale has been found near Lascetti Island between Vancouver and mainland BC. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans confirms the adult whale was found on Friday. It was known as polyphemous and was first spotted in 2004. It was known to migrate between Hawaii and BC. It's unclear what led to the whale's death, but the DFO calls it an unfortunate incident that it continues to investigate.

The U.S. Senate is advancing. a funding bill poised to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. For weeks, Democrats held out on lending their support, demanding concessions from Republicans on health care. Well, last night, several Democrats sided with Senate Republicans in exchange for a future vote on extending health subsidies. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffrey says this does not signal the end of the Democrats' fight. We will sit down with any Republicans, any time, any place, anywhere, in order to find a bipartisan path forward, but we're not down with their my way or the highway approach to

governance. That's failed the American people. The vote still has several hurdles to pass. Senate will first debate the funding bill before the House returns and adopts the deal. And U.S. President Donald Trump has hosted Syrian leader Ahmed al-Shara at the White House. Al-Shara once had ties to al-Qaeda and had a 10 million U.S. dollar bounty on his head. Last December, he led the rebel forces that toppled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. This meeting comes after the U.S. lifted sanctions imposed on Syria. It's the first time a Syrian head of state has visited the White House since the country gained independence from France in 1946.

And finally, guess who's back? No time, no time, no time, no time. It seems Canadian rockers, Randy Backman, and Burton Cummings have found some time to go touring again. The two founding members of the Guess Who have announced a cross-country tour slated for next year. It comes on the heels of them reuniting for a series of cruise ship performances. It's the first time in 23 years they will perform together. The Taking It Back tour starts May 26th in Moncton.

And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scanderas. Thank you.