The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/11 at 19:00 EST

Episode Date: November 12, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/11 at 19:00 EST

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ceremony. Some 30,000 people came out in below freezing conditions. This year marks 107 years since the end of the First World War and 80 since the end of the second. Some veterans say they may lose out after changes to how disability pensions are calculated were laid out in the recent federal budget. The veterans worry it could mean less money. David Thurton reports. I think it's a really nasty little remembrance day gift that's been hidden in the budget. Sean Breyer is a former intelligence officer in the Canadian Air Force. He says he's upset about proposed changes to disability benefits. The changes were announced quietly in the federal budget. In it, a couple of lines signaled Ottawa's intention to modify the formula for how disability pensions are calculated for current members of the military, veterans, and serving and retired RCMP. Veterans Affairs Minister Jill McKnight confirmed the modification, increases will be based on the Consumer Price Index alone.

So what we're doing is making an adjustment to bring it in line with many other services and benefits that are offered and bringing it in line across government for consistency. But will they be beginning less money? My understanding is that we are going to be having everything in alignment across government now. The minister did not answer the question, but Brieet is convinced vets will lose out. David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa. Prime Minister Mark Carney will include, at least, least two critical mineral projects in his next announcement on nation building.

CBC News has learned some details of the six projects that will be on the list. They include mines in New Brunswick and Ontario, as well as a liquefied natural gas project in BC and a hydro project in a callowit. Carney will make the announcement on Thursday. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario says it's receiving a rush of applications from Quebec doctors. Many are considering leaving that province outraged over a bill that passed last month. Michelle Song has more.

This is just the final nail for so many people. Dr. Trevor Hennessy is one of a slew of doctors resigning in Quebec. Two weeks ago, the province passed the controversial bill too, which links doctors pay to performance targets. Dr. Hennessy says the bill doesn't address the existing lack of resources within the health care system. How can we meet those operating targets? one, we have nine out of 12 rooms closed from lack of nurses. But the law says it's our fault.

More than 260 Quebec doctors have since applied to work in Ontario, according to the regulatory college for doctors in the province. But the president of the Ontario Medical Association, Zaynam Abduraman, says Ontario shouldn't benefit from another province's loss. Our goal is for each province to feel all the physicians there to feel that they can be part of the process to make the healthcare system better. Bill 2 is set to take effect in the new year. Michelle Song, CBC News, Toronto. A Chinese woman who conned investors out of billions of dollars

has been sentenced to 11 years in jail in the UK. Cheyenne Jamin ran a Ponzi scheme in China and stole funds from thousands of Chinese pensioners. UK prosecutors say she used the money to buy Bitcoin and fled to London in 2017 using a fake passport. An investigation led to the largest cryptocurrency seizure in UK history. Will Lynn is with the UK National Crime Agency. These funds originated from a large-scale fraud that targeted and harmed more than 128,000

victims in China from 2014 to 2017. Many people lost their life savings and the emotional and financial impact on them was devastating. More than 80 people involved in orchestrating the scheme have also been convicted in China. And that is the world this hour for CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scandaris.