The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/11 at 21:00 EST

Episode Date: November 12, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/11 at 21:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Neil Hurland. We begin in Ottawa. A piper plays the flowers of the forest lament at the National War Memorial. The song marked the end of the two minutes of silence, the National Remembrance Day ceremony. Some 30,000 people came out in freezing conditions. This year marks 107 years since the end of the First World War

and 80 since the end of the second. Well, some veterans say they may lose out after changes to how disability pensions are calculated were laid out in the recent federal budget. As David Thurton reports, the veterans worry it could mean less money. I think it's a really nasty little Remembrance Day gift that's been hidden in the budget.

Sean Brouier 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 their modification, increases will be based on the Consumer Price Index alone.

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 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 B.C. and a hydroelectric project in Acaloit. Carney will make the announcement Thursday in Prince Rupert, B.C. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is hosting her G7 counterparts in southern Ontario this evening and tomorrow. Shifting economic alliances will be top of mind. One of Anand's first meetings is with a country that isn't a member of the G7, but is invited as a guest. India. Rafi Bujicanan reports from Niagara on the lake. The government seems very intent on resetting its relationship with India. This is a continuation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra

Modi's visit to Alberta during the G7 and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand's own trip to India earlier this fall. But of course, this recent thought is coming after a dramatic two years between Ottawa and New Delhi, after former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused agents of the Indian government of being involved in the assassination of a Canadian six separatists on Canadian soil. An accusation India denied, but Anand insists it is now openly cooperating on the investigation. We are ensuring that these rule of law concerns, that these public safety concerns are foremost in the advancement of the relationship. We're seeing these baby steps on the relationship advancing, both on the economic and security

front. Rafi Bucanion, CBC News, Niagara on the lake. More than 260 Quebec doctors have applied to work in Ontario in recent weeks. That number comes from the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons. The regulatory body got a surgeon applicants after the Quebec government passed a controversial bill. It links doctors pay to performance targets. Dr. Trevor Hennessy is considering a move to Ontario. It's a sign of the distress that for years we've been doing all we can to care for our population and care for our patients, but this is just the final nail for so many people where they just can't continue. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland. Thank you.