The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/12 at 07:00 EST

Episode Date: November 12, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/12 at 07:00 EST

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and it's showing that the biggest hit to the american tourism sector this year comes from canadian travelers making plans to go elsewhere sophia harris reports i had no intention of going down there Snowbird Rina Hans of Toronto owns a condo in Florida. Even so, she's packing her bags instead for Costa Rica. Why would I want to give money into a country whose president has stated that they want to annex my country? Many Canadians feel the same way. Now, a new U.S. Travel Association report has tallied the cost. It forecasts a more than 3% decline in international tourism spending for 2025,

a close to $6 billion loss compared to the previous year. The main culprit says the association, fewer Canadian visitors. U.S. business management expert U.S. Haley warns the drop in tourism dollars could have a big impact on the U.S. economy. The tourism sector is labor intensive and the decline threatens thousands of jobs. The U.S. Travel Association predicts a rebound in international tourism next year. But some travelers, like Snowbird Hans, say they won't be returning until Trump is out of office. Sophia Harris, CBC News, Toronto. So senior diplomats from the G7 and eight other invited nations are gathered in southern Ontario's Niagara on the lake where they'll be hearing today from Ukraine's foreign minister. Anita Onond, Canada's foreign affairs minister, says today's meeting reaffirms the G7's collective support for Ukraine in the face of Russia's ongoing aggression. Also today, Anand will be meeting on the sideline with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The fragile relationship between Japan and China is being taken.

following recent comments by the new Japanese Prime Minister in Parliament. Malone Mullen has the details now from Tokyo. It was a hypothetical. If China were to attack Taiwan, then Japan would respond with force. But Prime Minister Sanehaki Aichi strayed from convention last week when she spoke those words to lawmakers. Normally, Japanese officials don't talk about Taiwan, tiptoeing around the question of who controls the Pacific Island. China doesn't govern it, but claims. to own it, with one diplomat calling Taiwan an inalienable part of Chinese territory.

Japan and China had only just shaken hands over a number of contentious topics. A recent summit between Takaichi and Chinese President Xi Jinping was reportedly a success, albeit a tentative one. But China now says it's protesting Takiichi's statement to her parliament, with one diplomat writing in a social media post that the dirty head that sticks itself in, must be cut off. There are calls now for that diplomat to be expelled. Malone-Meldon, CBC News, Tokyo. The Ontario Court of Appeal issues a ruling today on online gambling. It's determining whether the criminal code allows online gamblers in the province to gamble with people outside Canada.

Michelle Song explains. Liquidity is an important part of the gambling business. Don Bourgeois is a lawyer focused on the gaming sector. He says if Ontario's Court of Appeal determines that Ontarians could play against international gamblers. That would inflate the liquidity or the pool of money for games like poker. That would increase the entertainment value, the prizes. Eye Gaming Ontario is the agency that licenses private companies to operate online gambling sites. And the province takes 20% of their revenue.

But in other jurisdictions, only provincial lottery agencies run these schemes. And they're worried Ontario's proposal could lead to more illegal gambling, As they say, some Ontario regulated sites are already luring players from their provinces. Industry insiders hope the increased liquidity could bring players who sought out higher stakes in the black market back to the regulated sites. Michelle Song, CBC News, Toronto. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings. Thank you.