The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/13 at 20:00 EST

Episode Date: November 14, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/13 at 20:00 EST

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Join us. Because kids these days, we need you more than ever. Donate at GeoFoundation.com. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilvery. Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled seven new major projects to be fast-tracked for approval. They include mines in New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario, a liquid natural gas project, and a new electricity transmission line in BC, and a hydroelectric project in Nunavut's capital, Ecaloit.

Today is not just about what we build, it's also about how we build. We're building sustainably, in each case, reducing emissions and investing in a clean energy future. We're building in solidarity with Canadian workers. And we are always building in partnership with indigenous peoples. Of course, there was no oil and gas pipeline on that list of nation-building projects, long a key demand from Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. But today, Smith expressed support for this list and said she's hopeful pipelines will be built. We're in the midst of negotiations with the federal government on an MOU that includes the removal of the bad laws chasing away private investment in our energy sector and an agreement to work towards the ultimate approval of an Alberta to BC bitumen pipeline as well as the pathways project. And I am cautiously optimistic on the progress that we've been able to make on that front.

Smith said the negotiations are in the final stage and Albertans will know in the coming days whether Ottawa will support Alberta's economic. future. Canada's spy agency says the radicalization of young people is on the rise. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says nearly one in ten terrorism investigations involves at least one subject under the age of 18. CIS director Dan Rogers says it remains one of the country's top security concerns. Increasingly, violent extremists with these different ideologies find common causes through their shared targets. And they easily access and amplify content online that radicalizes them and reinforces their view that violence is justified to achieve their extremist goals.

Several minors were arrested this year, accused of plotting religious or ideologically motivated attacks across Canada. An update now to a story we brought you earlier this week about pension benefits for military veterans. On Tuesday, the Veterans Affairs Minister told CBC News the federal budget included revisions to how disability pensions would be calculated. Advocates criticized that measure, arguing vets would lose thousands of dollars. Now, a clarification from the finance minister's office on those proposed changes,

saying they'll only apply to the RCMP and not to veterans. The U.S. Justice Department is suing California to block its new congressional district boundaries. Voters in the state approved those new maps last week. The measure could give California Democrats five more seats in the House of Representatives. Attorney General Pam Bondi calls California. California's redistricting scheme, a brazen power grab. California took the step in response to similar Republican-led efforts in Texas and other states, backed by Donald Trump. And police in Hamilton, Ontario, arrested a man who took a city bus for a joy ride.

And although police say the stunt was dangerous, they admit the fake driver did a pretty good job behind the wheel. Philip LeShanock has more. Police say the bus was left idling at a downtown Hamilton bus terminal. The driver had exited the bus for their scheduled break. When they returned, the bus was gone. Trevor McKenna of the Hamilton Police Services says 10 passengers were aboard, so officers followed at a safe distance. Because we didn't want to spook them.

We didn't want to activate our roof lights. We didn't want to make this a tragedy. We wanted to just stop the vehicle safely and get everyone off. McKenna said the man was seen stopping for passengers and even collected fares. He would come across a bus stop and he would open the doors and let people on and off. McKenna says after about 15 minutes, police arrested a 36-year-old unhoused man and recovered the bus. Not a ding on the bus, so it's funny, but at the same time, it's serious. We're thankful that nothing serious happened, but the potential was there.

Police charged the unidentified man with theft and driving while prohibited. Philip Lee Schenock, CBC News, Toronto. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey. Thank you.