The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/13 at 22:00 EST

Episode Date: November 14, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/13 at 22:00 EST...

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Starting point is 00:00:23 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 mike miles prime minister mark carney has announced a second batch of major infrastructure projects he wants approved quickly and again there's a focus on mining and energy evan dyer reports the reason for this meeting is to announce the second group the second tranche of major projects two months ago p m mark carney announced the first wave of nation building projects today six more
Starting point is 00:00:59 projects. By 2040, it's estimated the global LNG demand will rise by 60 percent, and Canada will be ready. A new liquid natural gas terminal, the Silasms project on BC's north coast, will be the second largest in Canada after the Kittamat LNG port approved in September. Kearney also announced approval of new transmission lines for northern BC to power further development in the region and three new mines aimed at extracting nickel, graphite, tungsten, and molybdenum in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. Finally, a new Inuit-owned hydro project for Callowit, which currently burns about 15 million liters of diesel a year for power. He says the projects will help to counter the losses Canada faces from Donald Trump's tariffs. Evan Dyer, CBC News, Ottawa. There was no oil
Starting point is 00:01:46 and gas pipeline on the list of nation building projects, though, long a key demand from Alberta Premier Daniel Smith. But today, Smith expressed support for the new list, and she said she's hopeful pipelines will get 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 says the negotiations are in the final stage and Albertans will know in the coming days whether Ottawa will support Alberters' economic future.
Starting point is 00:02:29 Anatova's premier is asking how releasing a man who was serving time for killing two women is justice. Wab Knew is reacting to the statutory release of Shom Lamb. He pleaded guilty of manslaughter in the deaths of Lorna Blacksmith and Carolyn Sinclair in 2012. Lamb got out today under parole board conditions. Canoe's writing to the Prime Minister calling for changes. It is about parole, it is about statutory release, it's about sentencing more generally, and just ensuring that if somebody takes multiple lives in our society, that they're going to be held accountable. Canoe questions how releasing someone like Lamb contributes to the community's sense of safety.
Starting point is 00:03:09 In downtown Winnipeg, dozens protest at the parole board decision. The day after the release of email suggesting closer links between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, the U.S. president's facing a vote that could see a... even more files getting made public. Katie Nicholson has more on the political pressure. With all due respect, this is not a hoax. Epstein survivor Haley Robson wants the president to make good on his campaign promise to release the DOJ's files.
Starting point is 00:03:36 The cat is out of the bag and the cat is not going back in the bag. So I'm not going away. Lawyer James Marsh represents some of Epstein's victims. He says after the dump of Epstein emails, thousands of emails without context, It's crucial the DOJ files are made public. We need to see what's in the actual files from the government, the FBI, to actually find out who knew what, when. Even if the bid to release the files passes the House, it may not make it pass the Republican-held Senate.
Starting point is 00:04:07 Donald Trump has always denied any wrongdoing in connection with Jeffrey Epstein, a friendship that started to sour in 2004, continuing to haunt the president decades later. Katie Nicholson, CBC News. Washington. The BBC is apologizing to U.S. President Trump. His lawyers demanded an apology and financial compensation for an edit of Trump's speech made on January 6th, 2021, just before the attack on the Capitol building.
Starting point is 00:04:36 The broadcasters agreed to never air the offending episode of the Panorama program again, but it rejected the demand for compensation, saying there's no basis for defamation claim. That is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.

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