The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/14 at 08:00 EST

Episode Date: November 14, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/14 at 08:00 EST

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Join us. Because kids these days, we need you more than ever. Donate at GeoFoundation.com. from cbc news it's the world this hour i'm joe cummings on your morning commute today consider that for many canadians the drive to and from work has never been longer but there is at least a partial solution to the country's growing highway congestion problem however most provinces refuse to consider it With CBC's Marketplace, here's Chris Glover. Research analyzed by Marketplace shows commutes across the country are getting longer,

especially in Montreal, Vancouver, and Toronto. Due to construction, population growth, and lack of capacity, data shows congestion in those cities is up to 5% worse now compared to 2019. It's inevitable. It has to come. Civil engineer Behaer Abdulhai says adding a fee to key routes would reduce demand during peak hours. Congestion pricing is not a matter of if, it's a matter of when. In January, congestion pricing was set up in New York City. That's why drivers have suddenly become supporters of congestion pricing.

Jan O'Leber runs the program and says on average, traffic is moving 20 minutes faster. But in Canada, provincial governments must approve new highway charges. Ontario's transport minister, Prab meets Arcaria, says no. It's something that we just absolutely fundamentally disagree with. Beyond adding a congestion price in the past few years, premieres in Ontario, Nova Scotia, and British Columbia removed tolls. Chris Clever, CBC News, Toronto. With seven more major projects added this week to the Kearney government's major projects office,

the prime minister is insisting his revamping of the Canadian economy is well underway. But it's not clear at this point if that's truly the case. Janice McGregor explains. Leaps were being made yesterday. I saw an environmental group put out a press release, for example, incorrectly stating that the Silism's proposal had been designated as a project of national interest. Premier Susan Holt was also talking about the tungsten mine in New Brunswick being of national interest. But in fact, the Prime Minister's office confirmed that none of the referrals to the major projects office

so far amount to an official declaration that would trigger the stronger, some would say more draconian powers, to push through a project that the Carney government passed into law last June. CEO of Northern Ontario's Crawford-Nickel project said, just getting this referral could help attract international investors. But conservative leader Pierre Pollyev was pointing out that these referrals haven't actually sped anything up yet. They've just added another step to the process with the Prime Minister shown up to take credit for things that were going to happen anyway. Janice McGregor, CBC News, Ottawa. Meanwhile, a report comes out this morning on the liberal government's new budget.

It's from the parliamentary budget officer and it's expected to highlight. the high-risk areas of the government spending plan. I think that includes the new investment strategy and its projections for the federal deficit. The PBO report comes out ahead of next week's final parliamentary vote on the budget. The body of another hostage has been released by Hamas and formerly identified by Israeli authorities, which means as of today, the remains of three hostages are still in Gaza. Tom Perry reports. In a statement last night, Israeli Prime Minister,

Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed his country's efforts to bring the hostages home would not cease until the last body was returned. The return of the hostages was a key element in the U.S. brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, but an end to the violence in Gaza is just phase one. The U.S. is urging the United Nations to back President Donald Trump's wider 20-point peace plan. It requires Hamas to disarm an international stabilization force to provide security in Gaza, and the formation of a so-called Board of Peace, chaired by Trump, to oversee a transitional government for the territory. That plan is reportedly facing pushback at the UN from China, Russia, and some Arab countries.

Tom Perry, CBC News, Jerusalem. And that is the world this hour. For news any time, go to our website. We're at cBCNews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings. Thank you.