The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/14 at 17:00 EST

Episode Date: November 14, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/14 at 17:00 EST

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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has appointed an attorney to investigate notable Democrats and their relationships with Jeffrey Epstein. Move comes just hours after Donald Trump took to social media to demand this probe. Katie Nicholson has the latest. In a post on X, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi responded to an earlier post from Donald Trump. He had asked her to investigate prominent Democrats, like former president Bill Clinton, for alleged ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Bondi replied she had asked U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton from New York's Southern District to take the lead.

She said the department will pursue this with urgency and integrity. Clayton is a Trump ally who served as the Securities and Exchange Commissioner in the first Trump administration. Trump's post accused Democrats of perpetrators. what he called the Jeffrey Epstein hoax. Trump has so far avoided directly answering reporters' questions about a massive dump of Epstein's emails earlier this week, as well as a House vote slated for next week on releasing the Department of Justice's files on Epstein.

Katie Nicholson, CBC News, Washington. The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled against making changes to drunk driving tests in this country. The cases involved two New Brunswick men convicted of drunk driving, They questioned who could administer the breathalyzer tests and the quality of the evidence they produce. The top court dismissed both of those appeals in an eight-to-one split vote. The convictions in both cases stand. Conservative leader Pierre Pahliav is condemning the budget proposed by the Carney government,

and he says analysis by the interim parliamentary budget officer confirms his opinion. Today's parliamentary budget officer's report demonstrates that Mark Carney's costly credit card budget will mean higher grocery and housing bills and higher taxes. Canadians cannot afford the cost of Kearney. Jason Jakes, the interim parliamentary budget officer, says there's only a 10% chance that the government will stay within its deficit targets. He acknowledges that it's tight but says the government's finances are sustainable long term. Starting today, speed cameras are no longer allowed in the province of Ontario.

The Ford government calls the cameras a cash grab for municipalities and insists, there are better ways to slow down traffic and keep people safe. Mandy Sham reports. We should keep them. There is no question about it. Speed cameras work, says Mohamed Sami. The Toronto resident says replacing them with police officers means the price tag on public safety just got much higher. The Ford government insists better measures are coming.

More than $200 million worth of raised crosswalks, road signage, and police patrols. We do need things like speed bumps and wider sidewalks. Maddie Simeatikki is director of the Infrastructure Institute at the University of Toronto. He says the money earmarked by Premier Doug Ford is important, but it isn't nearly enough. If the speed cameras are coming out and with that the revenue, then it's going to fall on taxpayers now to pay for all of these solutions. Toronto's mayor is calling on the province to cover the full cost of crossing guards and cops. She says without speed cameras, Canada's biggest city is at a loss on how to fund these programs. Mandy Sham, CBC News, Toronto.

And the Saskatchewan Rough Riders will face off against the Montreal Alouettes in the 112th Grey Cup this weekend. This is the last game before some controversial CFL rule changes take effect next season. The league's been facing criticism since it announced those changes in September. Some fans and players are worried the sport is losing what makes it distinct from American football. But CFL Commissioner Stuart Johnston says that won't happen. We are three downs, 12 plus. players, unlimited motion, 65 yards wide, and huge end zones. The new rules embrace innovation and perpetual improvement

while protecting what makes Canadian football special. Johnston also says the league will be modernizing its digital platforms next season to connect with more fans and younger audiences. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilvery. Thank you.