The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/15 at 03:00 EST

Episode Date: November 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/15 at 03:00 EST

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On Monday, the government is scheduled to hold a vote on Mark Carney's first budget. It's a confidence motion, so it could spark an election. And right now, the government says it doesn't necessarily have the votes to pass. Host of CBC Radio's The House. Catherine Cullen has more. The conservatives don't support the budget. The Black Quebecois doesn't support the budget. And the NDP doesn't support the budget.

Liberal House leader Stephen McKinnon has been saying for weeks that other parties are not prepared to line up with his party's budget. Even with a recent floor crossing from the conservatives, the liberals are two votes shy of getting their budget passed. Elizabeth May is the only Green Party MP to win the last election. She had initially suggested she wouldn't vote for the budget, but now says she's negotiating with the liberals. Even if May was on side, the liberals would still need one more vote. So does May believe we could be headed towards the government falling and the possibility of an election? Well, I think it's very clear that the mood of the country is, please no. But elections have happened in the past by accident.

McKinnon says he expects opposition MPs will have to spend the weekend doing some soul searching. Catherine Cullen, CBC News, Ottawa. Lots more analysis of what could happen Monday, including the full interview with Elizabeth May on the House. That's after the 9 o'clock news, 9.30 in Newfoundland, or wherever you get podcasts. The smoke is cleared following the destruction of a busy seafood processing plant in Newfoundland in Labrador. But questions remain about what the future holds for this important business and a string of coastal communities in St. Mary's Bay. Terry Roberts reports.

A fierce windstorm, rattled homes, toppled trees, and pounded Newfoundland's coastline with gigantic waves on November 4th. At the height of what forecasters were calling a weather bomb, fire erupted at the seafood processing plant in St. Mary's, a small community on the southern Avalon Peninsula. Within hours, the economic heart of a region that had been on the upswing was buried under steaming rubble. Patricia Gibbons worked at the plant

and had a front row seat to the inferno. Well, you could hear the crackling of the fire and probably one of the propane tanks just exploding and it was terrifying. Days later, the winds have subsided. and investigators are still probing the fire. So what's next for the plant? The owners are not saying whether they'll rebuild. So hundreds of workers are in limbo.

And what appeared to be a bright future for so many is now filled with uncertainty and worry. Terry Roberts, CBC News, St. Mary's. As the Saskatchewan Rough Riders and Montreal Alouettes were warm up for this weekend's Great Cup in Winnipeg, CFL Commissioner Seward Johnson's looking to the future, saying he'd love to see the league expand to 10 teams. Johnston is in Winnipeg for the Great Cup festivities and was asked about seeing another

city with a franchise. For decades, Halifax is lobbied for one, but Johnson says there are discussions with a number of places, including in Atlantic Canada and Quebec City. We want that interested group that's going to have the financial wherewithal, the political connections, and the infrastructure plan to pull us into a community because they've done the work. And we give them a lot of background in order to do so. So those conversations are happening across the country. I'm looking forward to seeing where they go. Johnson did not stay where the talk stand

or if another team will be added to the league. A stuffed bunny left behind in Lake Louise, Alberta is getting adventurous. Found on a shuttle bus this summer, Parks Canada staff is now named the stuffed animal Bunf. They've posted photos of Bunf in different places in Banff National Park like Maureen Lake and the Icefields Parkway in hopes of finding its owner. Blake Guerrera is a media officer with Parks Canada. Sharing this bunny story is a creative way to connect visitors

and share that responsible visitation message. Just highlight the strong memories and connections that people form in the Mountain National Parks here. Parks Canada staff is hopeful Bunnp's owner will see their post and reunite with the bunny. Better hop to it. That is the world this hour for CBC News. I'm Mike Miles.