The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/15 at 23:00 EST

Episode Date: November 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/15 at 23:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. from cbc news the world this hour i'm mike miles on the heels of the government employee strike in bc that went on for nearly eight weeks the province's nurses union is next up at the bargaining table among the issues at play that current nurse patient ratios are not being met the cbc's troy charles has more it's early days for the bc nurses union as they work to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement one of the main sticking points for negotiations and for the health care system overall is attracting nurses back into the field who may have left, as well as maintaining established nurse-to-patient ratios. Premier David Eby. I mean, there is a vicious cycle with ratios. You know, a nurse wants to come back into a working

environment, and they're waiting to see if we establish the ratios, but we actually need those nurses to come back to hit the ratios. BC became the first province to adopt the standardized nurse-to-patient ratio plan in 2023. Nurses Union President Adrian Gears says there are a number of issues nurses are to work on in bargaining. I think that there's so much more that the government, the health authorities could be doing to improve the conditions of work. So in fact, nurses that are in the system are willing to stay and that nurses that are considering leaving don't. The union and the province will be back at the bargaining table next week. Troy Charles, CBC News, Vancouver. A report by a legal center in BC is drawing a connection between housing shortages and domestic violence.

The center is recommending that province make serious changes to its family law act to better protect survivors. Tainushi, but Nogor, has more. The housing crisis often leads people to stay in abusive relationships longer. Fry's Women's Legal Center lawyer Haley Remack is the author of, Should I Have Just Stayed, a report studying how some aspects of B.C.'s family law act impact survivors of intimate partner and family violence. On paper, it actually often looks like it was. works really well. And then you ask people about their experiences and you learn about the

disconnect. The Ministry of Attorney General told CBC News the government is reviewing the Act, including extending default protection order length to two years and ensuring more forms of family violence are recognized. Danishibat Nagar, CBC News, Vancouver. Volunteers in rural Nova Scotia were out Saturday, searching once again for Jack and Lily Sullivan. The two small children disappeared six months ago. An Ontario-based nonprofit, please bring me home led the search in Picto County, Nova Scotia. The RCMP is continuing its investigation. Police clashed with thousands of protesters outside the official residence of Mexican President Claudia Shanebaum. It started as a Gen Z demonstration, but grew as older supporters of

opposition parties joined in. They were protesting crime and corruption, including the recent assassination of a popular mayor. Before the demonstration, Shanebaum accused right-wing parties of trying to infiltrate the youth movement, but protesters got a boast from former president, Vincente Fox. At least 120 people were injured, 100 of them, police officers. From coffee to tropical fruit, U.S. President Donald Trump is rolling up, rolling back tariffs on more than 200 food imports.

The goal, lower prices, and to soothe consumer frustration at the grocery store. The decision does not affect Canadian goods. Tricia Kindleman has the details. Impact goods from Argentina, Ecuador, Ecuador, Guatemala, and El Salvador, many of which have seen double-digit year-over-year price increases.

It covers more than 200 items, ranging from oranges to cocoa. President Donald Trump says their goods not produced in America. For the most part, the foods when we cut back a little bit are those serfs, like tomatoes and bananas and things. We don't make them in this country.

So there's no protection of our industries or our food products. Consumers have remained frustrated over high grocery prices, which economists say is in part fueled by import duties. And prices could rise further next year as companies start passing on the full cost of tariffs. These exemptions won praise from many industry groups, while others expressed disappointment their products were excluded. Tricia Kindleman, CBC News, Toronto. That is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.