The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/16 at 14:00 EST

Episode Date: November 16, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/16 at 14:00 EST

Don't you just love those days when you're sitting alone, maybe reading or listening to a podcast and not talking to anyone? According to Kieran Desai, author of The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, sometimes solitude can be a gift. There was nothing more beautiful than being alone, watching the snow falls slowly outside, starting to write myself. So it was kind of a heaven, really. Next time you're settling in for some quality alone time, head to bookends with Matea Roach to hear that conversation. Available now wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. The political battle over the federal budget comes to a head tomorrow with a vote in the House of Commons.

Budget votes are considered confidence votes, which means if the minority liberals lose, we could be heading back to the polls in a snap election. Chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton looks at the potential outcomes. The possibility of an election is real, but I would say the likelihood is small. There is no party that wants an election right now, but mistakes can happen. The government's only two votes short for the budget to pass, this after a conservative crossed the floor to join the liberal caucus. So those two votes could come from two MPs who choose to support the budget.

They could come from two MPs who abstain from the vote entirely. The conservatives and the Bloch, Quebecois, say they will vote against the budget. So the most likely options here for cooperation will come either from the NDP and its seven MPs or from Green Party leader Elizabeth May. You know, the real vulnerability in selling the budget, the plan to Canadians is convincing them that this is the right response for the moment we're in. And particularly that that deficit of $78 billion is worth what the government deems necessary investment to reshape the Canadian economy, respond to the tariffs put in place by Donald Trump. Rosemey Barton, CBC News, Ottawa. A critical civil emergency and dangerous persons alert has been lifted by Alberta RCMP

for communities in the northern part of the province. The alert was issued after three armed suspects were reported to be shooting at people near the Peerless Trout First Nation area last night. RCMP confirms the suspects stole several firearms around 12.30 p.m. near Red Earth Creek. And later, they fled on foot into the woods. It's now believed the suspect

have exited that area. The RCMP says the search continues for the suspects. BC Premier David Eby has been given a vote of confidence by his party, with delegates at this weekend's provincial NDP convention deciding against a leadership review. And he had a message for neighboring Premier Daniel Smith, calling her proposal for a pipeline carrying bitumen from Alberta to the BC coastline, a pipe dream. The reality is that that pipeline across the north is never going to happen. And it is threatening the coalition of support that we have between First Nations and Northern communities and others for tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars of investment that are real with real companies that are actually happening.

Smith has been optimistic. A pipeline would be added to the Prime Minister's list of so-called nation-building projects. And Carney's been hinting it would happen. The public feud between Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Green is growing. The former Trump loyalist accuses the U.S. president of putting her life in danger through, his online attacks. Posting on X, Taylor Green says Trump has made her a target for threats. The two have had a falling out over Trump's handling of the Epstein files and other issues. On his social media, Trump calls her wacky, a traitor, a ranting lunatic, and a disgrace to the Republican Party.

Well, we're just hours away from kickoff in this year's Grey Cup. The Montreal Alouettes face the Saskatchewan Rough Riders in the championship game. And Jay Turnbull is at the stadium in Winnipeg with a preview. The game is still hours away, but people have gathered here for the pregame tailgate parties. The Rinkup always attracts CFL fans from across the country, ready for a party. And this, the 112th edition, is no different. I've seen a lot of green and white Rough Rider jerseys this week, a ton of blue bomber jerseys, but even fans from BC, Edmonton, Toronto, and of course Montreal. Saskatchewan had the best record in the league this season. Deloettes did not finish first in the east, but ended up knocking off both the

Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Hamilton Tiger Cats to get to the championship game. The success of the Elouettes rides in the health of their quarterback. Davis-Alexander has been nursing a hamstring injury, but he's been insisting all week that he's healthy and ready to go. The Elouettes last won the Great Cup just two years ago. For Saskatchewan, it's been a little bit longer. It was back in 2013. Jay Turnbull, CBC News, Winnipeg.

And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina. Louise Phillips.