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

Episode Date: November 17, 2025

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

You may have heard of the sex cult nexium and the famous actress who went to prison for her involvement, Alison Mack. But she's never told her side of the story, until now. People assume that I'm like this pervert. My name is Natalie Robamed, and in my new podcast, I talked to Alison to try to understand how she went from TV actor to cult member and what she thinks of it all now. How do you feel about having been involved in bringing sexual trauma at other people? I mean, I don't even know how to answer that question. Alison, after nexium from CBC's on cover, is available now, wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Stephanie Scandaris.

We begin in Ottawa. I don't see any universe in which the government falls, none. Liberal MP Sean Casey is confident his government will survive tonight's budget vote. The fiscal policy tabled earlier this month calls for billions of dollars in spending focused on industry. It also proposes cuts to the public service. A failed vote would likely trigger an election. Conservative MP Michael Barrett says his party opposes the budget. I don't think that Canadians can afford the budget that Mark Carney's put in front of them.

It does nothing to address the core affordability issues that Canadians are facing after 10 years of a liberal government that looks a lot like this one. The Block Quebecois has also signaled it'll vote no. That means the NDP likely holds the key, but the party hasn't said which way it'll vote. Canada's inflation rate slowed down last month. Statistics Canada says it fell to 2.2% from 2.4 in September, largely due to lower gas prices.

Grocery prices grew at a slower pace last month, although they remain elevated and have been outpacing overall inflation for nine months in a row. Elsewhere in Ontario. This was a crime against places of peace and remembrance. Houghton police say they have arrested. two people in connection with more than 300 thefts from cemeteries in the greater Toronto area. A man and woman face dozens of charges for stealing items from mausoleums dating back to September.

Deputy Chief Roger Wilkie says eight locations were targeted and most of the thefts took place in broad daylight. The accused went to significant lengths to deceive property managers. Our investigation revealed that in some cases they posed as grieving family members in order to tour the premises before committing these crimes. Wilkie says the investigation continues and there could be more suspects. Britain's Labor government has announced a major overhaul of the country's asylum policy.

The changes come amid rising anti-immigration sentiment. So far this year, more than 110,000 people have claimed asylum in the UK. As Breyer Stewart reports, the reforms aim to reduce that number. The most significant reform to our migration system in modern times. The UK's home. Secretary Shabana Mahmoud says that the Labor government's new plan will help to stop people from coming to the country illegally and it will speed up the removal of those who've been denied permission to stay.

The government says currently 100,000 asylum seekers are living in hotels and other accommodations. To the British public who foot the bill, the system feels out of control and unfair. Under its reforms, the government is also restricting how long refugees have the right to remain in the UK. The five-year period will now be cut in half. People will only be allowed to stay longer if the government believes it's too dangerous for them to return home. They won't be eligible for permanent settlement for a period of 20 years and benefits will be curtailed. Breyer-Stewart, CBC News, London. President Donald Trump is calling on House Republicans to vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. The about-face comes as the House prepares to vote on a resolution on making the

documents public. Willie Lowry reports. So President Donald Trump's comments come after a week of mounting pressure from all sides to release the Epstein files. Up until now, we've seen Trump's reaction evolve from silence to anger. And finally, to this late-night diatribe on social media. In his post, he said, quote, House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files because we have nothing to hide. Just hours before his about-face, he told reporters the push to release the documents was a Democrat hoax.

So they're using Jeffrey Epstein as a deflection from the tremendous success that we're having as a party. So we expect the House to hold a vote on whether to release the files sometime this week. If it passes, it will then be up to the Senate and then Donald Trump to sign off on it. Willie Lowry, CBC News, Washington. And that's the world this hour.

For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scandaris.