The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/18 at 05:00 EST

Episode Date: November 18, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/18 at 05:00 EST

Is your home ready for the next big snowstorm? You can take action to help protect your home from extreme weather. Discover prevention tips that can help you be climate ready at keep it intact.ca. From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Neil Kumar. Mark Carney's government has survived a crucial budget vote, maintaining the confidence of Parliament by a slim margin. As a result, it means Canadians' world. won't be heading to the polls for a second time this year.

Kate McKenna has more from Parliament Hill. The budget vote was a nail-biter that could have sparked an election. In the end, it passed, ushered through by one opposition MP supporting it, and four not voting at all. The Liberals started the day two votes shy of what they needed, with the conservatives in Blockhevecois saying they'd vote against the budget, though the Prime Minister appeared confident. Prime Minister, how are you going to get your budget passed?

More people are going to vote for it and then against it. And that happened in part because two NDP MPs abstained and two conservative MP also didn't vote. For weeks, Green Party MP Elizabeth May signaled she may not support the budget until she got this last-minute reassurance. We will respect our Paris commitments for climate change and we're determined to achieve them. I'm going to vote yes. Mark Carney passed his first budget without having to give any concessions to the opposition. It's a strategy that worked on this budget but might not work on all confidence votes, Moving forward. Kate McKenna, CBC News, Ottawa.

A vote will be held today by the U.S. House of Representatives in an effort to force the release of investigative files on the late sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. On Sunday, Trump changed his stance just days after House petition gathered enough support to force a vote. Let the Senate look at it, let anybody look at it. But don't talk about it too much because, honestly, I don't want to take it away from us. Trump is now calling on Republicans to vote on the release of the files.

Transport Canada will be surrendering most of its aviation wing to Canada's Defense Department in a plan that is shrouded in secrecy. The move of the Federal Department's core aviation services was flagged in the recent federal budget. However, as Murray Brewster tells us, neither Transport nor the finest department will say what the integration will mean for coastal surveillance and the military. Let's be frank. The reason this is happening is to increase the percentage of gross domestic product that Canada spends on defense.

Arctic defense expert Michael Byers, but why Transport Canada's aviation fleet is being folded into national defense. How do you fulfill those essential civilian functions that the Coast Guard and Transport Canada fulfill? Since it was tabled in the budget, CBC News has asked both Transport Canada and the Finance Department about the implications. They've refused to explain, saying information will be released in due course. Transport Canada has 52 aircraft with a strictly civilian function. The merger of Transport Canada's aviation wing with D&D is, likely to be even more complicated, especially given that the department recently accepted

delivery of an Israeli-made drone for Arctic surveillance, a capability the Air Force won't have for a few years. Murray Brewster, CBC News, Ottawa. With snow on the ground in some parts of Canada, snowbird season is officially underway, but fewer Canadians are expected to flock to the U.S. this year. Julia Wong reports. It was just a beautiful lifestyle. For 10 years, retiree, Joanne Rowe, spent her winter.

in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. But after tariff tensions and annexation threats from U.S. President Donald Trump... That's when I thought I'm getting out of here. This year, she will go to Mexico instead. Canadian snowbers normally flock to the Sunshine State. But the most recent Florida tourism figures show a 20% drop from the same time last year. At the beachside Atlantic Hotel and Spa, sales director Amy Faulkner laments their loss. Canadian occupancy at the hotel is down 5% since the start of 20%.

They spend money when they come here. All of that adds up very quickly and we miss it. That sentiment echoed by Hollywood Florida Mayor Josh Levy. We see our Canadian visitors that are contributing to the local economy. An economic relationship, the mayor and Florida businesses hope withstand the prevailing winds of politics. Julia Wong, CBC News, Hollywood, Florida. And that is the world this hour. For CBS News, I'm Neil Kumar.

Thank you.