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

Episode Date: November 18, 2025

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

You know that feeling when you reach the end of a really good true crime series? You want to know more, more about the people involved, where the case is now, and what it's like behind the scenes. I get that. I'm Kathleen Goldhar and on my podcast, Crime Story, I speak with the leading storytellers of true crime to dig deeper into the cases we all just can't stop thinking about. Find crime story wherever you get your podcasts. from cbc news it's the world this hour i'm joe cummings prime minister mark carney's foreign travel continues carney is flying today to the ua e and from there to johannisburg for the g20 summit the trip comes as his minority government narrowly survived

a budget vote yesterday it passed by just two votes with four MPs abstaining and and Green Party leader Elizabeth May voting in favor after being assured the Liberals remain committed to meeting the Paris climate targets. Still with the Liberal budget, among other things, it highlights a plan that will see Transport Canada surrender most of its aviation wing to the Defense Department. But it turns out that plan is shrouded in secrecy.

Murray Brewster has more. 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 about 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, ABC News, Ottawa. Still in Ottawa, the King and Queen of Sweden have begun a three-day state visit to Canada. On the grounds of Rideau Hall, that is King Carl Gustav and Queen Sylvia being welcomed by a Canadian delegation headed up by Chief Justice Richard Wagner. He is filling in for Governor General Mary Simon, who's recovering from a respiratory illness.

For the Swedish Royals, it is their first visit to Canada since 2006. Among other events, they will be the guests of honor tonight at a state dinner. Now to Washington, where the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote today on the full release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Willie Lowry has more. We expect the House to vote in favor of compelling the Justice Department to release the Epstein files. The fact that this has been a bipartisan effort led by Republican Thomas Massey and Democrat Roe-Kana suggests the numbers are there. President Donald Trump's reversal over the weekend suddenly supporting the release of these files is another indication that the House will likely vote in favor of the release.

But don't expect to see the files anytime soon. It would be up to the Senate to even decide if it wants to vote on the bill. It's under no obligation. And so far, Senate Majority Leader John Thune has been mum on the issue. If the Senate votes on the bill and it passes, it's then up to Trump to sign off on it. And then, finally, the Department of Justice would be compelled to release the files. There is another way. Trump could circumvent all these votes and simply order the attack.

Attorney General to release the documents. Willie Lowry, CBC News, Washington. Manitoba is looking to do away with most sick notes. CBC News has learned the provincial government wants to ban employers from demanding sick notes unless the employee has been away from work for at least seven calendar days. The organization Doctors Manitoba is thrilled with the idea. President Nichelle de Salette says writing sick notes is a waste of time. The vast majority of these illnesses are not verified.

If someone comes to the clinic and tells me that they've been unwell with a gastrointestinal illness, I have no way of confirming that outside of observation. Manitoba is one of only two provinces currently without rules governing the use of sick notes. The proposed legislation is expected to be mentioned today in the provincial government's throne speech. And that is the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. Thank you.