The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/20 at 17:00 EST

Episode Date: November 20, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/20 at 17:00 EST

Okay, listen, I love a TV show that discusses the big topics of our time, whether it's AI or political corruption, but the morning show may have taken that concept a little bit too far from plotlines about Russian oligarchs to AI betrayals. The show kind of now feels like more of a superhero spy thriller movie situation than a workplace drama. So this week, I'm going to talk to some of the smartest critics that I know about what the heck is going on. For this episode and more, you can find and follow commotion with me, Alameen Abdu Mahmoud, wherever you get your podcast. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilfrey. Meat, potatoes, and a heaping serving of financial worry. Food is the top spending concern for most Canadians.

That's according to the latest Canadian Food Sentiment Index from Dalhousie University. The findings show that most people have changed the way they shop, cook, or consume to deal with rising prices. Sylvain Charlebois is the survey's lead author. If there is one word I can use to describe the data we collected, it's anxiety, really. People are concerned about food prices. Food prices are impacting their behavior, their choices, how they perceive inflation. The study also says that distrust in large retailers is growing due to what many Canadians see as unfair pricing. It adds that young Canadians are experiencing the fastest decline in food confidence.

Police and border services agents are looking for a man who escaped immigration custody in Calgary last night. The CBSA says Indian National Jack Deep Singh was undergoing a medical assessment at a Calgary hospital when he escaped. He's under investigation for suspicion of engaging in organized crime. A new report looking at health care around the world shows that there are clear links between privatization and higher mortality rates. This comes to several Canadian provinces embrace private for-profit health. health care services. Christine Birak reports. We can do better. A new Canadian report comparing 25 OECD countries found healthcare systems where patients privately pay for profit clinics for care are associated with worse outcomes and lower life expectancy. And Canada's got to pull up it sucks.

We are middling at best. Catherine Scott is a researcher at the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives, which authored the report. She says Canadians have public insurance, but many services are not covered and must be accessed privately. And now, provinces like Alberta are seeking to increase private for-profit health care options. You know, if you're interested in population health, you should be aware that these systems do not generate good health outcomes for the population. Obviously, our health care system is struggling a lot right now. Dr. Melanie Bouchard is with doctors for Medicare. But the way to fix it is really to give it appropriate resources to invest in primary and preventative care,

not to start looking at private options. Christine Birak, CBC News, Toronto. U.S. representatives have briefed the Ukrainian president on their plan to end the war with Russia. Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine needs a just peace that will not be broken by another invasion. And he promises his government will study this proposal to make it a reality. There are reports that the framework to end the fighting was jointly prepared by the U.S. and Russia. and that it would require Ukraine to surrender territory and scale back the size of its military, something Zelensky has rejected in the past.

Democratic lawmakers are calling out a social media post by the U.S. President. Donald Trump's accusing six Democrats of sedition, punishable by death. Katie Nicholson has more on the fallout. You can refuse illegal orders. The video from six Democratic lawmakers who served in the military or intelligence, agencies reminds enlisted Americans of their oath to uphold the Constitution. President Trump lashed out against the video on social media, saying the lawmakers should be locked up. Then in a separate post said, quote, seditious behavior punishable by death.

The White House says the president didn't mean they should be put to death, but said it was dangerous to suggest service members defy the chain of command. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Trump's rhetoric is dangerous. When Donald Trump uses the language of execution and treason, some of his supporters may very well listen. He is lighting a match in a country soaked with political gasoline. The lawmakers who made the video have since called upon Americans to condemn the president's words. Katie Nicholson, CBC News, Washington. And that is the world this hour. For news anytime, you can always go to our website. That's cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey.