The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/20 at 21:00 EST

Episode Date: November 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/20 at 21:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. borough.ca. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Mike Miles. Ukraine's president says he's ready to negotiate with Donald Trump on a U.S.-backed peace plan. Vladimir Zelenskyy says Ukraine needs a just peace that will not be broken by another invasion. He received a draft peace framework today that was jointly prepared by the U.S. and Russia, and according to the Associated Press, it would require Ukraine to surrender territory and scale back the size of its military, something Zelensky has rejected in the past. Still, he says the plan contains the fundamental principles that matter to our people.

Prime Minister Mark Carney met with the President of the United Arab Emirates to lay the groundwork for potential trade deal. As trade with the U.S. scales back, Carney's looking to double the business Canada does with other countries like the UAE. Karina Roman has more. Behind closed doors, Carney met with the UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayyad El Nakhyan and signed a financial investment agreement 10 years in the making. Former parliamentarian Jean Cherey is co-chair of the Canada UAE Business Council. You know, one of the reasons these things either get done or not done is leadership. The Prime Minister also announced the start of free trade talks with the goal of getting to an expedited deal.

Carney also met today with the heads of some of the biggest sovereign wealth funds in the world, part of his effort to attract billions in foreign investment to Canada. Mina al-Arabi is the editor-in-chief for Abu Dhabi's English-language newspaper, The National. It's incredible to think that nobody's come here since 1983 from the Prime Minister's Ada, but I think Mark Carney is a different type of prime minister. Karina Roman, CBC News, Abu Dhabi. So-called Lost Canadians now have a path back to citizenship. In 2009, the federal government changed existing rules blocking Canadians born a

from passing down citizenship if their child was born outside the country. A judge ruled that unconstitutional. The new law allows citizenship to be passed down to children born or adopted abroad beyond the first generation. But parents must have spent a total of three years in Canada before the birth or adoption. A new report looking at health care around the world shows clear links, rather, between privatization and higher mortality rates. This comes as several Canadian provinces are embracing private. for-profit health care services. Christine Birak has more.

We can do better. A new Canadian report comparing 25 OECD countries found health care 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 a 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 Beirak, CBC News, Toronto. Meat, potatoes, and a heaping helping of financial worry. Food is at the top spending concern for most Canadians, according to the latest Canadian food sentiment index from Delhousie University. The findings show most people have changed the way they shop, cook, or consume to deal with rising prices. Solvonne Charlebois is the studies 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 distrust in large retailers is growing due to what many Canadians see as unfair pricing, adding young Canadians are experiencing the fastest decline in food confidence. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.