The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/11/28 at 04:00 EST

Episode Date: November 28, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/11/28 at 04:00 EST

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. From CBC News, The World This Hour. I'm Mike Miles. We officially find out this morning whether or not Canada dodged a recession. GDP numbers for the third quarter are set to be released at 8.30 Eastern Time. If the numbers from September show even a little bit of growth, we can confirm Canada avoided a technical recession. But as Peter Armstrong reports, that distinction won't mean much to those Canadian suffering in a clearly weak economy. The deal Prime Minister Mark Carney announced with Alberta yesterday is aimed at boosting growth in Canada. This is Canada. Building, building with Alberta, building with Canada, building for today, but building very much for the future. The key word there is future. All these plans will help grow GDP down the road. But Bimo's chief economist Douglas Porter says the defining characteristic of the Canadian economy right now is weakness.

There's no debate that the economy struggled through the middle part of the year with all the trade unsurricular. certainly. Bradley Saunders, North American economists with capital economics, believes economic activity expanded in September, but he says growth may remain weak until 2027. We have growth below 1% for a little while, so yeah, avoiding a technical recession, but we're not getting back towards the 1.5 to 2% figures that you want to see until second half next year into 2027. And even that meager forecast is contingent on the trade war with the U.S., not getting any worse. Peter Armstrong, CBC News, Toronto. Reaction continues to pour in after the federal government in Alberta signed that new energy accord that could pave the way for a new pipeline on BC's north coast.

BC buy-in will be critical, but neither of the province nor First Nations in BC were at the table with Alberta. And as Yasmin Renaya reports, now there's pushback. We have a right to protect what is ours. Arnie Nagy looks out onto the coastal waters of Prince Rupert, BC, which he's worked hard to protect, a climate activist and member of the Haida Nation. He's strongly opposed to Ottawa's new memorandum of understanding with Alberta, which prioritizes the construction of a new oil pipeline to the West Coast. The deal opens the door for changes to a law that bans tanker traffic off BC's north coast.

An idea sharply rejected by coastal first nations who say any oil spills would be catastrophic. Maureen Nice is the elected chief counselor of the Heisla Nation. We'll not be able to maintain the lifestyle that we have on that coast. So it is quite an emotional battle. The MOU says the pipeline must offer opportunities for indigenous co-ownership. But First Nations in BC say those economic benefits aren't worth risking the environment or their way of life. Yasmil Ganea, CBC News, Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The five people hoping to become the new leader of the federal NDP faced off in their first leadership debate Thursday night in Montreal.

It was meant to be predominantly in French as the new Democrats try to win back support from progressive francophones. Marina von Stackleberg reports. Our party has no path forward without Quebec, says NDP leadership candidate, Heather McPherson. Less than 15 years ago, New Democrats won most of the seats in Quebec.

Now they hold one, and none of the leadership contenders are fluent in French. Candidate Rob Ashton. I guarantee you that I've been working on my en Francais, but I'm going to continue to bust my butt on that. But we're lucky because the language of the working class rises above any language in the world.

Leadership hopeful to Neil Johnston. Everybody up here I like to believe that is dedicated to learning the French language. My adult life has been spent trying to hone my native language of Likola. I really feel the commitment deep to language. The next debate with fellow candidates, Abby Lewis and Tony McQuail, will be in February in English. New Democrats choose their new leader in March.

Marina von Stackleberg, CBC News, Gatineau, Quebec. Hong Kong officials say at least 128 people are dead following this week's fire at an apartment complex. Another 200 people are believed missing. It took two days for crews to fight the fire. The search for survivors has now become a recovery mission. That is the World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.

Thank you.