The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/02 at 07:00 EST

Episode Date: December 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/02 at 07:00 EST

Hi there, Steve Patterson here, host of the debaters, the show where Canada's funniest comedians compete for your laughter. This week's episode is right on cue, is pool superior to darts? Two sharpshooting debaters are taking this one on, so listen wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. Less than a week after signing a memorandum of understanding. on pipelines and energy with Alberta, Prime Minister Mark Carney appears today

before the Assembly of First Nations in Ottawa. And among those in attendance, our First Nations chiefs from B.C., who are prepared to take action against any pipeline proposed for the province's northwest coast. It's a slap in the face of British Columbians. To many First Nations,

I were very concerned. Certainly, I think there's a lot of mistrust here. That is Terry Tigi, regional chief of British Columbia. He says BC chiefs are preparing to push for an emergency resolution. It would call on the AFN to support upholding the oil taker ban along BC's northern coast. The Carney government signals it may be willing to temporarily lift that moratorium to get Alberta oil to Asian markets. The number of dead from the ongoing flooding across Indonesia continues to rise.

Bulldozers and front-end loaders are digging through mountains of mud that have washed away roads and buried villages. Torrential rain touched off a series of landslides and the number of fatalities at this point has now topped 750 with hundreds more officially listed as missing. At the same time, thousands have been cut off from critical supplies including clean water and food. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Malaysia have also been hit by similar storm systems. Hundreds of people are dead in those countries, and more than a million people have been displaced. U.S. national security officials are brief President Donald Trump on the latest steps the administration is taking in its campaign against drug traffickers in the Caribbean. As we hear now from Manuel Rueda, if the campaign ultimately leads to airstrikes on Venezuela, the White House is clearing the way for as much regional. support as it can get.

Last week, the government of Trinidad and Tobago signed a deal with Washington that will enable the U.S. to set up a radar station on the Caribbean island, while the Dominican Republic signed another agreement that will enable U.S. military planes to refuel at one of its bases. Analysts say that the U.S. could use airports in Trinidad or the Dominican Republic to support a potential attack on Venezuela. But the political message these deals send is also important, says former U.S. diplomat Eric Farnsworth. Because it shows that the hemisphere is not united in rejecting U.S. activities and that in fact there is support for what's happening. Countries headed by left-wing governments like Brazil and Colombia are still staunchly opposed to the U.S. military buildup.

But Farnsworth says that other nations in the region are considering whether they are better off with Maduro in office or whether his removal could suit their national interests. Manuel Rueda for CBC News, Bogota. Elections, Alberta has verified a petition that's designed to put the issue of Alberta separatism to rest. And it means the next step now is for the petition to go to the Alberta legislature.

Julia Wong reports. Well, I was joyous. Thomas Lukasik says he never had any doubt his citizen initiative would be successful. In response to rising separatist sentiment in Alberta, he and a team of volunteers collected signatures for a petition, asking this question, do you agree that Alberta should remain in Canada? Elections Alberta has now verified the petition, it will soon head to the legislature.

And have all the elected members of legislature vote on it. Now, I have no doubt that it would pass, and that would be the end of this discussion about separation. The petition signed by roughly one in seven voters is a reminder to the province the majority do not want to leave Canada. Alberta's Justice Minister Mickey Amory tells CBC News, Caucus and Cabinet will now discuss how to move forward, options that could include a possible referendum. Julia Wong, CBC News, Edmonton. And that is the World This Hour.

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