The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/03 at 04:00 EST

Episode Date: December 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/03 at 04:00 EST

Are your pipes ready for a deep freeze? You can take action to help protect your home from extreme weather. Discover prevention tips that can help you be climate ready at keep it intact.ca. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government is preparing significant funding to reform the first nation. child welfare system. The Assembly of First Nations rejected the previous liberal government's offer of more than $47 billion. Now Ottawa is facing a court-ordered deadline to present a new plan. Olivia Stefanovic reports. After almost two decades of litigation, Prime Minister Mark Carney is pledging. His government will be the one to reform the First Nations child welfare system once

and for all. This will help ensure the First Nations children grow up But Carney's plan isn't the only one in the works. This moment and time will go down in history. CBC News was invited to attend a behind-the-scenes session at the Assembly of First Nations meetings in Ottawa, hosted by Chiefs and Children's Advocates. They are crafting their own proposal. First Nations leaders rejected the previous liberal government's offer

of more than $47 billion. Concerned the money wasn't guaranteed, and the discrimination against their choice, children wouldn't end. The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ordered the government to submit a new plan by December 22nd. It will be compared to the other proposal put forward by chiefs and advocates. Olivia Estevenovic, CBC News, Ottawa. Newfoundland and Labrador has not joined a federal program that could provide the province millions of dollars to cover the cost of diabetes medication and contraceptives. The Universal Pharmacare Act was passed by the Trudeau

liberals last year. So far only British Columbia, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island, and the Yukon have joined the program. Mark Quinn reports. In a statement, Newfoundland and Labrador's government says it will negotiate a pharmacare deal when the federal government is, quote, ready to facilitate those discussions. The Council of Canadians, Yvonne Earl, is calling on the province to do more. If they wait, it's not going to happen. The push has to come from the provinces. Earl heard Prime Minister Mark Carney say he wants to bring more provinces into the program, but she also saw that there was no new money for pharmacare in the last federal budget. When the Farmacare Act passed in 2024, the Trudeau government did say it would be the first phase of a universal pharmacare program.

Jim Dinn, the province's NDP leader, can't understand why Newfoundland in Labrador isn't scrambling to sign on. The basic thing like this that could help with affordability. the NDP and the Council of Canadians hope to eventually see a comprehensive program that covers all medically necessary drugs. Mark Quinn, CBC News, St. John's. Voters in Tennessee have elected another Republican to the U.S. Congress. Matt Van Epps will fill a vacant seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Tonight, you've sent a message loud and clear. The people of Middle Tennessee stand with President Donald J. Trump.

and stood firmly behind our campaign. Last night's special election was seen as a test heading into next year's U.S. midterm vote. The Republicans already have a majority in the U.S. Congress. The Australian government is defending its plan to ban children under 16 from using major social media platforms. Anna Kowels is the country's communications minister. In one week, Australia will become the first country in the world

to ban under 16s from having social media accounts. With one law, we can protect Generation Alpha from being sucked into purgatory by predatory algorithms described by the men who created the feature as behavioral cocaine. Well says her government will also watch to see if young people try to shift from Instagram and TikTok to unlikely platforms such as LinkedIn. Israel says it will send a representative to Lebanon to meet with officials in a bid to establish diplomatic and economic relations. The two countries reached a ceasefire agreement last year. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Hurland.