The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/03 at 13:00 EST

Episode Date: December 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/03 at 13:00 EST

In 1983, Paladin Press published a book called Hitman. This book offers specific tips for the aspiring contract killer. Things like where to find employment, how much to charge, basically how to get away with murder, and also not feel bad about it. Ten years later, the book was linked to a triple killing. This week on Crime Story, can a book be an accomplice to murder? Find Crime Story wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Kate McGilfrey.

Automaker Stalantis was given more than $200 million by the federal government shortly before announcing plans to move some of its production to the U.S. That is significantly more money than Ottawa had previously disclosed. Emma Loup reports. The Canadian government paid Stalantis more than $220 million before the company revealed its moving some production south. That's more than double the amount the federal government disclosed when first asked about it in October, after the automaker said it's moving a Jeep model from its Brampton plant to the U.S.,

a move that has sparked fresh job concerns for the roughly 3,000 workers there. At the time, the industry department said Stalantis had gotten around $105 million total, but the numbers didn't include the 2025 fiscal year, which ended in March. about seven months before the announcement. New government accounting records show Stalantis got nearly $118 million that year. Ottawa struck a deal with Stalantis in 2022 to provide it up to $529 million

to help retool its Windsor and Brampton plants. Industry Minister Melani Jolie previously said the deals have job guarantees and that the government has launched a dispute resolution process to try to recover some of the funding. Emma Loop, CBC News, Windsor. Air Transat pilots have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike mandate. They could walk off the job as early as a week from now.

Lauren McCallum tells us more. The last time Air Transat pilots signed a contract with the company was back in 2015. Their collective agreement expired five years ago and has been extended ever since. The Airline Pilots Association, or Alpa, says it's out of date. Captain Bradley Small is the chair of the Air Transat chapter of the union. He says talks aren't going anywhere. We're bringing that contract into 2025, so we have to bring quality of life, insurance benefits. We have pension we're working on, and of course, compensation and job security.

Small says Air Transet pilots could walk off the job on December 10th if necessary, just two weeks before people fly off to see family and friends during the Christmas break. Air Transit says it's confident a deal can be reached with its pilots to avoid a work stoppage. The airline adds it will be. there to help its passengers if there is a strike or lockout. Lauren McCallum, CBC News, Montreal. Parts of Atlantic Canada are being inundated with snow and rain. Prince Edward Island schools are closed because of that province's first major storm.

Much of Nova Scotia is getting hit, too, with about 22,000 customers without power. Eastern Newfoundland is also experiencing a major blizzard, forcing the closure of places like the Confederation Building, where the provincial government sits, Memorial University's St. John's campus and Newfoundland schools. The flow of money and military support for Ukraine continues as peace talks in Russia are failing to move the needle forward. Canada has announced it's giving more than $200 million to support Kiv. That includes a package of critical military equipment, as well as security supports under NATO. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand made this announcement at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers. Progress today was very positive.

Canada stands firmly with Ukraine in the short and the long term. The Kremlin says yesterday's talks with top U.S. diplomats were productive but didn't make any meaningful progress. A spokesperson says some revisions to an initial peace plan were approved, but other parts remain unacceptable. And the U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, is buying 20 armored vehicles from a Canadian defense company. The Toronto area manufacturer Rochelle has signed a $10 million contract with the U.S. government. It has previously been building similar vehicles for use in Ukraine. This rush order comes as ICE is being accused of human rights abuses as it carries out orders from the Trump administration to round up immigrants.

And that is the world this hour. Remember, you can listen to our podcast anytime we update every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilfrey. Thank you.