The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/12/03 at 16:00 EST

Episode Date: December 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/12/03 at 16:00 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.

CBC News has learned that Tim Hortons is pushing to lift the cap on temporary foreign workers for some of its franchisees. A letter from 2024 called for changes in the hiring limits given what it called unprecedented labor shortages. Rafi Bucci Canyon has a story. Over the course of the last 18 months, Tim Hortons and their parent company, restaurant brands, International have both been lobbying to raise the limits on temporary foreign worker hires. A letter released under an access to information request from last year shows the company representative wrote a then-immigration minister Mark Miller asking to move the cap from 20 to 30%. The government went the opposite route several months later, lowering it to 10.

This year, the coffee giant held multiple lobbying meetings with MPs from different political parties. In July, Bloch-Chebecois MP Alexie Brunel du Cep says he was pressed about how Tim Horton's coffee shops and his writing should have a 20% cap. In October, Miller says the company made the case for a faster renewal of expiring TFW work permits. The government says it can't predict future policy decisions, but the TFW program was designed with flexibility in mind. Rafi Bucan, Cvici News, Ottawa. 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 reports. 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 The Airline Pilots Association, or Alpa, says it's out of date.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 Transit 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. A pulp and paper giant, Dom Tar, is closing one of the first.

its mills in Crofton, BC, putting 350 workers out of a job. Domtar says the reason for the closure is the lack of affordable wood fiber in the province. The 60-year-old mill will stop operating in mid-December, but will retain some of its workers until February. Crofton Mayor Rob Douglas says the closure is a devastating blow to the community. These are good union-paying jobs, and these are people who support our local businesses, and there's the broader economic spinoffs as well. We've got many other businesses throughout the whole region that depend on the economic activity generated from the Crofton Mill.

Union and government leaders will be meeting today to come up with a way to support the workers. The Mill also contributes about $5 million in property taxes to Crofton every year. The leader of the BC Conservative Party, John Rustad, has been removed from his post. 20 members, a majority of his caucus, say they've lost confidence in Rustad's leadership and they wanted him to go. A number of them had already called for his resignation in September. Rustad refused. He was citing the results of September's leadership review when he earned the support of over 70% of party members. And it's been another good year for Bad Bunny.

The Puerto Rican rapper's album, Debbie Tirar Mast Photos, was the year's top album worldwide. He also topped Spotify's 2025 rap. wrapped playlist, followed by Taylor Swift, then Canada's The Weekend and Drake, with Billy Eilish rounding out the top five. Bad Bunny will also be performing the halftime show at the Super Bowl in February. Thank you. Thank you.