World Report - November 1: Saturday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: November 1, 2025

The Carney government's budget next week could result in a late Fall election.New American tariffs are now in effect on heavy and semi trucks made in Canada.Opposition leader, Pierre Poilievre criticizes prime minister, Mark Carney's efforts to secure trade deal with U.S.Deaths, injuries following stampede at Hindu temple in India.Tanzania president wins election landslide after deadly protests.Canada commits to stockpile critical minerals as a national security priority.Blue Jays lose to Dodgers in the World Series, setting the stage for Game 7.

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. This is a CBC podcast. This is World Report. Good morning. I'm John Northcott. An exciting future is being written here in Asia. And we're here to ensure that Canada is a big part of it and benefits from it. Prime Minister Mark Carney making remarks in South Korea this morning as he wrapped up his visit to Asia.

It's where he's been wheeling and dealing with other world leaders in in an attempt to diversify Canada's trading partners. But here at home, he could be facing a different kind of challenge, a possible showdown over his government's budget due to be tabled on Tuesday. The CBC's Murray Brewster has more. I am 100% confident that this budget is the right budget for this country at this moment. Prime Minister Mark Carney, delicately dancing around the question of whether his government has secured enough votes

to pass Tuesday's federal budget. The Conservatives and NDP are doing a lot of soul-searching this weekend on that point. For the conservatives, it's political optics. How can they back Carney and an agenda they say they simply don't support? Conservative leader Pierre Polyev has made a series of demands, including scrapping the industrial carbon tax and keeping the deficit below $42 billion. For the NDP, getting behind the liberals, who are planning to downsize government, is even more of a stretch. Carney says he's prepared to fight an election over this budget. I'm always prepared to stand up for the right thing. Meanwhile, separately, Carney confirmed he did apologize to U.S. President Donald Trump

over the Ontario anti-tariff ad that scuttled trade talks. He says Trump was offended and he apologized at the APEC leader's dinner. And he also confirms that he saw the ad beforehand and he told Ontario Premier Doug Ford that he didn't think it was a good idea. Marie Brewster, CBC News, Kyeongju, South Korea. New American tariffs now in effect on heavy and semi-trucks made in Canada. It means a Canadian sector that exported around $5 billion to the U.S. last year is now facing a worrisome future. Anisadari reports. A 25% tariff can add upwards of $100,000 onto the cost of one of these trucks. Chase Barber says the latest tariffs from Donald Trump are disheartening. He's the president of Edison Motors in Golden, B.C. The company manufactures

hybrid semi-trucks. It's going to be a lot harder to sell into the U.S. right now. And that is, to be honest, kind of the point behind these tariffs. Donald Trump saying back in September that national security reasons were why he was making it more expensive for Americans to buy medium and heavy-duty trucks from outside the country. That tariff is now in effect as of November 1st. The rules of the U.S. But Dennis Darby points out, companies were already making moves in a very uncertain market. He's with Trade Group Canadian manufacturers and exporters.

One of the large manufacturers in Quebec reduced its production, moved most of its production to the US and is only using the Canadian plant to produce vehicles for Canada. That's not a long-term sustainable situation for most manufacturers. We don't have the answer. Danielle Clucay is with Unifor, who represents workers at that manufacturer, Packard. Even before the new tariff was official, production had dropped. It was 100 trucks a day. How long will it be sustainable to go with 18 trucks a day?

So, no, on the long term, you know, there's nothing at this moment that, you know, give us a bit of Oak. Economists have said the domestic market won't likely make up for lost U.S. buyers. It's another blow to Canadian manufacturing, which has already been shrinking. Any Cedare, CBC News, Calgary. Those new tariffs come as U.S. trade talks with Canada remain stalled. We have reaction this morning from Conservative Leader Pierre Pollya. In an exclusive interview with CBC News chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton,

he criticizes the Prime Minister for his efforts. Mr. Carney promised a good deal by July 21st. He promised he could negotiate a win with President Trump. Those were his promises. Now, some might say, look, it's unrealistic to expect to get that from President Trump. So why did he promise it? It was not his, it wasn't just that it was a promise. It was the promise.

Except you promised, when you were running to be a prime minister, that tariffs would be paused across the board and that you would get a deal with Donald Trump with tariffs paused. I mean, that also doesn't seem very plausible, given the way the president has behaved. Well, I have to be prime minister for you to find out. Well. Right? But what we do know is that Mr. Carney is prime minister, has been for seven months. And these are the results that he's got.

Since he promised to get rid of American tariffs, they've doubled and tripled in the case of softwood lumber. You can watch Rosemary Barton's full interview with Pierre Polyev tomorrow on CBC television and wherever you stream, CBC News. In international news. Gunfire in Tanzania's capital as the country descends into post-election violence. Some reports say as many as 700 people were killed as unrest spreads across the country. President Simea Salu Hassan was declared the winner of Wednesday's election, taking 98% of the vote, but international observers say it lacked transparency, and the main opposition leaders were banned from running.

At least nine people are dead. in a stampede in India. Chaos among the crowd attending a religious festival at a popular Hindu temple in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. Early reports say an iron barrier meant to contain the crowd broke leading to an uncontrolled surge. Dozens of others are injured and officials warn the number of dead may rise. Canada is hoping to undermine China's control of the critical minerals market.

Ottawa has signed a deal with G7 partners that will boost production in this country and reduce allies' dependence on Beijing. The minerals are needed for the production of new clean energy technologies as well as many electronic devices. And Ayat Singh has more. We need to create the certainty of demand and the certainty of pricing so that those mines and processing facilities can get built. Tim Hotson, Canada's energy minister announcing that the federal government is getting into the business of buying critical minerals to support the mining industry and counter China's dominance in the sector.

This is what we need to do when non-market actors, when we try and develop a mine and a non-market actor floods the market to depress the price so we can't actually get a mine built. Hodson announced the move at a G7 meeting on energy and environment where Canada has been leading an alliance to invest in critical minerals production in Allied Western. nations. At the moment, China controls, on average, 70% of the most important minerals like copper, nickel, cobalt, used in emerging technologies like electric cars and solar panels. Iyab Alaini, senior research associate at the Canadian Climate Institute, says Canada isn't much of a player in these minerals, but there's big potential.

Canada is blessed with a lot of these critical minerals, and it represents a multi-billion dollar opportunity for Canada to responsibly develop these minerals. The government's move will set minimum prices for some mineral projects, guaranteeing them a buyer to help them get off the ground a starting point to build out an

industry crucial for technologies that fight climate change. In Ayat Singh, CBC News, Toronto. And finally, Game 6 of the World Series. It was an evenly matched performance by the two teams, but in the end, the Jays lost. Setting up a winner-take-all

Game 7 tonight. Jamie Streschen has more. And the game is over just like that. The 2025 World Series will come down to a winner take-all game 7 tonight in Toronto. Down 3-1 in the bottom of the 9th with a runner on first base. Addison Barger hit a ball to the fence that wedged at the base of the wall. Manager John Schneider was left shaking his head afterwards. Been here a long time.

I haven't seen a ball get lodged ever. Just caught a tough break there. You know, he put a really good swing on that pitch and, you know, ultimately end up second and third with nobody out with guys that made contact and just didn't get it done. On a night when Blue Jay fans at the Rogers Center and across the country were ready to celebrate, it was the Los Angeles Dodgers pitching staff that silenced the crowd and Blue Jay bats to force a deciding game. Toronto had numerous chances to score off Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto but couldn't deliver a key hit when they needed it most. Blue Jays starter Kevin Gosman was also effective striking out eight Dodgers over six innings. The pivotal moment came in the third inning.

The Blue Jays chose to walk Japanese superstar Shohay Otani. Former MVP Muki Betts made them pay with a key two-run single. Now the Jays will have to rebound. And fans leaving the Rogers Center say with this team never give up. Tough game, but like I have all the confidence in the world. The Jays are bouncing back and we're winning this in seven. I think luck wasn't in our favor tonight in that last inning, but I think tomorrow we're coming back hard. The Jays will give the ball to 41-year-old Max Scherzer in game seven as Toronto looks to win their first World Series in more than 30 years.

Jamie Strachan, CBC News, Toronto. And that is the latest national and international news from World Report for News. anytime, our website, cbcnews.ca.ca. And if you're enjoying the World Report podcast, and we hope you are, please follow us and tell a friend. It helps to spread the word. I'm John Northcott. Thanks for spending part of your weekend with us here at CBC News.