World Report - November 5: Wednesday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: November 5, 2025

New Liberal budget changes the political math in the House of Commons, as Conservative MP Chris D'Entremont crosses the floor. Mark Carney's government signals it intends to to scrap the oil and gas emissions cap. Growing calls for EU nations to increase air defences after drone sightings force Belgium's business airport to close. US Supreme Court to hear arguments on the legality of US President Donald Trump's unilateral tariffs. Big wins for Democrats in votes across several states. Democrat Zohran Mamdani elected new mayor of New York. ICYMI: Prime Minister Mark Carney's government wants Canada to participate in the Eurovision song contest. 

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Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. This is a CBC podcast. This is World Report. Good morning. I'm Marcia Young. Now is not the time to be cautious because fortune favors the bold. It is a time to get big things done for Canadians and get them done fast. Prime Minister Mark Carney selling Canadians on his government's new federal budget. Today is the first of four days of debate in the House of Commons.

it will lead up to a critical confidence vote. But first this morning, caucus meetings, and they will feature one less conservative and one more liberal. Janice McGregor joins me now from our parliamentary bureau. Janice, how has the political math changed as a result of this budget? Marcia, Chris Dantremont appears to have timed his announcement

to inflict maximum political damage, just as the budget was about to be read in the House of Commons, pulling the opposition leader out of his seat to deal with it and overshadowing, essentially drowning out to anything else, conservatives had to say, critiquing the budget itself for the rest of the evening. When he crossed the floor, former caucus colleagues did not hold back their venom. Here's Conservative House Leader Andrew Shearer speaking to as it happens last night. Mr. Dr. Montemant has looked at the massive amounts of debt and deficit

that Mark Carney is telling Canadians they're going to have to sacrifice to pay off, and then I guess he put up his hand and said, it sounds great to me. Now, Pollyev, remember, faces a least. leadership review in a few months, losing his only MP from Nova Scotia now the clearest signal yet of discontent in the ranks. Liberals claim not to know this was coming on his way into cabinet in the morning. Government whip Mark Gerritsen told reporters he wasn't having conversations with anyone about moving to the government side. By the end of the day, he was welcoming a floor crosser into the fold. So that is one vote sorted, two to go. What if no one else is willing to cross

the floor? Well, most eyes now are on the seven new Democrats. This budget focuses pressure on several potential pain points for them. Could they really vote against billions in funding for new health care facilities? And there's a list in this budget of specific community infrastructure identified for funding, including a Filipino community center in interim leader Don Davies's riding, a theater in Heather McPherson's Edmonton riding, and the Inuit Nunagat University, which is potentially dear to the heart of Nunavut MP, Lori Idlaut.

orange carrots, hiding in plain sight right there in the budget book, should they need a reason to vote yes, just this once. Thanks, Janice. You're welcome. The CBC is Janice McGregor in Ottawa. The new budget also clears up months of speculation about a proposed oil and gas emissions cap. As David Thurton reports, the Carney government is signaling it intends to eliminate that cap. We won't need the cap anymore.

So that's what we say in the budget. There's technologies. There's different regulations around methane, and we're talking also about carbon capture and sequestration. From the sounds of it, Finance Minister Francois-Champin says the Liberal government will dump the oil and gas emissions cap. It's gone, but with some caveats. There's a number of steps that need to happen, and when the conditions are met, we won't need the cap anymore, but the conditions would have to be met. Won't need the cap because liberals say the same emissions reductions could be achieved if methane regulations. are finalized, carbon capture technology is deployed at scale, and carbon pricing is strengthened.

All while he raises the industrial carbon tax. Conservative leader Pierre Pauliev says that measure will make life more expensive. A big tax increases on homes and food. Big polluters, like cement and steel producers, pay the industrial carbon price, not consumers. But Parliiev argues it will get handed on to them. Alberta's Premier Daniel Smith, though, is a result. deserving judgment as her province negotiates what it's calling a memorandum of understanding with the federal government. David Thornton, CBC News, Ottawa.

There are growing calls for EU nations to increase their air defenses. Drones, flying near some airports in Europe, are forcing them to shut down. Belgium's business airport is the latest to suspend its operations. It was closed for hours last night. After several drone sightings, NATO says it is continuing extra aerial patrols along the Alliance's eastern flank. The CBC's Breyer-Stewart is on board a surveillance aircraft. A NATO surveillance aircraft departs from a base in western Germany bound for Polish skies. The plane has a large radar dome that allows the crew to see more than 500 kilometers in any direction. NATO launched this monitoring mission in September after around 20.

Russian drones crossed into Polish airspace with a number of them crashing. At the time, Russia said it hadn't been directly targeting anything in Poland. We are here flying to deter, detect, and defense. Captain Indy is a Canadian surveillance controller who's only being identified by his call sign and rank in line with NATO protocol. Especially with the incursions a couple of months ago. So we want to make sure that we're able to see everything that's coming into NATO airspace. And if necessary to intercept them.

But small, lightweight drones can be a challenge for the radar to pick up, which is why Europe wants to beef up its air defenses, especially after a number of airports have had to close in recent weeks. Jakub Kukagou is based in Brussels and is a senior fellow with the Peterson Institute. There is an sort of element of whack-a-mole or hide-and-seek here. These drones, whoever launches them or for wherever they're launched, they don't linger. The EU Commission has called the recent drone sightings near airports a type of hybrid warfare.

And while most haven't pointed the finger directly at Russia, Belgium's defense minister said Tuesday's incidents were carried out by professionals intent on destabilizing the country. Breyer-Stewart, CBC News, in a NATO plane in Polish airspace. U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs will face a crucial legal test today. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on the legality of Trump's decision to impose sweeping tariffs on almost every U.S. trading partner. The White House says it was forced to use the president's emergency powers

due to ongoing security and economic threats. Harold Hong Zhuko is a professor at Yale Law School. Many of the assertions made by Trump are ridiculous. For example, he says that these tariffs are necessary to stop the flow of fentanyl. He's complaining about the trade deficit, and that's existed for 40 years. And so it's a persistent problem, not an unusual, extraordinary threat that has suddenly arisen. Several small businesses brought the case forward. They say the Trump administration violated the Constitution and bypassing Congress to initiate the new tariffs.

It was a big night for Democrats in the U.S. The party was able to win some key elections, including for new governors in Virginia and New Jersey. In California, voters approved Proposition 50. It allows the state to redraw its district maps. That is another boost for Democrats heading into next year's midterm elections. But one of the biggest races of the night played out in New York City, Zoran Mamdani pulled in more than 50% of the vote to become the city's next mayor. Katie Nicholson has that story.

A triumphant end to a juggernaut of a campaign. The working people of New York have been told by the wealthy and the well-connected that power does not belong in their hands. Zoran Mamdani with a fiery speech. Over the last 12 months, you have dared to reach for something greater. Tonight, against all odds, we have grasped it. The future is in our hands. The 34-year-old Democratic Socialist rapidly ascended to mayor-elect

on promises to make life in New York more affordable. More than two million cast a ballot. The first time New York has been. seen that high a turnout since 1969. This race, seen by some as a barometer reading, one year after voters elected Donald Trump to a second term in the Oval Office and one year before the crucial midterm elections.

Trump injected himself into the New York race. He endorsed former Governor Andrew Cuomo, a longtime Democrat, and suggested he would pull federal funding from the city if Momdani won. So Donald Trump. Since I know you're watching, I have four words for you. Turn the volume up. The New York results and other big Democratic wins

seen by some Democrats and analysts as a repudiation of Trump's first 10 months in office. Katie Nicholson, CBC News, Washington. Abba won the Eurovision Song Contest with this tune back in 1974. It launched the band's global career. The question now is, could a Canadian band be next? In case you missed it, the federal budget included an exciting little nugget yesterday. It said the government is working with CDC to explore Canada's participation in the international song contest.

That is World Report. I'm Marcia Young.