World Report - November 9: Sunday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: November 9, 2025

Nova Scotia MP, Chris d'Entremont blames Conservative party leadership for leading him to cross the floor to join the Liberal party.U.S. Transportation Secretary Duffy says air travel will be reduced to trickle by U.S. Thanksgiving as a result of the ongoing U.S. government shutdown.Super Typhoon Fung-Wong makes landfall in the Philippines, forcing massive evacuations as the country faces its second major storm in a week.Japan issues a tsunami advisory after a powerful, magnitude 6.7 earthquake rocked the nation's northeastern coast.Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa in Washington to meet with Donald Trump.Nunavut familes worry Ottawa is not committed to food program for Inuit children.San Francisco votes to dismantle 50-year-old Vaillancourt Fountain by Quebec artist.

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This is a CBC podcast. This is World Report. Good morning. I'm John Northcott. We're learning more this morning about what prompted a conservative MP to dramatically cross the floor to the Liberal Party. Nova Scotia MP, Chris Dantremont, made this stunning move last week, citing deep unhappiness within the Conservative caucus.

He was on the CBC's Rosemary Barton live today, and he says he's not happy with Pierre Polyev's. leadership style and don't tremont says he's not alone you know people aren't happy with with the leadership style not just of the leader but of the leadership team that's there is quite honestly a lot of times i felt it was part of a frat house rather than a serious political party what do you mean by that well i mean it was about who who was friends with who you know who could be the most negative who could be the most cutting that was chris d'antramon speaking with host katherine cullen his crossing of the floor brings the liberals to 170 seats in the house. Now, that's just two seats shy of a majority,

a major development as the minority government looks to push through its budget. You can watch his full interview with Catherine Cullen on Rosemary Barton live on CBC television or wherever you stream CBC News. The U.S. Senate is holding a rare, urgent Sunday session hoping to resolve the crippling 40-day government shutdown. Lawmakers have been meeting throughout the weekend, but there are no signs of a breakthrough. More than 1,400 flights were canceled yesterday, with thousands of others significantly delayed. Speaking to Fox News this morning, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he expects the situation to get worse over the coming days. As I look two weeks out as we get closer to Thanksgiving travel, listen, I think what's going to happen is you're going to have air travel slow to a trickle.

As everyone wants to travel to see their families, I think we're going to see air traffic controllers. very few of them coming to work, which means, yes, you'll have a few flights taken off and landing at our different airports across the country. But the thousands of flights that happen every day to move people around the country for this great American holiday, it's not going to happen. Air traffic controllers have been working without pay during the shutdown, and many are now reporting dangerous levels of fatigue. At least two people are dead after super typhoon Feng Wong makes landfall in the Philippines. The second major storm in a week has forced nearly a million people to evacuate. the northeastern coast. In Metro Manila, people are being loaded onto trucks

and driven to emergency shelters. The capital region is on high alert. Dave Grunbaum, a freelance reporter, is tracking the storm's path and joins us now from Kuala Lumpur. So Dave, what's the latest on the Super Typhoon? Let's talk about where it's making landfall and what are the greatest immediate dangers. Well, the dangers are so high.

They've already evacuated almost one million people. The highest alert level, Signal 5, already up in parts of the country. Many community centers and basketball courts and high ground areas have been turned into evacuation centers. This is the 21st tropical cyclone in the Philippine area this season, although not all of them have made landfall. The government has redirected about 2,000 soldiers from field training to humanitarian aid. This includes search and rescue teams. Some coastal areas southeast of Manila are already getting torrential rain and heavy winds. This typhoon has a diameter of about 1,800 kilometers.

Of course, the Philippines got hit by a typhoon last week. The one that hit last week hit the island of Sabu the hardest. That's over 200 people killed more than 100 still missing. But the Philippines just reeling from that now has to deal with another one, but the Filipino people known for their resilience. Dave, the storm hits while the country is facing widespread protests over massive government corruption involving flood control projects. So let's talk about how the political backdrop of all of this could complicate evacuation and disaster response.

Yeah. So in years, the Philippines have spent more than $8 billion U.S. dollars on flood control projects. This is infrastructure, including dikes and pump stations. But investigators have found overpriced contracts. Some project marked as completed are not even close to being finished. And some of them that were marked as completed were never even started. Many communities where flooding was supposed to get better. It's getting considerably worse. there are reports of flaws in design and engineering, tens of thousands of people have protested over alleged government corruption connected to these flood control projects. Some senior government officials have resigned, but critics are saying this just isn't enough. They want to see people locked up over this, and now we're just seeing the importance of them reemphasized

because of these storms that are hitting the Philippines this week. Reporter Dave Grunabom in Kuala Lumpur. Thanks, Dave. Thank you. Meanwhile, Japan issues a tsunami advisory after a powerful magnitude 6.7 earthquake rocked the nation's northeast coast. The quake struck off the coast of Iwate Prefecture. That's around 5 p.m. local time. Now, that's the same region devastated by the 2011 tsunami. Japan's meteorological agency says small tsunami waves have already been detected and aftershocks are continuing. There are no immediate reports, though, of major damage or injuries, but bullet train services have been temporarily delayed.

and there are scattered power outages throughout the region. Syria's new president, Ahmed al-Sharab, is now in Washington ahead of Monday's landmark meeting with Donald Trump. His visit comes just days after the U.S. dramatically revoked his status as a global terrorist. Shiraz, a former Islamic militant who once had a $10 million bounty on his head, and he's working to reform Syria's image on the world stage after successfully overthrowing the decades-old Assad regime last year. Back in this country, food insecurity is growing for many families

in Nunavut, a critical federal program called the Inuit Child First Initiative abruptly stopped in March. It provided monthly grocery vouchers to offset the high cost of food in the north. As Juanita Taylor reports, while the program was supposed to run until 2026, the recent Carney government budget

currently shows no future commitment. When we would get the funding, I would try to have meat, dairy, vegetables. Taina Ashuna was buying healthy food for her two boys. With a $1,000 food voucher, she was receiving every month for about half a year. Food high in prices. When our funding would be gone, we'd have either cereal, toast, rice, craft dinner. The Rankin Inlet Mom hopes to once again receive that money

from the Inuit Child First Initiative, or ICFI. But it abruptly stopped for no clear reason. even though it's in place until March 26. The Carney government's first budget shows a zero commitment after that. We're going to maintain those funding commitments. Minister of Indigenous Services Canada, Mandy Golmasty, says her office is going to modernize the delivery of programs and services, including ICFI. The zeros actually mean and reflect the next part of our work to define how do we address

the programs in that space. It's quite concerning that they're asking. asking us to trust them without any details. NDP MP for Nunavut, Lori Idlout, says she's been pushing for a commitment for continued ICIFI funding from Galmasdi, but hasn't gotten a response. Making us wait for these plans when we know that there are immediate needs that need to be met for Inuit families. Inuit Taperi Kinetami is also weighing in, saying Inuit will consider all options, including legal options, to ensure children can access the critical services they need when they need them.

Juanita Taylor CBC News, Yellowknife. And finally, the planned removal of an iconic San Francisco fountain has angered the Quebec artist who created it. Sculptor Armand vancour made the massive fountain more than five decades ago. Now the city says the structure is an urgent risk to public safety. Gabriel Gundy has more. in armand vaiancourt's montreal studio different types of art and miscellaneous items clutter the hallways in the two-story building scattered across the 96-year-old's dinner table are different articles and magazine covers that feature his most well-known work of art a massive fountain displayed in san francisco since 1971 only now rather than words of praise headlines only mentioned demolition i was thinking thinking thinking and i to find a way to see, but what the hell? Forget about that. But more powerful than what my mind

is capable to digest. The Vajancourt Fountain, or rather known by its official name, Quebec Libre, was one of the first works of art that ushered in a style that is now known as brutalism. Twisting columns of concrete going in all different types of directions all lead to the center, where the end of each column serves as a spout for gushing water. The city of San Francisco will dismantle the art piece, citing it as an urgent public. safety hazard in the event of an earthquake. Charles Burnbaum is with the Cultural Landscape Foundation based in Washington, D.C. Burnbaum says it's the city's fault that the fountain is in disrepair.

We have a situation where this work of art, imagine for at least 10 years, it has not been properly cared for. In a statement, San Francisco's Parks and Rec Department did not address these claims. It says that it'll store the structure for up to three years. Vian Kuhl says he'd rather bring the fountain back to Canada and have it. it installed elsewhere. Gabriel Gindy, CBC News, Montreal. And that is the latest national and international news from World Report. News anytime, cbcnews.ca. I'm John Northcott. This is CBC News.

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