Your World Tonight - Budget politics and reaction, tariffs at U.S. Supreme Court, assassination in Mexico, and more

Episode Date: November 5, 2025

Budget day brought a political shock, and a clearer indication of where Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to take the government. The shock—a floor crossing. MP Chris d’Entremont left the Conservatives to join the Liberals, saying Pierre Poilievre’s leadership style is too negative. And d’Entremont has hinted he may be the first, but won’t be the last. We’ll have that, and also reaction from small business owners, and a deeper look at what the Carney government is proposing for immigration levels in Canada.Also: The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments about whether President Donald Trump's tariffs are legal.And: Assassination is shockingly commonplace in Mexico. We’ll bring you the story of the killing of mayor Carlos Manzo, known for his outspoken opposition to drug cartels and organized crime.Plus: The tragedy unfolding in El Fasher, Sudan; Democrats win key U.S. races, and more.

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Misrepresent yourself to voters, to lie to your volunteers. On a day when federal conservatives would prefer to be talking about the number 78 billion, much of the attention is on one former colleague crossing the floor. With the fate of the federal budget and its massive deficit still uncertain, the government, one vote closer to getting it passed. We're kind of the cleanest dirty shirt, if you will. We can be better. We need to be better because we're a small country that we need to compete for that capital.

It's not about just saying, you know, we made it better for you. We have to make it the best for you. Minding their business. Canadian entrepreneurs keep struggling in a cross-border trade war, and some say there isn't enough in this budget to pull them through. Welcome to Your World Tonight. I'm Susan Bonner. It is Wednesday, November 4th, coming up on 6 p.m. Eastern, also on the podcast.

Can you point to any other place in the Code or any other time in history where that phrase together, regulate importation, has been used to confer tariff-imposing authority? At the U.S. Supreme Court, there's skepticism and tough questions about presidential power and Donald Trump's tariffs coming from the justices he appointed. MPs have started debating Mark Carney's first budget framed by the Prime Minister as a transformational moment. The economic plan is altering the makeup of the House of Commons, along with the math it will take to get the budget through Parliament and avoid an election. Tom Perry begins our coverage tonight.

Now is not the time to be cautious because fortune favors the bold. On the morning after the government tabled its first budget, Prime Minister Mark Carney was out selling its merits. We're changing how government works, spending less on government operations, so Canadians can invest more in our future. Business groups have been generally supportive of the budget, though some say it falls short of the government's promise of a transformational plan. Public sector unions have criticized it over its pledge

to eliminate 40,000 federal civil service jobs. For now, though, the government's main concern. is getting its budget through a minority parliament. Carney, hopeful opposition parties will find a way to make that happen. There were differing degrees of input which we received from the various opposition parties, and I think there's a lot in this budget. I know, in fact, that there's a lot in this budget that reflects the input from those parties. So those parties are aware, and you know, part of this is a process of digesting the budget as well. Carney's efforts to pass the budget did get a helping hand yesterday

when Nova Scotia Conservative MP Chris Dantreman announced he was crossing the floor to join the governing liberals. Dantreman stood alongside the Prime Minister today and later explained what drove his decision. You know, I would think over the last number of months I wasn't feeling that I was aligned with the ideals of what the leader of the opposition had been talking about. Dantrema says other conservative MPs may feel the same way. The Prime Minister would not reveal whether he or his team have been talking to other opposition members about switching sides. Carney saying only he's willing to talk to anyone. As for Dantrema, he received a warm welcome at his first Liberal caucus meeting.

While at conservative caucus MPs, like Stephanie Cousie, had some harsh words for their former caucus. A floorcrosser is disingenuous, disloyal, selfish, and opportunistic. Even with the addition of a new member, the Liberals are still too vote shy of a majority in the House. And today, despite the Prime Minister's hopeful words about the opposition taking time to digest the government's budget, opposition leader Pierre Palliev was not hiding his distaste for the Liberal plan and its $78 billion deficit. It has $5,400 of extra costs for every family in more expensive government. While Canadians are already unable to eat, heat, and house themselves, why is this Prime Minister's costly budget making them pay even more?

The Block Quebecois also less than impressed. The NDP sees some good and some bad in the budget but is still discussing what to do, which leaves the government still looking for those few stray votes, abstentions, or maybe even floor crossers to get their budget over the line. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa. Carney has also called his budget a plan to drive growth, but one figure is heading in the other direction. Temporary immigration is set to be slashed over the next few years.

The Prime Minister says it's about stabilizing the numbers. Some argue it's really about polling numbers. Rafi Bujakanan explains. We have to take into account. the pressures that are facing the society right now. Peter Freckis Gatto is the Parliamentary Secretary for the Federal Immigration Minister. Immigration policy in this country must be about economic policy. He says the government had no choice but to act.

Starting next year, it's admitting about 43% fewer temporary residents into Canada, some 385,000 next year and a further reduction of 25,000 for the following two years. Workers are the vast majority of those numbers. Towns, you name it, are having challenges with housing costs. The Honorable Leader of the Opposition. For years, the Conservative Party has been attacking the Liberals on housing costs. Leader Pierre Palliev added again today during question period. Houses are needed to raise families.

Houses are need to build equity. And recent polling shows Canadians have been souring on immigration, linking rising numbers to lack of housing and affordability. In a survey last month by the Environmentics Institute, some 56% said the country lets in too many immigrants. The firm has never seen this higher number in the last five years. The Canadian Council for Refugees is disappointed. The group's Gauri Svheni Vassan says the government is reducing the number of people accepted into Canada

on humanitarian grounds, thousands fewer for both of the next years than Ottawa had projected, even in the privately sponsored category. These are refugees who have citizens, communities, families, wait. for them, ready to shoulder the cost. The Canadian Labor Congress says the government is scapegoating newcomers. Larry Russo is Executive Vice President. The more immigrants we welcome, the more this country prospers. And Mr. Carney, as an economist, knows that.

This is a political sop to intolerance. Ottawa is providing permanent resident status to some 115,000 asylum seekers who are already in Canada. and its new plan is getting praised from some. Andrew Griffith is a former Director General at Immigration Canada. He notes a large chunk of the cuts are among international student categories. He says those were being abused by some employers looking to hire cheap labor. He also says Ottawa's plan to recruit top foreign talent from other countries

could make a positive impact on the economy. The government set aside a billion dollar fund for it. That's sort of a fairly strategic shift that responds to sort of the nature of being next to the Trump administration and seeing if there's some opportunities there. The big unknown, how provinces and territories might react to the cuts as they wait to see the impact on worker allocations to their jurisdictions. Rafi Buccan. Yon CBC News, Arwa. They own small businesses, but they are big stakeholders in this budget. Many are feeling the pain of U.S. tariffs waiting for help and worried the government isn't offering enough. Nisha Patel has that angle.

It's definitely a very difficult landscape. David Yaman's sales have dropped more than 20% this year because of U.S. tariffs. His company manufactures plastic injection molding for the auto sector near Berry just north of Toronto. His products are exempt from tariffs for now, but the uncertainty is still disrupting business. Yeaman says tax incentives in the federal budget can help. There's some positive stuff, which is really going to help us for reinvestments and new equipment. The federal government has also planned billions of dollars in infrastructure spending. Louis Jan, president of the Canadian Tooling and Machining Association, hopes Canadian businesses will benefit.

Will that translate to actual manufacturing dollars being spent within Canada? We're concerned and we want to make sure that these dollars don't end up in some way, shape, or form going to, overseas. While Ottawa dubbed this budget as transformational, some business leaders were left wanting more. Goldie Hider is president of the Business Council of Canada. We needed to address more on the regulatory front. There's just too many complications in our regulatory system, our permitting system. Many on Bay Street were also pushing for a broad cut to the corporate tax rate. Prime Minister Carney today insisted on that front, Canada is competitive. The effective tax rate on investment for Canada, It is the lowest in the G7.

It is three percentage points lower in the United States. The federal government's goal is to bring in about $500 billion in private sector investment over the next five years. Heider suggests Canada needed even deeper tax reform to drive that growth. With the cleanest dirty shirt, if you will, we can be better. We need to be better because we're a small country that we need to compete for that capital. It's not about just saying, you know, we made it better for you. We have to make it the best for you. Yaman, the business owner, is looking on the bright side.

of the economic uncertainty expanding to new products and new customers to cope with trade disruptions. We have to find ways to adapt and pivot. His biggest concern is still getting a trade deal done with the United States. Having that settled and having that known will make a big difference and I think at that point will help unleash a lot of capital that's being held back when people are waiting to find out what's going on. Though the Prime Minister has given no indication, talks with the U.S. will resume anytime soon. Nisha Patel, CBC. News, Toronto. Coming right up, taxing

questions, the U.S. President's use of emergency powers to impose tariffs probed by the country's highest court. And Democrat wins in local and state elections provide the party with distinct paths to take on Donald Trump.

Later, we'll have this story. I'm Jorge Barrera in Mexico City, where there are calls for justice following the brazen assassination of an spoke in anti-cartel mayor. You have to go out to criminals. He declared war on drug cartels and wound up dead. Now the killing is sparking fury in Mexico

and creating a new challenge for the president. That's coming up on your world tonight. A critical test of President Donald Trump's power is underway in Washington. The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments today on the legality of the president's school. sweeping international trade tariffs. As Paul Hunter reports, even some of its conservative justices

seemed skeptical. Outside the U.S. Supreme Court, demonstrators chanted anti-Trump's slogans. Inside, arguments on what U.S. President Donald Trump has dubbed one of the most important cases in American history, with the fate of his deeply controversial global tariffs in the balance.

Though Canada faces other Tariffs, unaffected by this case, Trump's broader tariffs have royal economies around the world. These are regulatory tariffs. They are not revenue-raising tariffs. John Sauer, U.S. Solicitor General, arguing Trump is allowed to impose the tariffs because they're not aimed at raising money, but rather at pressing other countries to deal more fairly with the U.S. on a number of issues Trump is called national emergencies. Fixing them will make America a strong, financially viable and respected countries. again. Tariff opponents, their case argued by lawyer Neil Catchell, insists there are nothing more than

fresh taxes on Americans. Our founders gave that taxing power to Congress alone. Yet here the president bypassed Congress and imposed one of the largest tax increases in our lifetimes. Indeed, the tariffs have already raised many tens of billions of dollars for U.S. coffers and are a cornerstone of Trump's economic agenda. But those challenging the tariffs, worry the Supreme Court, with its three Trump appointees and conservative majority, will ultimately side with the president on this. At the hearing, two of Trump's appointees seem to hint they might be leaning the other way. Amy Coney-Barrant, for example, seemed to challenge Trump lawyers who'd argued a U.S. statute

allows presidents to regulate imports at times of emergency, including with tariffs. said Connie Barrett on that Can you point to any other place in the code or any other time in history where that phrase together regulate importation has been used to confer tariff-imposing authority? Fellow Trump appointee, Neil Gorsuch

raised the concern the more power given to any president the less likely it had ever be reversed. What president's ever going to give that power back? Pretty rare president. Liberal justices pushed back on Trump's tariffs repeatedly. But it was the question

from some of the conservative justices that left tariff opponents optimistic. Among them, Arizona Attorney General Chris Mayas, speaking outside the court afterward. We feel really good about the arguments today and the questions that were asked by the justices. Trump has labeled the case, quote, literally life or death for this country. A ruling may come before the end of the year. Paul Hunter, CBC News, Washington. Democrats are celebrating big wins in the first electoral tests. Donald Trump returned to the White House last year. The party cruised to victory in several local and state elections last night. But the day after isn't all celebration.

The nature of those wins and the politics of who got elected puts the party at a strategic crossroads as it tries to win back power in Washington. Chris Reyes has more. Zora and Mamdani will lead the biggest city in the U.S. He'll be New York's youngest and first. Muslim mayor. And he did it running on a democratic socialist agenda that included rent freezes, free buses, no-cost child care, and cheaper groceries. You have delivered a mandate for change,

a mandate for a city we can afford. Mamdani ran as a Democratic candidate beating out former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who was forced to run as an independent. Despite the bitter fight between the two, Cuomo offered this. We will all help any way we can because we need our New York City government to work for all New Yorkers. Mamdani's win was part of a blue sweep in other races in the U.S. Virginia and New Jersey both elected Democrats for governors, each offering different visions for the Democratic Party. Senator Bernie Sanders says voters were sending this message. There was a common theme last night and that as people all over this country are rejected.

Trumpism. They understand that it is horrific situation. President Donald Trump blamed the government shutdown, now the longest in U.S. history for the Democratic wins. If you read the pollsters, the shutdown was a big factor, negative for the Republicans. And that was a big factor. And they say that I wasn't on the ballot was the biggest factor. But I don't know about that. But Trump also leveled attacks directly at Mamdani. After last night's results, the decision. facing all Americans could not be more clear. We have a choice between communism and common sense. Does that make sense to you?

Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramoswamy implored his party to focus on this. Our side needs to focus on affordability. Make the American dream affordable. Bring down costs. That's exactly why Alex Hubbard says he voted for Mamdani for his promises to make New York more affordable. It actually feels like somebody who lives here and feels our struggle. Mamdania officially takes office in January, while the rest of the country looks to the midterm elections in November 2026. Chris Reyes, CBC News, New York.

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In Sudan, it could be a troubling sign of the toll the country's civil war is taking on the population. Aid workers say fewer people are getting out of the battleground city of El Fasher. Violently seized by rebel forces last week, an initial wave of fleeing civilians has dropped off. And with communications blacked out, it's hard to know why. Chris Brown has the latest. The town of Tawila is the closest there is to a safe haven for Sudanese trying to flee executions and retributions by the rapid support forces who've taken over Al-Fasher. It's a four-day walk, much of it across desert. Once you get to the gates of Al-Fashir, the body start, said of Dalla Hasabala.

Some were killed by thirst, some by exhaustion, and some by their injuries. Italian doctor Juliet Ciprosis is working for the humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders in Tuila and she said she's been treating hundreds of people just like Hasabala for terrible injuries. It's mostly gunshot plus drone attack, torture like they beat them with any instrument they can find. In recent days, though, she says only a trickle of people have arrived.

So this was not what we were expecting because we were expecting people to come because the estimated population in El Fashir was around 200,000. That begs the question. Are people trapped? Have they managed to flee elsewhere? And how many have been killed? Two decades ago, as many as 300,000 people in Darfur

were massacred by militias that eventually evolved into the RSF in what is now widely characterized as a genocide. The UN has called the current state, situation in Sudan, the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with more than 150,000 people dead and up to 30 million relying on humanitarian assistance. Earlier this week, the global hunger monitor also declared a famine in Al-Fashir and warned it expects it to spread. Halud Kher is a London-based Sudan analyst. Ordinarily would expect a whole infrastructure

and a whole architecture of famine response to kick in, but we're not seeing any of that, really. of the international community, especially the United Arab Emirates, has made the war deadlier. Rights groups say the UAE has made or supplied hardware that's being used by RSF fighters on the battlefield, including advanced drones. The UAE government denies involvement. The UAE is making a lot of money from Sydney's gold and African gold in general. So far, efforts by the United States, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, known as the Quad, to broker a ceasefire, and neither the U.S. nor other countries have yet put significant pressure on the UAE to stop backing the rapid support forces. Chris Brown, CBC News, London.

The killing of a Mexican mayor has set off a wave of outrage and calls for justice. In a country that is used to political violence, this case has stoked fear. Carlos Manzo had gained a national profile taking on the drug cartels. until his assassination last weekend. The CBC's Jorge Barrera is in Mexico City tonight with the details. Gunfire during the Day of the Dead celebrations, a nighttime political hits in a public plaza

packed with people, targeting Carlos Manso, the crusading anti-cartel mayor of Udoapan, a city in western Mexico's avocado-growing region. I heard the gunshots in Iran's, his federal lawmaker Guadalupe Araseli Mendoza Arias. A friend and political ally of Manzo, Mendoza Arias, was walking alongside the mayor,

shortly before he was gunned down Saturday night. She said she prayed to God saying, please don't take him, this man who struggled for the people. The killing has sparked fury and protests across the western state of Bichokan. That seemed government buildings firebombed, as demonstrators called for an end. to collusion between officials and criminals that allows killings like this to happen.

You can get killed around any corner and we're tired of it, said one protester. Mexican President Claudio Sheenbaum responded, announcing a plan for peace and justice for Michoacan, but said she would not restart the narco wars, referring to military operations launched in 2006 by then President Felipe Calderon to destroy cartels. Clashes and killings followed for years, leaving tens of thousands dead and missing, combatants and innocents alike. That doesn't work, she said. While mayor, Manso would post videos like this of Narcos on his Facebook page, calling them out.

He also went with his police force on operations targeting criminals. They could kill me, he said, in one viral video. But the people are tired of this. Manso was the seventh mayor assassinated in Michoaka. since 2022. You have to go after criminals. Analysts Alberto Isla says organized crime is enmesh in the political and social fabric across swaths of Mexico.

Even if they're in political office, even if they're the public notaries, even if they're the bank officials, will the truth. Journalist Alex Gonzalez Ormerod said there's a chance to truth about Manso's killing may never be known or believed. We've seen it in different moments in Mexican history. Michoakon state authorities, leading the murder probe, have the body of the gunman, but not his identity. They released a sketch of his face and pictures of his tattoos, asking the public for help.

Jorge Brera, CBC News, Mexico City. We end tonight with a food truck coming back for seconds and a catch-up for a Saskatchewan man relishing in the return of a piece of his past. He headed northeast and was coming over a dirt hill, and then I just started to see it, just this little top of what I looked like a hot dog, a very big, hot dog. I knew I had to stop and take a photo, of course. He can't pass that up. Grant Miller is a Colorado photographer who likes to capture haunting objects in rugged landscapes. And on a road trip through Saskatchewan last summer, he kind of hit the jackpot.

An old beat-up hot dog truck abandoned in the middle of an empty field. It once belonged to Kenny Chaplin, a beloved small business he was forced to sell about 10 years ago. I went through a divorce and so I needed money. And also I was raising Ruby, and Ruby was five years old. She'd seen the truck because she was five. She'd been on it. But after that, we sold it, and I never heard about it again. Ruby, Chaplin's daughter, is now a teenager.

And recently, when the story of Dad once owning a giant hot dog truck came up, she needed proof. A Google search led her to Miller's photograph. Chaplin was curious. He hadn't seen the truck in years. so he reached out to Miller, who helped him track it down. So Ruby and I took a road trip out and were cresting the hill, just as Grant said, and I swear to God, I start to cry.

Because sometimes things from your past that were good come back to you for good reason, at a good time. Chaplin was able to buy back the truck, and he remembered replacing the transmission back in the day, so sure enough, it started up and made it home. He's now restoring the vehicle and the hot dog on top, Chaplin plans to reopen the business and run it together with his daughter. New plans, thanks to the unexpected return of an old dog.

Thank you for joining us. This has been your world tonight for Wednesday, November 5th. I'm Susan Bonner. Talk to you again. For more CBC podcasts, go to cBC.ca slash podcasts.