Your World Tonight - Carney goes to Washington, Alberta teachers strike, heat wave and an ocean blob, and more

Episode Date: October 6, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Washington for another trade meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. With more pressure on the Prime Minister, opposition politicians are criticizing the lack of progress on a new trade deal.Also: Thousands of Alberta teachers are on the picket line in the largest education strike in the province’s history.And: Indirect ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas have begun in Egypt, with the United States urging both sides to move quickly on an American plan to end the war in Gaza and release hostages.Plus: Tracing Canada’s unseasonably mild fall air to some unusually warm water in the Pacific Ocean, and more.

All right. It is October. It is officially spooky season, which is great timing because there is a new Canadian thriller series out. It's called Wayward, and I think we should be talking about it. My name is Alameen Abdu Mahmoud and I love pop culture. And this week on my podcast, Commotion, I called up some of my favorite critics to get into the show about a school for troubled teens and then things start to go wrong. It is just wonderful. And it's bringing something new and interesting to the thriller genre. For that episode and a whole lot more, you can find and follow Commotion with Alameen Abduhne. on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. This is a CBC podcast. What are you hoping for in Washington, Prime Minister? Good day. What are you hoping for out of what you trip to Washington, Prime Minister? I'm looking forward to meeting the president. Making another crucial diplomatic push in D.C.

As Mark Carney heads to Washington looking for a break in Donald Trump's trade war, the U.S. slaps on new tariffs, this on top of a new round last week. And with thousands more Canadian jobs at stake, some have doubts whether the White House is ready to make any serious change at all. Well, I guess he's going to ask about tariffs because a lot of companies from Canada are moving into the United States, you know. Welcome to Your World Tonight. I'm Susan Bonner. It is Monday, October 6th, just before 6 p.m. Eastern, also on the podcast. Our oldest child is a high-need student, and just in the last two years that he's been in the public school system, we've seen kind of a surprising decline in the amount of supports that's offered.

Thousands of teachers out of the classroom parents scrambling for child care and a serious rift between the Alberta government and the union as the largest teachers strike in the province's history kicks off. Mark Carney is in Washington, D.C. this evening for another high-stakes meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. There are lots of questions about just how much Carney can get out of this visit, with Trump talking new tariffs, expectations are low, and frustrations high. The CBC's Catherine Cullen has details. Well, I guess he's going to ask about tariffs because a lot of companies from Canada are moving into the United States.

Prime Minister Mark Kearney was mid-flight to Washington, D.C., hoping to talk to the U.S. president about dropping at least some tariffs. When Donald Trump told reporters, not only are tariffs making the U.S. wealthy, he claimed they're solving conflicts. If I didn't have the power of tariffs, you would have at least four of the seven wars, raging. I use tariffs to sub-wars. The Prime Minister's office has been trying to keep expectations in check about his lunch meeting with the U.S. president. There's been no talk of a deal to end U.S. tariffs. Instead, a news release calls this a working visit focused on shared priorities. I'm looking forward to meeting the president.

Before leaving Ottawa, the prime minister told reporters there was more than just trade on the agenda. Everything from foreign affairs to economics. Bringing up foreign affairs too. Carney's pitch has long been for a new economic and security relationship with the U.S. I don't want the prime minister in there. You're getting bullied. Ontario's premier observed this morning that meetings with the U.S. can go sour. You know, I'll be very blunt.

You never know what comes out of a meeting with President Trump. He'll say one thing one day and change his mind the next day. But Doug Ford says he's still optimistic. I'm confident that the prime minister is going to go in there and do a great job. Of course, in the last few weeks, it didn't go in the right direction. Quebec Premier Francoislegoe points out things have, in fact, gotten worse for Canada lately in terms of U.S. tariffs, noting just last week, Trump raised tariffs on lunch. lumber and wood products. Just today, Trump posted online about moving on another tariff,

25 percent, on medium and heavy-duty trucks. The president says it will come into force on November 1st. Any implications or exemptions for Canada, not yet clear. We hope that Mark Carney will succeed in convincing Donald Trump to reduce some tariffs, says the Quebec Premier. During question period, Conservative leader Pierre Pahliav sounded less hopeful. promising to negotiate a win, to have a deal by July the 21st. The Prime Minister is not flying all the way to Washington, D.C., just to have lunch. An idea quickly dismissed by Minister of Canada-U.S. trade, Dominic LeBlanc. Mr. Speaker, was the leader of the opposition suggesting,

if the President of the United States invites you to go to Washington for a meeting in a working lunch, we should have just said no and hung the phone up? Pahliav retorted he's suggesting Carney deliver results that, like, hinges in good part on the behavior tomorrow of an unpredictable U.S. president. Catherine Cullen, CBC News, Ottawa. The federal government is ending the long-held tradition of presenting its budget in the spring. Instead, it will be tabled in the fall with a smaller economic update released in spring. Finance Minister Francois-Ferilippe-Champaign says a fall federal budget will be better aligned

with the parliamentary calendar, construction season, and with other G7 countries. Budget Day is November 4th. It is the first province-wide teachers strike in Alberta's history, and after one day there's little clarity on when it might end. Some 51,000 teachers are off the job. Nearly three-quarters of a million kids are out of school. Julia Wong explains why and what's at stake in a stalemate between teachers and the province. Alberta schools should be bustling,

but classrooms and playgrounds are unusually quiet. We're going to survival mode, I guess. Tens of thousands of Alberta parents are scrambling to find care for their young children, like Aden 4th and Kelly Summers, who have a daughter in grade 3 and son in grade 6. So we've been kind of preparing for that as best we can, but it's difficult because we both work and we have grandparents, but they're not always able to take care of our kids. Employers offered a 12% raise over four years.

a promise to add 3,000 new teachers and 1,500 educational assistance over the next few years. But teachers rejected it. At the heart of the issue for the union, classroom sizes, more supports for students with complexities and wages. So today is not a day that any of us wanted, but it's a day that regrettably became necessary. Students are falling through the cracks, says Alberta Teachers Association President Jason Schilling. We have classes that are so crowded that students, don't feel like they're getting that one-on-one attention they deserve to get from a teacher. This is not what we want, but this is what we need to do for public education.

David Klyman has been a teacher in Calgary for five years. It is beyond unacceptable what I've seen in my classroom of 41 kids in each class. I do as much as I can to get to know my students and support my students, but I know that I can't do my job to the best of my own ability under these working conditions. and that's what we're fighting for. The province is offering parents $30 a day for every child 12 and under while the strike lasts.

Klyman, who is also a parent, calls the payments outrageous. That is an attempt at extending the length of this strike so that students stay out of school longer. We are always ready to go back to the bargaining table. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaking in Montreal. The teachers set this arbitrary deadline of October 6th and we've asked them to call off the strike

and to come back to negotiating. We don't think we're that far apart. We think our wage offer is very fair. Mid-afternoon Monday, the teacher's employers serve the union with a lockout notice, set to start Thursday. For the summer's fourth family, they were able to enroll their kids into nearby day camps. I get to sleep in, but then I don't get recess. But even son Rupert in grade six understands things are not normal. Usually, like, I always hate going to school, but then when you take it away, it just feels like so much different. feeling he and more than 700,000 other students have to get used to until both sides can come to an agreement.

Julia Wong, CBC News, Edmonton. Coming right up, a day ahead of the second anniversary of the October 7th, Hamas attack on Israel, ceasefire talks are beginning in Egypt. There are new hopes for the release of Israeli hostages and the end of the war in Gaza, but it's not a done deal. Later, we'll have this story. Hundreds of people have been rescued from the base of Mount Everest after being trapped by unseasonably heavy snow, but hundreds more remain. I would say it's very much just a waiting game.

They've been snowed in. I'm Jamie Strassion in Toronto with the story of a rescue at the world's tallest mountain coming up on your world tonight. Indirect talks between Israel and Hamas have begun in Egypt to hash out details on a U.S. drafted peace plan. The talks on the eve of the second anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel that led to the war in Gaza, hopes have been raised for the return of the remaining Israeli hostages and an end to the war.

But there are still plenty of potential obstacles to overcome. Sasha Petrasek is in Jerusalem. Sasha, what is the latest on the talks? Well, Susan, negotiators and mediators are in these. Egyptian resort of Sharma al-Shake tonight, and the signals from all sides are probably as optimistic as they've been in months. Here in Israel and in Gaza itself, people are also pretty much hopeful about the war ending. They're discussing that, but the immediate issue is the release of the remaining hostages, 20 of them alive in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in

Israel's jails. There's also the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and the disarmament of Hamas to be discussed. And that's just in the short term. So why are things now moving, is the question, I guess. It seems to be about the personal involvement and a lot of pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump. He has said that he's given Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu no choice but to go along with this.

And he's also threatened Hamas with hell to pay if they don't take this seriously. Interestingly, though, even though the negotiations have started, Israel's chief negotiator won't be there for a day or two, and neither will Trump's top envoys. It seems key players are hedging their bets. So, Sasha, there is optimism. They are talking, but there are those sticking points.

What are the key sticking points that need to be resolved before this becomes reality? Yeah, that's right, Susan. I mean, both sides have said yes. to the Trump plan, but they're also disputing parts of it. Hamas is reluctant to release all the hostages, the group's only real bargaining chips, with Israeli troops still inside Gaza. The Trump plan calls for them to start to pull back and to get out eventually, but Netanyahu's has insisted that they will remain deep inside the strip for the foreseeable future. Hamas is also balked at disarmament, before there are guarantees of Palestinian control of Gaza

and clear movement toward a Palestinian state. The Trump plan suggests both of those, but Netanyahu has said Israel will never accept a Palestinian state. So those differences have really stalled previous talks, and they may do the same again, but Trump says we will see progress in a few days. Others say it could take a week or more before it's clear if the optimism is justified.

And the whole world is watching. Sasha, thank you. My pleasure, Susan. Sasha Petrasek in Jerusalem tonight. Kibbutz-Berry on Gaza's eastern border was once known for its peace activism. But on October 7, 2023, it was a war zone. Hamas-led militants attacked and killed 102 of its residents and took 32 others hostage. Those losses were among the worst anywhere that day. Paul Hunter visited the community still struggling to recover

and desperately hoping for peace. At Kibbutzbury, not far from the Gaza Strip, two years after the October 7th attacks, it remains a testament to the horror of that day. With Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza ever since, it's a reminder to the world, again, how the war began. This week, International media, including CBC, were invited into what's left of the kibbutz.

The scars, still in plain sight, burnt homes, bullet holes through windows and walls, the debris of torn lives everywhere. When the terrorists came inside our house, tried to bomb our door, I was in my house with my husband and my three kids. Mirigad Masika's family survived that day, but more than a hundred of her neighbors were killed, one in ten residents, including Israeli-Canadian peace activist Vivian Silver. More than 30 others were kidnapped, grabbed from their homes, pushed into cars, and taken to Gaza. And when they didn't have enough room in the car, they just executed them just like this with no reason.

Even two years after, I don't actually, I don't understand why they did. what they did. I really don't. Sorry. When alarms rang out that morning, families ran into barricaded safe rooms. In some, Hamas attackers forced their way in regardless, using rocket grenades, assault rifles, and hammers. I was sitting on the bed, and my wife, she was sitting on the floor with a blanket on her. And what are you thinking at that moment? That now it's my time to die. Ohad Ben Ami and his wife were both kidnapped. His wife released after 54 days.

He was held for 491 days, mostly underground somewhere in Gaza. He showed us what's left of his place that smashed remnants of life before October 7th. But he told us his thoughts are always with those still being held, those who may now soon finally be freed if the proposed U.S. peace deal is agreed upon. hope that all the 48 hostages will come back to the families and our nation and their people will get the chance to recover. For the hostages, he says, for Israel and for all those in Gaza, not part of the attacks now caught in the suffering, this war must end. Paul Hunter, CBC News at Kibbutzbe Erie near the Israel-Gaza border.

Mrs. Prime Minister has abruptly resigned after less than a month in office. Sebastian Le Corneux stepped down just hours after announcing his cabinet, making his administration the shortest lived in modern French history. The move puts more pressure on President Emmanuel Macron, who calls snap elections or possibly step down. For more than a year, French Parliament has been bitterly divided and unable to agree on spending cuts and pass a budget to reduce the country's ballooning deficit.

This is Your World Tonight from CBC News. If you want to make sure you stay up to date and never miss one of our episodes, follow us on Spotify, Apple, wherever you get your podcasts. Just find the follow button and lock us in. Donald Trump up the ante this afternoon in his fight with Democratic-run cities

over the use of the national. Guard. After one court ordered the deployments to stop and more lawsuits were launched, the U.S. President raised the specter of using the Insurrection Act to get what he wants. Ashley Burke has details from Washington. Protesters and authorities in Portland clashing overnight. The city's mayor says federal agents have been inflaming otherwise peaceful protests outside immigration enforcement offices using unjustified force, impact munitions, and pepper spray. Donald Trump says scenes like that are why he needs to send in federal troops.

I believe that the Portland people are scared. It's a burning hellhole. The president in the Oval Office this afternoon firing back at a federal judge's decision to block him not once but twice from sending in National Guard troops to Portland. You have a judge that lost away that tries to pretend that, like, there's no problem. That judge appointed by Trump says the president directly contravened her first court order, so she expanded it. The judge ruled that Portland's protests were not very violent or disruptive, and Trump's claims of daily civil unrest were simply untethered to the facts. The president now seems to be suggesting he's open to using the insurrected,

Act at some point if needed. I do it if it was necessary. So far it hasn't been necessary. I'd do that. If people were being killed and courts were holding us up or governors or mayors were holding us up. The White House is appealing the decision in Portland as part of a flurry of moves that's left governors in other cities, including Chicago, scrambling, to try and stop the deployment of

troops. We will use every single tool that is available to us. Chicago's mayor, Brandon Johnson, says his city and the state have now sued the Trump administration, too. I'm calling on this president to leave us the freak alone. Illinois's governor, J.B. Pritzker, with some strong words, too. Donald Trump's deranged depiction of Chicago as a hellhole was just complete BS. He says federal agents are targeting peaceful protesters so Trump can send troops into their city. Make it seem like peaceful protesters are a mob by firing gas pellets and tear gas canisters at them.

Why? To create the pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act. Chicago's mayor says the lawsuits send a message that his city will not be intimidated and used as a political prop. But this legal showdown has just begun. Ashley Burke, CBC News, Washington. For parts of Ontario, Quebec and Eastern Canada, it. felt more like summer than fall this weekend. People flocked outdoors in cities like Toronto, Montreal, and Fredericton

as the thermometer neared high summer temperatures. But as senior science reporter Nicole Mortillero reports, while Canadians made the most of the heat, scientists say they're worried. Having to suffer through the winter all the time, I'm personally loving it. Everything is dry, as a bone everywhere. It's not normal and it's very scary.

That's how some people in Montreal viewed the unusual warm weather this past weekend, where the temperature reached 30 degrees Celsius. In Sudbury, Ontario, the heat was also on, with a high of nearly 30 degrees Celsius. Its average temperature at this time of year, 12 degrees. Jeff Colson, a warning preparedness meteorologist with environment and climate change Canada, noted just how warm it's been. High temperature records may be broken by a fraction of a degree or maybe a degree or two at most, but seeing some of these temperature records broken in parts of northeastern and eastern Ontario,

by four, five, six degrees is very unusual. The culprit behind this anomalous warmth is believed to lie thousands of kilometers away, the Pacific Ocean. Lulawi, Admasu, from the University of British Columbia, said the heat in the Pacific Ocean is getting warmer under climate change. And it's believed that it can affect the jet stream,

a rushing river of air in the upper atmosphere that separates warm and cold air, which in turn can drive weather patterns. What the theory is right now is that because of these very warm areas in the Pacific region, we're having this impact on the jet stream. So what that means is that the weather systems will be pushed northward. And when we have these lows and highs coming through to the U.S. and Canada, they're going to be affecting our weather. William Chung, a professor and director at the Institute for Oceans and Fisheries at the University of British Columbia, said, while some people may enjoy prolonged summer-like weather, it comes with consequences.

It affects precipitation that affects agriculture. It also makes the forest drier that can lead to increase the risk of forest fire. And that's not to mention the effects that the unusually hot Pacific Ocean has on aquatic life, he said. It affects also marine life, marine ecosystems, and also it affects people because many people are dependent on the ocean directly, for food, for culture, for livelihood. After today, temperatures across Canada are expected to return to more seasonal values for some time, and Canadians can return to enjoying the fall colors at cooler temperatures. Nicole Mortillero, CBC News, Toronto. A rescue effort is underway to reach some 200 people stranded

on Mount Everest. They were snowed in over the weekend after a rare blizzard during peak climbing season. Jamie Strasson explains why it seemed to catch so many off guard, on the world's highest mountain. Up against the eastern face of Mount Everest, hundreds of trekkers are guided to safety by rescuers after being stranded by unseasonably heavy snow. Rescue crews have made contact with about 200 others also caught up in the nasty weather that's battered the area.

I would say it's very much just a waiting game. They've been snowed in to ensure that while they're waiting, they do so in a safe area where the avalanche risk is International mountain expedition leader Nick Hollis says October is usually the peak season to enjoy the lush forests and trails that make up this part of the Everest region. Many visitors and tour groups currently in the area are taking advantage of an eight-day national holiday in China. The heavy snow has blocked roads, making it difficult for rescuers and local villagers who are helping to reach those who are trapped. Rescue teams coming from the lowlands working their way up.

The challenge for them is going to be punching their way through the fresh snow on the road. So initially that might be slow, but as time goes on, that again will be an improving picture. Hollis says for those stranded, it's a question of whether they have adequate tents, sleeping bags and food supplies until help arrives. These were not people that were planning on going to high altitudes that have those skills or capabilities. Nova Scotia's Mike Mulroney knows the area well, having reached Everest Summit, in 2019, he points out that in this case, the hundreds of people stranded were not trying to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, but likely more inexperienced trekkers,

part of large tourist groups. Can't speak for the capabilities of anybody that's trapped, but of course we do have to differentiate that these were not climbers. He also says that the weather in the area can change quickly, catching even the most experienced climbers off guard. It's highly influenced by the monsoons. Basically, you come up against a wall. and that's where all the precipitation stops.

It doesn't surprise me that a storm can hit like this. It just happened that there was a lot of people that needed to be accommodated. Authorities have stopped any further trekkers from entering the area until the weather clears and everyone can be safely rescued. Jamie Strash and CBC News, Toronto. Finally tonight.

He got another one. Just a hint of a strut coming out. off the mound here in the fifth. That is 11 strikeouts through five remarkable innings. That was the call on sports net as 22-year-old pitcher Trey Yisavich made Blue Jays history,

throwing the most post-season strikeouts ever on route to another Toronto win in the American League Division series. Following the 13 to 7 win over the New York Yankees Sunday, Yisavich thanked the frenzied Rogers Center crowd. Let's bring in the man of the hour. Canadians don't give curtain calls to just any bun.

How did you feel about being told to come back out here and acknowledging this fan base? It was awesome. You guys are rocking. The city's awesome. And I love you guys. The Savage's story has captivated fans across the country and Major League Baseball called his performance one of the greatest in Blue Jays history.

The game also saw Yassavage break the record as the youngest Blue Jays playoff starter ever. He credits his family who traveled from Pennsylvania for the game. They're about people. They're the reason I'm here right now. I couldn't love them more. Mom, dad, Cole, Chase, you're at college. I love you guys. With the Blue Jays up to nothing in the series,

Yassavich and his many new fans just want to see the playoff magic continue. The Blue Jays have a chance to sweep the Yankees in the Bronx on Tuesday. Thanks for joining us. This has been your world tonight for Monday, October 6th. I'm Susan Bonner. Talk to you again. The Blue Jays get a remarkable performance from Trey Yassavich and offense everywhere. As they beat the Yankees 13 to 7, and they're going to take a 2-0 lead.