Your World Tonight - Poilievre backlash, PM Carney touts “generational budget,” Jays ticket prices, and more

Episode Date: October 22, 2025

Members of Pierrre Poilievre’s own party are criticizing his recent comments about the RCMP covering up Liberal scandals.And: Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with opposition leaders to talk about the upcoming budget. He’ll need some support to get it passed, once it’s presented on November 4th. He hasn’t given many details, but is calling it a “generational budget." Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre says Carney is out of touch with what Canadians need right now — relief on the cost of living.Also: As Blue Jays fans try to get tickets to the upcoming World Series, they’re also asking why they are so expensive, especially once they hit the resale sites.Plus: Rutte in Washington to talk Ukraine, Fintrac fines crypto exchange $177 million, what Trump is pushing for in Venezuela, and more.

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That's not what I said. I'll tell you what I said. I was asked about the scandals of the last 10 years of the liberal government. And if you look at my remarks, that's what I said. We will hold people accountable for corruption. Pierre Pollyev on the defensive over comments about the RCMP that some found offensive, alleging a cover-up. and raising questions about political interference.

Now some conservative MPs have questions of their own. Welcome to Your World Tonight. I'm Susan Bonner. It is Wednesday, October 22nd, just before 6 p.m. Eastern, also on the podcast. Mr. Speaker, this budget will get operational spending under control. Managing Canada's finances and Canadians' expectations. With less than two weeks to go until the federal budget, Prime Minister Mark Carney is laying the groundwork for his fiscal plan,

with Canada's economy under pressure and a minority government facing its first major test. The comments came on a podcast. The backlash is happening on Parliament Hill. For days, Pierre Pauliev had been under fire from other parties for suggesting the RCMP covered up liberal scandals. Now there's criticism of the conservative leader coming from within his own party. Kate McKenna has our top story from Ottawa. On the way into their weekly meeting, Conservative caucus members like Ontario MP Andrew Lawton and British Columbia MP Todd Doherty were quick to stand behind their leader.

Of course I support a leader and he's going to be an incredible prime minister. I think what we are going to hear from Pierre Paliab is what he's been telling all Canadians, which is that he's ready to lead. But inside caucus, a storm appears to be brewing. Five Conservative caucus members told Radio Canada that they're getting frustrated. Pierre Poliyev hasn't changed his message enough since losing the last election campaign. They say he isn't appearing prime ministerial, and his implication that former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should be imprisoned is irresponsible. The leadership of the RCMP is frankly just despicable when it comes to enforcing laws against the liberal government.

The anger stems from these comments made by Pauliev on the podcast, Northern Perspective, published last week. week. The conservative leader said Trudeau broke the law when he took a free vacation in 2016 during a family trip to the Aga Khan's private island. He also said the former prime minister probably broke the law during the SNC Lavalin affair. The most of the, many of the scandals of the Trudeau era should have been involved jail time. If the RCMP had been doing its job and not covering up for him, then he would have been criminally charged. The Mounties did look at potentially charging Trudeau with fraud when he accepted a free vacation. to the late Agha Khan's private island, but ultimately decided not to.

The RCMP Commissioner has said the investigation into SNC Lavalin was complicated because of the lack of access to cabinet confidences, but says he's very comfortable with the decision not to press charges, though in both cases Trudeau was found to have violated the Conflict of Interest Act. Some Harper-era conservatives have chafed at Pollyev's implication of political interference, writing in editorials he is hurting his party's own credibility. sources say Wednesday's caucus meeting was tense, with the leader offering MPs an explanation, but not an apology.

Leader, he addressed journalists to say that he was actually talking about former RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucky. My criticisms of Ms. Lucky have been long-standing, and that's why we called for her to resign. We called for her to resign for a number of numerous scandals that she and the RCMP failed to investigate. He wouldn't acknowledge that some in his own, caucus are upset. Well, listen, my view is that conservatives all agree on one thing. People should

be held accountable for corruption. Polya faces a leadership review in January. All signs so far indicate he's got the support of the majority of his party, but whether this response is enough to quell any unrest in his caucus before then is still uncertain. Kate McKenna, CBC News, Ottawa. The Prime Minister will deliver a speech tonight that is expected to be a preview of the upcoming federal budget. Mark Carney is trying to convince the public he can sort out a trade war and a struggling economy while convincing opposition parties to support that budget in a confidence vote. Tom Perry has the details. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative leader Pierre Palliev laying out two competing

visions. Our priority as Conservatives is an affordable budget for an affordable cost of living for the Canadian people. Polyev urging the government to cut taxes and rein in the deficit with deep cuts to spending, Carney vowing a different approach. Mr. Speaker, this budget will get operational spending under control. It will balance our spending over the next three years, but we're not going to stop there. We are going to invest in this country.

We are going to have the biggest investment in this country in generations. Kearney has been drawing a line between operational spending, the day-to-day costs of running the federal government and what he calls investments in areas like housing, infrastructure, and the military. It's a calculation that's expected to produce a sizable deficit. The parliamentary budget officer has estimated the government will post a shortfall of more than $68 billion this year up from nearly $52 billion last year. A budget is a matter of confidence, and in a minority parliament, the liberals will need some opposition MPs to support their plan, or at least not vote against it, to avoid an election. Government House leader Steve McKinnon isn't sure yet where those votes will come from.

Look, we do not think an election is necessary. We have a minority parliament, but we do believe we have a mandate. If there has to be an election, we will confidently take our plan to the people. To try to avoid an election, the Prime Minister has been meeting with party leaders. Today, sitting down with Pauliev and Block Quebecois leader I Francois Blanchet. The bloc has laid out half a dozen demands for what they want to see in the budget, including more health transfers to the provinces and a boost to old age security for seniors between the ages of 65 and 75. Those demands from the bloc, which are absolute conditions, have been known

and repeated, since before the election, they always knew what we stand for. We say this is what we want. The government still has until November 4th to win over its opponents, if any, are willing to be won over. In the meantime, Carney and his ministers are continuing their work of preparing Canadians for a budget, they say, will be historic. Carney will deliver a speech tonight laying out his government's vision, though Canadians will only see the full price tag on budget day. Tom Perry, CBC News, Ottawa.

Another auto plant in this country is losing production and jobs to the U.S. An American truck manufacturer based in St. Therese, Quebec, says trucks made for the U.S. market will now be made there. The union says that means 300 workers at the Pachar plant will lose their jobs. Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump said all imported medium and heavy-duty trucks will face a 25% tariff starting November 1st. Coming right up, what's next in the effort to end the Russia-Ukraine war now that a second Trump-Pooten meeting is off

and widening its attacks to new waters. The U.S. military launches a deadly strike on a suspected drug boat, but it wasn't in the Caribbean. Later, we'll have this story. I'm Sien Desjaldane in Toronto, where Blue Jays fans trying to get into the World Series are getting frustrated with Ticketmaster. They say tickets got scooped up quickly and are now on sale for a lot more. It feels like we're being excluded from something that we've been so dedicated for. And so to think that people from who knows where bought them these tickets and just jacked them up beatily, it's just so disheartening.

Priced out of the hottest tickets in the country. I'll have that story later on Your World Tonight. In Ukraine, Russian strikes killed at least seven people in Kiev overnight while cutting off electricity across the country. There's been a wave of intensifying attacks since a planned meeting between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin was canceled. And now the U.S. says more sanctions are coming. For the latest on this story, Breyer Stewart is in London. Breyer, the NATO Secretary General Mark Ruta is in Washington today, following word that Ukraine and Russia would not meet as planned.

What do we know about his meetings? Well, Mark Ruta was meeting with U.S. senators, and he was also going to be meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump to really help any way he can when it comes to brokering some kind of peace between Ukraine and Russia. Now, Ruta was very complimentary of Trump's role that he played in helping to cement a ceasefire in Gaza. And I think likely Trump was hoping that some of that peacemaker momentum could carry on to the war in Ukraine, which she once vowed to end in 24 hours. But these Washington-led negotiations appear to be at a standstill.

The White House has decided to shelve plans for a summit between Trump and Putin in Budapest, Hungary. And it was shelved after it appears that Russia was unwilling to compromise at all and willing to agree to that ceasefire which the U.S. has proposed. which would freeze the current lines in the war for at least 30 days while negotiations continue. Now, Russian officials suggest that plans for the Putin-Trump meeting are still in the work, saying that nothing has been canceled. And I should mention too, Susan, that ceasefire proposal, while Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said he thinks it's a very good compromise, but he doubts that the Russian president will go for it.

meantime, Russia continues to attack Ukraine's energy infrastructure, and Ukraine is doing the same thing to Russia with the president saying that these are the sanctions that work the fastest because it is the oil industry in Russia that funds the war effort. Is this strategy effective? Well, it is having an impact, Susan, but it's hard to tell how much, and that's because energy experts say last year data around refining capacity was designated as classified in Russia. In recent months, Ukraine Hestho really stepped up attacks. According to data compiled by a UK-based non-profit group called Open Source Center, there were more than 90 strikes on Russia's energy sector between August 2nd and October 14th of this year.

I spoke with Vladimir Milov, an exiled Russian politician who at one time was briefly Russia's Deputy Minister of Energy, and here's what he had to say about the potential impact of these strikes. What matters here is consistency. If Ukrainians will keep hitting in the coming weeks and months, that might exacerbate already very serious crisis. And Russia will not run out of fuel, but this will have an impact. This will have an impact on consumer prices, on public perception and, you know, the way economy is running and so on.

Now, last night Ukraine said it struck a petrochemical plant in Russia's Buryansk region with a UK-produced long-range storm shadow missile. And the threat of these Ukrainian strikes is significant enough that today Russian officials announced that they will start deploying reservists to protect critical infrastructure and some residential areas. Thank you, Breyer. You're welcome. The CBC's Breyer Stewart in London. The U.S. military is expanding its attacks on boats, its suspects of carrying drugs in international waters. It has struck another vessel killing two people, this time in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The earlier attacks have mostly focused on Venezuela. With speculation growing, the U.S. is pushing for regime change.

Paul Hunter explains. One shot, everyone dead center. U.S. President Donald Trump today describing the latest U.S. strike on what the U.S. says are illegal drug traffickers in a boat headed toward the U.S. from South America, this one on the Pacific side. to do it. It's in international waters. That it is the Eastern Pacific, not the Caribbean, sets it apart from seven previous such strikes on boats by U.S. forces in recent weeks, but it re-raises the question for so many, what is going on here? U.S. President Trump has long said he's targeting boats carrying illegal drugs to the U.S. from Venezuela. Lately going further, suggesting the U.S. is now considering going into that country militarily

on land as well. Here's Trump a week ago. We are certainly looking at land now because we've got the sea very well under control. Trump also confirming he's authorized covert actions by the CIA in Venezuela. Add to that a broader buildup of U.S. forces in the region and speculation mounts that Trump's real goal is ousting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, whose government was deemed illegitimate by the Joe Biden administration long before Trump's recent actions. Maduro himself in September, calling Trump's steps in the region, not tension, it is aggression.

When asked if Maduro has offered mediation as a way out of U.S. pressures, said Trump on Friday, he has offered everything. He's offered everything. You know why? Because he doesn't want to fuck around with the United States. So where does it all lead? What is the end game? Is war looming? I wouldn't rule out a negotiation with Medora. Paul Hare is a former British deputy head of mission in Venezuela telling CBC news.

It's far from straightforward if the U.S. is intent on forcing things. It's very difficult to oust somebody like Maduro who controls the military, the judiciary, the media and the oil at the moment. And if everybody remains, loyal to him. It's, you know, it's an interesting, maybe a pivotal moment. Trump today focused on his view. The attacks on these boats are strictly to combat drug trafficking, saying if traffickers now stop using boats and bring more drugs by land, the U.S. will strike them there as well. We're totally prepared to do that.

Added his defense secretary today, drug cartels are waging war on our border and our people. Paul Hunter, CBC News, Washington. The International Court of Justice says Israel has a legal obligation to ensure the basic needs of the civilian population in Gaza. And that means allowing the United Nations Aid Agency in Gaza, known as UNRWA, to provide humanitarian assistance. Court President Yuji Iwisawa read the Justice's opinion in the Hague. The court considers that Israel is under an obligation to agree to and facilitate relief. schemes provided by the United Nations and its entities, including UNRWA. In its final section on international humanitarian law, the court explains that custom international

law prohibits the use of starvation of the civilian population as a method of warfare. The United Nations asked the ICJ to weigh in after Israel effectively banned UNRWA from the territory. Israel has said the agency has been infiltrated by Hamas. Nine workers were fired in 2024 for potential connections to the October 7th attacks. The judges say Israel has not substantiated that claim. Israel has rejected the court's non-binding opinion. More aid has started to arrive in Gaza this week after a ceasefire was established earlier this month.

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. Canadian regulators have fined a cryptocurrency exchange nearly $177 million. That's about 1,200 Bitcoin in case you're wondering, the largest ever penalty by Canada's financial intelligence agency, alleging illegal transactions and links to criminal activity. As Cameron McIntosh explains, it comes as Ottawa promises to get tougher on financial crime. Cryptomus now, 7 million of transactions. On YouTube, Cryptimus bills itself as a

safe, secure platform for cryptocurrencies, with 100,000 of satisfied users. FinTrack, Canada's National Financial Intelligence Agency says some of those customers use the platform for more than 2,500 illegal transactions. That could be connected to child pornography, fraud, ransom demands, and evasion of sanctions against Iran. Fintrach says Cryptimus and its parent Zeltrox enterprises failed to comply with reporting obligations. In a statement called its $177 million fine, an unprecedented enforcement action. Whenever I see something like this and it's this big, I rejoice a little bit. Brent Arnold is a lawyer specializing in cyber security. He says the fine sends a big message. I'm also frankly impressed because Canada's

reputation for pursuing financial crime in the last few years hasn't been impressive. Last year, FinTrack was given greater enforcement powers to combat financial crime. Exchange Cryptimus, which will help you start putting in trading and earning. Earlier this year, Cryptimus was temporarily banned from trading securities by the BC's Securities Commission. While it's incorporated and registered in Vancouver, it has no employees in Canada. Fintrax says it reached representatives in Spain and Uzbekistan. Why is it when you have no employees, when you have no demonstrated sort of institutional capacity in Canada, you can run a multi-billion dollar crypto exchange that clearly is linked to

adversarial actors. Queen's University professor Christian Lupricht is an expert in cyber and financial crime. He says Canada has long had a reputation. for being low risk for money laundering and other financial crimes. And that's exactly what drives our allies insane. But we are systematically being exploited by bad actors. And the best we can do is levy a large fine that is unlikely to be paid. The federal government insists it's clamping down.

This is going to be Canada's lead enforcement agency. This week, the federal finance minister said there will be funding for a new financial crimes agency in next month's federal budget, first proposed in 2021. long overdue, says Luprecht. I see this the beginning of a very long and steep road that requires significant reform. As Cryptomus continues to grow. Online, Cryptimus continues to promise a full suite of financial services.

It did not respond to requests for comment. While it faces no criminal charges, it does have the right to appeal the fine. Cameron McIntosh, CBC News, Winnipeg. North America's first coastal refuge for captive whales could open as early as next year. The Nova Scotia government has given the U.S.-based Whales Sanctuary Project approval to build the proposed 40 hectare enclosure on the province's eastern shore. Earlier this month, the owners of marine land, the shuttered Ontario theme park, said, without help, it would have to euthanize its 30 belugas. The project's

executive director, Charles Vinnick, says the sanctuary could care for up to 10 of them. whales, we don't know their health. Are they at death's door? No, that's not certainly what anyone sees from what we've read and alike. This is a threat to kill them. And so everything we can do with our colleagues throughout Canada, with the people in Canada, to create a plan to provide homes, find homes for all 30 of these belugas is what we have to be doing. No whales will be moved to the site until the group secures private financing and gets permits from the Federal Fisheries Department and Transport Canada. There are renewed calls for stronger regulations

when it comes to platforms like Ticketmaster. With the Toronto Blue Jays heading to the World Series, baseball fans hoping to attend are getting priced out and fed up. Cheyenne Desjardin reports. On Tuesday morning, when we live, logged in at 945, right on the dot, clicked into the queue. Long time Blue Jays fan, Greg Overmans, wanted to see this World Series in person. Experience a moment like this, maybe.

But when it was his turn to pick a ticket at 1040, all of them were gone. My question is, who got tickets? It feels like we're being excluded from something that we've been so dedicated for. And Overman's is not alone. I got in at 1033, and the cheapest single ticket was $3,000, so that was a hard note. That was like $800 in the queue, and I just took too long. Those things were flying. The tickets did reappear on Ticketmaster for resale.

Tons are available. The frustrating catch... Tickets are thousands and thousands of dollars. Vass Bedner with the Canadian Shield Institute has seen this before. Take the Taylor Swift ERAs tour in November. The nosebleed sold out on the resale market for thousands. There's someone who's willing to pay that, you know, in a certain universe, it will always get out of control. What kind of society do we want to have? Is it one where pricing is constantly calibrated to capitalize on the maximum that somebody will spend?

I don't think so, but we're come to accept it as a norm right now, and I think people are starting to push back. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province is looking at legislation. My personal opinion, they're gouging the people. When you have one player in the market that controls the table, tickets, that's not right for the people. That's despite Ontario scrapping part of a law that would have capped ticket resale prices in 2019, saying it was unenforceable. And that's been the case in Quebec, which does have laws to restrict merchants from increasing the prices themselves. But inflated resales still happen. And in the U.S., the Department of Justice recently sued Ticketmaster and its parent company, alleging illegal tactics. It's in circumstances like this where the

finite number of tickets and the demand is much greater that we see the issue come to bear. Stephen Selsnick is a partner with Castle, Brock and Blackwell, a law firm in Toronto. The big problem in Canada is we do not have federal legislation regulating the resale of tickets to any event. The open market rules most of the time. But any policy changes will come too late for fans like Overmans. We have a six-year-old son. He's so crazy about the Jays right now. And the thought of being like, is it possible to actually take him to see this moment? it's not. It's just not feasible.

He says they'll be cheering them on with friends. Still special, just not quite the same. Shandahe, CBC News, Toronto. We end tonight with two friends who've known each other for decades and only just met in person after 43 years on the page. 1992, this is. How are you? Sorry it's been so long since I've written, but university takes up a lot of my time.

what's new with you? The weather here is starting to warm up. Today it's four degrees. Do you have a boyfriend now? This one is 1987. How is life getting on? Are you having your holidays or are you struggling for your exams? Sonia Clark, Casey from Newfoundland and Michelle Ann Ing from Singapore, pen pals since 1985 when they connected for a school project. distant friendship, nurtured by dedicated communication. It's the connection, to be able to connect with someone and to relate it. It's a good question, why did we keep it up, you know?

Like, I genuinely enjoyed getting letters from you. Chinese, we say you're more chi, yeah. So it's like there's really that connection. Like there's nothing else I have written anywhere that would say, you know, kind of show me a glimpse of my life. I told you I was on a diet. What was I do? doing at a time when I was 13.

Through teenage years, university, marriage, and children, they eventually got email and found each other on Facebook, but never stopped writing. The charm of sitting down with a pen and paper and the joy of opening an envelope helped the relationship endure and was a big reason why this week, Ing finally made the trip to Canada.

I couldn't sleep the night before. I was so excited. And I made, gosh, I'm getting my... emotional. I made a sign with her name. I didn't need a sign. I knew I would have hidden also. We just gave each other a big hug and said, I can't believe it. It's pretty special. They spent their first day together going through the stacks of old letters. After Ing's visit, it will be Clark Casey's turn to travel to Singapore. But in the meantime, they plan on getting right back to letter writing. Thank you for joining us.

This has been your world tonight for Wednesday, October 22nd. I'm Susan Bonner. Talk to you again.