The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/21 at 02:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/21 at 02:00 EDT

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sponsored by IG Private Wealth Management. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Trisha Kindleman. Finance ministers from some of the most influential economies in the world are meeting in Banff, Alberta today for the second day of a three-day summit. But as Anis Hadari reports, it's unclear how they'll talk about a major economic concern, tariffs. Summer in Canada, you know, it's great to have you everyone. Unpredictable weather, as it often is in Alberta, means it's snowing in the Rocky Mountains, as Federal Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne speaks to reporters

as the G7 finance minister meetings get underway. Our mission is really about restoring stability and growth. We're going to be talking about a number of things. That number of things notably does not include tariffs, at least not officially. What is on the agenda? Economic resilience, growth policies, and some discussion of a well-functioning global trade system. Peter Beame was a senior Canadian advisor at six previous G7 summits.

He says tariffs have definitely influenced the topics at this gathering. So the global economy will be addressed. Downside risks. I would say tariffs fall into that downside risks category in terms of their impact. Canada's finance minister is also expected to meet with his counterparts from other nations one-on-one through the coming days. Anis Hadari, CBC News, Banff. Weekend work remains an obstacle in negotiations between Canada Post and its employees who have threatened to walk off the job on Friday.

Canada Post is pushing for part-time workers to be deployed on weekends in response to rising parcel demand. The union is backing a purely full-time model that would move existing employees onto some weekend shifts. Donald Trump is pushing ahead with a massive plan to build a missile defense system they're calling the Golden Dome. The plan will take years to develop and cost tens of billions of dollars. The US president is claiming Canada will not only be involved but will also help pay for it.

Katie Simpson reports. The Golden Dome missile defense shield. It will cost 170 billion dollars US and should be operational Trump says by the end of his term in office. Capable of intercepting missiles even if they are launched from Other sides of the world and even if they're launched from space Trump compared it to a more advanced version of the Iron Dome that protects Israel saying the US will use state-of-the-art Technology land sea and space based to ramp up protection of the homeland Canada has called us and they want to be a part of it So we'll be talking to them. They want to have

protection also So as usual we help Canada the best we can Trump said he'd work out the pricing with Canada and his comments are in line with statements from Canada's former defense minister Bill Blair who said Ottawa is interested in participating Katie Simpson CBC News, Washington. And the United Nations says no humanitarian aid has been distributed in Gaza despite the easing of Israel's 11-week blockade. UN spokesperson Stefan DeGeric says trucks that cross the border haven't reached its warehouses or delivery points.

The arrival of more supplies closer to where they are needed is a positive development. It is only a drop in the ocean of what is actually needed to address the massive scale of the humanitarian operation. The deprivations we are seeing in Gaza as a result of ongoing bombardments and blockade and the recurrent displacement. The UN says supplies that arrived on Monday have yet to be handed out. ongoing bombardments and blockade and the recurrent displacement. The UN says supplies that arrived on Monday have yet to be handed out. The World Health Organization says 2 million people in Gaza are starving. In Australia, crews have rescued nearly 300 people in the last day and thousands are believed to have been cut off by floodwaters in parts of New South Wales.

Ministry for Emergency Services' Jahad Dibb talks about the challenges crews are facing. We have got a situation here where the rain really has been falling quite heavily and quite hard and it hasn't been moving away. Part of that is because the ground is so saturated. Another part is also because the rivers are swollen. Some areas have seen up to 280 millimeters of rain. The rain is expected to continue for the next two to three days. And that is Your World This Hour.

News anytime at cbc.ca. I'm Trisha Kindleman.