The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/21 at 18:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/21 at 18:00 EDT

Other People's Problems was the first podcast to take you inside real-life therapy sessions. I'm Dr. Hilary McBride, and again, we're doing something new. The ketamine really broke down a lot of my barriers. This work has this sort of immediate transformational effect. Therapy Using Psychedelics is the new frontier in mental health. Come along for the trip. Other People's Problems Season 5, available now. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Julie-Ann Hazelwood. Canada Post has presented its latest contract proposal to the union representing some 55,000

workers. The offer comes ahead of a potential strike on Friday. The union suggested a two-week pause in any job action but the mail carrier rejected it. Marina von Stackelberg has the latest. Canada Post employees could be off the job Friday. The union says it offered to pause its strike for two weeks to look over this newest proposal. But under the Labour Code both sides have to agree. Canada Post won't. The corporation says after two years of negotiations a resolution is urgently needed. Jim Galant is one of the union's negotiators. Why didn't they give it to us last week? They say they have an offer for us and

they put it right up against the deadline. Canada Post's latest offer includes a wage increase of nearly 14% over four years. The two sides are at odds with Canada Post's desire to hire more part-time staff to deliver on weekends. John Hamilton speaks for the corporation. Do we continue to try and preserve the status quo or do we just say it's 2025, the delivery world has changed? The federal government recently bailed the company out with a $1 billion loan. Marina von Stackelberg, CBC News, Ottawa.

To London, Ontario now, in the sexual assault trial involving five former World Junior Hockey players. The Crown attorney is trying to convince the judge to let her cross-examine her own witness about inconsistencies in his testimony. Karen Pauls explains. Today's legal arguments revolve around whether the Crown's witness, Vegas Golden Knights forward Brett Howden, is deliberately pretending not to remember details that would hurt his former World Junior teammates or if his memory loss is legitimate

and sincere. Howden has been unable to recall details that he has provided in previous statements to investigators and that the Crown wants on the record. The defense lawyers are asking the judge to reject the Crown's application and are presenting case law to bolster their positions. One of them described Howden as unsophisticated, inarticulate, a poor communicator, and careless with his words. The judge will have to make a ruling on this application before Howden resumes testifying

by video link from Las Vegas. Karen Pauls, CBC News, London, Ontario. In Washington, another ambush from US President Donald Trump. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was at the White House hoping to improve deteriorating relations between the two countries. Instead, Trump repeated his baseless accusations that the South African government was condoning genocide against the country's white farmers. You're taking people's land away from them.

And those people in many cases are being executed. They're being executed. And they happen to be white, and most of them happen to be farmers. And that's a tough situation. I don't know how you explain that. A video purporting to prove the claim was also played during the meeting. Ramaphosa repeatedly denied the genocide. He says most victims of violent crime are black South Africans.

As we speak, none of these aid have reached the Gaza population. Antoine Renard with the World Food Program says Israel has not yet given permission for UN workers to collect aid at the Gaza border. Israel says dozens of aid trucks have crossed into the Palestinian side since it eased an 11-week blockade. But aid workers say they aren't able to access and distribute the supplies. Reynard says if urgent aid doesn't reach Gaza soon, young children will suffer long-term consequences.

Those that are below five require very specific and nutritious products. There are no fruits into the gatherstrip. There are no dairy products. There are no not sufficient foods for any of these children to actually have a proper growth. The military declined to comment on the UN's claims. Israel says its long-standing concern is that Hamas is stealing the aid shipments. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.