The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/23 at 02:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 23, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/23 at 02:00 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 Claude Fague. Last minute talks between Canada Post and its union have broken down without a deal. But the Union has decided it won't go on a general

strike, at least not yet. Instead, its 55,000 workers have been instructed to refuse overtime. The CBC's Nisha Patel has the latest. Canada Post employees will not walk off the job. Instead, the Union has announced 55,000 postal workers will be refusing to work overtime. Carriers will have to return to the depot and drop their mail off after eight hours, even if they haven't completed their routes. The union said it made the decision to minimize disruptions to the public, while warning additional strike actions could still take place in the future.

This development comes after the two sides met briefly last night at the request of the union but the talks broke off without making progress. The union says it's still reviewing the latest contract offer. Canada Post is offering a 13.5% pay bump over four years while the union is looking for a 19% pay raise. The Crown Corporation also wants to hire more part-time staff so it can extend parcel delivery to the weekends. The union is concerned that will lead to an erosion of full-time jobs. Nisha Patel, CBC News, Toronto.

Canada's auto sector is taking another hit from U.S. tariff uncertainty. Stellantis paused production of one of its vehicles, but says no jobs will be lost. Thomas Dagg reports. Every day we come in, it's just we go from there. That's all you do. It's the latest in a series of abrupt changes at the assembly plant, leaving workers like Paul Lachance with their heads spinning. Our work schedule has changed three times in the last, say, week or so.

Stellantis is still set to assemble other Dodge Charger models in Windsor, even as U.S. President Donald Trump piles on pressure for car companies to build more vehicles stateside. Plus... I think this is a reflection of the general slowdown in EV sales. Peter Fries at the University of Windsor points to that other major challenge. The companies will pause EV investments until sales return to a sustainable level. In particular, industry experts say the electric Dodge Charger model that's now on hold may not have been selling as well as the company had hoped.

Its starting price listed just under $58,000. Thomas Daigle, CBC News, Toronto. G7 finance ministers have wrapped up their summit in Banff. They agreed on several global economic challenges, but tariffs were not among them. Carina Roman reports. We found common grounds. Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says that's a win. The final joint statement talks about combating financial crime, the reconstruction of Ukraine,

and possible further sanctions on Russia. But a word that is not mentioned once? Tariffs. Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem. Obviously tariffs are on all of our minds. We clearly have more work to do. We are committed to continuing to reduce that uncertainty and that includes around trade and tariffs.

Minister Champagne didn't give any details about his one-on-one meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant. Because Canada is the biggest customer in the United States, so it's quite normal when you meet your biggest customer that there's a lot to discuss. This week lay the groundwork for the G7 Leaders Summit in June. A high stakes gathering even more so now that President Trump confirmed he will attend. Carina Roman, CBC News, Banff, Alberta. A day after being named the NBA's most valuable player, Shay Gilildjus Alexander, went out and showed why. The Hamilton, Ontario native scored a game-high 38 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 118-103 to grab a 2-0 series lead in their Western Conference Finals.

And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.