The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/02 at 08:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/02 at 08:00 EDT

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The Crown Corporation has said this was its final offer. The CBC's Linda Ward has been following the story. More than a year and a half of talks and two votes, this offer panned by both urban and rural and suburban postal workers by about 69% with about an 80% turnout. The offer included wage hikes of about 13% over four years, but it also included the union's main sticking point, the addition of part-time workers. Now Canada Post has long insisted that that's necessary for the long-term viability of the Crown Corporation. The union didn't even want to vote on this offer. The government

asked the Canada Industrial Relations Board to step in and put this offer to a vote. So the Canadian Union of Postal Workers asked their members to reject this offer in protest. Canada Post said they're disappointed with the results saying this means the uncertainty for the Crown Corporation and those who depend on Canada Post is going to continue. Linda Ward, CBC News, Toronto. Israel's government is facing growing calls to end the war in Gaza. As famine plays out in the Palestinian population, critics say Israel isn't doing enough to

save civilian lives. But as Susan Ormiston reports, Hamas is also being accused of using hunger as a weapon. Strong reaction this morning from families of Israeli hostages still held by Hamas after a stark new video released last night. The Israeli government must be stopped. The Hamas video shows Evitar David, thin, frail in what appears to be a tunnel, allegedly marking off the days he ate and the days he didn't on a wall. Hamas accuses Israel of starving Gazans and the hostages alike. But some former hostages say Hamas is the one starving its people.

That their captors never went without food. Hunger has become a bargaining chip with Hamas doubling down on international horror at the signs of severe malnutrition and escalating food crisis inside Gaza. The families now urge Israel to negotiate a full release of all hostages. Susan Ormiston, CBC News, Jerusalem. Now that U.S. President Donald Trump has made good on his threat to hike a tariff on some Canadian exports, attention now turns to Ottawa's next move.

Some observers are urging the Carney government to focus on a long-term goal. Mike Crawley reports from Washington. While US President Donald Trump put lower tariffs than he'd threatened on dozens of countries and gave Mexico a three-month reprieve, he slapped Canada with a tariff increase. Clearly not a win for Ottawa, but how large of a loss is it really?

John Manley is a former Deputy Prime Minister, now chair of an investment banking firm. You know, the 93% of Canadian goods that cross the border currently tariff-free under USMCA, that's what we really need to protect. Trade policy expert Inoumanak with the Council on Foreign Relations, a think tank in Washington, believes what's really driving Trump's tariffs is getting leverage. I do think a lot of this has to do with some sort of renegotiation of parts of the KUSMA deal that the Trump administration is not happy with. And Manak says Canada's tactics so far are just fine.

There's no really good way to go about doing this. And no matter what, everyone seems to be getting hit with tariffs. Mike Crawley, CBC News, Washington. Canada's Summer Macintosh will vie for her fourth gold medal at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. The 18-year-old from Toronto will be competing in the 800-metre freestyle final this morning. She will be up against American Katie Ledecky, the 28 year old currently holds the world record in the event. The race is coming up at 820 a.m. Eastern

time and you can catch it on CBC Sports and CBC Gym. For CBC News, I'm Claude Pig.