The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/02 at 10:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/02 at 10:00 EDT

It's finally summertime. I'm Nala Ayed, host of Ideas. These last several months, maybe longer, have tested our Canadian pride. So that's why this summer we have some special programming lined up for you. We're revisiting conversations with Canadian artists and thought leaders who are moving this country forward. You'll also hear a special series I did where we traveled across the country asking people how to make Canada better. So join me for a special Canadian Summer on Ideas. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Claude Fague.

A majority of unionized postal workers are saying no deal to Canada Post's latest offer. The Crown Corporation had 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. Bring them home! 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! still held by Hamas after a stark new video released last night. 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, strengthening the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade agreement. Mike Crawley reports from Washington. While U.S. 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 Inu Manak 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. Four new astronauts have arrived at the International Space Station. The crew, riding aboard a SpaceX rocket, successfully docked at the ISS this morning, embarking on a routine NASA mission called Crew 11 that could be the first of many to last longer than normal about eight months. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.