The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/02 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 2, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/02 at 13:00 EDT

It's summer and it's going to be a hot one in Canadian politics. I'm Catherine Cullen. Join me and some of CBC's best political reporters as we bring you all new summer programming focused on everything from negotiating with Donald Trump to Canada's climate goals, to the future of the Senate and more. We'll talk to the chief of the defense staff and a top senator. We'll visit the Maritimes to learn about the future of energy production there. Catch the House Saturdays

wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Peter Dock. Unionized workers at Canada Post rejected the corporation's latest and it says final offer. It included a 13% wage hike over four years but also included adding part-time workers, something Canada Post says is essential to keeping it afloat. Cup W has rejected the idea outright. The Union says it wants to get back to the bargaining table. However McMaster University marketing professor Marvin Rider does not think that will happen.

think that will happen. They've been bargaining for nine months. I'm not clear what's going to break there. I think the more likely scenario is that the two sides will go and seek binding arbitration. Canada Post says it lost ten million dollars a day in June and it's considering its next steps. Now that American President Donald Trump has made good on his threat to hike tariffs on some Canadian exports, attention turns to Ottawa and what the federal government will do next. CBC reporter Mike Crawley looks at the possibilities. 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 percent of Canadian goods that cross the border currently tariff-free under USMCA, that's what we really need to protect. Trade policy expert Innu 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 Manic 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 Crowley, CBC News, Washington.

Trump is moving a pair of American nuclear submarines closer to Russia. It's in response to comments by the deputy chair of Russia's Security Council, Dmitri Medvedev, called Trump's demand that Russia stop bombing Ukraine by next Friday an ultimatum. CBC reporter Julia Chapman has more on that. Dmitri Medvedev is known for making inflammatory statements, but he wields little power in Russia. Nevertheless, Donald Trump said words can often lead to unintended consequences. A threat was made and we didn't think it was appropriate. Medvedev's comments followed an ultimatum issued by the US president.

He demanded that Russia end the war in Ukraine by August 8th. Last month, he also threatened tariffs on the country's energy exports. Leslie Vingimori is president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. You know, it's a sort of thing that when you send nuclear submarines, you normally do it under a veil of secrecy. The Kremlin hasn't commented on America's submarine deployment, but Friday President Vladimir Putin suggested Trump's deadline wouldn't make him change course.

The Russian leader said the army is continuing to advance. Donald Trump described Russia's actions as disgusting. Julia Chapman, CBC News, London. And Canadian Summer Macintosh was swimming for a fourth consecutive gold medal at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore this morning. American Katie Ledecky the current world record holder won the women's 800 meter freestyle Australian Lanny Pallister took silver and the 18 year old Macintosh won bronze. I was not the race I wanted. It was personally my time, how I

executed anything but it is a new event for me. I gave it 10% more focus than I have in the past so it's just the beginning and I know I have lots of time in my career to do better at it. McIntosh will try again for her fourth gold medal tomorrow when she competes in the 400-meter individual medley. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Peter Dock.