The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/12 at 20:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/12 at 20:00 EDT

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air canada says it's reached an impasse with the union that that represents its flight attendants around 10,000 flight attendants could be going on strike as early as saturday if both sides don't reach an agreement by midnight eastern nisha pettel has the latest we are still at the table Air Canada's Vice President Gristoph Ennebel says contract talks between the airline and the union representing its flight attendants are going down to the wire. We've offered an increase of more than 38% on global compensation and that's been turned down by the union. So time is running short. Earlier Air Canada proposed involving a third-party arbitrator to resolve the labor dispute. The union says Air Canada's latest offer doesn't keep up with inflation and still leaves.

flight attendants with working hours that are unpaid. Wesley Lassoski is a spokesperson for the union and says they've gone back to the airline with a new proposal. So bargain, come to the table, reply to proposals, expedite that if you're down to the crunch. I don't think we need the government to interfere. If both sides don't come to an agreement by Tuesday midnight, more than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants could walk off the job as early as Saturday. Nisha Patel, CBC News, Toronto. Labrador has issued a state of emergency for parts of the province as four wildfires burn out of control. More than 20,000 people living on the outskirts of St. John's have been told to prepare to evacuate their homes. A new wildfire erupted near the city on Monday. Premier John

Hogan. The Paddy's Pond Fire continues to be very active and the incident management team are utilizing air assets, ground crews and the St. John's Regional Fire Department to respond continuously today. Hogan says more help is on the way, including two Blackhawk helicopters from Utah. The paddy spawned wildfire, now under police investigation, quickly grew to about two square kilometers in a few hours. Canada's canola farmers are bracing for steep losses after China imposed a new duty on seeds. That will take effect Thursday. The announcement follows an investigation into whether Canada was undercutting China's own producers. As Alexander, Alexander Silberman reports farmers say the move could be devastating for the fall harvest.

We're caught in the middle of a trade war that we neither wanted or started or have any influence on. Saskatchewan farmer Bill Probilski says a new duty from China is a devastating blow to his canola crop. China is hitting seed imports with a preliminary tariff of over 75%. A new escalation in a year-long trade dispute. Some producers are going to be forced to sell their canola and likely selling it at a loss. In March, China imposed 100% tariffs on Canadian canola oil and meal, a response to Canada's duties on electric vehicles, aluminum, and steel. Now all three canola products, meal, seed, and oil are facing tariffs.

China is the largest market for canola seed, valued at $4 billion in annual exports. With harvest just weeks away, producers say Canada. Canada will have to act fast. Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Regina. Law enforcement officers in Washington have begun the Trump administration's crackdown on crime, arresting 23 people last night. That's after President Donald Trump declared a public safety emergency

in the nation's capital. He put police force under federal control and deployed National Guard troops. Spokesperson Caroline Levitt says the White House also wants to remove encampments in D.C. Homeless individuals will be given the option to leave their encampment, to be taken to a homeless shelter, to be offered addiction or mental health services. And if they refuse, they will be susceptible to fines or to jail time. Trump has long claimed that violent crime is on the uptick in Washington, but police data shows crime is trending downwards.

And that is it for the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Thanks for listening. Thank you.