The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/13 at 01:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 13, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/13 at 01:00 EDT

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Certain conditions apply. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Neil Hurland. We are still waiting for news on whether Air Canada and the union representing 10,000 flight attendants will face a strike or lockout. The Canadian Union of public employees is threatening job action for this Saturday, and Air Canada says the two sides are at an impasse. A midnight eastern time deadline has come and gone. web page tonight, the union says strike headquarters are now open, but there's no information on whether there will actually be a strike. Wildfires are burning across Canada this summer, and some experts say it's time to change the way the country responds to the emergency

with a better coordinated national fire plan. Julia Wong has more. The situation is catastrophic. Some of the towns are totally wiped out. The last few days have been horrible for Eugene Howell. The 62-year-old is one of thousands of Newfoundlanders forced from his home because of a fast-moving wildfire. Howell has been through an evacuation before and wishes wildfire response could be better. He's not the only one calling on Ottawa to do more.

Ken McMullen is the president of the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs. The organization has been calling for a national fire administration. We need that coordinating body at a federal level to work on the response, the training, the equipment needed in order to most effectively put those resources around our provinces and territories. Everything is on the table, according to Federal Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olshevsky. Tuesday, the federal government announced more than $45 million in funding for wildfire research like risk management and mitigation.

Julia Wong, CBC News, Edmonton. New numbers suggest the federal government has a long way to go to reach its housing targets. Prime Minister Mark Carney's liberals came into office, with a promise to build half a million homes and lift the country out of a housing crisis. But as Kate McKenna reports, it's off to a slow start. We have solved a housing crisis before. In our past, we can solve the housing crisis now. Housing was a key issue for the Mark Carney Liberals during the federal election campaign, as costs have soared, leaving young Canadians priced out.

But instead of more housing stock on the horizon, new statistics Canada data shows the value of new residential building permits issued last quarter dropped double digits, indicating less interest from developers in building homes. Housing researcher Mike Moffitt says it all comes down to the math. We've reached a point at which the costs are so high relative to prices is just no longer economically viable to build most forms of housing. These figures come one day after Ontario reported that it is not on track to meet its housing target of 1.5 million homes built by 2031. Even after changing the way they count to include things like dorm rooms and long-term care beds. Housing Minister Gregor Robertson was not available for an interview. Kate McKenna, CBC News, Ottawa. China is slapping a 75.8% tax on all

imports of Canadian canola seed. The temporary duty kicks in on Thursday. The Chinese government says its preliminary investigation determined canola from Canada was being sold below fair value. It's the latest escalation in a trade dispute that began with Canada imposing tariffs on Chinese electrical vehicle imports last year. Palestinian medics say an Israeli attack on Gaza city has killed at least 11 people. The bombardment comes as the leader of Hamas heads to Cairo for a fresh round of talks to discuss a U.S.-backed ceasefire plan. On Tuesday, Israel's Prime Minister reiterated, a deal must include the disarming of Hamas

and the release of Israeli hostages. Benjamin Netanyahu also accused Hamas. of lying about the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Now, if we had a starvation policy, no one in Gaza would have survived after two years of war. But our policy has been the exact opposite. Our goal is not to occupy Gaza. Our goal is to free Gaza, free it from Hamas terrorists. In a joint statement, 24 nations, including Canada, said a crisis of famine has reached unimaginable levels. And that's the CBC News. Thank you.