The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/15 at 15:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/15 at 15:00 EDT

So you're saying this airline forces the cabin crew to work for free. Tell me you're at least paid for boarding and de-plaining. No. Safety checks. No. Not even medical emergencies. No, but we'll always show up. But they're charging flyers more than ever.

And we're putting in thousands of unpaid hours. Where is that money going? Canada's airline, hey? Unpaid work is a true crime. Visit Unfair Canada.com to hear the whole story. A message from the Air Canada component of Cupy. from cbc news the world this hour i'm gina louise phillips if they do show up at the table we're there we're waiting with just hours to go before a potential strike or lockout that could upend flights for hundreds of thousands of

Canadians the union representing more than 10,000 flight attendants has rejected air canada's request for binding arbitration union president natasha steya says the appropriate course of action is to resume good faith bargaining. We want to get a collective agreement. We don't want to have our rights as Canadians stripped away simply to be forced in a contract. Air Canada insists it still wants to reach a deal but says the union's demands are unsustainable.

The carrier began canceling flights as of yesterday and 500 more flights are expected to be canceled today. A wildfire evacuation order has been lifted for a suburb of St. John's Newfoundland. The people of Paradise can now return home, although they're still under an evacuation alert. Meanwhile, the largest fire burning in the province now, it measures more than 90 square kilometers, and it's destroyed approximately 100 structures, including a school. Premier John Hogan says crews are on the ground, including from the Canadian Armed Forces and firefighters from Ontario. The plan for air today in the Kingston fire, and again that can change based on weather, smoke, and fire conditions,

is to have the heavy capacity helicopter in the air, as well as six water bombers who will work a series of steady missions. The Kingston fire was one of four wildfires burning out of control in the province on Friday. Fire crews on Vancouver Island are hoping heavy rain in the forecast will help them get a raging fire under control. Their Mount Underwood Fire, just south of the city of Port Albarnia, has been growing in size this week. More than 500 properties in the area are still without power due to the fire. It's a different concern over on the mainland, though. The south coast is under a rainfall warning with up to 80 millimeters expected to fall in just one day, and that could cause flash flooding. Donald Trump says he won't be happy if there's no ceasefire. The U.S. president

is now in Alaska to discuss Ukraine's future with Russian president Vladimir Putin. But Ukraine's own president was not invited and says that absence speaks louder than words. Lisa Sching reports. It will be very severe. On Air Force One, U.S. President Donald Trump promises consequences for Russia if President Vladimir Putin doesn't stop the war. I'm not doing this for my health, okay? I don't need it.

I'd like to focus on our country, but I'm doing this to save a lot of lives. Trump has long stated his desire to end the war in Ukraine. This summit, he hopes, will be the first. first step. But neither Ukraine nor Russia have indicated they'll budge on key demands. Moscow wants territorial concessions. Kiev security guarantees. Now, signs there could be agreements on more than just the war. I noticed he's bringing a lot of business people from Russia, and that's good. Both the White House and Kremlin say there could be a second meeting involving Ukraine if the initial one goes well. Zelensky, who will not be in Alaska, says Russian attack.

tax continue despite the calls for peace. Lisa Sching, CBC News, Washington. In Geneva, 11 days of talks on a treaty to address plastic pollution ended with no agreement. The goal was to put legally binding measures in place to slow the exponential growth of plastic production. Inger Anderson is the executive director of the United Nations Environment Program. I want an effective treaty.

I want a treaty that ends plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. and that's why we're here. We're not here to not get something or to get something that's meaningless. The impacts are here and now. And we have to stop this from spiraling out of control. The session is now adjourned with plans to resume at a later date. And that is your world this hour.

For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Thank you.