The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/18 at 04:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 18, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/18 at 04:00 EDT

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The air of Canada flight attendant strike has grounded hundreds of planes canceling trips for tens of thousands of people. Travelers are now scrambling to find other ways to get home. As Yasmin Renéra reports, there is a lot on the line. My partner has surgery on Tuesday. Stranded at Toronto Pearson International Airport, Martha Diamond says the stakes are high. It's a surgery he's been waiting for a while, so it's going to be really hard to rebook it if we have to. The couple is among more than 100,000 people whose travel plans have been upended. More than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants went on strike early Saturday.

Less than 12 hours later, the federal government moved to order them back to work, but flight attendants stayed on the picket lines. Ottawa has used back-to-work order several times to end previous strikes. Adam King is a Labor Studies assistant professor at the University of Manitoba. He says it was a matter of time before workers became defiant. This has happened now a number of times, and I think really workers are just fed up with it. The Flight Attendance Union says it's inviting Air Canada back to the negotiating table. Yasmin Ganea, CBC News, Vancouver.

Ukraine's president will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House today. But he won't be alone. Several members of the so-called coalition of the willing will join him in an attempt to end Russia's invasion. Cameron McIntosh has more from Washington. Our position is clear. International borders cannot be changed by force. There's no deal until there's a deal. Trump offered no details Friday, but now the White House says Russia is agreeing to some NATO-like security guarantees. It will be up to Ukraine and Russia to make a deal.

The one thing that the president cannot agree to on behalf of the Ukrainians is any sort of land swap. That is for the Ukrainians. I'm not saying we're on the verge of a peace deal, but I am saying that we saw movement. All as the fighting continues, Trump wanted a ceasefire, but left Friday's meeting agreeing with Putin's insistence, there must be a full deal. Zelensky is wary of being pushed into a bad deal. It's impossible to do this under their pressure of weapons. so it's necessary to ceasefire. Trump, meanwhile, posted to social media,

big progress on Russia. Stay tuned. Cameron McIntosh, CBC News. Pierre Poliyev's political future will be decided by voters in Alberta riding of Battle River Crowfoot today. The Conservative Party leader is back on the ballot after losing his seat in Ontario earlier this year.

Josh McLean reports. And it will require national leadership to fight for the people here and the way of rural way of life. Pierre Pauliev, looking for, to win votes in Battle River Crowfoot, and the odds are in his favor. It's among the safest conservative writings in the country. Damian Kirk winning handily for the party back in April, with more than 82% of the votes, stepping aside just weeks later to give Polyev a path back

to the House of Commons. Voter Nolan Johnson thinks having a party leader as a member of parliament could benefit the riding. His focus will be taken more toward Ottawa, but then at the same time if something needs to happen. In his writing, there's better political pressure. Independent candidate Bonnie Critchley is hoping to capitalize on her local connection, potentially taking votes away from Polyev. Laurie Williams is a political scientist at Mount Royal University in Calgary. That could bring his vote share down,

and that would not be a good sign for his leadership review in the new year. Josh McLean, CBC News, Calgary. Canadians are using the Canada's strong pass to vacation in this country instead of visiting the U.S. Jerome Mios is the Director of Public Affairs for Tourism Ottawa. We have seen a little bit fewer Americans come to Ottawa, which is our top international market. However, that slight decrease in American visitors was compensated by domestic visitors, and especially Quebec visitors, which make a majority of this compensation.

The Canada's Strong Pass provides discounts for parks, museums, and more. It expires on September 2nd. And that is your world is hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.