The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/21 at 10:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/21 at 10:00 EDT

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foreign affairs minister anita onond is in washington this hour meeting with u.s secretary of state marco rubio the two have spoken by telephone but until today they've never talked face to face the trump tariff campaign is expected to dominate the agenda with canada's steel aluminum and auto sectors among those being hit the hardest as the two countries continue to negotiate a new trade deal. The Israeli military says it has launched the initial stage of a new military operation in Gaza City. Israeli troops are already said to be advancing into the outskirts of Gaza City with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying he is speeding up the timeline for the IDF to target

any remaining Hamas strongholds, all of which has led to a statement from UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. It is vital to reach immediately a ceasefire in Gaza and the unconditional release of all hostages and to avoid the massive deaths and destruction that a military operation against Gaza City would inevitably cause. Ahead of this new campaign, Israel has announced it is calling up 60,000. military reservists. Ukrainian officials are calling Russia's overnight aerial assault, one of the largest

bombardments of the year. That's the cleanup underway in Leviv, after a drone strike on a residential building. It was one of more than 500 drones and 40 missiles fired into the country. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky says most were intercepted, but at least one fatality is being reported, along with dozens of. injuries. Ontario's education minister is talking about doing a way with school trustees. Paul Calandra says it's an idea that would fit nicely with the government's efforts to centralize decision making within the province. Colin Butler has a story. It is up for review. Education Minister

Paul Calandra is floating a big idea wiping out school board trustees. The straight line from Queens Park to the classroom comes after years of bad headlines. Trustees caught in spending scandals and boards so dysfunctional, the province has had to take them over. They are capitalizing on current crises. Beth Mai is a school board trustee in London, Ontario. Its board was taken over four months ago by the province. She says, without trustees, parents lost their voice, communities lost their link, and accountability has gone missing.

And any decisions that are being made, with the exception of the budget, are being made behind closed doors. For now, it's just talk, but talk has a way of. becoming law, and the lesson is clear. Once trustees are gone, they likely don't come back. Colin Butler, CBC News, London, Ontario. Questions are being raised in New Brunswick about whether a proposed natural gas plant has the indigenous involvement that it claims. An American company is behind the project, but it appears any real migma investment at this point is only hypothetical. Jacques Portra has more.

North Shore Migma Tribal Council is a minority equity holder in the project. That claim by Pro Energy Executive Landon Tessner at a July online meeting is a calling card for the proposed natural gas plant. Those discussions were ongoing with the North Shore Migma Tribal Council, which ultimately resulted in their equity participation in the project. New Brunswick's power utility needs the extra electricity the plant would provide, but there's growing opposition, including to the choice of pro-energy, a U.S. company, to build it. In response, Premier Susan Holt has pointed to the supposed indigenous role. It will be co-owned by a group of different First Nations, a group of different New Brunswick First Nations. So far, though, there is no equity investment by any First Nation. So I think there was a step missed.

Pabino First Nation Chief Terry Richardson says the MiGMA agency working with the U.S. company may have moved too quickly. Another group representing all MiGMA bans will run its own rights impact assessment to determine consent, and then maybe investment. Jacques-Pathra. CBC News, Fredericton. And that is The World This Hour.