The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/28 at 17:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 28, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/28 at 17:00 EDT

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from cbc news the world this hour i'm gina louise phillips a scathing new report says sports in canada is rife with maltreatment and abuse the future of sport commission's preliminary report identified a litany of problems and offered recommendations for fixing them sarah levitt has the details the canadian sports system is in crisis lee's mesonneuve did not hold back while describing the state of sport in Canada. The head of the Future of Sport Commission describes widespread abuse and maltreatment of athletes, systemic lack of transparency and disproportionate funding. These deeply ingrained issues give rise to conflicts of interest, favoritism, a win at all cost thinking, and a pervasive fear of losing funding across the system. Together, they fuel a longstanding culture of silence in sport. The Commission spent the past year and a half speaking with more than 800 people in the sporting world in 13 cities across the country. Now it recommends a complete overhaul from top to bottom of how sports are run in this country,

including the development of a public registry of sanctioned individuals and standardized ways of handling complaints and victims. Sarah Levitt, CBC News, Montreal. The government of Quebec says it's planning to ban prayer in public places. Secularism Minister Jean-François Rubers says he will table legislation this fall in order to strengthen secularism in the province. The announcement comes on the heels of dozens of recommendations

made to the government by an independent committee, but a province-wide ban was not among the recommendations. Instead, the committee said it should be up to municipalities to regulate the practice. Ottawa and New Delhi are taking more steps towards repairing their rocky relationship. Canada and India have named new high commissioners after leaving the posts empty for almost a year.

Rafi Bujicanan has that story. Excellency, Prime Minister, is a great honor to host you at the G7. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney greeting his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, in Canaanascus, Alberta last June. Modi saying he was grateful for the invitation, but it was controversial. Two years ago, former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused India of involvement in the murder of a Canadian sick activist Hardip Singh Niger in British Columbia. And last fall, the RCMP said India is playing a role in a rash of gang violence in Canada, including murder and extortion.

Allegations India denies India recalled their High Commissioner to Canada and expelled Canada's from India. Many opposed Modi's presence in Alberta. But today, a sign of warmer relations, both countries appointed new high commissioners to their embassies. Rafi Buccan, Yon-Civis News, Arwa. Canada is among several nations condemning Russia's overnight attack on Ukraine. Drone and missile strikes on central Kiev killed at least 21 people. The EU headquarters in the capital is among 100 buildings damaged in the attack. Ursula von der Leyen is the president of the European Commission.

She says the EU is in the process of finalizing a new round of sanctions against Moscow. It shows that the Kremlin will stop at nothing to terrorize Ukraine, blindly killing civilians, men, women and children, and even targeting the European Union. Prime Minister Mark Carney says the attack proves Russia's Vladimir Putin is interested in killing when he should be talking peace. At the United Nations, Germany, France and the UK are pushing to re-reaching. reimposed nuclear sanctions on Iran. They're accusing the country of not living up to commitments made in a 2015 agreement. The countries are giving Iran 30 days to negotiate. Its foreign minister is calling the motion illegal, and Russia's deputy envoy agrees, asking the Security Council not to consider it. However, U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio says he welcomes the initiative. And that is the world this hour.

For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips.