The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/29 at 14:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 29, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/29 at 14:00 EDT

A lot of news podcasts give you information, the basic facts of a story. What's different about your world tonight is that we actually take you there. Paul Hunter, CBC News, Washington. Margaret Evans, CBC News, Aleppo. Jerusalem. Prince Albert. Susan Ormiston, CBC News in Admiralty Bay, Antarctica. Correspondence around the world where news is happening.

So don't just know, go. I'm Susan Bonner. Host of Your World Tonight from CBC News. Find us wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Mike Miles. Conservative leader Pierre Polyev is proposing an amendment to the criminal code called the stand-on guard principle. He insists people should have the right to defend themselves against an intruder without fear of facing prosecution. Michelle Song has more.

Conservative leader Pierre Poliev says Canada's criminal code needs to be amended so that the use of force at any level is allowed when it's an act of self-defense against a home intruder. The system treats victims like criminals and criminals like victims. Under current law, self-defense is allowed, but it needs to be reasonable. And there are nine factors the courts consider to determine whether it is reasonable. But Pauliev says those factors are too complicated and vague. Our amendment will change section 34.2 of the criminal code to say that the use of force, including lethal force, is presumed reasonable against an individual who unlawfully enters a house. The conservatives are calling on the liberal government to adopt their proposal.

If not, one of their MPs will push it forward as a private member's bill. Michelle Song, CBC News, Brampton, Ontario. Statistics Canada says the Canadian economy weakened in the second quarter. The latest GDP numbers showing a sharp down. turn in April, May, and June, just as the Trump tariffs took effect. Polota Hatchik reports. Economists had expected the GDP to contract this quarter, but this is worse than expected. It's largely to do with U.S. tariffs.

Early in the year, we saw a big surge in exports as businesses tried to get ahead of those tariffs taking effect. In the latest quarter, a big pullback in those exports as tariffs kicked in, and as a result, the GDP slowing by 1.6 percent on an annualized rate. Mark Parsons, economist with ATB Financial in Edmonton, says this could set the stage for an interest rate cut next month. I think this makes it more interesting. You have four months of inflation below 2%. You have a very weak labor market. And now you have contraction in the second quarter. So I think this could tip the scales towards the Bank Canada, seriously considering a rate cut in September. Still, Parsons says an interest rate cut will depend on what happens with job numbers and inflation data we get between now and the Bank of Canada.

Canada meeting. Paula Duhatchek, CBC News, Toronto. Ottawa police say an attack on an elderly woman earlier this week was a hate-motivated crime. The woman was stabbed while shopping in the kosher section of a grocery store. She sustained serious injuries and was kept overnight in hospital as a precaution. Noah Shackay's CEO of the Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs. I grew up in Ottawa. I lived nearby. I would always run into friends and people out in the community going to pick up groceries. there. It's distressing that an act of violence like this would take place. Ottawa is supposed to be a

very safe place for people to live, and it should be a safe place for everyone to live. Police arrested a 71-year-old man at the scene. He's facing charges of aggravated assault and possession of a dangerous weapon. The hate crime unit is continuing its investigation. Just days before Alberta students head back to school, contract talks between the Teachers Association and the province have broken down. 51,000 teachers with the public Catholic and French systems could walk off the job as early as next week. The union wants the province to address classroom overcrowding and pay.

Union President Jason Schilling says they're seeing a growing number of students with exceptional needs. Teachers are serious that they are seeing kids day in and day out not having their needs met. The teachers don't have the resources available to them to do their jobs and that they're serious about taking the next step, if necessary. to address the concerns that they're seeing in public education. Alberta's government says its latest contract offer includes hiring 3,000 new teachers over three years

and a 12% pay raise. That is your world this hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcast. We update every hour, seven days a week. Or for news anytime, visit our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.