The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/31 at 01:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 31, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/31 at 01:00 EDT

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Certain conditions apply. from cbc news the world is sour i'm neil kumar in alberta as most kindergarten to grade 12 students prepared to go back to class next week teachers and administrators and all public catholic and francophone schools across the province are in a legal strike position and could walk off the job sam sampson reports from edmonton alberta's education minister says the union keeps moving the goalpost while he believes the province presented a fair deal It said it would raise teacher salaries by 12% and higher 3,000 more. We are trying to get a little bit of a better understanding of what precisely are the troubling issues. They've been mentioning classroom complexity issues. They've said that we need to hire more teachers.

We've agreed to that now. However, they're saying something different, which is that, well, we actually need increased wages. The union says they already voted down the 12% raise earlier this summer. and the 3,000 extra staff, they say, just is not enough. As students begin attending classes across the province, they will once again be returning to a public education system that spends the least per student in Canada. When asked about the potential of a lockout after school is already in session,

Alberta's education minister said he believes the two sides are very close and he'd like to see the union back at the table. Sam Sampson, CBC News, Edmonton. In Ontario, workers at all 24 of the province's colleges, could be on strike in a matter of weeks. The bargaining team representing over 10,000 support workers, like librarians and registrar employees, have requested a no board report,

a move that could put them in a legal strike position by September 11th. The council representing Ontario colleges has proposed binding arbitration. The Trump administration says it will appeal a ruling on tariffs all the way to the Supreme Court. The federal appeals court decision says many of President Trump's tariffs are illegal. However, they will be left in place to allow an. appeal to take place. So for now, Canada remains stuck with Trump's 35 percent duties on medals and other goods. Journalist Steve Futterman has more. It is clearly a major defeat for the White

House, but it may not be the final word. The appeals court did say that Donald Trump exceeded his authority. However, the court is allowing the tariffs to remain in effect until October 14th, and it seems likely the U.S. Supreme Court will have the final say. Trump tried to claim emergency powers. The court disagreed. For the moment, things remain in limbo. Former Canadian diplomat and international trade attorney Lawrence Herman says everyone is going to have to simply stand by for a determinative decision. Until then, we'll have a lot of uncertainty. You might call it chaos, but the world will have to await the final views expressed by the U.S. Supreme Court. Trump is hoping the court, which includes three of his nominees, will again bail him out.

the court has generally been willing to give the president expanded power, there have been exceptions. Steve Futterman for CBC News, Los Angeles. The town of Canmore has approved Alberta's first vacancy tax. It will be applied to people with second homes. It will also bring in millions of dollars that are needed for affordable housing, but it's also polarizing in the community. Greg Colkin reports. Canmore's vacancy tax is aiming to bring in about 10 million a year to help fund affordable housing. The policy tax is second homeowners and will start in 2026 after surviving a legal test. Canmore has an estimated 26% of properties that are second homes. Counselor Joanna McCallum says the municipality needs the tax since the province

is not helping when it comes to affordable housing. Housing is provincial and the provincial government continues to not support our affordable housing needs in the way that is required. Don Lowry is a full-time resident against the vacancy tax. He says it is unfair to target a specific group of people for taxation and more engagement is needed. Let's work together on this. Let's find a solution together, not on the backs of the second homeowners. That's no way to build a great town. A new study estimates Canmore will need about 2,000 homes by 2035. An additional legal challenge on the tax will take place in December. Greg Colgan, CBC News, Canmore. And that is the world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Neil Kumar.

Thank you.