The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/06 at 04:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 6, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/06 at 04:00 EDT

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cancer a fight that ended friday morning he was an all-star and a hall of famer for his nine seasons with the montreal canadiens and his role in the nineteen seventy two summit series against the soviet union dryden also wrote several books about the game one game change told the story of a player who suffered brain damage from concussions In a 2017 interview with CBC Saskatchewan, Dryden talked about how hockey has become more dangerous. There are more collisions, and there are more forceful collisions because you're moving faster

and also because the players, to some extent, are larger. And that's where the risk comes in. It's the full body hitting the head. And that's why we have these concussions. I mean, I think it's a very answerable problem. Dryden's family has asked that donations be made either to the Concussion Legacy Foundation or the Princess Margaret Cancer Center. Ken Dryden was 78 years old. Canada's temporary foreign worker program has become a hot political topic this week.

There are questions about how it's affecting the job market, particularly for young people and debate about whether it's an economic necessity or a problem program that needs to be scrapped. Host of CBC Radio's at the House, Catherine Cullen, has more. The liberals have to answer, why is it that they're shutting our own youth out of jobs and replacing them with low-wage temporary foreign workers? Conservative leader Pierre Pahliav says he's not blaming temporary foreign workers, but he accuses companies who hire them of taking jobs away from Canadians. Polyev wants the liberals to scrap the program with an exception for agricultural workers. The lobby group that represents Canadian restaurant owners says it needs those workers. that they take jobs Canadians aren't applying for.

Kelly Higginson of Restaurants, Canada, says many of the positions are in communities where there simply aren't a lot of available workers. We're talking about a critical component to the rural and non-large urban centers in our country and how they're able to offer services. The Prime Minister says he's reviewing the temporary foreign worker program but won't scrap it.

Catherine Cullen, CBC News, Ottawa. You can hear more. on this issue on the House right after the 9 o'clock edition of World Report. Speaking of employment, unemployment in Canada jumped to 7.1% last month. Statistics Canada says that's the highest it's been outside the pandemic in nearly a decade. 66,000 jobs lost in August, mostly part-time. Ottawa's beginning to roll out sectoral supports hardest hit by the Donald Trump tariffs. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced billions of dollars of funding to help businesses deal with the impact of those tariffs.

Part of that rescue package includes a mandate to buy Canadian in a massive way. David Thurton reports. At an aviation plant in Mississauga, Mark Carney jokes with workers wearing hearing protection. You can put the ear plugs in when I start speaking. With Canada's unemployment rate the highest in almost a decade outside the pandemic, Carney didn't have trouble finding an attentive audience. The government's introducing a new comprehensive buy Canadian policy. that will move from best efforts to a clear obligation to do so.

The Prime Minister committed to introduce a new policy to buy Canadian steel, aluminum, and other materials, a move long overdue, according to Keenan Loomis, with the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction. But he wants to see more details from Carney's plan. How does that then flow out through the rest of the country into the provincial jurisdictions? Carney says he hopes others will follow the federal government. lead, hoping his bi-Canadian policy offers a roadmap for others. David Thurton, CBC News, Annawa. Montrealer Felix Oje Ali Assim went down to defeat at the U.S. Open semi-final Friday night.

His opponent, Yannick Singer, goes on to play Carlos Alcaraz Sunday for the championship. That is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles. Thank you.