The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/25 at 19:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 25, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/25 at 19:00 EDT

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The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is furious about Ottawa's planned reforms for Canada Post. Reforms the government says are necessary to save a service that's hemorrhaging $10 million a day. David Thurton has the latest. It is your expectation that Cup W National Leadership will call for everybody to go on the picket lines within the next 24 hours. And the strike is back on. I know that. You're correct in what you just said. Jim Galant, with the Canadian Union of postal workers confirming to CBC's power in politics that their workers will be walking off the job. In a statement, the union called the government's announcement Thursday to drastically reform the postal service appalling.

Ottawa is directing Canada posts to lengthen delivery times and door-to-door delivery and close postal offices that are no longer needed. Joel Lightbound is the minister responsible for. for Canada Post. Taken together, these measures will help stabilize Canada Post's financial situation by generating close to half a billion dollars per year. Canada Post sent in a statement the changes will allow it to chart a financially sustainable future. David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa.

The RCMP is calling it one of the largest dark web drug bus in Canadian history. The dark web is an encrypted part of the internet, not accessible by regular search engines, and frequently used by criminals. Information from German authorities led to an RCMP investigation here in Canada. That resulted in six arrests in the Toronto area. Police alleged those involved sent hundreds of packages filled with illegal drugs around the country every week. Drivers in Ontario will no longer have to watch out for speed cameras. Premier Doug Ford says his government will ban the devices

and encourage municipalities to use other traffic calming measures. Colin Butler has more. At a time when life is getting more expensive, Premier Doug Ford says Ontario will outlaw speed cameras, calling them ineffective and the fines they generate nothing more than a cash grab. When you're issuing 65,000 tickets in three months, that's not slowing people down. A parade of mayors stood shoulder to shoulder with Ford today. Von Mayor Stephen Del Ducca says the tickets create a fine line between paying fines and putting food on the table. This was an individual father who was struggling to pay for the groceries and was nearly in tears. He just didn't understand how he was going to make ends meet. But what happens when the cameras go dark?

We need only look to Alberta. They made a similar move, and police there reported a spike in crashes and a rise in deaths. In Ontario, the province says it's giving drivers a break from tickets, a financial win that could come at a deadly cost. Colin Butler, CBC News, London, Ontario. The documents show the government quietly removed more counter-tariffs on U.S. goods than it had previously announced. In August, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Ottawa was removing tariffs on Canadian-American items, covered under the Kuzma Free Trade Agreement.

Carney said it would align with U.S. President Donald Trump's 35 percent tariffs on Canadian goods not covered under Kuzma. But the official order shows that even non-compliant American products will not be tariffed. A spokesperson for the finance minister's office did not respond when asked when the shift occurred. And Trump has signed an executive order which paves the way for TikTok to be transferred to U.S. ownership. This is going to be American operated all the way. It would allow a deal that would see assets of the Chinese-owned platform sold to American investors. Congress banned the popular video-sharing app in 2024 over data privacy concerns, though the law's enforcement has been delayed.

A deal hasn't yet been finalized, but U.S. President Donald Trump says he has the Chinese president's support. I spoke with President Xi. I made a good talk. I told him what we were doing, and he said, go ahead with it. Trump and Xi are expected to meet face-to-face at a summit in South Korea next month. And that is the world this hour.

For news anytime, head to our website, cbcnews.ca. News. I'm Kate McGilvery.