The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/28 at 00:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 28, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/28 at 00:00 EDT

Too many students are packed into overcrowded classrooms in Ontario schools, and it's hurting their ability to learn. But instead of helping our kids, the Ford government is playing politics, taking over school boards and silencing local voices. It shouldn't be this way. Tell the Ford government to get serious about tackling overcrowded classrooms because smaller classes would make a big difference for our kids.

Go to Building Better Schools.ca. A message from the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario. from cbc news the world this hour i'm mike miles prime minister mark carney is weighing in on canada post's future as its unionized workers take to the picket lines for the second time in less than a year this after ottawa greenlit major changes including closing post offices and ending home delivery philip leishanock has more in london prime minister mark carney painted a picture of a broke corporation with a broken business model. A company is not viable if it has cost $5 billion over the course of the last decade,

if it's losing $10 million a day. Carney said government restrictions needed to be dropped so Canada Post can make needed reforms to its operations. That could put an end to a promise to protect door-to-door delivery made by former Liberal Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, in 2015. Wycliffe O'Dore of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers says the government is favoring the corporation. Instead of being one would speak on behalf of the government in support of workers and workers' rights.

Postal workers remain on strike. Canada Post now has 45 days to come up with a modernization plan, and it says it wants the union to have a say in its new strategy through renewed contract negotiations. Philipishanaw, CBC News, Toronto. The search continues for a six-year-old boy last seen near his family's campsite in southern Alberta last Sunday. Darius McDougal went missing while walking with several younger, rather, relatives. Alex Kennedy of Alberta Search and Rescue says the search was expanded Saturday.

Approximately 225 personnel are on scene, including 128 SAR volunteers from Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan. Search dogs, a helicopter and drones with infrared cameras continue to be used. Police say private drones are not allowed to fly in the area. Darius has autism and is non-verbal forcing searchers to adapt their techniques. Obviously, long research lasts, the probability of favorable outcome does decrease, but as of today, the search effort is reflecting the assumption that Darius is alive. Kennedy says it's been warm enough and there's lots of water sources in the area

improving Darius's chances of survival. Some direct policy experts in B.C. are optimistic about that province's investment to help people struggling with addiction. This comes after Premier David Eby announced 100 new involuntary care beds for Surrey in St. George, sorry, Prince George. But experts warn that involuntary care is not a magic bullet. John Up Eilin reports. If people had alternatives to the toxic drug supply, that would help with street disorder. SIFU professor Cora DeBac says they also need housing and harm reduction interventions beyond forced treatment. I'm concerned that there's some magical thinking. that happens around addiction treatment and a sense that we just need more treatment and we can

treat our way out of the toxic drug crisis. Eby made the announcement during the UBCM Convention, as some municipal leaders called for more involuntary care to address public disorder and homelessness. D.J. Larkin, executive director of the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, says more resources is good, but it's inappropriate to respond to those issues with involuntary care. We understand that municipalities may be frustrated, but the question again is, We create the conditions where all of us can thrive. And if the answer is no, we should not be blaming the people who are suffering.

They say the province needs to ensure it's helping people rather than harming them. John Abiland, CBC News, Vancouver. Winnipeg's mayor says he's pleased the province is extending the time people intoxicate it with methamphetamine or meth can be detained. Manitoba Premier Wob Canoe said his government will introduce a bill to extend the current 24-hour maximum because meth lasts longer in a person system. Mayor Scott Gillingham says longer detentions can help addicts and the people who help them. Our firefighters, our paramedics, especially and our police, you know, are dealing with the same individuals over and over and over again on a street.

It's hard on our emergency services staff as well, and so we need to make sure that these interventions ultimately will help them. The head of the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba says those longer detentions need to be accompanied by medical support. That is your World this hour. For CBC News, I'm Mike Miles.