The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/30 at 11:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 30, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/30 at 11:00 EDT

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I'm Pat Philpott. U.S. President Donald Trump is giving Hamas a deadline to respond to his Gaza peace plan. He says the group has just three or four days to reply. All of the Arab countries are signed up, the Muslim countries all signed up, Israel's all signed up. We're just waiting for Hamas. Prime Minister Mark Carney is among those that have endorsed the 20-point peace plan, but on the ground in Gaza, it's being met with skepticism among some Palestinians. The deal only serves the U.S. and Israel, says this man.

We are the victims here, he says. No one is standing with us. Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, is laying out his new directors for the, the U.S. military, including new physical fitness standards. Frankly, it's tiring to look out at combat formations or really any formation and see fat troops. Likewise, it's completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals in the halls of the Pentagon and leading commands around the country in the world. It's a bad look. It is bad, and it's not who we are. Hig Seth says every member of the military will be required to take an annual physical training test every year. Hakesh, some on top

U.S. commanders from around the world to Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, where he's declared an end to woke culture in the military. Excess said too many leaders have been promoted for the wrong reasons, based on race and gender quotas, and he says anyone who doesn't like the new standards can quit. Rescuers in Indonesia are racing to pull dozens of students and workers from under the rubble of a school building that collapsed in East Java. Three students have been killed, dozens more injured. A man weeps as he explains his nephew is among the 38 missing students.

The building was under renovation when it collapsed. It's believed the foundation could not support the weight of the new construction. Students in the school are between the ages of 12 and 17. Here at home, Calgary-based Imperial Oil says it will eliminate 20% of its workforce by the end of 2027, and that could mean hundreds of job loss. Richard Massen is with the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy, and he calls this a significant restructuring. My read of the press release is that those are head office type functions, where perhaps they were doing the function in Calgary, like accounting, for example, that will now be centralized someplace like Houston. And so once this is done, I wouldn't expect more cuts like that.

Masson says it's likely Imperial's parent company, Exxon, has developed new technology and is planning to, eliminate human staff by using AI in areas such as geology and engineering. On this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the next generation of family doctors is thinking about its role in eliminating racism from the health care system. It's especially contentious issue in Quebec, where that province is being urged to fully implement what's known as Joyce's principal. Natalia Vixel explains. The patient is the expert in the room.

The community is the expert. the table. Alex McComber stands before a classroom at McGill University's Department of Family Medicine. He reminds his students about the importance of Joyce's principle. It's about fair, equal, respectful treatment. Joyce Eshiquan was an Ticemic mother of seven, who died in a Quebec hospital in 2020 as staff hurled racist comments at her. Her death led to the creation of Joyce's principle. It's a call to action for the Quebec government to address systemic racism while guaranteeing health and social services free of discrimination for indigenous.

people. McGill University adopted Joyce's principal into their teaching in 2023 and is one of only 47 institutions to do so in the province. Julia Zbe is a spokesperson for the office of Joyce's principal. It will not be enough until changes come from a systemic level. Zbe says that five years on, the Quebec government still hasn't acknowledged systemic racism or fully adopted Joyce's principle. Natalia Vikesl. CBC News, Montreal. That's your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Pep Philpott.

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