The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/03 at 16:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/03 at 16:00 EDT

Did you know that it was once illegal to shop on Sundays? That's true for when I was born. I remember this, and I'm not that old. I'm not, okay? Leave me alone. Anyway, I'm Phelan Johnson, and I host See You in Court, a new podcast about the cases that changed Canada and the ordinary people who drove that change. From the drugstore owner who defied the Lord's Day, to the migma man who defended his treaty right to fish, to the gay teacher who got fired and fought back. Find and follow, see you in court, wherever you get your. Podcasts. From CBC News, The World This Hour. I'm Kate McGilfrey.

Prime Minister Mark Carney will have face-to-face talks with U.S. President Donald Trump next week. Carney will visit the White House on Tuesday for a high-stakes meeting. David Thurton reports. Industry Minister Melanie Jolie was asked about Mark Carney's upcoming meeting with Donald Trump, and if she thinks the meeting might yield a positive outcome. With Canada facing tariffs on auto steel, aluminum and lumber, it's the question many want answered.

Jolie says that she will let the Prime Minister do his job negotiating. It's been more than two months since Canada and the U.S. blew past the deadline they jointly agreed on to reach a deal. Along the way, Canada rescinded the tax on American tech firms and has dropped retaliatory tariffs, while Trump is still floating the notion of Canada becoming the 55. state. I continue to be optimistic. Dominic LeBlanc, the minister responsible for the candidate U.S. trade file, says he believes conversations he's had are encouraging.

David Thornton, CBC News, Ottawa. In Manitoba, the chief of the Peguist First Nation is calling for the immediate termination of an agreement between his community, the province, and Ottawa on child welfare. The agreement signed just three years ago, a provincial first, was meant to provide culturally based services for the community. But Chief Stan Byrds, says instead it has created a system that puts the safety and well-being of children at risk. Unlike the rest of Manitoba, there's no proper oversight, there's no proper checks, and there's no independent review. That means our children are uniquely vulnerable, and that's something I cannot

accept. Bird wants the agency rebuilt with proper safeguards in place. The deal was signed by Byrd's predecessor Glenn Hudson, who said it was important that his community was in charge of their welfare. An Ontario man has been sentenced to five years in prison for threatening two women. The 25-year-old pleaded guilty last November to uttering threats rooted in-cell ideology. Those charges constitute terrorist activity under the criminal code. According to an agreed statement of facts, the man used an in-cell website to share plans to shoot a high school classmate who had rejected him. After he was arrested, police also found a plot to kill his dentist and to attack women

randomly. The union representing postal workers on strike is now going over Canada Post's new offer. Workers walked off the job last week to protest changes to the Crown Corporation's delivery services. The carrier says its latest proposal is what it can afford while maintaining good jobs and benefits long term. Nisha Patel reports. We have to put forward offers that we can afford. Canada Post Vice President John Hamilton says the organization is in an existential crisis. Its latest offer to postal workers maintains the wage bump of more than 13% over four years, but removes the signing bonus as well as the provision that allows employees job security for life. The government who owns us on behalf of the taxpayers of Canada has made it clear that taxpayers shouldn't be funding our losses.

Canada Post is on track to lose $1.5 billion this year. The union went on national strike last week after the federal government unveiled plans to overhaul the Postal Service. including ending daily mail delivery and closing some rural post offices. The union says it's reviewing the offers, it's pushed back on modernization plans, saying any changes need to be made with public consultation. Nisha Patel, CBC News, Toronto. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegeseth says he ordered another strike on a small boat off the coast of Venezuela. In a social media post, he says that U.S. intelligence confirmed that the four people on board

were narco-terrorist trafficking drugs. This is the fourth strike on boats in the Caribbean that the U.S. administration accused of ferrying drugs. There was no immediate response from Venezuela, but President Nicholas Maduro has previously condemned the strikes and said his country will defend itself against U.S. aggression. And that is The World This Hour. Listen to us anytime on voice-activated devices like Google Home.

For CBC News, I'm Kate McGovery. Thank you.