The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/10/10 at 14:00 EDT

Episode Date: October 10, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/10/10 at 14:00 EDT

You might be familiar with the voice of Seth McFarlane. For over 20 years, he's been the voice of Peter and Stewie Griffin, Brian the Dog, Quagmire on Family Guy. Of course, he also created it. But did you know Seth has made a name for himself as a bona fide crooner, like an incredible vocalist? On cue with me, Tom Power, Seth McFarland will tell you how it all started with his love of film scores.

While he still uses a live orchestra for Family Guy, which is a bit of a lost tradition in TV, You can hear that now on Q with Tom Power wherever you get your podcasts, including on YouTube. From CBC News, The World This Hour. I'm Kate McGilfrey. The union representing 50,000 Canadian postal workers, is changing its strategy. It will end its national strike tomorrow and move to rotating strikes instead. But it says it is not giving up the fight for what it calls a good collective agreement. Nisha Patel reports.

This fight will continue on, but we're here to provide a public service. Toronto Local Union President Mark Lubinsky says some postal workers will be back on the job starting Saturday morning as they shift to rotating strikes. That will get mail and parcels moving again, though there may be delays. But the union and its employer are still far from a deal. Canada Post has no intention to save Canada Post or offer us a decent live-boat contract. Instead, they're gutting out jobs. Labor studies professor Stephen Tufts says the dispute has become quite tense.

This is about the future of postal service and the future of good-paying postal jobs. So it's not surprising that postal workers are withdrawing their labor. This latest strike began after the federal government announced plans last month to restructure Canada Post, which is on track to lose $1.5 billion this year. Nisha Patel, CBC News, Toronto. Canada gained 60,000 jobs in September, surpassing expectations. Statistics Canada says full-time positions fueled that growth and jobs were even added in manufacturing despite U.S. tariffs.

However, the unemployment rate in the country remained unchanged at 7.1%. Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced measures he says are aimed at making life more affordable here. They'll be part of next month's budget and include automatic tax filing for low-income Canadians. Millions of lower income Canadians don't file their taxes, either because they don't have the resources to do so or because they think that their income is too low for it to matter. And that means too often that the people who most need benefits often don't get them. Carney says the process will be free and automated. Eligible Canadians will just need to confirm details on a pre-filled tax return to receive all of the benefits they're entitled to.

With the ceasefire, now in effect in Gaza, the wait begins for the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. Humanitarian groups also say there is no time to delay life-saving aid. They're urging Israel to give them the green light to send hundreds of aid trucks into Gaza. Breyer Stewart reports. Thousands of Gazans are heading north, some carrying mattresses and wheeling suitcases, desperate to return home, even if it means sleeping in a tent amid the ruins. of their street. Under the ceasefire agreement, Israel is supposed to allow 600 aid trucks into Gaza each day. But for now, Ahmed Byram with the Norwegian Refugee Council says aid groups are

waiting for the green light. Just open the gates. That's all we need Israel to do. Open all crossings and keep those crossings open so that aid can gush in. There are reports that Israel will begin allowing more aid in on Sunday. By Monday at noon, Hamas is supposed to have released the 48 hostages. 20 of them are believed to be alive. In exchange, Israel will release around 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. That same day, U.S. President Donald Trump, is expected to arrive in Israel and address the country's parliament. Breyer Stewart, CBC News, Jerusalem. The Trump administration has begun mass firings of federal workers as the government shutdown continues. The White House Budget Office is promising substantial reductions in

workforce, particularly in programs that don't line up with the president's priorities. This move is a tactic to exert pressure on Democratic lawmakers to pass the Republican funding bill. Democrats have argued that these firings are illegal. And that is your world this hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. We update every hour, seven days a week, or for news anytime, head to our website, cbcnews.ca. For CBCNews, I'm Kate McGilvery.