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U.K. becomes first western country to license a vaccine, Taxing Netflix and Amazon & Two years since Meng Wanzhou was arrested Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson
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The Scott Thompson Show Podcast
The U.K. has become the first western country to license a vaccine against COVID-19, opening the way for mass immunization with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to begin next week for those most at risk.
Guest:Crystal Goomansingh, Global News Europe Bureau Chief
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A majority of Canadians believe the goal of having most of the country vaccinated for COVID-19 by next September is “good enough,” although a significant amount of Canadians believe the Liberal government is making up its vaccine strategy as it goes along, according to new polling from Maru/Blue Canada
Guest: Michael Taube, Troy Media syndicated, columnist, and Washington Times contributor
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One of the cities oldest manufacturing sites is about to become a hub for film and television production.
Guest: Norm Schleehan, Director, Economic Development for the City of Hamilton
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The federal government will soon force foreign digital vendors like Netflix and Amazon to collect sales taxes on a bevy of products and services sold to Canadians, while also promising a much-requested new tax on web giants by 2022.
Guest: Jasmine Moulton, Taxpayers Federation
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A controversial decision to give the federal government’s procurement department the power to sole-source contracts worth up to $500 million is a core element of the “bold, aggressive action” that procurement minister Anita Anand was encouraged to take in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, even as she was warned of significant risk. Meanwhile, Top executives at CanSino Biologics — the Chinese company involved in a failed COVID-19 vaccine collaboration with Canada — were also part of a Chinese government program designed to incentivize people to transfer research and knowledge to China in exchange for salaries, funding and other benefits.
Guest: David Akin, Chief Political Correspondent for Global News
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It has been two years since the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, and nearly as long since China arrested the two Michaels.
Guest: Charles Burton, Partner, Charles Burton and Associates/ Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
The Scott Thompson Show Podcast
The U.K. has become the first western country to license a vaccine against COVID-19, opening the way for mass immunization with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to begin next week for those most at risk.
Guest:Crystal Goomansingh, Global News Europe Bureau Chief
-
A majority of Canadians believe the goal of having most of the country vaccinated for COVID-19 by next September is “good enough,” although a significant amount of Canadians believe the Liberal government is making up its vaccine strategy as it goes along, according to new polling from Maru/Blue Canada
Guest: Michael Taube, Troy Media syndicated, columnist, and Washington Times contributor
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One of the cities oldest manufacturing sites is about to become a hub for film and television production.
Guest: Norm Schleehan, Director, Economic Development for the City of Hamilton
-
The federal government will soon force foreign digital vendors like Netflix and Amazon to collect sales taxes on a bevy of products and services sold to Canadians, while also promising a much-requested new tax on web giants by 2022.
Guest: Jasmine Moulton, Taxpayers Federation
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A controversial decision to give the federal government’s procurement department the power to sole-source contracts worth up to $500 million is a core element of the “bold, aggressive action” that procurement minister Anita Anand was encouraged to take in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, even as she was warned of significant risk. Meanwhile, Top executives at CanSino Biologics — the Chinese company involved in a failed COVID-19 vaccine collaboration with Canada — were also part of a Chinese government program designed to incentivize people to transfer research and knowledge to China in exchange for salaries, funding and other benefits.
Guest: David Akin, Chief Political Correspondent for Global News
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It has been two years since the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, and nearly as long since China arrested the two Michaels.
Guest: Charles Burton, Partner, Charles Burton and Associates/ Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
59 min