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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:
Of the 124 people the Ontario carjacking task force arrested, nearly half of them were on bail already. Does the tax scheme make a difference as to whether or not Chinese electric vehicles enter the Canadian market? A major deal has been struck as the Haisla Nation signed off on the multi-billion dollar Cedar LNG plant to be built near BC's coast. As a strike by LCBO workers looms nearer and nearer, they're extending store hours. Have we reached the end of Justin Trudeau's political career? Potential criminal charges laid against Boeing could have an impact around the world? How? Canada is weighing in on the potential security threat posed by Chinese electric vehicles as "rolling spy vans".
Guests:
Hank Idsinga, Retired Inspector with the Toronto Police Service, former homicide investigator with 34 years experience
David Adams, President & CEO, Global Automakers of Canada
Dan McTeague, President of Canadians for Affordable Energy, Former Liberal MP
Bruce Winder, Retail Analyst & Author
Sam Routley, PhD Student of Political Science with Western University
Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies and Managing Director of Abacus Data
Keith Mackey, Mackey International
Charles Burton, Senior Fellow with Sinopsis
Scott Radley, Host of The Scott Radley Show and Columnist with The Hamilton Spectator
Host – Scott Thompson
Content Producer – William Erskine
Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom Craig
Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan
News Anchor – Dave Woodard
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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:
Does the Toronto—St. Paul's by-election presage the end of Justin Trudeau? A surprise uptick in May’s inflation figures is pouring water on hopes for another interest rate cut from the Bank of Canada in July. According to new Angus Reid polling, although there is chatter of Justin Trudeau’s ouster, potential Liberal replacements offer little room for the party to recover. How important, really, is the upcoming CNN televised debate between Trump and Biden? Is it must-see television? We get an update from the City of Hamilton on the state of recovery from the cyber-attack earlier in the year, and what has been learned about the incident. We take a post-game look at the Oilers vs. the Panthers. Warren Kinsella’s recent piece for the Toronto Sun caught the eye of Ian Lee… he says that there are indicators throughout of the sort of discussions being had behind the scenes of the Liberal party. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) is warning private investigators in Canada to guard against working for hostile foreign states such as China to help locate and harass people in this country.
Guests:
Tasha Kheiriddin, journalist, writer with National Post, GZERO media, and her Substack page ‘In My Opinion’; Author of ‘The Right Path.’
Eric Kam, Professor of macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, International Monetary Economics, Implications of Monetary Growth, with Toronto Metropolitan University
Jon Roe, Research Associate with Angus Reid
Brian J. Karem, journalist and author, White House correspondent for Playboy and political analyst for CNN
Marnie Cluckie, City Manager, City of Hamilton
Bryan Murphy, NHL content producer, The Sporting News
Dr. Ian Lee, Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University
Phil Gurski, President of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, former CSIS analyst
Scott Radley, Host of The Scott Radley Show and Columnist with The Hamilton Spectator
Host – Scott Thompson
Content Producer – William Erskine
Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom Craig
Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan
News Anchor – Dave Woodard
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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:
Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem is sounding the alarm on Canada’s productivity problem and urging policymakers to dig into why the country struggles with low business investment. Racin’ in the rain: we look at this past weekend in motor sports! McMaster University’s nuclear reactor has been given an unprecedented lease on its life, ensuring its ability to continue supplying the global market with life-saving medical isotopes. The Ford government’s decision to shutter the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto’s Don Mills area with no warning Friday is drawing outrage from critics and members of the local community. Millennials and Gen Z don’t want the Trudeau government’s plans for regulating the internet, according to a new poll from Leger, conducted on behalf of Postmedia. We take a look at the Oilers and their surprising season as we get ready for tonight’s game. The federal government is taking stepstoward making Chinese electric vehicle imports more expensive in Canada by announcing a 30-day consultation period to examine Beijing's trade practices in the EV sector. We talk racing with Treyten Lapcevich.
Guests:
Colin Mang, assistant professor of Economics, at McMaster University
Todd Lewis, host of Rec Culture TV, NASCAR announcer, ft. in Scouting The Refs & Racin’ It Out podcasts
David Novog, a professor in the Department of Engineering Physics and UNENE Research Chair
Colin D’Mello, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief, Global News
Carmi Levy, Technology Analyst & Journalist
Jim Lang, Morning Man for 105.9 The Region; Hockey writer, co-author of the books 'Bleeding Blue' with Wendel Clark, 'Shift Work' with Tie Domi and 'Everyday Hockey Heroes' with Bob Mackenzie
Gordon Houlden, Director Emeritus of the China Institute and Professor of Political Science with the University of Alberta
Treyten Lapcevich, Canadian professional stock car racing driver, 2023 NASCAR Pinty's Series champion
Scott Radley, Host of The Scott Radley Show and Columnist with The Hamilton Spectator
Host – Scott Thompson
Content Producer – William Erskine
Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom Craig
Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan
News Anchor – Dave Woodard
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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:
Today is National Indigenous People’s Day, and events are taking place now and over the weekend. Writing in The Hamilton Spectator, Lorraine Sommerfeld asks “when did cursive become a whole other language?” What happens if the LCBO is impacted by a strike? Hamilton has been experimenting with its Open Streets events along King street, and this Sunday we will see another such day. Rebel Media has claimed ownership of the truck driving around Toronto playing a sponsored video warning that Canada is “under siege” while depicting images of Muslims praying. Will Ottawa put tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, like the U.S. has done? Leger360 polling took a look at what Canadians think of official bilingualism. Ryan Kennedy joins us from Edmonton, to discuss the Oilers and what is on the horizon for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final.
Guests:
Lorraine Sommerfeld, Columnist with Driving.ca and the Hamilton Spectator
Jody Harbour, the co-founder of Grandmother’s Voice, an Indigenous cultural organization in Oakville
Randall Denley is an author and columnist for the Ottawa Citizen and the National Post; author of mystery novels, including Payback, Spiked, and One Dead Sister
Peter Topalovic, Manager, Active Transportation and Mobility, City of Hamilton Transportation Planning and Parking
Elissa Freeman, PR and Pop Culture Expert
Marvin Ryder, Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
Andrew Enns, Executive Vice-President, Central Canada, for Leger
Ryan Kennedy, Senior Writer with The Hockey News
Host – Scott Thompson
Content Producer – William Erskine
Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom Craig
Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan
News Anchor – Dave Woodard & Jen McQueen
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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:
Today at Greensville Elementary School in Dundas, Filomena Tassi was on site to highlight the Government of Canada’s National School Food Policy. The Canada Border Services Agency has deployed a new, mobile x-ray scanning machine to the Greater Toronto Area as part of an effort to crack down on the soaring number of auto thefts. Village People, War and Crash Test Dummies? Oh my! They’re all coming to the Festival of Friends! We are starting to find out more about what to expect from Supercrawl 2024! Donald Sutherland, the New Brunswick-born acting legend has died. Olive oil is getting more expensive, and that is affecting restaurants. What is going on? We are joined by Sylvain “The Food Professor” Charlebois, who is currently in Spain, the home of olive oil! The Canadian Taxpayers Federation released Leger polling showing 63 per cent of Canadians oppose delaying the election by one week, which would trigger pensions for dozens of MPs. What are the takeaways from Hamilton’s encampment update and the delegations that appeared at City Hall?
Guests:
Filomea Tassi, Member of Parliament for Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas, and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
David Brown, Business Development Consultant with Investigative Solutions Network; retired superintendent of Serious & Organized Crime with Durham Regional Police
Robert Rakoczy, General Manager of the Festival of Friends
Tim Potocic, Co-owner, Sonic Unyon Records, Supercrawl Productions, Because Beer Festival, Mills Hardware, Bridgeworks
Bill Brioux, television critic and author
Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, professor of food distribution and policy, and the director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University
Jay Goldberg Ontario & Interim Atlantic Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation
John Best, Publisher of The Bay Observer
Scott Radley, host of the Scott Radley show and columnist with the Hamilton Spectator
Host – Scott Thompson
Content Producer – William Erskine
Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom Craig
Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan
News Anchor – Dave Woodard
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