Mayor's Town Hall with Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger.

Topics include COVID-19, transit, property tax and more.

Mayor Townhall

Guest: Fred Eisneberger, Mayor, City of Hamilton

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The Conservative leadership race has been put on hold due to the pandemic. No new dates for a leader to be chosen have been selected.

Guest: Henry Jacek. Professor of Political Science, McMaster University

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While the pandemic is going on, many sports have been put on hold. The NFL however still plans on holding it's draft next month.

Guest: Scott Radley. Host of “The Scott Radley Show” Columnist, Hamilton Spec.

Originally, the Ontario government was going to release it's budget for the year but due to COVID-19 they decided instead to release a fiscal update. What's in the update that will help Ontarians?

Guest: Rod Phillips, Minister of Finance for Ontario

Guest: Andrea Horwath, NDP Leader for Ontario

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Could we experience a second wave of COVID-19 cases?

Guest: Ahmad Firas Khalid, MD, PhD, MMgmt, MEd, GradCertPHM, faculty member in Human and Social Sciences, a medical doctor and a health policy advisor, Wilfrid Laurier University

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Another townhall was held last night in regards to COVID-19 in our city. The Mayor joins Bill to discuss.

Guest: Fred Eisenberger, Mayor, City of Hamilton

Hamilton's mayor joins Bill this morning to discuss COVID-19, as the city announces that it has had it's first death due to the virus.

Guest: Fred Eisenberger. Mayor. City of Hamilton.

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The government received unanimous support to pass it's emergency COVID-19 legislation.

Guest: Mercedes Stephenson, Global News

Guest: Peter Graefe. Professor of Political Science, McMaster University

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The US President is wanting the country to be open and ready for business again by April. But is that even plausible?

Guest: Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political science, Carleton University

As cases continue to rise of COVID-19 in our community, the city continues to advocate for everyone to stay home and only go out if you're in need of essentials.

Guest: Paul Johnson, the Director of our Emergency Operations Centre, City of Hamilton

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How are the European nations handling the COVID-19 situation right now? Right now, more than 1.9 billion people are in isolation.

Guest: Crystal Goomansingh, Europe Bureau Chief, Global News

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Yesterday, Doug Ford announced that as of 11:59pm today, all non-essential businesses should close. The government then released it's list and there are a ton of businesses still on there.

Guest: Marvin Ryder. Business Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University