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The Canada Post strike has continued for over a month now and the federal government is looking to end the strike if there’s no resolution in the coming days.

Guest: Alan Freeman, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa.
Guest: Mike Palecek, National President, CUPW. 

With councillors considering whether pot shops have a future here in the city, the question needs to be asked about what benefit they have for the city?

Guest: Brad Poulos, Instructor, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University.

A community review report commissioned by police found that 70% of ‘unfounded’ sexual assault cases in Hamilton were improperly handled. The report concludes that 75.1% of unfounded cases were correctly classified, while 24.9% weren’t, in over 700 unfounded cases from 2010 to 2014. The report states that the sexual assault unit in Hamilton is made of seven overworked officers handling an average of 90 cases per year. What needs to change in order to deal with these discrepancies?

Guest: Lenore Lukasik-Foss, Director of SACHA (Sexual Assault Centre of Hamilton Area)

Listen to this interview and more on the Bill Kelly Show Podcast

https://omny.fm/shows/bill-kelly-show/morteza-jafapour-appeal-and-chiefs-townhall

The Crown has appealed a sentence of Morteza Jafapour, the former CEO of the now-defunct Settlment and Immigration Services Organization. Jafapour was convicted of conspiracy and massive fraud and has already served his sentence of two years behind bars. He was paroled four years ago. The Crown is arguing that Justice James Ramsay erred in September 2013 by giving Jafapour a light sentence and that fraud in his case would merit a sentence of three to five years, if not higher. What’s a stake in this case?

Guest: Susan Clairmont. Columnist, Hamilton Spec

The Chief’s Townhall with Hamilton Police Chief Eric Girt. (Topics include: Reward for information in the murder of Angelo Musitano, Sexual Assault Review report.)

Guest: Eric Girt, Police Chief, Hamilton Police Services