A Scott Thompson Show bonus podcast!

Sarah Ehmke joined the show to tell Scott all about the City of Hamilton's launch of its own virtual music series, featuring local acts, Music Mondays!

Guest: Sarah Ehmke, Music Mondays Lead and Cultural Projects Specialist from our Tourism and Culture Division, City of Hamilton

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Scott spoke with Eric Muller about the delicious arrangements of cheeses and meats offered through the business he started during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Guest: Eric Muller, Owner of Barton Salumeria & Charcuterie, https://www.bartonsalumeria.com/

Subscribe to the Scott Thompson Show wherever you find your favourite podcasts, and follow along as Scott finds out more about the small businesses, restaurants and initiatives in Hamilton that have been affected by the pandemic! https://curiouscast.ca/podcast/189/the-scott-thompson-show/

Host - Scott Thompson
Content Producer - Jordan Armenise
Technical/Podcast Producer - William P. Erskine

Where does Ontario currently stand on paid sick days and with potential change to that stance, what's in store for Ontario's workers?

Guest: Myer Siemiatycki, Professor of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University and Co-Ordinator of Ryerson University's Young Workers Rights Hub

Where does Ontario currently stand on paid sick days and with potential change to that stance, what's in store for Ontario's workers?

Guest: Myer Siemiatycki, Professor of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University and Co-Ordinator of Ryerson University's Young Workers Rights Hub

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Ontario has called in the Canadian Armed Forces to lend some extra help to our hospitals as they get fuller each day. What kind of help do our hospitals need and how will the CAF help?

Guest: Dr. Ahmad Firas Khalid, Health Policy expert

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India is seeing astonishing numbers of deceased and infected people as a result of COVID-19 despite being one of the major manufacturing hubs of COVID vaccines. Could the over 200,000 deaths have been prevented?

Guest: Raji Jayaraman, Associate Professor with the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto

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The federal Liberals are tabling a bill that will allow for user generated content (posts by individual people) to fall under broadcasting laws which could lead to your posts being taken down by the government. To get some more details on this 1984-esque bill, Scott chats with Carmi Levy.

Guest: Carmi Levy, Tech Analyst