The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

Hamilton wants to build more parks downtown, and they are going to make it happen with their “parks master plan.” All border crossings between Ontario and New York state have reopened following the tragic fiery crash at the Rainbow Bridge checkpoint this week that left two people dead and one border security agent with minor injuries. India has become more prominent in North America, recently, but along with that has come stories of alleged assassinations attempts. Most Canadians believe that Canada should play a neutral role or completely stay out of the Israel-Hamas conflict, now in its second month, new polling suggests. Black Friday is here! What is the scene like down in Buffalo? Our colleague and friend, Liz Russell, has been out and about. Formula One sprint races are set to be held before qualifying for the main Grand Prix race starting next season, after a proposal to change to the format was approved on Friday. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast!

Guests:

Cynthia Graham, Director of Environmental Services.

Robert Restaino, Mayor, Niagara Falls, New York.

Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political Science with Carleton University.

Darrell Bricker, CEO of IPSOS Polling.

Elissa Freeman, PR and Pop Culture Expert.

Liz Russell, content producer for Good Morning Hamilton.

Todd Lewis, host of Rec Culture TV, NASCAR announcer, ft. in Scouting The Refs & Racin’ It Out podcasts.

Dr. Arne Kislenko, Margaret MacMillan Trinity One International Relations Program, Trinity College, University of Toronto; Department of History at Toronto Metropolitan University

Scott Radley, host of the Scott Radley show and columnist with the Hamilton Spectator.

Host – Scott Thompson

Content Producer – Lisa Polewski

Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay

Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan

News Anchor – Dave Woodard & Lisa Polewski

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

The Stellantis deal may turn out to not be the boon to Canadian employment that we thought it would be. Following an incident of hate and violence outside the Toronto Islamic Centre, Rabbi Shaanan Scherer reached out with a message of unity in the face of rising hate, divisiveness and violence. What is the U.S. reaction to yesterday’s car crash and explosion at the Rainbow Bridge, one day later? Many Canadians are still reacting to the Federal Liberal’s Fall Economic Update, and that includes Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. A jury has declared former RCMP intelligence official Cameron Jay Ortis guilty of disclosing secrets to targets of police interest in violation of the Security of Information Act. The ceasefire in Gaza has been delayed by a day. Is this cause for concern or negotiation business as usual? A major meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the leaders of the European Union begins Thursday in Newfoundland and Labrador’s capital city of St. John’s. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast!

Guests:

Marvin Ryder, Professor with the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University.

Rabbi Shaanan Scherer, BA, BEd, MA, OCT, Teacher of Judaic Studies, TanenbaumCHAT; Licensed Israel and Ontario Tour Guide.

Brian J. Karem, journalist and author, White House correspondent for Playboy and political analyst for CNN.

Jagmeet Singh, Leader of the Federal NDP.

Phil Gurski, President of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, former CSIS analyst.

Dr. Jack Cunningham, Ph.D., Program Coordinator at the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History, in Trinity College and the Munk School. Specializing in British foreign policy, Canadian foreign policy and politics, International history, U.S. foreign policy and relations with Russia; University of Toronto.

Aaron Wudrick, Director the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Domestic Policy Program.

Aurel Braun, Professor of International Relations and a Senior Member of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.

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 McKay

Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan

News Anchor – Dave Woodard & Lisa Polewski

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A major meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the leaders of the European Union begins Thursday in Newfoundland and Labrador’s capital city of St. John’s.

GUEST: Aurel Braun, Professor of International Relations and a Senior Member of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. 

The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

What are security agencies doing in the hours following events like the explosion at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls? Liberals are finally feeling the economic squeeze, evidently, and their new fiscal update shows it. Pausing the Carbon Tax? New Leger polling shows how Canadians feel about the idea. Taylor Swift’s tour takes a dark turn in Rio de Janeiro. Joe Warmington of the Toronto Sun joins us to discuss his recent article highlighting the rise of anti-Semitic intimidation taking place in schools. How will the fiscal update from the Liberals affect housing? The Government of Israel has reached a deal with Hamas which will lead to a four-day ceasefire, beginning some time on Thursday, in order to return hostages.

Guests:

Phil Gurski, President of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, former CSIS analyst

Campbell Clark, Chief Political Writer for The Globe and Mail

Andrew Enns, Executive Vice-President, Central Canada, for Leger

Eric Alper, Publicist and music commentator

Joe Warmington, Columnist with the Toronto Sun

Murtaza Haider, professor of Data Science and Real Estate Management at Toronto Metropolitan University

Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News

Dr. Jack Cunningham, Ph.D., Program Coordinator at the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History, in Trinity College and the Munk School. Specializing in British foreign policy, Canadian foreign policy and politics, International history, U.S. foreign policy and relations with Russia; University of Toronto

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 McKay

Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

We keep hearing stories of how Canadian airlines are brutal to passengers, especially those with disabilities, and now there is new report showing that our two biggest airlines are chronically late. What is going on? We have looked at how the Grey Cup game went, how about the festivities that filled up Hamilton over the past week? Time to give the festival its own postgame breakdown! What happens when your electric car is a lemon? For one thing, it’s going to cost you. We look at the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, the focus on Hospitals and military intelligence, where it is going, as well as if other nations are prone to be drawn into the war. What will be the political impact of the fiscal update? The economic fallout of the economic update, and what it and the ongoing affordability crisis means for Trudeau. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast!

Guests:

Gabor Lukacs, President, Air Passenger Rights advocacy group.

Ryan McHugh, Manager of Tourism and Events with the City of Hamilton.

Moshe Lander, Senior Economics Lecturer, Concordia University.

Lorraine Sommerfeld, columnist with Driving.ca and the Hamilton Spectator.

Steven Chase, Senior Parliamentary Reporter, The Globe and Mail.

Dr. Arne Kislenko, Margaret MacMillan Trinity One International Relations Program, Trinity College, University of Toronto; Department of History at Toronto Metropolitan University, (Expertise in... intelligence and security issues, current international affairs, and modern diplomatic history).

Dr. Ian Lee, Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University.

Felicia Kostecky, Community Relations Coordinator, Hamilton Food Share.

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 McKay

Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan

News Anchor – Dave Woodard & Lisa Polewski

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Radley:

Scott Radley discusses Green Day's performance at the Grey Cup, and ponders whether a Canadian act should have gotten the halftime show. We get the other side of the fireworks debate with Councillor Nrinder Nann. By the year 2050, it is estimated that 230,000 new people will be living in Hamilton. Where do they go? We discuss that with Matti Siemiatycki. In the aftermath of Sunday's Grey Cup upset, Justin Dunk discusses the status and legacy of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. We talk freedom of speech in schools with Kathy Bickmore. And, technical difficulties hand us the funniest, and deepest improvised round table you'll ever sit in on, with CHML's Dave Woodard and Jen McQueen! It's all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast!

Guests:

Nrinder Nann, Councillor for Ward 3 in the City of Hamilton. 

Matti Siemiatycki, Director of the infrastructure institute & professor of geography and planning with University of Toronto. 

Justin Dunk, founder of 3DownNation, CFL analyst with Sportsnet.  

Kathy Bickmore, Professor, Curriculum & Pedagogy and Comparative International Development Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto. 

Dave Woodard, Anchor with 900 CHML

Jen McQueen, Anchor with 900 CHML

Host – Scott Radley

Content Producer – William Erskine

Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom Craig

News Anchor – Dave Woodard

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Radley:

Sitting in the comfort of your living room might make playing a game show like ‘Jeopardy!’ seem easy, but it’s a lot different when you are up at the podium, phrasing your answer in the form of a question. Is it going to be one of the best Grey Cup performances of all time? Which other acts would you rank as some of the best? What do you think of replacing fireworks on Canada Day – and for other Hamiltonian events – with laser shows and drone displays? Complaints coming in to a city hotline continue to rise, year over year, with some 159 reported between July 2022 and July of this year –a 49 per cent increase from the prior reporting period. We look at Hamilton City Council and Mayor Horwath’s first year sitting. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast!

Guests:

Peter Dyakowski, former Hamilton Tiger-Cats player and one of 900CHML’s play by play announcers for the McMaster Marauders.

Eric Alper, Publicist and music commentator.

Diane Wensel, Chair of the Calgary Grey Cup Committee.

Matt Francis, City of Hamilton Councillor for Ward 5.

John Hodge, Reporter for 3DownNation, and co-host of the 3DownNation Podcast.

Charles Brown, Auditor General for the City of Hamilton.

John Best, Publisher of The Bay Observer.

Rick Zamperin, host of Good Morning Hamilton as well as host of The 5th Quarter which follows every Tiger-Cats game on 900 CHML.

Host – Scott Radley

Content Producer – William Erskine

Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay

Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan

News Anchor – Dave Woodard

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U.S. President Joe Biden will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping next Wednesday, on Nov. 15, in the San Francisco Bay area, the White House announced Friday. The president and the U.S. will work on reopening important military communications channels that have been cut off, managing competition and addressing security issues.

GUEST: Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political Science with Carleton University. 

The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

The Spirit of Edmonton Party has come to town along with all the other Grey Cup fun. Small and independent businesses have concerns about stacking up against Amazon’s “power imbalance.” A jury in Windsor, Ont., has reached a decision in the landmark trial of Nathaniel Veltman, accused of deliberately running over a Muslim family in London, in what the Crown had argued was an act of terrorism. Next week, you should talk to a stranger. In fact, you should make a habit of it, despite what your parents might have taught you. Canadian foreign policy and how our government is handling its response to the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza. If history is any indication, the Federal Liberals likely won’t bounce back from the depths they’ve reached. That's what Lawrence Martin argues in his newest piece for the Globe and Mail. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast!

Guests:

Gerry Haracsi, Chairman of the Spirit of Edmonton.

Dr. Ian Lee, Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University.

Michelle Auger, Canadian Federation of Independent Business senior policy analyst and author of the report on Amazon.

Ben Harrietha, reporting for Global News from Windsor.

Steve Joordens, Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto.

Charles Burton, Senior Fellow with the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

Dr. Jack Cunningham, Ph.D., Program Coordinator at the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History, in Trinity College and the Munk School. Specializing in British foreign policy, Canadian foreign policy and politics, International history, U.S. foreign policy and relations with Russia; University of Toronto.

Lawrence Martin, Public Affairs Columnist with the Globe and Mail.

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 McKay

News Anchor – Dave Woodard

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