Scott welcomed Mike Stauffer to the show to talk about how his eateries are fairing during the pandemic, and how Hamiltonians can order from them in 2020 and 2021.

Guest: Mike Stauffer, Owner/Operator Betula Restaurant in Dundas

The Scott Thompson Show Podcast

Since Ottawa has not COVID-19 patients in its hospitals, the mayor says that Ontario's lockdown is an unfair punishment for the city.

Guest: Dr. Raywat Deonandan is an Epidemiologist and Science Communicator, specializing in Global Health and the University of Ottawa

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The Canadian branch of the Bank of China and anti-abortion groups are among some of the recipients of the federal wage subsidy.

Guest: Amanda Connolly, Reporter for Global News

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Dr. Michael Wolfsson says that Canada has excellent potential for statistical surveillance of adverse health events in the electronic health databases within each province. The problem has been that the data often reside in multiple impenetrable silos. Our response to COVID-19 is a chance to change that.

Guest: Dr. Michael Wolfsson, Adjunct Professor with the University of Ottawa and Award winning Canada Research Chair in Population Health Modeling / Populomics

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The Foreign Affairs Minister of Taiwan says Beijing has already begun what military strategists call a “grey-zone” assault on the self-governing island of 24 million, and urges Canada and other like-minded democracies to use sanctions and increased trade ties to dissuade China from a full-scale takeover.

Charles Burton, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and former Counsellor at the Canadian Embassy to China

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Apple Inc. is moving forward with self-driving car technology, targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that could include its own breakthrough battery technology.

Guest: Dr. Ian Lee, Associate Professor at Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business

What do you say to children when speaking to them about why this year's holidays may be different?

Guest: Lisa Wood is an associate professor in Youth and Children’s Studies and English with Wilfrid Laurier University