The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

Long-time listeners of the show know we like to turn the spotlight to small business in the area, and that’s what we’re about to do here! Should Hamilton do away with red light right turns? 16 of the bomb threats that were sent to Hamilton schools in recent weeks may not have come from Hamiltonians but instead could be from anywhere in the world. Is the NDP taking over the position in Canadian politics that was once held by the Liberals? While Canadian parliament got a new Speaker of the House yesterday, U.S. House of Representatives lost Kevin McCarthy after a faction of Republicans turned on him. The GFL Landfill in Stoney Creek continues to torment its neighbours with its smell, even after an attempt to cover it up. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast!

Guests:

Francis, Owner of Genuine Bakery and Catering: 1002 Barton Street East, Hamilton, ON, Canada, Ontario.

Angelo DiCicco, Special Project Manager with the Ontario Safety League.

Patrick Coppolino, Manager of Levity Comedy Club: 120 King St W, Hamilton, ON.

Sean Sparling, retired Deputy Chief of Sault Ste Marie Police, currently the President of Investigative Solutions Network.

Henry Jacek. Professor of Political Science, McMaster University.

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

Kathleen Taylor, Resident who lives near the landfill.

Carmi Levy Technology Analyst & Journalist.

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 & Jen McQueen

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You heard today’s poll question: should Hamilton do away with red light right turns? There is some concern that it might make things more confusing – and more hazardous – for drivers from out of town.

GUEST: Angelo DiCicco, Special Project Manager with the Ontario Safety League. 

What is it Canada doesn’t understand about India’s government, and their place in the current world of international relations?

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

The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

Where are relations between the governments of Canda and India going? Other than seemingly downward, fast. You may remember when Shawn & Ed Brewing Co. in Dundas released a special ‘Stand with Ukraine’ lager last year. The local brewery and venue now wants to do more. They have announced a benefit concert on Sunday, October 15, featuring the folk/jazz band Kommuna Lux, originally from Odessa, Ukraine. Three years ago, the arrest of Cameron Ortis sent shockwaves through the Canadian intelligence community. Canada's House of Commons on Tuesday elected Greg Fergus as its new speaker, making the Liberal Party lawmaker the first Black Canadian to hold the post after the previous speaker quit over unknowingly inviting a former Nazi soldier to parliament. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast!

Guests:

Colin Craig, President the Think Tank ‘SecondStreet.org’.

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

Wayne Petrozzi, Professor Emeritus of Politics and Public Administration at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Mark Bowden, Taproom Manager with Shawn & Ed Brewing Co.

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

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

Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies and Managing Director of Abacus Data.

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

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 & Jen McQueen

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

Over the weekend, Bob Doidge reached out to Scott with some very cool news concert news – coming up this November 28th at The Westdale. Elon Musk has weighed in on the new podcast rules that are part of the CRTC’s updated approach to streaming services in Canada. Green Day to play the Grey Cup! What’s it mean to have American bands play the CFL’s big game? Ontario pharmacists have had their prescription powers expanded. Is there now a quiet movement on within Liberal party for replace Trudeau? According to a recent national survey from Leger, young Canadians don’t see a positive future for themselves right now, as they struggle under the rising cost of living and an ever mounting fear of the climate crisis. Ontario's minimum wage rose on Sunday to $16.55 an hour, after the increase was first announced in March, in order to give businesses time to plan. Canada’s ongoing troubles with defence spending (and the lack thereof).

Guests:

Bob Doidge, musician and producer, former owner of Hamilton’s legendary Grant Avenue Studios, Lifetime achievement award recipient at the 2015 Hamilton Music Awards

Jeffrey Dvorkin, Senior Fellow at Massey College, Former Director of Journalism at the University of Toronto-Scarborough and author of Trusting the News in a Digital Age

Eric Alper, Publicist and music commentator

Justin Bates, CEO of the Ontario Pharmacist Association

Dr. Rahim Mohamed, political commentator and writer, specializing in comparative politics, natural resources and the political economy; former professor with Centre College and Wake Forest University

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

Randy Robinson, political economist and the Ontario Director for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Richard Shimooka, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute

Scott Radley, Host of the Scott Radley Show and Columnist with the Hamilton Spectator

Host – Scott Thompson

Content Producer – William Erskine

Technical/Podcast Producer – Ben Straughan

News Anchor – Jen McQueen

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

Fall fair season continues south of Hamilton with the 151st Caledonia Fair! We get a peak at what Hamilton has cooking for the 2023 Grey Cup festivities! As you heard on our airwaves a moment ago, there are now ads running from third-party groups attacking Pierre Poilievre, following a couple of weeks of the federal Conservative's new campaign to reintroduce Canadians to their leader. We get some U.S. political insight: some republicans are warning against Trump. You may have heard stories of several youth-related robberies and swarming incidents at recent events. We talk to our fried Steve Joordens to get a handle on what is going on. On Saturday, the City of Hamilton is unveiling ‘All Our Relations’ in the city's West Harbour. Where does Canada stand on the world stage at the end of this week? Writing in the National Post, Tasha Kheiriddin writes that Mark Carney has jump-started the “Trudeau death watch.” We look at the pressures that the Prime Minister is under, and what will come of it.

Guests:

Jodie Eason, Second VP of Caledonia Fair, Chair of Marketing

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

Elissa Freeman, PR and Pop Culture Expert

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

Steve Joordens, Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto

Angela DeMontigny, Indigenous Designer, Artist, Entrepreneur, Workshop Facilitator, and Public Speaker

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

Tasha Kheiriddin, journalist, writer with National Post, GZERO media, and her Substack page ‘In My Opinion’; Author of The Right Path

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 & Jen McQueen

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

Demand for electricity across Canada is forecast to double in the next 25 years, and all the signs from Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government indicate that nuclear energy will supply the biggest portion of the province's additional power needs. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s 2023 tour will be postponed until 2024, citing doctor’s advice. The Boss, who last week celebrated his 74th birthday, is “steadily recovering” from peptic ulcer disease, a press release read. What may happen with LRT in Hamilton, and the debate around it being privately or publicly managed? Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) says it has voted in favour of a binding arbitration process meaning there will be no strikes or lockouts during negotiations. The Conservatives are pushing for a House of Commons committee to summon federal police agencies and someone from the Prime Minister's Office to explain the "international embarrassment" caused when Parliament applauded a man who fought with a Nazi unit in Ukraine in the Second World War. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast!

Guests:

David Novog, a professor in the Department of Engineering Physics and UNENE Research Chair.

Kathleen Taylor, Resident who lives near the landfill.

Eric Alper, Publicist and music commentator.

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

Joe Warmington, Columnist with the Toronto Sun.

Eric Kam, Professor of macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, International Monetary Economics, Implications of Monetary Growth, with Toronto Metropolitan University.

Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education for the Province of Ontario.

Geneviève Tellier, Professor, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa.

Host – Scott Thompson

Content Producer – William Erskine

Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay

Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan

News Anchor – Dave Woodard & Jen McQueen

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

The months-long Hollywood writers strike is over after the Writers Guild of America released the details of their tentative agreement with Hollywood studios. Did Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just apologize on live television? Seriously, we are asking. The word “apology” was used but does that count? What happens to parliament now that they are without a speaker? What has been the international fallout from Nazi Waffen SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka being welcomed into Canadian parliament, and applauded as a war hero, due to an alleged complete lack of education about history among our leaders. As we learn more about the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, it paints a picture that is hard to see as anything other than a well-orchestrated assassination by a team. David Dodge, former Bank of Canada governor, delivered fiscal warnings to the feds while testifying to the House of Commons finance committee. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast!

Guests:

Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor of television, radio and film; Director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University.

Ravi Jain, of Jain Immigration Law; Barrister & Solicitor (Ontario) & Attorney-At-Law (Massachusetts), Co-President of the Canadian Immigration Lawyers Association; Certified Specialist on Citizenship & Immigration Law with the Law Society of Ontario.

Elissa Freeman, PR and Pop Culture Expert.

Nelson Wiseman, Professor with the Dept. of Political Science at the University of Toronto.

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

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

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

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

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 & Jen McQueen

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What has been the international fallout from Nazi Waffen SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka being welcomed into Canadian parliament, and applauded as a war hero, due to an alleged complete lack of education about history among our leaders.

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