The Scott Thompson Show Podcast

What might the next school year look like for your kids? Some school boards, including Hamilton’s, have releases a statement showing what parents may be able to expect in the fall.

Guest: Annie Kidder, Executive Director of People for Education

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How can we help with kid’s development over the summer due to the pandemic?

Guest: Penny M. Pexman, Associate Vice-President (Research) at the University of Calgary

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The Bloc, NDP and Conservatives are calling on the Prime Minister to testify when it comes to the WE charity scandal. A former ethics commissioner says that Trudeau’s apology too shows that there is a ‘fairly certain finding of a contravention’.

Guest: Henry Jacek, Professor of Political Science, McMaster University

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Marissa Lennox of the Canadian Association for Retired Persons joined Scott to discuss the latest news about long-term care and retirement facilities..

Guest: Marissa Lennox, Chief Policy Officer, CARP

Research done at the University of Washington suggests that falling fertility rates and a fertility crash is expected. This comes as countries age dramatically and not many people are having children.

Guest: Dr. Mehrnoosh Faghih, assistant clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at McMaster University, also the managing partner of ONE Fertility in Burlington 

The Scott Thompson Show Podcast

Reportedly, the U.S.-Canada border will remain closed for another month, with a potential opening date of August 21. Should we keep the border closed for even longer than that?

Guests:

Colin Furness, Assistant Professor with the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, at the University of Toronto

Dr. Rodney Rohde, Professor and Chair with the Clinical Laboratory Science Program at the College of Health Professions at Texas State University

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With Disney opening the gates to the Magic Kingdom and COVID-19 cases still rising, is it even safe to try and consider going?

Guest: Barry Choi, Personal Finance & Travel Expert. Money We Have

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How will defending Hong Kong, its citizens and its laws help defend Canada too? This is the topic posed in an op-ed in the Globe and Mail.

Guest: Gloria Fung, President, Canada-Hong Kong Lin

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The UK is all set to ban Huawei from its 5G network, should Canada do the same?

Guest: Dave Masson, Director of Enterprise Security, Darktrace

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How has the pandemic changed dating and sex? Jess O'Reilly, sexologist and relationship expert, joined the show to discuss the pros and cons of what COVID-19 has introduced to the world of dating.

Guest: Jess O'Reilly. Sexologist & Relationship Expert. SexWithDrJess.com

The WE Charity scandal continues with the Prime Minister saying that he should have recused himself from the decision to pick WE for the student grant program.

Guest: Michael Taube, Troy Media syndicated, columnist, and Washington Times contributor