The Scott Thompson Show Podcast

As of 1:00 p.m. today, the house manager officially kicked off the impeachment trial with opening arguments. It’s projected that for the Democrats, it will last 24 hours into Friday and then Trump’s team will take their time.

Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Producer and Correspondent with Global News

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Volkwagen has pleaded guilty to the Canadian charges in the emissions scandal.

Guest: Lorraine Sommerfeld, Auto Writer with Post Media, Motherlode column in the Hamilton Spec and Host of the Lemon Aid Car Show on RogersTV

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More than 200,000 people have weighed in on the government’s consultations on assisted dying reform.

Guest: Jim Cowan, Chair of the board for Dying with Dignity Canada

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Larry Walker has become the 2nd Canadian elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Guest: Scott Radley. Host of The Scott Radley Show Columnist, Hamilton Spec.

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Ozzy Osbourne has been diagnosed with Parkinsons.

Eric Alper, Publicist I Music Commentator I Shameless Idealist,

The Prime Minister says that he wants to ratify the USMCA (a.k.a., the New NAFTA) as soon as parliament resumes, however some of the other parties are either not wanting to rush ratification or are unsure whether to support it.

Guest: Patrick LeBlond, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa

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A 6th person has died from the new virus that has emerged in Wuhan, China. What do we know of this new Coronavirus?

Dr. Emily Toth Martin, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health

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Prince Harry has arrived in Canada to begin the new life with Meghan Markle.

Guest: Robert Finch, Monarchist League of Canada

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Firefighters continue to go to Australia to help fight the wildfires blazing down. Scott chats with one who has just returned to Alberta.

Guest: Morgan Kehr, part of the first contingent of Canadians to be sent to Australia, and senior representative for the Canadian resources down there

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The extradition case of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou begins today.

Guests:

Ari Goldkind, Toronto Defence Lawyer

Ben Rowswell, President, Canadian International Council

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In a recent speech, Harry addressed his family’s decision to step away from
their royal titles, saying there was "no other option" for them.

Guest:

Elissa Freeman, Public Relations Consultant, Huffington Post, PR Daily

Hear more about the former royals in the Scott Thompson Show bonus segment: https://omny.fm/shows/scott-thompson-show/were-there-other-options-for-meghan-markle-and-har

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Could we say goodbye for gas furnaces? Is electrification is the future of home heating?

Guest: Steve Aplin, Publisher of Emission Trak, which monitors C02 Carbon Dioxide emissions from energy use

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Michael Marini, the City of Hamilton's Coordinator of Marketing, joins Scott in the studio to talk Ec Dev.

Guest: Michael Marini, City of Hamilton's Coordinator of Marketing

Today, Ukraine will ask the Iranian foreign minister today for the black boxes for the
downed plane. How long does black box data last?

Guests

Keith Mackey, Mackey International

Ferry De Kerckhove, Senior Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa