Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

Last night was the Toronto Raptors' season opener and the team was given their championship rings. Nav Bhatia, the Toronto Raptors Superfan, was also given a ring. He joined Scott Thompson to chat about the Raptors, how he fell in love with the team and basketball, what the responsibility of being the Superfan means to him and, of course, the ring.

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Guest: Nav Bhatia, Toronto Raptors Superfan

The Scott Thompson Show Podcast 

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Election Day has come and gone, and now we have a Liberal minority government. How much did ‘the Ford Factor’ affect this election? And with a minority, there is the chance we could be at the polls again sooner than later. So could we see new leaders for some of these parties by then?

Guests:

Alan Carter, host of Focus Ontario

David Akin, Chief Political Correspondent with Global News

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How divided is the company now? Is the minority government an opportunity to come together? Scott finds out more from Professor Howard Ramos of the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Dalhousie University

Guest: Howard Ramos, Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University

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A separatist sentiment is rising in Western Canada , following the election of a Liberal minority government. Scott chats with the founder of one separatist group, Wexit Canada, to find out what is driving the movement and how they feel about the other political parties.

Guest: Peter Downing, Founder of Wexit Canada

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Five years ago today, Corporal Nathan Cirillo was killed while on duty, standing guard at the National War Memorial by a lone gunman. Scott is joined in the studio by Major Carlo Tittorelli of the Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders.

Guest: Major Carlo Tittorelli of the Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders

Late last week, Scott spotted a story about how the Hamilton Fire Department wants to start using drones. Deputy Fire Chief John Verbeek joins Scott to explain where this idea came from.

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Guest: Deputy Fire Chief John Verbeek

Election Day has come and gone and the Liberals have managed to gain a minority government.  Scott and Michael Taube discuss what this means for the Liberals and the other parties. And were the Conservatives too right-wing in this election? 

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

Today is election day and people are heading to the polls to see who will run the government. Scott chats with Darrell Bricker of IPSOS in regards to where the polling is at leading into this election.

Guest: Darrell Bricker, CEO of IPSOS

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Did the leaders of the parties accurately address the issues Canadians are worried about? What outcome could we expect? How are things looking in our local races?

Guest: Myer Siematycki, Professor Emeritus, Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson Unviersity
           Henry Jacek, Professor of Political Science at McMaster University

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Is the Trump presidency unraveling? According to CNN the President is taking several steps to placate angry Republicans after his impeachment defense was ripped apart by current and former officials.

Guest: Claire Finkelstein, Algernon Biddle Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at University of Pennsylvania Law School