The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

On April 1st, the Federal government's alcohol tax hike comes into effect, making drinkers the April Fool this year! How will it affect restaurants, how are businesses preparing? Awnish Srivastava, President of Unique Restaurant Group, gives Scott some insight. Hamilton’s city council has mulled a multi-million dollar plan to address and end chronic homelessness, but what is actually needed to address how bad the situation has become? Good Shepherd Hamilton’s own Brother Richard MacPhee shares his perspective. Yesterday was the 129th Around The Bay Road Race, and our very own Dave Woodard was one of the racers on the road! How was the experience for him? It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast!

Guests:

Awnish Srivastava, President of Unique Restaurant Group.

Brother Richard MacPhee, Executive Director, Good Shepherd. 

Dr. Elaina Hyde, Director Allan I Carswell Observatory, Department of Physics & Astronomy, York University

Dave Woodard, Anchor with 900 CHML

Michael Veall, Professor Economics at McMaster University, Academic Director, Statistics Canada Research Data Centre.

Daniel Perry, Consultant, Summa Strategies.

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.

Guidy Mamann, Senior Partner, Founder of Mamann, Sandaluk, Kingwell LLP. Immigration Lawyer.

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

Host – Scott Thompson

Content Producer – William Erskine

Technical/Podcast Producer - William Webber

Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan

News Anchor – David Woodard, Jennifer McQueen

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

Happy Friday! Scott hopes you enjoy yourself as much as Joe Biden is enjoying his Friday over in Ottawa. Scott keeps as on top of that story as he can throughout the afternoon. With the Two Michaels back in the headlines because of Global News reporter Sam Cooper’s story about MP Han Dong, we look at the ramifications for Canada as well as for China, and relations between our nations with China expert Gordon Houlden. Canadians are split as to whether the emergence of a new artificial intelligence tool is either good or bad for society, a new poll suggests. BUT DON’T TELL ANYONE, Scott’s daughter wants to get some use in before her school cracks down on it. Carmi Levy, tech journalist, joins Scott to talk about where we are with AI. We finally found out who had the $6000/night hotel room during the Queen’s funeral, cover the Around the Bay Road Race in Hamilton, and discuss the Ontario budget deficit. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast!

Guests:

Gordon Houlden, Director Emeritus of the China Institute and Professor of Political Science with the University of Alberta.

Carmi Levy, Technology Analyst & Journalist.

Franco Terrazzano, Canadian Taxpayer Federation Federal Director.

Dave Woodard, Anchor, 900CHML news.

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

Mackenzie Gray, National Reporter for Global News, covering Parliament Hill.

Duff Conacher, Co-Founder of Democracy Watch.

Phil Gurski, President of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, Distinguished Fellow with the University of Ottawa’s National Security program, and former CSIS analyst.

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

Host – Scott Thompson

Content Producer – William Erskine

Technical/Podcast Producer - William Webber

Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan

News Anchor – David Woodard, Jennifer McQueen

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson

This Saturday, March 25th, Colin Linden will be performing songs off of his most recent album, bLOW. You can catch the show at The Mule Spinner – inside The Cotton Factory. Late on Wednesday afternoon, Global News Reporter Sam Cooper broke with a report that two separate, anonymous national security sources allege that in February of 2021, Liberal MP Han Dong of Don Valley North – who is at the centre of Chinese influence allegations – privately advised Han Tao, China’s consul general in Toronto, that Beijing should hold off freeing Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. Sam Cooper joins Scott to talk about this. Scott also covers how this story has impacts in several different realms. With the allegations from the two anonymous sources now casting greater suspicion on Canada’s government – potentially beyond even the ruling party – we look at what this means for “the teflon Prime Minister” Justin Trudeau. In the middle of all the excitement stirred up around the story of Liberal MP Han Dong, U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Canada begins today.

Guests:

Colin Linden, singer, guitarist, songwriter and record producer, member of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

Sam Cooper, National Investigative Journalist, Global News

Elissa Freeman, PR and Pop Culture Expert

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

Christian Leuprecht, Professor at both the Royal Military College of Canada and Queen's University, and a Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute

Henry Jacek. Professor of Political Science, McMaster University

Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political Science with 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 - Ben Straughan

News Anchor – David Woodard, Jennifer McQueen

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

Car thefts are endemic: what needs to change? Do we need to go back to the key? Auto journalist Lorraine Sommerfeld talks to Scott. Is F1 overtaking NASCAR? Todd Lewis rejoins Scott after many years to talk more. As well, The Welland Canal — a key link in the North American supply chain — has reopened today, following a three-month closure for maintenance. We look at the bonds between Russia and China, following Xi’s meeting with Putin. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast!

Guests:

Lorraine Sommerfeld, columnist with Driving.ca and the Hamilton Spectator

Todd Lewis, host of Rec Culture TV, NASCAR announcer, ft. in Scouting The Refs & Racin’ It Out podcasts.

Terence Bowles, President and CEO of the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation.

Melissa Haussman, Professor, Department of Political Science at Carleton University.

Dr. Isaac Bogoch, Staff Physician, General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine, University of Toronto

Michael Veall, Professor Economics at McMaster University, Academic Director, Statistics Canada Research Data Centre.

Andrew McDougall, Assistant Professor in Canadian Politics and Public Law with the University of Toronto.

Dr. Arne Kislenko, Margaret MacMillan Trinity One International Relations Program, Trinity College, University of Toronto; Department of History at Toronto Metropolitan 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 - William Webber

Podcast Co-Producer –Ben Straughan

News Anchor –David Woodard, Jennifer McQueen

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

Coming up on April now, and who will be the great April fool? According to the feds, it’s those who drink! 6.2% increase in taxes on beer and spirits set for April 1st. In a recent piece that ran in the Hamilton Spectators, some local microbreweries – like Fairweather Brewing – are saying it won’t have any marketable impact on their product, even if they are not happy with the tax existing. But that may come down to a personal choice for the businesses. Franco Terrazzano of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation gives Scott the skinny. Dr. Ian Lee, Sprott School of Business, helps Scott answer the question of how will China’s relations – particularly business relations – with Canada and other nations change due to their strengthening ties with Russia, a nation whose leader now has an ICC arrest warrant hanging over his head? Telford to testify!! That’s the breaking news this afternoon out of the ongoing story of potential foreign interference by the CCP. Tim Powers of Summa Strategies has his piece ready for Scott. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast!

Guests:

Franco Terrazzano, Canadian Taxpayer Federation Federal Director.

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

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

Colin D’Mello, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief, Global News.

David Coletto, PhD, CAIP; CEO and Founding Partner of Abacus Data.

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, professor of food distribution and policy, and the director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University.

Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News.

Aaron Ettinger, Assistant Professor Department of Political Science, 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 - William Webber

Podcast Co-Producer –Ben Straughan

News Anchor –David Woodard, Jennifer McQueen

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

Co-working spaces are becoming a valuable resource for creatives, entrepreneurs, small businesses and more. Now, local artist The Dope Chief has opened Dope Chief studios just above Jackson Square. He and fellow artist Tessa join Scott to discuss how these studios work and what they offer, and the importance of such spaces in 2023 and beyond. The number of air passenger complaints to Canada’s transport regulator has more than tripled over the past year, soaring past 42,000 as of this month. Dr. Gabor Lukacs, passenger rights advocate, gives Scott his take. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland pledged on Monday that the Liberals would provide “additional, targeted inflation relief” to vulnerable Canadians in the 2023 federal budget. In a new piece for the National Post, Jamie Sarkonak writes that a Liberal law ensures another “phony feminist budget” is on the way. Dr Eric Kam joins for a quick overview and Jamie gives the faux social justice angle a look. Is Donald Trump about to get got by the feds tomorrow? Looks like it! It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast!

Guests:

Richard Magarin a.k.a. Dope Chief, local artist, founder of Dope Chief Studios

Gabor Lukacs, President, Air Passenger Rights advocacy group.

Duff Conacher, Co-Founder of Democracy Watch.

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

Mario Canseco, President, Research Co.

Dr. Jack Cunningham, Ph.D., Program Coordinator at the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History, in Trinity College and the Munk School. Specializing in British foreign policy, Canadian foreign policy and politics, International history, U.S. foreign policy and relations with Russia; University of Toronto.

Jamie Sarkonack, writing about federal governance with the National Post.

Brian J. Karem, Political Analyst for CNN, White House Reporter, Columnist for Salon.com and The Washington Diplomat, and host of ‘Just Ask the Question’ Podcast, Author of the new book Free The Press: The Death of American Journalism and How to Revive It.

Scott Radley, host of the Scott Radley show and columnist with the Hamilton Spectator.

Host –Scott Thompson

Content Producer – William Erskine

Technical/Podcast Producer - William Webber

Podcast Co-Producer –Ben Straughan

News Anchor –David Woodard, Jennifer McQueen

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

Parents on the hunt for children’s pain medicine or antibiotics in Canada may still be out of luck as supply shortages continue to put a strain on some pharmacies, according to experts. The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Xi Jinping is set to meet with him. Concerns over what will take place this weekend, for St. Patrick’s Day in Westdale. Ontario's highest court has dismissed multiple murderer Dellen Millard's appeal of his conviction for killing his father. But the court applied a recent Supreme Court decision that entitles him to seek parole after 25 years, not 75. Sarah Jama is now the representative for Hamilton City Centre, and the NDP continue to dominate in that riding. How will this affect Queen’s Park and relations between Hamilton and the Doug Ford Conservatives? It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast!

Guests:

Justin Bates, CEO of the Ontario Pharmacist Association

Brian J. Karem, Political Analyst for CNN, White House Reporter, Columnist for Salon.com and The Washington Diplomat, and host of ‘Just Ask the Question’ Podcast, Author of the new book Free The Press: The Death of American Journalism and How to Revive It

Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk, Professor with the Royal Military College of Canada, researching: Geopolitics; Ukraine; Refugee Migration; Former Soviet; Union; Ethnic minorities; Strategic Studies

Simranjeet Singh, McMaster Student Union President

Susan Clairmont, Columnist, Hamilton Spectator

Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political Science with Carleton University

Colin D’Mello, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief, Global News

Jim Diodati, Mayor, Niagara Falls

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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