Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

Ontario’s Transportation Minister announced that the pilot project for testing speed limits on some highways will see three areas in the province where drivers will be able to reach a limit of 110 km/h. The affected roadways are the Queen Elizabeth Way from St. Catharines to Hamilton, Highway 402 from London to Sarnia, and Highway 417 from Ottawa/Gloucester to Ontario/Quebec border.

Scott Talks to the General Manager of Young Drivers of Canada, Angelo DiCicco, to get his perspective on the proposed changes and how they will affect the safety of drivers.

Guest: Angelo DiCicco, General Manager of Young Drivers of Canada

Read more here: https://globalnews.ca/news/5263149/qew-to-st-catharines-110km-pilot-project/

$7.4 billion in dirty money was laundered through British Columbia last year, and twin reports by Maureen Maloney and Peter German revealed that $5 billion of that money was funnelled through B.C.’s real estate market. Both reports were “fact-finding” in nature, neither naming names nor assigning blame. So how big of a problem is this for Canada and what do we know about the people and organizations behind the laundering?

Guests:

Richard Zussman, Online Journalist based at B.C. Legislature, Global News

Maureen Maloney, the chair of B.C.'s expert panel on money laundering in real estate and professor at Simon Fraser University.

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The Canadian who was sentenced to death in China has pleaded his innocence in an appeal hearing. Elsewhere, North Korea has fired two suspected missiles.

Guest: Benoit Hardy-Chartrand, Adjunct Professor at Temple University Japan, in Tokyo

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A survey done by researchers at the University of Guelph and Dalhousie University says that 50% of Canadians agree with the decision to legalize cannabis but the stigma remains high and support seems to be fading. First, Scott gets thoughts on this from Brad Poulos, Instructor with the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University, and then Scott talks to the lead researching on the study – Professor Sylvan Charlebois.

Guests:

Brad Poulos, Instructor, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University

Sylvain Charlebois, professor at Dalhousie University

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Scott talks with Michael Taube about the latest from the Vice-Admiral Mark Norman case and more political news with Michael Taube.

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

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At a joint presser this morning, GM and Unifor announced that the company will invest $170 million into the Oshawa plant to transition it into a stamping, subassembly and autonomous vehicle testing facility. It will save 300 jobs with room to grow.

Guest: Marvin Ryder. Business Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University

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Vice-Admiral Mark Norman has had the charges of breach of trust dropped against him. Scott gets the latest from this story and the history of the case.

Guest: John Ivison, Columnist with The National Post,

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The Canadian Medical Association commissioned a report into how much of a priority some issues were for the election. 53% of Canadians are worried about health care. In comparison only 20% are worried about carbon tax.

Guest:  Mike Colledge, Head of Ipsos Canada

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Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan Markle have announced the birth of their baby boy. What do we know so far? Scott talks to Patricia Treble, to find out.

Guest: Patricia Treble,

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Are the Duke and Duchess of Sussex (Prince Harry and Meghan) more popular and relatable than the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (Prince William and Kate)?

Guest: Elissa Freeman

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Mueller is apparently going to testify on May 15, although U.S. President Trump now says he should not. Michael Taube gives Scott his take on this and other international issues.

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

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The Kentucky Derby was over the weekend and Maximum Security, after apparently winning, was disqualified. The second place horse, Country House, took the prize, while the derby got a social media commentary from the President. Did they rule the right way? What exactly happened?

Guest:  Jonathan Lintner, editor at Horse Racing Nation