Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

Parliament resumes today in Ottawa (and in a new building). With it being an election year, what can we expect out of the government this term? ALSO: Did Scheer rally his troops with a message that will resonate? Is this his year?

Guest - Christo Aivalis, Social Sciences and humanities Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow in History at the University of Toronto

Last week, a story broke about how two people, one being a minor, were arrested last week. RCMP charged the youth with terrorism related offences while the other was released without charge later. What do we know now, a few days later? ALSO: NORAD intercepted Russian fighter jets.

Guest - David Harris, Insignis Strategic Group. Terrorism expert 

Over the weekend, the federal government let John McCallum go from his position as Ambassador to China. Was this a good move on their part?

Guest - Michael Diamond, Conservative,political pundit

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Canada’s Ambassador to China says that he ‘mispoke’ when discussing the Huawei extradition case. With this being an election year, is this going to potentially have some fall back for the PM?

Guest - Tim Powers, Vice-Chairman, Summa Strategies (has served as an advisor to a national party leader and federal cabinet ministers)

A listener e-mailed Scott recently inquiring about the Neil Bantleman case as it had been a while since we had heard anything. Guy Bantleman joins Scott in studio to provide an update.

Guest - Guy Bantleman, brother of Neil Bantleman. 

The Queen has come out and spoke about the Brexit negotiations, saying that lawmakers need to come to some common ground when it comes to the deal.

Guest - Dr Andrew Glencross, Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Relations, Aston University in Birmingham

Trump associate Roger Stone has been arrested for witness tampering.

Guest - Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political science, Carleton University