Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

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The Ontario government has made some changes to the cabinet today after PC
legislator last week resigned. Who got moved, who got promoted?

Guest - Travis Dhanraj, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief, Global News

The US midterms are tomorrow, what could we expect to see? Could we see the Democrats take the House?

Guest - Jason Opal, Professor, Department of History and Classical Studies, McGill University

Lowe’s is closing 31 stores in Canada as part of restructuring. The company had bought Canadian company RONA a couple years back, and the closures now include mostly Rona stores.

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

On November 15th, the Ontario government is going to provide an update on the books. What could be in them? Could the Ontario government have made progress on the debt in such a short time.

Guest - Peter Graefe. Professor of Political Science, McMaster University

Should former Governors general be more accountable when it comes to their billed spending. A report revealed that form GG Adrienne Clarkson has billed more than a million in expenses since leaving the job.

Guest - Aaron Wudrick, Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s Federal Director

Audrey Parker, the Halifax woman who has fought for the last few weeks raising
awareness on the challenges for those wanting assisted death, has died, much earlier than she had planned.

Guest - Shanaz Gokool, CEO of Dying with Dignity Canada

What are the implications when it comes to supply shortages for legal pot?

Guest - Dan Malleck. Health Sciences Professor, Brock University. Author: Try to Control Yourself: The regulation of public drinking in post prohibition Ontario

An op-ed in the National Post says that the Doug Ford plan for climate change is going to but much better than Trudeau’s is and that the ultimate weakness of the carbon tax is it’s lack of leverage.

Guest - Randall Denley, columnist for the Ottawa Citizen and the National Post