Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

According to a local newspaper, two thirds of gun crime in Hamilton has gone unsolved.

Guest - Jooyoung Lee, Associate Professor of Sociology, at University of Toronto. Gun violence expert

On Saturday, Brett Kavanaugh was moved forward and sworn in as a new Supreme Court Justice in the US. What’s the fall out been? ALSO: Nikki Haley has resigned as US ambassador. 

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

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees are out. Who’s listed?

Guest - Eric Alper, Publicist I Music Commentator I Content Creator I Shameless Idealist

Despite being close to shovels in the ground there is still a vocal opposition to the LRT project in Hamilton.

Guest - Ryan McGreal, Editor - Raise the Hammer

Despite being close to shovels in the ground there is still a vocal opposition to the LRT project in Hamilton.

Guest - Ryan McGreal, editor of Raise the Hammer

What’s the latest in the oil refinery fire in New Brunswick. The mayor in Saint John
wants to have focused industry talks after this incident. 

Guest - Andrew Cromwell, Digital Broadcast Journalist, Global News

What comes next for Kavanaugh? Michael Taube and Scott discuss what can reasonably be expected in the near future, and what would happen if Brett Kavanaugh became a  United States Supreme Court Justice.

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

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The number of provinces rejecting the carbon tax plan is up to three but New Brunswick’s potential premier says that they’d be removing the tax as well.

And then Christo Aivalis joins Scott to talk about how the Government is handling these rejections

Guests:
Steve Aplin, Publisher of Emission Trak, which monitors C02 Carbion Dioxide emissions from energy use

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

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Scott talks with a representative of the No LRT, to find out why there is still opposition to an LRT in Hamilton and if opinions can be changed.