Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

The new Ontario government has decided to shelve part of the anti-scalping law that would’ve capped the price that scalpers can charge.

Guest - Dean Budnick, Co-author Ticket Masters: The Rise of the Concert Industry and How the Public Got Scalped and Editor-in-Chief Relix magazine 

Anti-scalping law continued…

Guest - Catherine Moore, Adjuncy Professor, Music Technology and Digital Media Program, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto

An op-ed appearing in the Toronto Star calls for speed limits to be lowered to save lives. Is lower speeds actually going to help save lives?

Guest - Scott Marshall, safe driving expert, former judge on Canada’s Worst Driver and hosted the National Driving Test. 

Lower speeds? Continued.

Guest - Ian Tootil, co-founder of SENSE BC in Vancouver

Has a song of the summer been officially crowned? What constitutes a ‘song of summer’?

Guest - Eric Alper, Music Publicist

Recent shootings in Toronto have got some asking questions about whether gun violence has increased in Canada’s biggest city.

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

Patrick Brown is planning a return to politics to run for the Chair of Peel region. ALSO: Doug Ford freezing the salaries of public service managers, orders a review of executive pay and the Trudeau government reviewing Ontario’s transfer payments

Guest - Genevieve Tellier, Professor, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa

Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper has visited the West Wing of the White House. He visited yesterday and met with the White House economic advisor, though Harper did not confirm that meeting. This meeting comes at a time of tension between the US and Canada.

Guest - Jack Cunningham, Program Coordinator and Interim Director, Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History, Trinity College / Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto

Burlington Street in Hamilton has earned a bad reputation over the past few years, and has been named the worst road for two years on CAA’s Worst Roads list. One Councillor though says the city has done its best to improve it and that there’s money planned for it.

Guest - Raymond Chan, Worst Roads Spokesperson and government relations specialist with CAA South Central Ontario

How deceptive are deep fakes? New tech on the internet is allowing anyone to make videos of real people saying things they’ve never said before. Could this be a new way for disinformation to spread?

Guest - Derek Sardo. President, Rolling Thunder

Burlington Street in Hamilton has earned a bad reputation over the past few years, and has been named the worst road for two years on CAA’s Worst Roads list. One Councillor though says the city has done its best to improve it and that there’s money planned for it.

Guest - Raymond Chan, Worst Roads Spokesperson and government relations specialist with CAA South Central Ontario