Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

Documents show that Trudeau’s trip to India that received a ton of criticism cost upwards of $1.5 million. Did we even get anything in return to make this justifiable?

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

October 17th 2018. That will be the date that recreational marijuana will be legal. But how will city’s and police need to be prepared ahead of that date? What are the next steps?

Ivan Ross Vrana, cannabis expert at Hill+Knowlton Strategies (recognized as an industry expert in the field of medical cannabis and the emerging regime of legalized cannabis)

Bill C-45, the marijuana legalization bill, has officially passed the Senate vote and is now heading for Royal Assent.

Guest - Brad Poulos, Instructor, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University.

Marijuana continued…

Guest - Cam Battley, executive vice president of Aurora Cannabis, and chair of the advocacy committee for Cannabis Canada, the trade association for licensed producers

According to the Associated Press, the officials for the Trump administration have been sending young children and infants forcibly from their parents to atleast three ‘tender age’ shelters. How much worse can this situation get? ALSO: The US backs out of the UN Human Rights Council.

Guest - Barbara Hines, Clinical Professor of Law (retired), University of Texas School of Law,

South Korea is urging the leader of North Korea to present a plan with steps on how they’re going to move towards denuclearization.

Guest - Marius Grinius, former Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam, North and South Korea, fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

Canadians are concerned about fake news according to a new survey. They also want the federal government to do a better job of informing Canadians.

Tom Henheffer, Vice President, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression

Yesterday, the US President acknowledge our countriies long friendship but then complained that our country treats the US ‘horribly’ on trade. He then said that when it comes to those who purchase in the states, they have to ‘smuggle them in. They buy shoes and then they wear them. They scuff them up. They make them sound old or look old’.

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