Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

The Scott Thompson Show

Hydro One’s CEO says that political interference has hurt and will hurt the utility.

Guest: Parker Gallant, Vice President of Wind Concerns Ontario.

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North Korea said yesterday that they were stepping back due to a joint military drill from the US and the South. Now South Korea says it will play mediator between the US and the country.

Guest: Donald Baker, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia

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Canadian Forces had to stop their drills in Hamilton to avoid stressing out the city’s newest baby falcons on the Sheraton. How did the efforts to protect the Hamilton’s falcons begin, and what has changed over the years?

Guest: Mike Street, Senior Monitor, Hamilton Community Peregrine Project

A former investigator with the Transportation Safety Board says the mysterious disappearance of flight MH370 was a deliberate murder-suicide. He has written a book on the mystery, and puts forward his answers to the questions that surround the disappearance.

Guest: Larry Vance, former investigator with the Transportation Safety Board, author of soon to be released ‘MH370 Mystery Solved’

(Photo: AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

The City of Hamilton has forced a local group to remove the anarchy symbol from its headquarters, calling it “hate material”. The City claims they took direction from Hamilton police, but police say that’s not the case. This comes more than two months after a group of masked individuals clad in black marched on Locke Street, carrying a banner that said “We are the Ungovernable”, along with what appeared to be the anarchy symbol.

So what exactly constitutes “hate material”?

Guest: Ross McLean. Crime Specialist. Security expert, Former Toronto Police Officer. rossmcleansecurity.com

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This morning, Finance Minister Bill Morneau outlined the three steps the government would take to further the development of the Trans Mountain pipeline project. He said that if Kinder Morgan chooses to bail, other investors are welcome to take on the project.

Guest: Dan McTeague. Former Liberal MP and Consumer Affairs Critic, Analyst, gasbuddy.com

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A new Ipsos poll for Global News shows a majority of Ontarians are concerned about the rising debt and deficit in Ontario - with 71% saying they'd prefer the government cut spending in order to balance the budget.

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

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The federal government has passed an overhaul of the country’s tobacco laws, now legalizing and regulating vaping and granting powers to Health Canada to mandate plain packaging for cigarettes.

Guest: David Hammond, Associate professor at University of Waterloo in the School of Public Health and Health Systems

A new Ipsos poll for Global News shows a majority of Ontarians are concerned about the rising debt and deficit in Ontario - with 71% saying they'd prefer the government cut spending in order to balance the budget.

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

(Photo: Thinkstock)

The City of Hamilton has forced a local group to remove the anarchy symbol from its headquarters, calling it “hate material”. The City claims they took direction from Hamilton police, but police say that’s not the case. This comes more than two months after a group of masked individuals clad in black marched on Locke Street, carrying a banner that said “We are the Ungovernable”, along with what appeared to be the anarchy symbol.

So what exactly constitutes “hate material”?

Guest: Ross McLean. Crime Specialist. Security expert, Former Toronto Police Officer. rossmcleansecurity.com

(Photo: Twitter user @OliverioCarmela)

The City of Hamilton has forced a local group to remove the anarchy symbol from its headquarters, calling it “hate material”. The City claims they took direction from Hamilton police, but police say that’s not the case. This comes more than two months after a group of masked individuals clad in black marched on Locke Street, carrying a banner that said “We are the Ungovernable”, along with what appeared to be the anarchy symbol.

So what exactly constitutes “hate material”?

Guest: Ross McLean. Crime Specialist. Security expert, Former Toronto Police Officer. rossmcleansecurity.com

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This morning, Finance Minister Bill Morneau outlined the three steps the government would take to further the development of the Trans Mountain pipeline project. He said that if Kinder Morgan chooses to bail, other investors are welcome to take on the project.

Guest: Dan McTeague. Former Liberal MP and Consumer Affairs Critic, Analyst, gasbuddy.com

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A new Ipsos poll for Global News shows a majority of Ontarians are concerned about the rising debt and deficit in Ontario - with 71% saying they'd prefer the government cut spending in order to balance the budget.

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

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The federal government has passed an overhaul of the country’s tobacco laws, now legalizing and regulating vaping and granting powers to Health Canada to mandate plain packaging for cigarettes.

Guest: David Hammond, Associate professor at University of Waterloo in the School of Public Health and Health Systems

A new Ipsos poll for Global News shows a majority of Ontarians are concerned about the rising debt and deficit in Ontario - with 71% saying they'd prefer the government cut spending in order to balance the budget.

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

(Photo: Thinkstock)

The City of Hamilton has forced a local group to remove the anarchy symbol from its headquarters, calling it “hate material”. The City claims they took direction from Hamilton police, but police say that’s not the case. This comes more than two months after a group of masked individuals clad in black marched on Locke Street, carrying a banner that said “We are the Ungovernable”, along with what appeared to be the anarchy symbol.

So what exactly constitutes “hate material”?

Guest: Ross McLean. Crime Specialist. Security expert, Former Toronto Police Officer. rossmcleansecurity.com

(Photo: Twitter user @OliverioCarmela)

An Ipsos poll conducted for Global News has found that the NDP is gaining ground, with 35% of respondents saying they would vote for the NDP over the Conservatives as led by Doug Ford.

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

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According to data from StatsCan, millennials are leaving the big cities. The data shows that while the number of people leaving the cities is accelerating the biggest growth is from millennials.

Guest: Philip Golfi, realtor with Re/Max Escarpment

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Guest: Michael Marini, coordinator of marketing, City of Hamilton

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An op-ed is asking the question as to why the government has not held a man accountable for lying to immigration officials and having joined ISIL. The man had shared his experience with a New York Times podcast entitled Caliphate.

Guest: John Ivison, Columnist, The National Post

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Guest: David Harris, Insignis Strategic Group, terrorism expert

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Ontario Provincial Police received complaints after the Thunder Bay Amber Alert set off phones across the province.

What are the parameters for issuing these alerts? How do you decide which ones are provincial and which ones are specific to a region?

Guest: Sgt. Carolle Dionne, OPP spokesperson

Ontario Provincial Police received complaints after the Thunder Bay Amber Alert set off phones across the province.

What are the parameters for issuing these alerts? How do you decide which ones are provincial and which ones are specific to a region?

Guest: Sgt. Carolle Dionne, OPP spokesperson

(Photo: Global News)