Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

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  • Could the federal government delay the legalization of marijuana?

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau didn’t say yesterday whether there would be a possibility of a delay in legalizing marijuana. There’s two months left until the government’s deadline but the Senate’s Aboriginal Popele’s committee has called to delay the measure by as much as a year.

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

    6 min
  • Cambridge Analytica is shutting down

    Cambridge Analytica has declared bankruptcy and is shutting down after the Facebook scandal. The firm blamed ‘unfairly negative media coverage’ and said it had been ‘vilified’.

    Guest - Syd Bolton. Curator, Personal Computer Museum

    5 min
  • Could the federal government delay the legalization of marijuana?

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau didn’t say yesterday whether there would be a possibility of a delay in legalizing marijuana. There’s two months left until the government’s deadline but the Senate’s Aboriginal Popele’s committee has called to delay the measure by as much as a year.

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

    5 min
  • Deficit increasing, Potential delay on legal weed, And Cambridge Analytica shutting down

    The fiscal watchdog for Ontario is saying that the province’s deficit will jump this year to almost $12B. This is a result of higher spending in the latest budget.

    Guest - Jean Paul Lam, Associate Professor of Economics at University of Waterloo. Formerly an assistant chief economist at the Bank of Canada

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau didn’t say yesterday whether there would be a possibility of a delay in legalizing marijuana. There’s two months left until the government’s deadline but the Senate’s Aboriginal Popele’s committee has called to delay the measure by as much as a year.

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

    Cambridge Analytica has declared bankruptcy and is shutting down after the Facebook scandal. The firm blamed ‘unfairly negative media coverage’ and said it had been ‘vilified’.

    Guest - Syd Bolton. Curator, Personal Computer Museum

    49 min
  • Ford walks it back, Asylum seeking crisis, And overpaying for insurance

    After yesterday, facing fire from Wynne and Horwath, PC Leader Doug Ford has backtracked his plan to develop parts of the Greenbelt.

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

    According to a piece in the National Post, in the first three months of 2018, 5,502 asylum seekers were intercepted by the RCMP after crossing the border illegally than those who filed claims through conventional channels.

    Guest - Aris Daghighian, refugee lawyer. Green and Spiegel, LLP. Immigration law firm in Toronto

    According to a report released by the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, Ontario drivers may have overpaid as much a $5 billion on auto insurance premiums.

    Guest - Claire Wilkinson, President of the Ontario Trial Lawyer’s Association

    53 min
  • The first three months of 2018 saw a flood of asylum seekers

    According to a piece in the National Post, in the first three months of 2018, 5,502 asylum seekers were intercepted by the RCMP after crossing the border illegally than those who filed claims through conventional channels.

    Guest - Aris Daghighian, refugee lawyer. Green and Spiegel, LLP. Immigration law firm in Toronto

    5 min
  • Ford walks it back, Asylum seeking crisis, And overpaying for insurance

    After yesterday, facing fire from Wynne and Horwath, PC Leader Doug Ford has backtracked his plan to develop parts of the Greenbelt.

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

    According to a piece in the National Post, in the first three months of 2018, 5,502 asylum seekers were intercepted by the RCMP after crossing the border illegally than those who filed claims through conventional channels.

    Guest - Aris Daghighian, refugee lawyer. Green and Spiegel, LLP. Immigration law firm in Toronto

    According to a report released by the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, Ontario drivers may have overpaid as much a $5 billion on auto insurance premiums.

    Guest - Claire Wilkinson, President of the Ontario Trial Lawyer’s Association

    53 min
  • The first three months of 2018 saw a flood of asylum seekers

    According to a piece in the National Post, in the first three months of 2018, 5,502 asylum seekers were intercepted by the RCMP after crossing the border illegally than those who filed claims through conventional channels.

    Guest - Aris Daghighian, refugee lawyer. Green and Spiegel, LLP. Immigration law firm in Toronto

    5 min

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Hamilton Today With Scott Thompson, heard weekdays 3pm-6pm EST on 900 CHML. Learn more about the show, listen live and read Scott's blog posts at 900chml.com

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