The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

Two officers who died after a shooting in Innisfil, Ont., were remembered Thursday as respected and dedicated to their careers, while those gathered at their funeral reflected on the risks of the job in light of a string of police deaths that’s shaken forces across the country. We are in the final weeks of the municipal campaign and check in with candidates for Mayor of Hamilton, Bob Bratina & Keanin Loomis. Ontario’s Minister of Education Stephen Lecce announced the next steps in their province’s plan for getting students caught up. As the Emergencies Act Inquiry rolls forward, we look at some of the lingering questions around the inquiry itself, such as how people are chosen to testify. Tomorrow the Art Gallery of Hamilton will host a special event screening of documentary, Picture My Face: The Story of Teenage Head. The 44-year-old Dutch man convicted of sexually extorting Amanda Todd, a B.C. teenager who died by suicide a decade ago, was sentenced to 13 years in prison. Scott Radley joins us for a look back at today, and a look ahead toward what is happening on 900 CHML this evening.

Guests:

Ian Lee, Associate Professor, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University

Sean O’Shea, Senior Journalist, Global News

Bob Bratina, Hamilton Mayoral Candidate

Stephen Lecce, Ontario Education Minister

Keanin Loomis, Hamilton Mayoral Candidate

Geneviève Tellier, Professor, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa

Douglas Arrowsmith, Principal Owner, FeltFilm & Executive Producer/Director of ‘Picture My Face: The Story of Teenage Head’

Carol Todd, Mother of Amanda Todd

Scott Radley, Host of The Scott Radley Show & Columnist with the Hamilton Spectator

Host – Scott Thompson

Content Producer – William Erskine

Technical/Podcast Producer – Ben Straughan

News Anchors – Dave Woodard & Diana Weeks

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

Robert Gordon, who revived rockabilly and had a special place in Hamilton – playing several times at This Ain’t Hollywood – has died at the age of 75. The amount of voters who took advantage of advanced polls this election season was a dramatic increase over 2018, why? We speak with Lou Molinaro, to talk about the passing of Robert Gordon and his place in the Hamilton music scene. The RCMP officer who was killed on duty in Burnaby, B.C., Tuesday has been identified as Const. Shaelyn Yang, a member of the local detachment's mental health and homeless outreach team. Loblaw’s No Name price freeze and Metro's announcement might only be the tip of an iceberg… we look at what these developments mean for grocers and food retail. Vladimir Putin has declared martial law in annexed regions of Ukraine, and Russia’s drone offensive continues… but are these aggressive acts the sort of escalation we should expect, or are they acts of desperation? We continue to catch up with candidates for the Mayor of Hamilton and are joined by Andrea Horwath. A week before the Emergencies Act was invoked, Canada’s intelligence agency told senior government officials it had found no evidence of foreign actors or states financing the convoy protests.

Guests:

Eric Alper, Publicist and Music Commentator

Nelson Wiseman, Professor with the Dept. of Political Science at the University of Toronto

Lou Molinaro, Instructor at the Harris Institute for Music and Durham College, Longtime Hamilton Music Promoter, Former Owner of This Ain’t Hollywood

Janet Brown, Reporter with Global B.C.

Mike von Massow, OAC Chair in Food System Leadership and an Associate Professor in Food Agriculture and Resource Economics at the University of Guelph

Dr. Arne Kislenko, Margaret MacMillan Trinity One International Relations Program, Trinity College, University of Toronto; Department of History at Toronto Metropolitan University

Andrea Horwath, Mayoral Candidate and Former Leader of the Ontario NDP

Phil Gurski, President of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, Distinguished Fellow with the University of Ottawa’s National Security program, and Former CSIS Analyst

Scott Radley, Host of The Scott Radley Show, Columnist with the Hamilton Spectator

Host – Scott Thompson

Content Producer – William Erskine

Technical/Podcast Producer - William Webber

Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan

News Anchors – Dave Woodard & Diana Weeks

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

As the Emergencies Act Inquiry continues, statements from Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson have Scott riled up and he lets it loose. Hamiltonians who frequent the city’s downtown farmer’s market are getting the rare opportunity to express their thoughts on what the York Boulevard landmark should look like going forward. Scott has a look at that. A new exhibit at the Dundas Museum & Archives gives visitors a chance to look into our past through glass photo negatives from 90 to 170 years ago. Scott speaks with exhibit coordinator Austin Strutt to get those details. Scott also asks, in light of Russia’s suicide drone attacks in Ukraine: What will it take to rebuild Ukraine… can the frozen Russian assets be used? If so, should they be used? It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast.

Guests:

Tyson McMann, MA, Business Development Consultant – Agri-Food and Food & Beverage Processing.

Dr. Michael Armstrong, Associate Professor, Goodman School of Business. Brock University. 

Austin Strutt, Exhibitions Coordinator with the Dundas Museum & Archives.

Marcus Kolga, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Centre for Advancing Canada’s Interests Abroad, and founder of DisinfoWatch.org

Andrew Enns, Executive VP at Leger’s Winnipeg Office.

Christian Leuprecht, Professor at both the Royal Military College of Canada and Queen's University, and a Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute.

Colin D’Mello, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief, Global News.

Peter Graefe, Professor of Political Science with McMaster University.

Scott Radley, Host of The Scott Radley Show, Columnist with the Hamilton Spectator.

Host – Scott Thompson

Content Producer – William Erskine

Technical/Podcast Producer - William Webber

Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan

News Anchors – Dave Woodard & Diana Weeks

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

Netflix is gearing up its cheaper option for subscribers who do not mind commercials. Earlier this month, a company called HYBE spent US$32 million to acquire another South Korean company called Supertone. Its main asset is some software that it claims can create “a hyper-realistic and expressive voice that [is not] distinguishable from real humans.” Over the weekend, The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum held its 50th anniversary gala, where it was announced the the museum is getting three new planes, including one used in the mid-to-late 1940s. The EA Inquiry: some are asking why Doug Ford is not testifying. Should the Premier of Ontario be brought into the conversation? Loblaw’s is temporarily freezing the prices on all of its No Name branded products. It this good business or just good PR? Several men who appeared to work for the Chinese government attacked an activist protesting against China’s ruling Communist Party at the Chinese consulate in Manchester on Sunday, when China began a key political meeting expected to hand the country’s leader Xi Jinping an unprecedented third term. Today, Canada boasts a large diplomatic apparatus. Global Affairs Canada has not one, but three Cabinet ministers who oversee a staff of more than 12,000. But some maintain that our foreign policy remains in many ways as immature as the one we had a century earlier. Keanin Loomis joins us to look at the final stretch in the race for mayor of the City of Hamilton. Scott Radley joins us for a look back at today, and a look ahead toward what is happening on 900 CHML this evening. It is all coming up on Hamilton Today.

Guests:

Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor of television, radio and film; Director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University

Alan Cross, Host of the Ongoing History of New Music

Al Mickeloff, Marketing Manager with the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

Henry Jacek. Professor of Political Science, McMaster University

Ian Lee, Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University

Charles Burton, Senior Fellow with the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute

Dr. Jack Cunningham, Ph.D., Program Coordinator at the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History, in Trinity College and the Munk School. Specializing in British foreign policy, Canadian foreign policy and politics, International history, U.S. foreign policy and relations with Russia; University of Toronto

Keanin Loomis, Hamilton mayoral candidate

Scott Radley. Host of The Scott Radley Show, Columnist with the Hamilton Spectator

Host – Scott Thompson

Content Producer – William Erskine

Technical/Podcast Producer - Tom McKay

Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan

News Anchors – Dave Woodard & Diana Weeks

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

Yesterday, Bob Bratina told us that he is hearing a lot of “Anyone but Andrea [Horwath],” on the campaign trail. Now Scott speaks with Andrea Horwath and gets her reaction to Bob’s statement. Hamilton’s Municipal election is not but 10 days away. Economists from the Royal Bank of Canada expect the country to enter a recession in the first quarter of 2023. Macroeconomist Eric Kam breaks down the when, why, and how. We also examine the psychological toll taken on police officers, especially with the recent news stories like the killings in Innisfil. Psychology Professor Steve Joordens handles that. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast.

Guests:

Andrea Horwath, mayoral candidate and former leader of the Ontario NDP.

Eric Alper, Publicist and music commentator.

Larry Di Ianni, Former Mayor, Lobbyist, City of Hamilton.

Eric Kam, Professor of macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, International Monetary Economics, Implications of Monetary Growth, with Toronto Metropolitan University.

Steve Joordens, Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto.

Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News.

Thomas Tenkate, Professor at the School of Occupational & Public Health with Toronto Metropolitan University University.

John Ivison, Journalist with the National Post.

Scott Radley, Host of The Scott Radley Show, Columnist with the Hamilton Spectator.

Host – Scott Thompson

Content Producer – William Erskine

Technical/Podcast Producer - William Webber

Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan

News Anchors – Dave Woodard & Diana Weeks

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