Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper has offered an assessment on the state of international trade, saying the anti-trade sentiment in the United States is a long term problem that predates the Trump administration. There is also concern that this would result in the end of NAFTA.

Guest: Andrea Bjorklund, Professor, Faculty of Law, McGill University

(Photo: Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press)

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne downplayed the exit of Deb Matthews and Liz Sandals yesterday, saying that it won’t impact the party’s chances in the 2018 election.

Guest: Henry Jacek. Professor of Political Science, McMaster University

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Mayor of Trent Hills, Hector MacMillan, has passed away.

MacMillan had been in the news over the past year because he was raising money to go to Germany for nanoknife surgery for pancreatic cancer.

Guest: Joe Warmington, columnist with the Toronto Sun

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Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been accused by multiple actresses of sexual abuse and harassment.

Actresses like Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie are some of the ones who have spoken out. PR experts say that the Weinstein response to the crisis is “one of the worst”.

Guest: Elissa Freeman, Public Relations Consultant, Huffington Post, Canada.com and PR Daily

HOT SPOT HAMILTON

Hamilton was chosen earlier this year to be a part of the basic income pilot project. How would a basic income help those in the city? Are we doing enough to help our poor?

Guest: Deirdre Pike, Senior Social Planner, Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton

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Prime Minister Trudeau is down in Washington today to talk trade with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Canada’s foreign minister has said, with the NAFTA negotiations and uncertainty at the moment, “this is probably the most uncertain moment in international relations since the end of the Second World War”.

Guest: Armand de Mestral, Professor Emeritus, Jean Monnet Chair in the Law of International Economic Integration

(Photo: Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)

The Premier downplayed the exit of Deb Matthews and Liz Sandals yesterday, saying that it won’t impact the party’s chances in the 2018 election.

Guest: Henry Jacek. Professor of Political Science, McMaster University

(Photo: Francis Vachon/The Canadian Press)

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne downplayed the exit of Deb Matthews and Liz Sandals yesterday, saying that it won’t impact the party’s chances in the 2018 election.

Guest: Henry Jacek. Professor of Political Science, McMaster University

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Mayor of Trent Hills, Hector MacMillan, has passed away.

MacMillan had been in the news over the past year because he was raising money to go to Germany for nanoknife surgery for pancreatic cancer.

Guest: Joe Warmington, columnist with the Toronto Sun

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Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been accused by multiple actresses of sexual abuse and harassment.

Actresses like Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie are some of the ones who have spoken out. PR experts say that the Weinstein response to the crisis is “one of the worst”.

Guest: Elissa Freeman, Public Relations Consultant, Huffington Post, Canada.com and PR Daily

HOT SPOT HAMILTON

Hamilton was chosen earlier this year to be a part of the basic income pilot project. How would a basic income help those in the city? Are we doing enough to help our poor?

Guest: Deirdre Pike, Senior Social Planner, Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton

(Photo: Thinkstock)

Prime Minister Trudeau is down in Washington today to talk trade with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Canada’s foreign minister has said, with the NAFTA negotiations and uncertainty at the moment, “this is probably the most uncertain moment in international relations since the end of the Second World War”.

Guest: Armand de Mestral, Professor Emeritus, Jean Monnet Chair in the Law of International Economic Integration

(Photo: Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)

The Premier downplayed the exit of Deb Matthews and Liz Sandals yesterday, saying that it won’t impact the party’s chances in the 2018 election.

Guest: Henry Jacek. Professor of Political Science, McMaster University

(Photo: Francis Vachon/The Canadian Press)

As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads off to Washington to continue to strengthen our ties to the United States, a new poll suggests Canadians do not want a “Canada first” policy.

Guest: Marvin Ryder, Business Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University

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Are Canadians growing pessimistic in regards to our economic futures?

Guest: Benjamin Tal, Deputy Chief Economist, CIBC

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The latest version of the Canada Revenue Agency’s taxfolio advises employers that ‘when an employee receives a discount on merchandise due to employment, the value of the discount is generally included in the employee’s income”.

Is the government planning on taxing the employee discount?

Guest: Karl Littler, VP of Public Affairs, Retail Council of Canada

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Are there some mental health issues that Ontario’s psychotherapy funding doesn’t address? One mental health write thinks so.

Guest: Patricia Tomasi, Mental health writer and former broadcast journalist