The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson

With the Rolling Thunder protest making its way into Ottawa this weekend, we look at what law enforcement is planning, to compare with how the convoy protest was handled before and after the invocation of the Emergencies Act. What is the toll taken on the people and the government of China as the nation grapples with COVID-19, and where do they go from here? In a new piece for the Globe and Mail, Dr. David Welch highlights how former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel has put the country in a tough energy situation, now with Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine and energy-related tensions rising across Europe. Today marks the National Day of Mourning and family support group Threads of Life is calling on workplaces to take this time to reflect and ensure their organizations put safety first for their employees. Beautiful Scars will have its first screening at Hot Docs on May 2, at 5:15 pm ET at TIFF Bell Lightbox 2. The film traces back in time to unravel musician, artist and author Tom Wilson’s biographical history and eventually follows him to the Kanawahke reserve, where he explores his Mohawk heritage and meets for the first time the birth family that didn’t even know he existed. Does wearing a mask change the first impression you make on people? A new study from Brock University has looked into that and it might surprise you what they have found. Let’s find out what we know so far about the Ontario budget with help from Global News' Queen's Park Bureau Chief, Colin D'Mello. What will come of the Emergencies Act Inquiry? It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast. 

Guests:

Sean Sparling, retired Deputy Chief of Sault Ste Marie Police, currently the President of Investigative Solutions Network

Gordon Houlden, Director Emeritus of the China Institute and Professor of Political Science with the University of Alberta

Dr. David Welch, Professor of Political Science and University Research Chair at the University of Waterloo; Balsillie School of International Affairs

Shirley Hickman, Threads of Life Executive Director

Tom Wilson, Mohawk author, visual artist, and musician (LeE HARVeY osMOND, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Junkhouse), focus of the new documentary film Beautiful Scars

Catherine J. Mondloch, Professor, Director, Face Perception Lab, Department of Psychology at Brock University

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

Matt Gurney, Cofounder of the line, a substack magazine, and a columnist for the National Post and TVO

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 – Diana Weeks, Dave Woodard
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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson

Ryerson University received a name change just the other day to “Toronto Metropolitan University”. You have likely heard about the shortage of family doctors in Canada. What are the intermingling causes of the short supply of physicians for families and what can be done about it? Well Scott speaks with the President of the Ontario College of Family Physicians, Liz Muggah, about the key factors at hand. Scott learned a new term today, a “Petro-dictatorship.” This in reference to how Putin is using oil and gas restrictions to European nations. Joining Scott is Dan McTeague, President of Canadians for Affordable Energy, discussing what Canada’s strategy should be for energy going forward. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast.

Guests:

Elissa Freeman, PR and Pop Culture Expert.

Daniel Ives, Managing Director of Equity Research with Wedbush investments in the U.S.

Allison Maxted, Manager of Sustainability at Mohawk College.

Liz Muggah, President of the Ontario College of Family Physicians.

Dan McTeague, President of Canadians for AffordableEnergy, Former Liberal MP.

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

Henry Jacek. Professor of Political Science, McMaster University.

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

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 – Diana Weeks, Dave Woodard
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The U.S. is providing greater aid to Ukraine and sending officials to meet in person with Zelenskyy. Russia does not like this, and has “warned” that this could all lead to a nuclear conflict. Great…

Guest: Dr. Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political Science with Carleton University

The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson

Now that Elon has Twitter in his toy box, what’s the big deal? Is Twitter really so important that we need to shift our focus and energy on who owns it behind the scenes? These questions are abound in Scott’s brain, and Dr. Matthew Philp, Department of Marketing and Management at Toronto Metropolitan University, joins Scott for business and blowback discussion. Reed Duthie joins Scott to catch up on the Hamilton Bulldogs and their 5-2 victory over the Peterborough Petes in Game 2 on Monday night led by a hat-trick from Logan Morrison. Maureen Wilson, Councillor, Ward 1, City of Hamilton comes on to speak about the increased traffic deaths in Westdale Hamilton. Opher Baron, Distinguished Professor of Operations Management at U of T speaks about our harsh inflation. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast.

Guests:

Keith Mackey, Mackey International.

Dr. Matthew Philp, Assistant Professor with the Department of Marketing and Managment (specializing in issues related to consumer and buyer behavior, primarily in a digital and social media context), Toronto Metropolitan University.

Reed Duthie, Manager; Broadcasting & Communications / Play-by-Play Announcer, Hamilton Bulldogs.

Darrell Bricker, CEO of IPSOS Polling.

Randall Denley is an author and columnist for the Ottawa Citizen and the National Post; author of mystery novels, including Payback, Spiked, and One Dead Sister.

Maureen Wilson, Councillor, Ward 1, City of Hamilton. 

Opher Baron, Distinguished Professor of Operations Management, Academic Director, MMA Program at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political Science with Carleton 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 – Diana Weeks, Dave Woodard
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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson

Elon Musk is now set to take over Twitter. What will the business ramifications be? Can he manage this and what will it do to the company, will he have buyers' remorse? Marvin Ryder, DeGroote School of business and Carmi Levy tech expert give Scott their two cents. A new report on the Canadian Armed Forces finds, after a yearlong review, that they are not doing enough to detect and address extremists, like white supremacists, from joining their ranks. It calls for more coordination between the CAF, law enforcement and intelligence agencies to correct the dangerous problem. Dr. Aurel Braun, as well later Phil Gurski, President of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting join Scott for analysis of that and the use of the Emergencies Act. McMaster University has been selected to re-engineer an all-electric Cadillac by the US Department of Energy, Dr. Heather Sheardown Dean of Engineering at McMaster shares the exciting details with Scott. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast.

Guests:

Dr. Heather Sheardown, acting Dean of Engineering at McMaster University

Paul Delaney, Professor Emeritus, Astronomy, York University, Toronto.

Marvin Ryder, Professor with the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University. 

Carmi Levy Technology Analyst & Journalist.

Aurel Braun, Professor of International Relations and a Senior Member of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.

Richard Vanderlubbe, President at TripCentral.ca.

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

Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies and Managing Director of Abacus Data

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 – Diana Weeks, Dave Woodard
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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson

This morning we learned that Guy Lafleur, #10 for the Montreal Canadiens, passed away. Steven Elliss, editor for The Hockey News, joins Scott in commemoration. In Russia’s continued war on Ukraine, is Russia's claimed victory in Mariupol a turning point in the war? Now, according to one Russian General, Putin's forces are eyeing Southern Ukraine. Dr. Arne Kislenko, Department of History at Ryerson University has more on that. Scott, in his continuing quest to find the centre in Canadian politics, speaks with his favourite Liberal Larry Di Ianni for another battle of wits. CNN’s streaming service is dead in the water after just a month, workplaces may start letting people bring their dogs to the office, the Electric Diner is ranked as one of Canada’s best brunch places, and more. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast.

Guests:

Erika, owner of the Electric Diner

Bill Brioux, television critic and author.

Dr. Michael Halinski, Assistant Professor, Department of HR Management & Organizational Behaviour, Ryerson University. 

Reed Duthie, Manager; Broadcasting & Communications / Play-by-Play Announcer, Hamilton Bulldogs.

John Ivison, Journalist with the National Post.

Gregory Jack, vice president, public affairs (Canada), Ipsos Public Affairs.

Steven Elliss, Web Editor for The Hockey News

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

Larry Di Ianni, Former Mayor of Hamilton.

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 – Diana Weeks, Dave Woodard
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The Hamilton Today Show Podcast with Scott Thompson....

As Sunwing grapples with its ongoing troubles caused by a data breach, works to get more flights off the ground and passengers moving along, we speak with Keith Mackey to get his take on how the company is handling things. “A surgery backlog exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic has steered some Canadians thousands of miles away from home to get life-changing procedures done without the wait.” A new piece on Global News-dot-C-A addresses this: ‘Living in pain’: Canadians travel across the world to avoid surgery backlog. Today is Queen Elizabeth’s 96th birthday, Prince Harry has given a new interview, and recent Angus Reid polling shows that Canadians like the Queen but are growing more open to severing ties with the British monarchy. Let’s talk with our friend and monarchy expert, Patricia Treble. How do people not lose their sense of perspective, hope – and agency – in the face of some pretty rough times in the world, what with the atrocious war in Ukraine, ongoing COVID-19, and climate change? “Conservative leadership contender Jean Charest is promising that, if elected, he will change the Canada Health Act to allow provinces greater flexibility in health-care delivery [...] Charest says it is about strengthening the single payer system. He’s also framing the policy change as protecting Canada from future lockdowns by building capacity.” Putin has claimed that Russia is victorious in Mariupol after sealing away resistance fighters and civilians who were holed up in an old steel mill, rather than storm the mill. Now what? Carson Jerema writes in the National Post that a combination of factors are going to be hitting Canadians wallets, making life more expensive… it is not just the Bank of Canada but also the policies of the federal Liberals. Hamilton city councillor Jason Farr has announced that he'll be running in the upcoming provincial election as a candidate for the Liberal party.

Guests:

Keith Mackey, Mackey International

Jamie Mauracher, Digital Broadcast Journalist with Global News, RTDNA and Gemini award-winning journalist

Patricia Treble, founder of Write Royalty, Royal contributor to Maclean's

Steve Joordens, Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto

Jean Charest, candidate for the Conservative leadership race

Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News

Carson Jerema, Comment Editor with the National Post

Jason Farr, Councillor, Ward 2, City of Hamilton and now candidate for the Ontario Liberal Party in Hamilton East-Stoney Creek

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 – Diana Weeks, Dave Woodard
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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson

Hamilton has taken another hefty music loss today, legendary guitarist Jerry Doucette has died at the age of 70. Scott is shares his thoughts and joining him is Graham Rockingham, former music journalist for the Hamilton Spectator, who has a multitude of stories to share. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Canada is sending "heavy artillery" to Ukraine. First of all what does that mean? Second - why now, why not sooner? Is it enough and can we afford to send it? Christian Leuprecht, Professor at the Royal Military College of Canada joins Scott with some answers. A new poll from Ipsos for Global News shows what Canadians think of the federal Conservative Party leadership race. The results may surprise you but they do not surprise Sean Simpson, VP of IPSOS Public Affairs, joining Scott to break down the numbers. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Jake Tapper that he doesn't believe the "Never Again" promise from the world. Joining Scott is Robyn Urback, who wrote in The Globe and Mail that those same calls of "Never Again" are meaningless, and that Putin knows it. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast.

Guests:

Graham Rockingham, former music journalist, retired from The Hamilton Spectator.

Amanda Connolly.Senior political reporter for GlobalNews.

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

Ted Michaels, Fry-Master Extraordinaire.

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

Carmi Levy Technology Analyst & Journalist.

Sean Simpson, VP of IPSOS Public Affairs.

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

Robyn Urback, current affairs columnist with The Globe and Mail.

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 – Diana Weeks, Dave Woodard
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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson

A new Angus Reid survey reveals Canadians’ overall perception of religion. The result? Well it is not pretty. To join Scott and unravel what the results mean, we have Ray Pennings, Executive Vice-President of the think-tank Cardus. Ward 2 Councillor Jason Farr is leaving City Council after 12 years to run for the Ontario Liberals in Hamilton East–Stoney Creek. What does this (and other shake-ups at City Hall) mean for Hamilton? Peter Graefe, PoliSci professor at McMaster University has more on that. After so many weeks of continued invasion and countless losses on both sides, Scott asks ‘What is the mindset behind Russia’s regime and the continued war in Ukraine?’ Lucan Way, specialist in Russian/post-communist politics gives insight there. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast.

Guests:

Anthony Farnell, Global News Meteorologist

Dave Scholz, Executive VP of Leger

Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Marvin Ryder, Professor with the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University

Peter Graefe, Professor of Political Science with McMaster University

Ray Pennings, Executive Vice-President of the think-tank Cardus

Lucan Way, Professor with the Social Sciences Dept. U of T. Specializing in Authoritarianism, Democratization, Russian/post-communist politics.

Tom Parkins, environmental writer. Commenter and Columnist

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 – Diana Weeks, Dave Woodard
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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson

Happy Easter weekend everyone, Scott has a great show lined up to keep you company! Dr. Eric Kam joins Scott to speak about how China’s Zero COVID measures are harming their economy. What does that mean for the rest of us, and what should we take away from seeing how integral one nation has become to the world? Elon Musk’s plan for Twitter has changed as he has proposed buying the remaining shares of Twitter that he does not already own at $54.20 per share, an offer worth more than $43 billion. We knew he had to work "420" in there somewhere. Carmi Levy, now recovered from COVID, joins Scott for the tech discussion. Reggie Cecchini, Global News Washington correspondent, keeps us abreast of the Russian warship, which reportedly sank. Dan McTeague gives us an update at the gas pump, Dr. Timothy Sly discusses the effects of re-implementing a mask mandate & Marianne Meed Ward, Mayor of Burlington, joins the show. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast.

Guests:

Ron McKerlie, President of Mohawk College.

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

Carmi Levy Technology Analyst & Journalist.

Marianne Meed Ward, Mayor, City of Burlington.

Michael Taube is a columnist for Troy Media and Loonie Politics, contributor to the National Post and Washington Times, and was a speechwriter to former Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News.

Dr. Timothy Sly, Epidemiologist and Professor Emeritus in the School of Population and Public Health with Ryerson University.

Dan McTeague, President of Canadians for Affordable​Energy, Former Liberal MP.

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 – Diana Weeks, Dave Woodard
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