Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

Manchester suffered what police are calling a terrorist attack at an Ariana Grande concert last night. The explosion at Manchester Arena killed 22 people, including children, while leaving 59 injured. The Islamic State has taken credit for the attack, though they’ve provided no evidence.

Guest - David Harris, Insignis Strategic Group. Terrorism expert

NYC Pride has invited Toronto Police officers to march in their parade this summer, in uniform. The two parades are scheduled to take place on the same week.

Guest - Dierdre Pike, Senior Social Planner with Social Planning and Research Council

How are Toronto Police responding to this news? Will they take up NYC
Pride on their offer?

Guest - Mike McCormack, President of the Toronto Police Association

Renegotiation of NAFTA have forced the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, along with others such as those in Windsor-Essex and Sault Ste. Marie, to launch surveys to companies in the steel food chain to figure out who’s health is contingent on the Canada-US agreement. Given how much is known about America’s goals in renegotiations, how can we prepare for those changes?

Guest - Huzaifa Saeed, Policy and Research Analyst with the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce.

What is the pop-culture impact of a person like Roger Moore? Is he the greatest Bond of all time?

Guest - Robert Thompson, Founding Director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University

He has been making news for his visits to Saudi Arabia and Israel. Trumps welcome by King Salman of Saudi Arabia and Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel have been in stark contrast to his treatment by his own domestic media. What large obstacles remain for Trump during his trip?

Guest - Stephen Saideman, Paterson Chair in International Affairs, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University

Manchester suffered what police are calling a terrorist attack at an Ariana Grande concert last night. The explosion at Manchester Arena killed 22 people, including children, while leaving 59 injured. The Islamic State has taken credit for the attack, though they’ve provided no evidence.

Guest - David Harris, Insignis Strategic Group. Terrorism expert

Manchester suffered what police are calling a terrorist attack at an Ariana Grande concert last night. The explosion at Manchester Arena killed 22 people, including children, while leaving 59 injured. The Islamic State has taken credit for the attack, though they’ve provided no evidence.

Guest - David Harris, Insignis Strategic Group. Terrorism expert

NYC Pride has invited Toronto Police officers to march in their parade this summer, in uniform. The two parades are scheduled to take place on the same week.

Guest - Dierdre Pike, Senior Social Planner with Social Planning and Research Council

How are Toronto Police responding to this news? Will they take up NYC
Pride on their offer?

Guest - Mike McCormack, President of the Toronto Police Association

Renegotiation of NAFTA have forced the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, along with others such as those in Windsor-Essex and Sault Ste. Marie, to launch surveys to companies in the steel food chain to figure out who’s health is contingent on the Canada-US agreement. Given how much is known about America’s goals in renegotiations, how can we prepare for those changes?

Guest - Huzaifa Saeed, Policy and Research Analyst with the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce.

What is the pop-culture impact of a person like Roger Moore? Is he the greatest Bond of all time?

Guest - Robert Thompson, Founding Director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University

He has been making news for his visits to Saudi Arabia and Israel. Trumps welcome by King Salman of Saudi Arabia and Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel have been in stark contrast to his treatment by his own domestic media. What large obstacles remain for Trump during his trip?

Guest - Stephen Saideman, Paterson Chair in International Affairs, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University

Manchester suffered what police are calling a terrorist attack at an Ariana Grande concert last night. The explosion at Manchester Arena killed 22 people, including children, while leaving 59 injured. The Islamic State has taken credit for the attack, though they’ve provided no evidence.

Guest - David Harris, Insignis Strategic Group. Terrorism expert

Kathleen Wynne is set to announce that the Ontario government will be spending $15 million on an environmental study exploring the construction of high speed rail connecting Windsor to Toronto. How much of this has to do with the impending election? Will people trust Wynne with a project this size?

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

Donald Trump’s administration has officially indicated their intention to renegotiate NAFTA. This triggers a 90-day window for each of the agreements members to prepare for those talks. What might Canada expect to be the centerpieces of the renegotiation?

Guest - Patrick LaBlond, Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation

Skin Motion is an app that creates tattoo designs from audio clips, which can be played back via your smartphone. The technology will become available in June, and gives people the opportunity to capture the sounds of their lost loved ones.

Guest - Nate Siggard, founder of Skin Motion LLC and created Soundwave Tattoos

Fresh off a 3 stop tour where they hit up Ottawa and Toronto, the Beach Bats
join Scott Thompson in studio to talk about their history, their sound and where do they go from here.

Chelsea White, The Beach Bats 
Anthony Giavedoni, The Beach Bats