Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

By the end of this year, five families from Hamilton will be able to read the SIU’s details on the deaths of their loved ones killed by police. This is due to a recommendation from a review and the Ontario government.

Guest: Dave McCormack, Executive Vice President of Business Development, Investigative Solutions Network Inc.

The Ontario government says that the anti-sprawl policies aren’t contributing to the housing supply shortage and soaring prices in the GTHA. Some groups such as BILD say they aren’t proposing going into the Greenbelt but rather green field lands on the outskirts of cities.

Guest: Suzanne Mammel, Executive Officer with the Hamilton-Halton Home Builders Association.

Does the policies do enough to protect green space? Would green field development threaten the Greenbelt?

Guest: Burkhard Mausberg, CEO of Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation, author of The Greenbelt: Protecting and Cultivating a Great Ontario Treasure.

The Ontario government says that the anti-sprawl policies aren’t contributing to the housing supply shortage and soaring prices in the GTHA. Some groups such as BILD say they aren’t proposing going into the Greenbelt but rather green field lands on the outskirts of cities.

Guest: Suzanne Mammel, Executive Officer with the Hamilton-Halton Home Builders Association.

G7 Foreign Ministers are meeting in Italy today to discuss a variety of topics, the dominant one being the actions in Syria. Part of the discussion will be about the Trump administrations decision to issue missile strikes while the other will be to ask Russia to not back Assad.

Guest: Lindsay Rodman, Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, Research Associate with Centre For International Policy at the University of Ottawa. Adjunct Senior Fellow with the Center for a New American Security.

The Ontario government says that the anti-sprawl policies aren’t contributing to the housing supply shortage and soaring prices in the GTHA. Some groups such as BILD say they aren’t proposing going into the Greenbelt but rather green field lands on the outskirts of cities.

Guest: Suzanne Mammel, Executive Officer with the Hamilton-Halton Home Builders Association.

By the end of this year, five families from Hamilton will be able to read the SIU’s details on the deaths of their loved ones killed by police. This is due to a recommendation from a review and from the Ontario government.

Guest: Dave McCormack, Executive Vice President of Business Development, Investigative Solutions Network Inc.

3 people are dead after a truck crashed into a department store in central Stockholm today. The Swedish Prime Minister says that it is a terror attack.

Guest - John Thompson. Security Consultant, Strategic Intelligence Group

The US fired tomahawk cruise missiles at Syria overnight in response to the chemical attack that killed people this week. What is the latest in this story?

Guest - Reggie Cecchini, Journalist with Global News based in Washington DC

How will Trump be viewed on the world stage after the missile strike? How will this affect the US-Russia relationship?

Guest - Stephanie Carvin, Assistant Professor of International Affairs, Carlton University

What has our Prime Minister said about this missile strike? Has he said too little or enough? What options does he have here moving forward?

Guest - Michael Taube, Stephen Harper’s former speech writer

What are the thoughts of the local refugees from Syria in regards to the US airstrikes?

Guest - Mohammed Noor, Syrian refugee in Hamilton.

Guest - Amin Alshawaf, Syrian refugee in Hamilton

Guest - Lina el-Ali, Translator for the Immigrant Working Centre

In the ad, they urge people not to apply if they “oversleep, have court often, do not have a babysitter everyday, have to get rides to work later than our work day begins, experience flat tires every week, have to hold onto a cell phone all day, or will become an expert at your job with no need to learn or take advice after the first day. Must be able to talk and work at the same time.”

Guest - Lauren Berdock, Associate at Samfiru Tumarkin Llp

A report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information and Choosing Wisely Canada suggests that many Canadians undergo unnecessary medical test and procedures. Those tests add delays to wait time and cause anxiety for patients that is unwarranted.

Guest - Kathleen Morris, Candian Institute for Health Information’s Vice President, Research and Analysis

Has he said too little or enough? What options does he have here moving forward?

Guest - Michael Taube, Stephen Harper’s former speech writer

3 people are dead after a truck crashed into a department store in central Stockholm today. The Swedish Prime Minister says that it is a terror attack.

Guest - John Thompson. Security Consultant, Strategic Intelligence Group

The US fired tomahawk cruise missiles at Syria overnight in response to the chemical attack that killed people this week. What is the latest in this story?

Guest - Reggie Cecchini, Journalist with Global News based in Washington DC

How will Trump be viewed on the world stage after the missile strike? How will this affect the US-Russia relationship?

Guest - Stephanie Carvin, Assistant Professor of International Affairs, Carlton University

What has our Prime Minister said about this missile strike? Has he said too little or enough? What options does he have here moving forward?

Guest - Michael Taube, Stephen Harper’s former speech writer

What are the thoughts of the local refugees from Syria in regards to the US airstrikes?

Guest - Mohammed Noor, Syrian refugee in Hamilton.

Guest - Amin Alshawaf, Syrian refugee in Hamilton

Guest - Lina el-Ali, Translator for the Immigrant Working Centre

In the ad, they urge people not to apply if they “oversleep, have court often, do not have a babysitter everyday, have to get rides to work later than our work day begins, experience flat tires every week, have to hold onto a cell phone all day, or will become an expert at your job with no need to learn or take advice after the first day. Must be able to talk and work at the same time.”

Guest - Lauren Berdock, Associate at Samfiru Tumarkin Llp