The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19. What are the health care takeaways from the gathering of premiers in Halifax? Writing in the National Post, J.D. Tuccille makes the argument that Washington D.C. has too much power over the United States, and that in such precarious times, the stakes of this election must be lowered to bring the U.S. back from the brink. The 2024 Hamilton Fringe Festival kicked off last night. The Premiers have wrapped up their gathering in Halifax but are they leaving with much accomplished and what's changed? Paralympian McMaster student Puisand Lai will represent Team Canada at the Paralympic Games. Seamus O’Regan is set to step down, according to three sources speaking to Global News. Has the federal government legalization of cannabis been a success?

Guests:

Brian J. Karem, journalist and author, White House correspondent for Playboy and political analyst for CNN

Dr. Shawn Whatley is a practicing physician, the author of When Politics Comes Before Patients — Why and How Canadian Medicare is Failing, and a senior fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute

J.D. Tuccille is an Arizona-based writer with a weekly column in the National Post, who has worked for ZDNet and the New York Daily News among other publications

Christopher Stanton, Executive Director, Hamilton Fringe Theatre Company

Adrienne Davidson, Assistant Professor, Political Science with Faculty of Social Sciences at McMaster University

Puisand Lai, Paralympian representing Canada in wheelchair basketball at the Summer Olympics in Paris

Henry Jacek, Professor Emeritus, Political Science at McMaster University

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

Host – Scott Thompson

Content Producer – William Erskine

Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay

Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan

News Anchor – Ken Mann

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