Episodes

  • What Did Canada's Premiers Achieve in Halifax?

    What Did Canada's Premiers Achieve in Halifax?
    Jul 18 2024
    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 Want to keep up with what happened in Hamilton Today? Subscribe to the podcast! https://megaphone.link/CORU8835115919 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Half of Ontarians Support LCBO Union’s Goals?

    Half of Ontarians Support LCBO Union’s Goals?
    Jul 18 2024
    The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson: New Leger poll suggests half of Ontarians support the union’s goals in the ongoing LCBO strike. The rumours of tensions between Trudeau government and Chrystia Freeland. Under Trudeau, the civil service in Canada has grown twice as fast as the population. We get into what you should know about insurance claims given the recent flash floods in Ontario. Did you participate in Amazon Prime Day? What to know about this big event for scammers. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast! Guests: Andrew Enns, Executive Vice-President, Central Canada, for Leger. Paul W. Bennett is the Director of the Schoolhouse Institute, an Adjunct Professor of Education with Saint Mary’s University, and Chair of Research for ED Canada. Muhammad Ali, Vice President with Crestview Strategies. Kate Harrison, Vice Chair of Summa Strategies. Daniel Ivans, RATESDOTCA insurance expert and licensed insurance broker. Heather Exner-Pirot is a senior policy analyst at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Joanne McNeish, Associate Professor of Marketing with Toronto Metropolitan University. Aurel Braun, Professor of International Relations and a Senior Member of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. Host – Scott Thompson Content Producer – Jordan Armenise Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan News Anchor – Lisa Polewski Want to keep up with what happened in Hamilton Today? Subscribe to the podcast! https://megaphone.link/CORU8835115919 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Provincial Premiers Urging Feds To Accelerate Meeting NATO Defense Spending Targets

    Provincial Premiers Urging Feds To Accelerate Meeting NATO Defense Spending Targets
    Jul 17 2024
    The provincial premiers have gathered in Halifax to discuss and tackle a swath of issues impacting Canada. One of these issues is Federal spending on NATO defense as Premiers urge the feds to accelerate meeting it's targets. Guest: Aurel Braun, Professor of International Relations and a Senior Member of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 mins
  • Is Auto-theft trending downward?

    Is Auto-theft trending downward?
    Jul 16 2024
    The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson: We get into the news of the day, including updates on the auto-theft situation trending down. We get an update on the ground of the RNC in Milwaukee. A luxurious condo for our New York Consul General? How much did that cost? The inflation rate fell in June. Is it time to celebrate? The state of national security – and security for politicians in North America – following the attempt on Donald Trump’s life. Grocery stores will be able to order ready-to-drink beverages and large beer pack sizes starting Thursday and can start selling them immediately. Massive flooding has hit our region. Our own Lisa Polewski was in one of the Burlington neighbourhoods that has seen such dramatic destruction as basements being entirely submerged. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast! Guests: Bryan Gast, Vice President, Investigative Services, Équité Association. Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News. Franco Terrazzano, Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Federal Director. Colin Mang, assistant professor of Economics, at McMaster University; an expert on fiscal policy, labour economics, and the cost-of-living. Christian Leuprecht, Professor at both the Royal Military College of Canada and Queen's University, and a Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute; author of the new book ‘Security. Cooperation. Governance. The Canada-United States Open Border Paradox’ from the University of Michigan Press. Bruce Winder, Retail Analyst & Author, ‘Retail Before, During & After COVID-19’. Nelson Wiseman, Professor Emeritus with the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. Lisa Polewski, reporter with 900 CHML. Host – Scott Thompson Content Producer – William Erskine Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan News Anchor – Ken Mann Want to keep up with what happened in Hamilton Today? Subscribe to the podcast! https://megaphone.link/CORU8835115919 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • The Fallout From The Trump Assassination Attempt...

    The Fallout From The Trump Assassination Attempt...
    Jul 15 2024
    The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson: We look at the fallout from the attempt on Donald Trumps life, from security lapses, national security concerns, to the state of U.S. politics and how toxic political discourse has fueled violent acts like this. In local news, Hamilton steel company Stelco has a new owner. A few notable celebrity deaths this past weekend. And how Liberal MPs could oust Trudeau as the leader if they wanted to. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast! Guests: Daniel Perry, Senior Consultant, Public Affairs, Hill + Knowlton. Phil Gurski, President of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, former CSIS analyst. Marvin Ryder, Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University. Bill Brioux, television critic and author. Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political Science with Carleton University. Christopher Dummit, historian of Canadian culture and politics at Trent University. Brian J. Karem, journalist and author, White House correspondent for Playboy and political analyst for CNN. Vito Sgro, Former Hamilton mayoral candidate in 2018. Host – Scott Thompson Content Producer – William Erskine Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan News Anchor – Lisa Polewski Want to keep up with what happened in Hamilton Today? Subscribe to the podcast! https://megaphone.link/CORU8835115919 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • What is The State of U.S. Politics?

    What is The State of U.S. Politics?
    Jul 15 2024
    What is the state of U.S. politics following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, which resulted in the death of a civilian and the gunman? ALSO: Trump names JD Vance as his pick for running mate. Guest: Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political Science with Carleton University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 mins
  • How Did Joe Biden Get President Zelenskyy and Putin Mixed-Up?

    How Did Joe Biden Get President Zelenskyy and Putin Mixed-Up?
    Jul 13 2024
    The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson: Need a cry? Or some inspiration? Try Dial-a-Poet, the newest venture from Hamilton arts collective, Monday Press. What are the economic forces and the political forces at play in The Freeland Situation? The Hamilton Food Truck Festival is returning to Gage Park this weekend! Brian Lilley says, in a new piece for the Toronto Sun, that the Science Centre’s decline has made it beyond repair. Biden had no small amount of difficulty at his recent NATO speaking engagement. Calling Ukrainian President Zelenskyy “President Putin” and his own Vice President Kamala Harris “Vice-President Trump” might be a bit more than old fashioned Biden gaffes. Whether it is warranted or not, people have begun panic-buying alcohol in Ontario. Canada’s NATO commitments announcement was a dramatic change in course. Are we seeing a pattern repeat in what is taking place with Chrystia Freeland and Trudeau’s cabinet? The Because Beer Festival begins tonight! Guests: Matt Moreland, co-founder of Monday Press Moshe Lander, Senior Economics Lecturer, Concordia University Ben Freeman, Executive Director of Canadian Food Truck Festivals Brian Lilley, political columnist with the Toronto Sun Bruce Winder, Retail Analyst & Author, ‘Retail Before, During & After COVID-19’ Richard Shimooka, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Tasha Kheiriddin, journalist, writer with National Post, GZERO media, and her Substack page ‘In My Opinion’; Author of ‘The Right Path.’ Tim Potocic, Co-owner, Sonic Unyon Records, Supercrawl Productions, Because Beer Festival, Mills Hardware, Bridgeworks Host – Scott Thompson Content Producer – William Erskine Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan News Anchor – Dave Woodard Want to keep up with what happened in Hamilton Today? Subscribe to the podcast! https://megaphone.link/CORU8835115919 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Will Ontario Revenue Drop If Alcohol Is Sold Further Beyond LCBO?

    Will Ontario Revenue Drop If Alcohol Is Sold Further Beyond LCBO?
    Jul 11 2024
    The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson: How will Ontario’s coffers be affected if alcohol continues to expand further beyond the LCBO? Greece is introducing a six-day work week. Should Canada be next? A local business still feeling the economic fallout from the impact of the pandemic. Ellen DeGeneres says that she is 'done' after her Netflix special. Kentucky Fried Halal Chicken in Ontario. The ruling on the U of T protest encampment sets a precedent that may impact future protests in our province. Is Chrystia Freeland destined to be the next Liberal to take a fall for Justin Trudeau? It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast! Guests: Dan Malleck, Associate Professor with the Department of Health Sciences and Director of the Centre for Canadian Studies at Brock University. Barry Cross, Professor of Operations Strategy at Smith School of Business, Queen’s University. Terry Rhodes, co-owner of Penny Pincher Costumes Inc. 529 Concession Street, #2, Hamilton, Ontario. Bill Brioux, television critic and author. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, professor of food distribution and policy, and the director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University. Jay Goldberg Ontario & Interim Atlantic Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Ari Goldkind, Toronto Criminal Lawyer and political commentator. Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies and Managing Director of Abacus Data. Host – Scott Thompson Content Producer – William Erskine Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan News Anchor – Dave Woodard Want to keep up with what happened in Hamilton Today? Subscribe to the podcast! https://megaphone.link/CORU8835115919 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 12 mins