Bill Kelly Show

A survey of homelessness in the city has found that there’s been some significant progress in the fight to end it. The survey found that the number of people without housing has decreased by 25% compared to a survey in 2016. Guest - Tom Cooper, Director, Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction

Tonight marks the first debate for the provincial election. The three main political party leaders will square off on the debate that will be broadcast on CItyTV. Guest - Genevieve Tellier, Professor, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa

Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield.

Photo: (Frank Gunn/Canadian Press) Stelco’s owners say that the revenue the company generated has increased by 25% in the first three months of the year. Guest: Marvin Ryder. Business Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University. How do we put a stop to bullying of women in politics? Is it commonplace? Guest: Christo Aivalis, Social Sciences and humanities Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow in History at the University of Toronto. Guest: Eleanor McMahon, MPP from Burlington. Minister Responsible for Digital Government, President of the Treasury Board. The flooding situation in New Brunswick has gotten to the point where the TransCanada Highway is closed between Fredericton and Moncton (a good two hours away from each other). Officials say it’s not over. Guest: Morganne Campbell, video journalist, Global News. Guest: Geoffrey Downey, New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization.

Photo: (Adrienne South/Global News) The flooding situation in New Brunswick has gotten to the point where the TransCanada Highway is closed between Fredericton and Moncton (a good two hours away from each other). Officials say it’s not over. Guest: Morganne Campbell, video journalist, Global News.

Photo: (Office of Eleanor McMahon, MPP for Burlington) How do we put a stop to bullying of women in politics? Is it commonplace? Guest: Eleanor McMahon, MPP from Burlington. Minister Responsible for Digital Government, President of the Treasury Board.

Photo: (900 CHML) Stelco’s owners say that the revenue the company generated has increased by 25% in the first three months of the year. Guest :Marvin Ryder. Business Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University.

There was a bit of sparring on Twitter yesterday. The Mayor tweeted that “[Donna Skelly] is a rookie councillor who does not speak on behalf of the city” in regard to the LRT project. What was her reaction to this and does she feel that the LRT project will be important in these upcoming elections? Guest: Donna Skelly, City Councilor for Ward 7. Ontario’s deficit projects, according to the Financial Accountability Office, are inaccurate and that the deficit will jump to almost $12 billion this year. Guest: Richard Brennan, retired journalist with the Toronto Star. Covered Queen’s Park and Parliament Hill. The Ontario Centres of Excellence have announced funding for 6 technology development sites that will help foster the change that autonomous vehicles will bring. Hamilton is one of those locations. Guest: David Carter, Innovation Factory.

Photo: (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File) The Ontario Centres of Excellence have announced funding for 6 technology development sites that will help foster the change that autonomous vehicles will bring. Hamilton is one of those locations. Guest: David Carter, Innovation Factory.

Photo: (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail) Ontario’s deficit projects, according to the Financial Accountability Office, are inaccurate and that the deficit will jump to almost $12 billion this year. Guest: Richard Brennan, retired journalist with the Toronto Star. Covered Queen’s Park and Parliament Hill.

Photo: (City of Hamilton) There was a bit of sparring on Twitter yesterday. The Mayor tweeted that “[Donna Skelly] is a rookie councillor who does not speak on behalf of the city” in regard to the LRT project. What was her reaction to this and does she feel that the LRT project will be important in these upcoming elections? Guest: Donna Skelly, City Councilor for Ward 7.

Photo: (Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters) People who are wanting to run for mayor or city councillor in the upcoming fall municipal election are now eligible to register. This will be the first election under the new ward boundaries.  Guest: John Best. Publisher of the Bay Observer. Healthcare is one of the hot button issues for this upcoming provincial election. The Ontario Health Coalition is in Hamilton today to discuss these issues. Guest: Natalie Mehra, Ontario Helath Coalition. MPs yesterday voted nearly unanimously to call on the Pope to issue a formal apology for the residential schools that were run in Canada. Is this a bad thing for the church who don’t believe it’s possible for the Pope to respond? Guest: Tim Harper, Freelance Writer and Editor.

Photo: (REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/File Photo) MPs yesterday voted nearly unanimously to call on the Pope to issue a formal apology for the residential schools that were run in Canada. Is this a bad thing for the church who don’t believe it’s possible for the Pope to respond? Guest: Tim Harper, Freelance Writer and Editor.

Healthcare is one of the hot button issues for this upcoming provincial election. The Ontario Health Coalition is in Hamilton today to discuss these issues. Guest: Natalie Mehra, Ontario Helath Coalition.

People who are wanting to run for mayor or city councillor in the upcoming fall municipal election are now eligible to register. This will be the first election under the new ward boundaries.  Guest: John Best. Publisher of the Bay Observer.

Photo: (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) In a video shared with media yesterday, PC leader Doug Ford has privately assured developers he’d open a big chunk of the Greenbelt to build housing. When speaking to reporters yesterday, he confirmed he was looking at opening up the protected space. Guest: Tim Gray, Executive Director, Environmental Defence. The City of Hamilton is wanting you to be more careful with what you put in your blue box. Low grade plastics such as Styrofoam, black plastic or coffee cup lids are technically recycleable but no one wants to buy. What are we to do with these pieces of plastic? Guest: Chad Collins, City Councillor, Ward 5. The list of questions that US Special Counsel Robert Mueller wants to ask the US president has leaked. What’s on the list of questions? Guest: George Breckenridge, Retired Political Science Professor, McMaster University.

Photo: (Reuters/Joshua Roberts) The list of questions that US Special Counsel Robert Mueller wants to ask the US president has leaked.  Guest: George Breckenridge, Retired Political Science Professor, McMaster University.

Photo: (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young) In a video shared with media yesterday, PC leader Doug Ford has privately assured developers he’d open a big chunk of the Greenbelt to build housing. When speaking to reporters yesterday, he confirmed he was looking at opening up the protected space. Guest: Tim Gray, Executive Director, Environmental Defence.

Should we believe Doug Ford’s billion dollar pledge for the City of Hamilton? The PC Leader said that if the city doesn’t want LRT, the billion dollars can go into other areas. Guest: Larry DiIanni. Former Mayor, Lobbyist, City of Hamilton. The NDP’s Andrea Horwath officially launched their biggest campaign in history yesterday. What was promised in yesterday’s campaign announcement? Guest: Peter Graefe. Professor of Political Science, McMaster University. The Mayor's Townhall with Burlington Mayor Rick Goldring

Photo: (Frank Gunn / File / The Canadian Press) The NDP’s Andrea Horwath officially launched their biggest campaign in history yesterday. What was promised in yesterday’s campaign announcement? Guest: Peter Graefe. Professor of Political Science, McMaster University.