Scott Thompson Show

An Angus Reid poll says that a majority of Canadians would support and vote for a Sikh, transgender or unilingual Prime Minister. Guest - Nour El-Kadri, Professor at the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa How much pressure are men under? A study of Europe, US and Canadian people says that while suicide rates go up for men and women during times of economic pressure, the impact is higher on men. A survey found that American men who lost their jobs during the recession had a sense of loss of identity. Guest - Dr. Richard Amaral, registered psychologist With Canada’s 150th birthday coming up on Saturday, we go through iconic Canadian music. What song by a Canadian musician or group resonates with you? Do you agree with the list we have? Guest - Eric Alper, Music Publicist, has seen most of their farewell tours

Snapchat unveiled its Snap Maps feature, which allows you to see where your friends are located. It allows people to view the snaps of those in a certain area. It also will track where you are which could be used to stalk or bully other people. Guest - Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Executive Director of the Privacy and Big Data Institute, Ryerson University

A study of Europe, US and Canadian people says that while suicide rates go up for men and women during times of economic pressure, the impact is higher on men. A survey found that American men who lost their jobs during the recession had a sense of loss of identity. Guest - Dr. Richard Amaral, registered psychologist

An Angus Reid poll says that a majority of Canadians would support and vote for a Sikh, transgender or unilingual Prime Minister. Guest - Nour El-Kadri, Professor at the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa

Earlier this week, a video went viral of an incident at a Missisauga walk in clinic. A woman had started demanding that a “white doctor” treat her son. How do doctors handle a racist tirade such as the one in the video? Guest - Kulvinder Gil, President, Concerned Ontario Doctors It’s a game of “Yes I do/No I don’t” with President Trump and whether he has tapes of his conversations with former FBI director James Comey. Around the time of Comey’s testimony, the president tweeted that he “better hope” that the tapes don’t get out. He appeared to acknowledge in an interview that the tweet was intended to influence testimony. Guest - Michael Traugott, professor emeritus of communication studies and political science, authority on communication, public opinion and media polling The Department of National Defence has confirmed that a Canadian sniper has beaten the record for the lognest sniper killshot in military history. The soldier deployed to Iraq killed an ISIS fighter at a distance ofalmost 3 ½ kilometres.

Ginger St James joins Scott to chat about her career, how she gotstarted and her upcoming show. Guest - Ginger St James

It’s a game of “Yes I do/No I don’t” with President Trump and whether he has tapes of his conversations with former FBI director James Comey. Around the time of Comey’s testimony, the president tweeted that he “better hope” that the tapes don’t get out. He appeared to acknowledge in an interview that the tweet was intended to influence testimony. Guest - Michael Traugott, professor emeritus of communication studies and political science, authority on communication, public opinion and media polling

Earlier this week, a video went viral of an incident at a Missisauga walk in clinic. A woman had started demanding that a “white doctor” treat her son. How do doctors handle a racist tirade such as the one in the video? Guest - Kulvinder Gil, President, Concerned Ontario Doctors

Yesterday, a Canadian man stabbed a police officer at a Michigan airport. He made reference to the conflicts in the Middle East during the attack. It is now being investigated as an act of terrorism, according to officials. What do we know so far? Guest - Lorne Dawson, Professor at the University of Waterloo, Director of TSAS (Canadian Network for Research on terrorism, security and society) Kathleen Wynne is “disappointed” with New York’s decision to “Buy American” when it comes to iron and steel. How will this affect Ontario and Hamilton in particular? ALSO; Sears applies for creditor protection. Guest - Marvin Ryder. Business Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University The privacy commissioner in Ontario is calling for the government to make information public on which facilities provide medically assisted death. Why are these facilities kept quiet? Guest - Shanaz Gokool, CEO of Dying with Dignity Canada

The privacy commissioner in Ontario is calling for the government to make information public on which facilities provide medically assisted death. Why are these facilities kept quiet? Guest - Shanaz Gokool, CEO of Dying with Dignity Canada

Kathleen Wynne is “disappointed” with New York’s decision to “Buy American” when it comes to iron and steel. How will this affect Ontario and Hamilton in particular? ALSO; Sears applies for creditor protection. Guest - Marvin Ryder. Business Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University

He made reference to the conflicts in the Middle East during the attack. It is now being investigated as an act of terrorism, according to officials. What do we know so far? Guest - Lorne Dawson, Professor at the University of Waterloo, Director of TSAS (Canadian Network for Research on terrorism, security and society)

The Liberal government is creating a new watchdog to review security and intelligence agencies and extending new powers to its spy agency. What does this mean for our international relations and how will it affect Canadians? Guest - Stephanie Carvin, Assistant Professor of International Affairs, Carlton University Convicted killer Luka Magnotta is getting married next week. How does this work if he is in jail? Do prisoners have rights to be wed? Magnotta had posted an ad on a matchmaking website for prisoners back in 2015. Guest - Lee Chappelle, Canadian Prison Consulting A group in the States today will be issuing it’s report on the most unsafe toys out there. They say that those popular fidget spinners aren’t as harmeless as they appear. They say that bits can fall off and be choking hazards for children.

The latest addition to the NHL has unveiled its uniforms. What do we know about this newest addition to the league and how snazzy do their new get ups look? Guest - Scott Radley. Host of “The Scott Radley Show”, Columnist, Hamilton Spec

Opposition MP’s are calling on the Trudeau government to keep their promise and to overhaul the asylum system. The NDP and the PC parties want to see the government examine the border where 3000 people have been arrested since January for crossing between legal points of entry. Guest - Joel Sandaluk, Partner, Mamann, Sandaluk, Kingwell LLP

The Liberal government is creating a new watchdog to review security and intelligence agencies and extending new powers to its spy agency. What does this mean for our international relations and how will it affect Canadians? Guest - Stephanie Carvin, Assistant Professor of International Affairs, Carlton University

Hamilton is looking to roll out a program that would see 50 restaurants become part of their epinephrine auto injectors program, having epipens on site. This comes as the city is looking at reducing the number of food allergy deaths. Is this a great idea? Should all public spaces have epipens on hand? Guest - Dr. Joseph Greenbaum, Hamilton Allergist, Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of Clinical Immunology & Allergy, Department of Medicine, McMaster University The US President tends to tweet whenever there is a major international event. While Trump has tweeted in response to the student who passed away after being brought back from North Korea and has commented on other attacks in London, he has not commented on the most recent one where worshippers were ran over leaving a mosque. What does his silence say? Guest - Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political science, Carleton University The issue of being recorded in public without consent has already made headlines this month with the Cana

The issue of being recorded in public without consent has already made headlines this month with the CanadaCreep story. Some women however are feeling violated due to ‘pick up artists’ who are secretly recording them and uploading to Youtube their interaction. Is there anything they can do? Guest - David Fraser, Privacy Lawyer at McInnis Cooper

A group of franchisee owners for Tim Horton’s have launched a class action lawsuit against their parent companies, saying that they’re making it difficult to even stay in business. Guest - Detlev Zwick, associate professor of marketing at Schulich School of Business, York University

Hamilton is looking to roll out a program that would see 50 restaurants become part of their epinephrine auto injectors program, having epipens on site. This comes as the city is looking at reducing the number of food allergy deaths. Is this a great idea? Should all public spaces have epipens on hand? Guest - Dr. Joseph Greenbaum, Hamilton Allergist, Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of Clinical Immunology & Allergy, Department of Medicine, McMaster University