Scott Thompson Show

Senator John McCain has requested that the President show his proof that his predecessor has actually tapped him and if not, to retract the claim. Kelly Anne Conway however suggests that the alleged wiretapping may not have been phones but could’ve also been through tv sets but offered no evidence for the comment. Guest: Michael Diamond, Principal of Upstream Strategy Group in Toronto. Conservative, Political Pundit.

The Canada Revenue Agency’s online services are back up and running after being down this weekend. Why was it down?  Guest: John Thompson. Security Consultant, Strategic Intelligence Group.

It’s yet another winter wallop! Southern Ontario over the next two days is being hit with a winter snowstorm. What should we expect? Guest: David Phillips, Environment Canada.

The Prince of Pot and his wife Jodie Emery were arrested Wednesday night. Yesterday, Toronto police invaded their Hamilton pot shop, Cannabis Culture. With pot technically still not being legal, what’s the deal? How can businesses operate if it’s not truly legal yet? Guest: Dan Malleck. Health Sciences Professor, Brock University. Author: When Good Drugs go Bad: Opium, Medicine, and the Origins of Canada's Drug Laws. Ontario has put as many as 300 schools on the chopping block. The Education Minister Mitzie Hunter says that hundreds of schools are underutilized or dilapidated. How would the closure of so many schools affect a child’s education? Guest: Annie Kidder. Executive Director, People for Education. Our Prime Minister is down in Texas at the moment to pitch our Canadian oil. What’s at stake here with the Prime Minister down there right now? Also: Shell is selling its business in the Alberta oilsands. Guest: Dan McTeague. Former Liberal MP and Consumer Affairs Critic, Analyst, gasbuddy.com.

Our Prime Minister is down in Texas at the moment to pitch our Canadian oil. What’s at stake here with the Prime Minister down there right now? Also: Shell is selling its business in the Alberta oilsands. Guest: Dan McTeague. Former Liberal MP and Consumer Affairs Critic, Analyst, gasbuddy.com.

Ontario has put as many as 300 schools on the chopping block. The Education Minister Mitzie Hunter says that hundreds of schools are underutilized or dilapidated. How would the closure of so many schools affect a child’s education? Guest: Annie Kidder. Executive Director, People for Education. 

The Prince of Pot and his wife Jodie Emery were arrested Wednesday night. Yesterday, Toronto police invaded their Hamilton pot shop, Cannabis Culture. With pot technically still not being legal, what’s the deal? How can businesses operate if it’s not truly legal yet? Guest: Dan Malleck. Health Sciences Professor, Brock University. Author: When Good Drugs go Bad: Opium, Medicine, and the Origins of Canada's Drug Laws.

Yesterday, the Burlington Skyway was closed after a truck toppled over due to high winds. Who makes the judgment call to close the bridge? Why wasn’t just the lanes affected closed and have everyone go around? Guest: Kerry Schmidt, Sergeant - Media Relations, Highway Safety Division, Ontario Provincial Police Premier Kathleen Wynne says that the Ontario government is currently in talks to purchase more hydro from Quebec. How is this going to affect the hydro plan that they have put forward that will help consumers struggling with high rates? Can purchasing more power lower rates? Guest: Brian Hill, Associate Producer, Global News. White House officials said yesterday that the President was not a target of an investigation. This comes five days after the President raised the claim that President Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower. Until yesterday his press secretary has declined to discuss the claim but yesterday, he was handed a note that said that there is no reason to think that the president was the tar

Premier Kathleen Wynne says that the Ontario government is currently in talks to purchase more hydro from Quebec. How is this going to affect the hydro plan that they have put forward that will help consumers struggling with high rates? Can purchasing more power lower rates? Guest: Brian Hill, Associate Producer, Global News.

Yesterday, the Burlington Skyway was closed after a truck toppled over due to high winds. Who makes the judgment call to close the bridge? Why wasn’t just the lanes affected closed and have everyone go around? Guest: Kerry Schmidt, Sergeant - Media Relations, Highway Safety Division, Ontario Provincial Police.

Ontario’s hydro rates have been increasing and the government says it’s taking actions to alleviate the burden off the consumers via a 25% cut. Andrea Horvath’s NDP have a plan that she says gives money to citizens, not banks. Is this at all probable economically or is this a situation that’s just never going to be fixed? Guest: Marvin Ryder, Business Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University. How is Horwath’s plan going to “give the money to the citizens, not the banks”, as she says in the op-ed piece she wrote? Guest: Andrea Horwath, Leader of the Ontario NDP. New documents released by Wikileaks allege that there’s a CIA surveillance program that targets the everyday gadgets we use. This program, it’s alleged, can turn our devices into recorders of our conversations. Guest: David Harris, Insignis Strategic Group. Terrorism Expert.

New documents released by Wikileaks allege that there’s a CIA surveillance program that targets the everyday gadgets we use. This program, it’s alleged, can turn our devices into recorders of our conversations. Guest: David Harris, Insignis Strategic Group.Terrorism Expert.

How is Horwath’s plan going to “give the money to the citizens, not the banks”, as she says in the op-ed piece she wrote? Guest: Andrea Horwath, Leader of the Ontario NDP.

Ontario’s hydro rates have been increasing and the government says it’s taking actions to alleviate the burden off the consumers via a 25% cut. Andrea Horvath’s NDP have a plan that she says gives money to citizens, not banks. Is this at all probable economically or is this a situation that’s just never going to be fixed? Guest: Marvin Ryder, Business Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University.

With Kathleen Wynne’s approval numbers slipping, could the Ontario Liberals replace their leader before the next provincial election? Would it help the party hang onto the province? Guest: Nour El-Kadri, Professor at the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa. Will replacing Wynne help the Ontario Liberals in the next election? How does Patrick Brown need to brand himself ahead of the election? Also; how is the Trump team doing dealing with Saturday's wiretapping tweets?  Guest: Elissa Freeman, Principal, Elissa PR Communications/ Columnist: Huffington Post, canada.com & PR Daily. Some permanent residents of Canada with citizenship to any of the countries listed within Trump’s new travel ban can be denied entry into the United States. Why are permanent residents affected? Is there anyway around this? Guest: Guidy Mamann, Senior Partner, Founder of Mamann, Sandaluk, Kingwell LLP. Immigration Lawyer What has been the reaction in the States to the new ban? Is this one going to stick? Guest: Geo

Some permanent residents of Canada with citizenship to any of the countries listed within Trump’s new travel ban can be denied entry into the United States. Why are permanent residents affected? Is there anyway around this? Guest: Guidy Mamann, Senior Partner, Founder of Mamann, Sandaluk, Kingwell LLP. Immigration Lawyer.

Will replacing Wynne help the Ontario Liberals in the next election? Also; how does Patrick Brown need to brand himself ahead of the election?  Guest: Elissa Freeman, Principal, Elissa PR Communications/ Columnist: Huffington Post, canada.com & PR Daily.

With Kathleen Wynne’s approval numbers slipping, could the Ontario Liberals replace their leader before the next provincial election? Would it help the party hang onto the province?  Guest: Nour El-Kadri, Professor at the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa.

RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson is set to retire June 30th. In a note to staff, he says that the RCMP has many challenges ahead that include tackling systemic harassment and mental health issues in the workplace. How serious are these issues? Guest: Gary Clement, President and CEO, Clement Advisory Group with 34 years of policing experience and worked in roles such as National Director for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Proceeds of Crime Program. In series of tweets sent over the weekend, President Trump accused the previous president, Barack Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower. While the FBI is urging the White House to reject these claims, the White House wants to investigate. ALSO; Trump signed a new travel ban. Guest: Dr. Henry Giroux, Professor of English and Cultural Studies and Global TV Network Chair in Communications at McMaster University. An NDP MPP is saying that Ontario paying for another power generator to sit idle is just another example of “complete mismanagement” on the hydro file. Why is

An NDP MPP is saying that Ontario paying for another power generator to sit idle is just another example of “complete mismanagement” on the hydro file. Why is the province leaving some power generators idle? Guest: Parker Gallant, Vice President of Wind Concerns Ontario.