Scott Thompson Show

The European Parliament has approved the Canada-EU trade deal today after a period of long debate. What does it mean for Canadians going forward? Guest: Patrick LaBlond, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa.

Phone records and intercepted calls reveal that members of the 2016 Trump campaign and other associates with the now President had contacts with Russian officials in the year leading up to the election. This comes after the National Security Advisor, Michael Flynn, stepped down yesterday. Guest: Dr. Anthony Neal, Department of Political Science, Buffalo State College.

How well did Trudeau do yesterday in his big meeting with Trump? Did the meeting of our Prime Minister with the US President provide any relief for worried Canadians? Guest: Blayne Haggart, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, Brock University The US National Security advisor Michael Flynn has resigned, following reports that he had misled the Vice President about his connections with Russia.  How will his resignation affect relations with Russia or will it have no affect at all? Guest: Michael Taube, Columnist, Stephen Harper’s former Speech Writer. Guest: Simon Palamar. Research Assistant, Centre for International Governance Innovation. Reports speculate that the Ontario government is considering changes as to how they will calculate the global adjustment charge and taxpayer subsidies for low income households. Guest: Christine Van Geyn, Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Ontario Director

Reports speculate that the Ontario government is considering changes as to how they will calculate the global adjustment charge and taxpayer subsidies for low income households. Guest: Christine Van Geyn, Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Ontario Director.

The US National Security advisor Michael Flynn has resigned, following reports that he had misled the Vice President about his connections with Russia. Guest: Michael Taube, Columnist, Stephen Harper’s former Speech Writer.

How well did Trudeau do yesterday in his big meeting with Trump? Did the meeting of our Prime Minister with the US President provide any relief for worried Canadians? Photo by Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images. Guest: Blayne Haggart, associate professor in the Department of Political Science, Brock University.

The Ontario government has signaled that the offshore wind moratorium will continue for several more years even though there are completed studies available. Guest: Parker Gallant, Vice President of Wind Concerns Ontario. Last week the Trudeau government announced a repayable loan to Bombardier, valued at $372.5 million. How will it affect Canadians? Guest: Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayer’s Federation. How well did Trump and Trudeau fare? Is this signal good things to come for Canada-US relations? Guest: Elissa Freeman, Principal, Elissa PR Communications/ Columnist: Huffington Post, canada.com & PR Daily

Press conference audio from February 13 2017 of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Preisdent Donald Trump at the White House. 

Last week the Trudeau government announced a repayable loan to Bombardier, valued at $372.5 million. What's the impact of this loan? Guest: Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayer’s Federation.

The Ontario government has signaled that the offshore wind moratorium will continue for several more years even though there are completed studies available. Guest: Parker Gallant, Vice President of Wind Concerns Ontario.

The US Court of Appeals has rejected the motion to remove the hold on the immigration ban. This has angered the president to which he took to twitter saying that the security of their nation is at stake and that the decision was disgraceful. Guest - George Breckenridge, Retired Political Science Professor, McMaster University In Emerson last year, 403 people entered Canada near the town through the states as refugees. In December, a pair of Ghanian refugees travelled by foot and lost most of their fingers in the process. An emergency meeting was held last night. What is going on? Guest - Guidy Mamann (pronounced Giddy Ma’am-ann), Senior Partner, Founder of Mamann, Sandaluk, Kingwell LLP. Immigration Lawyer Guest - Cliff Graydon, Manitoba PC MP for Emerson Toronto Police have issued a statement this morning that this year they will not be in attendance at the Toronto Pride Parade. Guest - Ross McLean. Crime Specialist. Security expert, Former Toronto Police Officer. rossmcleansecurity.com

Hamilton City officials have voted to do more to bust anti-vaccination myths and to educate the public on getting immunized. How did the anti vaxxer movement gain prominence and how can we educate the public? Guest - Matthew Miller, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University Do millenials struggle in the workplace due to the way their parents raised them? According to a motivational speaker named Simon Sinek, millenials are the way they are due to failed parenting strategies. His explanation has gone viral, having over 56 million views on Facebook. Is it because of parenting strategies or is it the societal environment? Guest - Dr. Daniela Schreier. Clinical Psychologist SNL has been having its biggest season in decades due to Trump and the US election. The latest riff occurred over the weekend with Melissa McCarthy taking on Sean Spicer. Now, Rosie O’Donnell wants to play Steve Bannon on the show. Is comedy and politics always a winning combo or can it ba

Justin Trudeau is conferring with European leaders in regards to how to deal with the new US administration, though details as to how were not made public. Meanwhile, Chrystia Freeland will be meeting with Rex Tillerson, the new Secretary of State. How do we handle diplomacy with a Trump administration in office? Guest - Nour El-Kadri, Professor at the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa We’ve chatted with a couple of the candidates for the Federal Conservative leadership race so far, including Kellie Leitch, Kevin O’Leary, and Lisa Raitt. One of the candidates will be in town next week. Scott chats with Rick Peterson, a businessman and entrepreneur who is running for the position. Guest - Rick Peterson, candidate for the Federal Conservative Leadership and a Vancouver businessperson/entrepeneur Consumers are tired of being kept in the dark when it comes ot hidden fees on their bills. With rising electricity bills, how can we look at where our money is going? A group has created a website th

Earlier this year, there was a controversy over Justin Trudeau’s ride in a billionaire’s helicopter. It has now been revealed that interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose vacationed in the Caribbean on a billionaire’s yacht at the same time. What are the ethics in these situations for politics? Guest - Duff Conacher, Board Member with Democracy Watch in Ottawa A psychiatrist testified yesterday in the Vincent Li case that the man is unlikely to go off his medication because he doesn’t want his disease to take over again. Guest - Chris Summerville, CPRP, Chief Executive Officer, Schizophrenia Society of Canada Federal judges today will hear arguments in the challenge to President Trump’s executive order on immigration. Who can come out on top in this? Is it unconstitutional?   Guest - Paul Quirk, Department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia

Hydro users in rural Ontario are looking for any sign of hope for relief from high hydro bills. What are the options? Are there any? Guest - Parker Gallant, Vice President of Wind Concerns Ontario Bill O’Reilly of FOX news conducted an interview with Trump over the weekend where he defended the Russian President when Bill O’Reilly said “Putin’s a killer’. His response was “There are a lot of killers. We’ve got a lot of killers. What, do you think our country’s so innocent?”. The Kremlin now is demanding an apology from Fox News. Guest - John Colarusso, Ph.D.,Professor Anthropology, and Linguistics and Languages Guest - Michael Diamond, Principal of Upstream Strategy Group in Toronto. Conservative, political pundit It is becoming common for parents to have their adult children at home with them as they battle debt and deal with financial burdens. How do parents help their children without breaking the bank for themselves? How can parents and their children come up with a defined plan to help the kids get

The family of a man violently beaten while asleep in his nursing home bed is furious and wants answers as to why such assaults can’t be prevented in long term care homes. How can this issue be solved? Guest: Cecile Cassista, Executive Director for Coalition for Seniors and Nursing Home Residents’ Rights and Deputy Mayor for the town of Riverview in New Brunswick. Treasury Board President Liz Sandals made comments yesterday saying that struggling riders shouldn’t be angry about executive’s pay hikes. “Most of the people sitting on the GO train probably don’t have high level nuclear qualifications to run a multi billion dollar corporation”. Guest: Todd Smith, MPP for Prince Edward Hastings. The social media account of Kevin O’Leary posted a video fo him shooting a handgun and several automatic weapons on the same day of a public funeral for three of the victims of the Quebec City mosque attack. Could it hurt his campaign or bolster? Guest: Henry Jacek. Professor of Political Science, McMaster University.

The social media account of Kevin O’Leary posted a video fo him shooting a handgun and several automatic weapons on the same day of a public funeral for three of the victims of the Quebec City mosque attack. Could it hurt his campaign or bolster? Guest: Henry Jacek. Professor of Political Science, McMaster University.

Treasury Board President Liz Sandals made comments yesterday saying that struggling riders shouldn’t be angry about executive’s pay hikes. “Most of the people sitting on the GO train probably don’t have high level nuclear qualifications to run a multi billion dollar corporation”.

The family of a man violently beaten while asleep in his nursing home bed is furious and wants answers as to why such assaults can’t be prevented in long term care homes. How can this issue be solved? Guest: Cecile Cassista, Executive Director for Coalition for Seniors and Nursing Home Residents’ Rights and Deputy Mayor for the town of Riverview in New Brunswick.