Scott Thompson Show

Oil prices are soaring after an agreement was reached this weekend by 11 non-OPEC countries. The agreement saw the countries agree to cutback output.   Guest: Dan McTeague. Former Liberal MP and Consumer Affairs Critic, Analyst, gasbuddy.com 

Kevin O’Leary is heading to Ottawa to meet up with members of the Conservative caucus. Will he announce a run as well? Why does he keep tiptoeing around the idea?   Guest: Joe Warmington. Columnist Toronto Sun.

Interest rates in the States  are about to rise and Canadians may feel the effects of it. How will rising rates affect us?   Guest: Michael Veall, Professor with the Department of Economics at McMaster University. 

Thousands of Ontarian families are spending 30% of their household income on electricity. Guest: Krista D’Aoust, Director of Family Services, Neighbour to Neighbour Centre, a Hamilton-based member organization of the Low-Income Energy Network in Ontario. Guest: Tom Adams. Independent Energy & Environmental Consultant.   Since the US election, stock markets and the economy have been surging with optimism in the States. Guest: Ian Lee. Sprott School of Business. Carleton University. Should wireless internet phone calls be allowed on air carriers? Flight attendants and others argue that calls would be disruptive. Guest: Glenn Graham, Graham Aviation Consulting.

Should wireless internet phone calls be allowed on air carriers? Flight attendants and others argue that calls would be disruptive.   Guest: Glenn Graham, Graham Aviation Consulting.

Since the US election, stock markets and the economy have been surging with optimism in the States.   Guest: Ian Lee. Sprott School of Business. Carleton University.

Thousands of Ontarian families are spending 30% of their household income on electricity.   Guest: Krista D’Aoust, Director of Family Services, Neighbour to Neighbour Centre, a Hamilton-based member organization of the Low-Income Energy Network in Ontario.

The government has unveiled which of 5 Canadian women will be featured on Canada’s $10 bank note. Viola Desmond, a civil rights icon for black Canadians, will be featured on our new bills in 2018. Guest: Ryan Barnett, Producer, Historica Canada. The Ontario government has introduced legislation yesterday that will support the implementation of medically assisted dying. It will include a series of amendments to provide clarity on issues for patients, families, doctors and other health care providers. Is it going to help in the long run?   Guest: Shanaz Gokool, CEO of Dying with Dignity Canada.   A coalition of business leaders in Canada re putting pressure on Ottawa to reduce security screening times and travelling costs to boost the country’s economy. Is that really going to work?   Guest: David Hyde. Security Consultant, David Hyde & Associates.

A coalition of business leaders in Canada re putting pressure on Ottawa to reduce security screening times and travelling costs to boost the country’s economy. Is that really going to work?   Guest: David Hyde. Security Consultant, David Hyde & Associates. 

The Ontario government has introduced legislation yesterday that will support the implementation of medically assisted dying. It will include a series of amendments to provide clarity on issues for patients, families, doctors and other health care providers. Is it going to help in the long run?   Guest: Shanaz Gokool, CEO of Dying with Dignity Canada.

The government has unveiled which of 5 Canadian women will be featured on Canada’s $10 bank note. Viola Desmond, a civil rights icon for Black Canadians, will be featured on our new bills in 2018.    Guest: Ryan Barnett, Producer, Historica Canada.

Premier Wynne has suggested that the Ontario government will not stand in the way of a request to impose toll roads on two major highways doing through downtown Toronto.   Guest: Patrick Brown, leader of the Ontario PC Party.   Hydro One will reconnect more than 1,400 customers currently without power. They have also announced a new Winter Relief program to help customers in hardship get their service reconnected for the winter.   Guest: Ferio Pugliese, Executive Vice President, Customer Care and Corporate Affairs, Hydro One.   A local Hamilton company has built a system that is designed to help high energy users save money on their bills by building an energy management unit in an old shipping container.   Guest: Darko Ulakovic, President of ECO-H.

A local Hamilton company has built a system that is designed to help high energy users save money on their bills by building an energy management unit in an old shipping container.   Darko Ulakovic, President of ECO-H. 

Hydro One will reconnect more than 1,400 customers currently without power. They have also announced a new Winter Relief program to help customers in hardship get their service reconnected for the winter.   Guest: Ferio Pugliese, Executive Vice President, Customer Care and Corporate Affairs, Hydro One.

Premier Wynne has suggested that the Ontario government will not stand in the way of a request to impose toll roads on two major highways going through downtown Toronto.   Guest: Patrick Brown, leader of the Ontario PC Party.

Hydro One is going to be reviewing cases of people who have been living without electricity after a Global News investigation profiled some of the families affected and disconnected.   Guest: Parker Gallant, Vice President of Wind Concerns Ontario.   Can laneway homes be a housing solution in Hamilton? A report going to Public Works tomorrow explores whether it is a good idea.   Guest: Renee Wetselaar, Senior Social Planner with the Social Planning & Research Council of Hamilton.   A study from Statistics Canada shows the precarious position young workers face today including job quality and wages.    Guest: Marvin Ryder. Business Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University.

A study from Statistics Canada shows the precarious position young workers face today including job quality and wages.    Guest: Marvin Ryder. Business Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University.

Can laneway homes be a housing solution in Hamilton? A report going to Public Works tomorrow explores whether it is a good idea.   Guest: Renee Wetselaar, Senior Social Planner with the Social Planning & Research Council of Hamilton.

Hydro One is going to be reviewing cases of people who have been living without electricity after a Global News investigation profiled some of the families affected and disconnected.   Guest: Parker Gallant, Vice President of Wind Concerns Ontario.

A survey conducted by orders of the auditor general suggests that nearly all Ontarians who use natural gas to heat their homes want to see the costs of cap and trade on their bills displayed in a clear, concise manner. Guest: Vince Gasparro, Managing Director of The Green Tomorrow Fund. The opioid crisis continues to rise across Canada yet it turns out that naloxone, the lifesaving antidote to an opioid overdose is proving to be harder to find. Guest: David Juurlink, Scientist at Sunnybrook Research Institute. Trump has been using Twitter as his main form of communication. Why? Guest: Barry Kay, political science professor at Wilfrid Laurier University.