Scott Thompson Show

The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson: Happy Thursday ahead of a long weekend here on Hamilton Today! Did you hear that David Johnston’s big rapporteur announcement was scheduled for today? So technically it is not on a Friday before the weekend, but it is still the same old media strategy. Scott covers that and a variety of other topics. When the federal dental plan rolls out, Dental hygienists are expecting an influx of Canadians who haven’t been able to afford to have their teeth professionally cleaned for years – or even decades! Scott speaks with the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association about plans going forward. Last week The Telegraph reported that Agatha Christie’s novels are being sanitized for re-release. HarperCollins, their publisher, is removing references to physique, race and ethnicity in new editions of Miss Marple and selected Poirot novels. Bruce Pardy, author of the piece, offers his view of the negative impact this and other sensitivity-scouring endeavours will have on culture.