Scott Thompson Show

The Scott Thompson Show Podcast Scott opened the show today with a look at the latest news from the vaccine front, including differing opinions on the AstraZeneca vaccine from the NACI and Health Canada. Guests: Dr. Firas Ahmad Khalid, Health Policy PhD graduate and Queen Elizabeth Scholar Justin Bates, CEO of the Ontario Pharmacist Association - Reports out of China say that Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, "The Two Michaels," will soon face trial. What does that mean for them, and what does it mean for Canada-China relations? Guest: Charles Burton Senior Fellow with the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at Macdonald-Laurier Institute - U.S. President Joe Biden used his first prime-time address Thursday night to announce his plan to make all adults vaccine-eligible by May 1 and “begin to mark our independence from this virus” by the Fourth of July. Guest: Michael Taube, Troy Media Syndicated Columnist, Washington Times Contributor, Former speech writer for Stephen Harper