Scott Thompson Show

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.