Scott Thompson Show

CF-18 crash, hydro pricing and job automation

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A CF-18 fighter jet crashed at CFB Cold Lake, causing one death. There is no word on the cause of the accident. ALSO; a plane carrying Brazil’s soccer team crashed in Columbia, killing 75 others. Only six people survived, three from the team. Guest: Robert J Kokonis, President and Managing Director of AirTrav Inc, Could we see Ontarians choosing individual hydro pricing plans? How would this work and is this a sustainable ideal to combat electricity prices? Guest: Dr. Ross McKitrick, Professor of Economics and CBE Fellow in Sustainable Commerce, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Guelph. A report from the Moway Centre at the University of Toronto says that Canada should consider radical changes to its social safety net as the country faces losing a projected 7.5 million jobs to automation. Guest: Sunil Johal, Policy Director at the Mowat Centre, School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto. Authored the report on automation.