Scott Thompson Show

The Anglican Church of Canada at a conference voted against authorizing same sex marriages. The Anglican Diocese of Niagara however had decided to allow marriage to everyone. Is religion truly inclusive?   Guest: Right Reverend Michael A. Bird, Bishop of Niagara, Anglican Diocese of Niagara.   More stories about hydro rates in Northern Ontario are coming forward. What can be done to help these people?   GuesT: Shirley Engel, Global National Ottawa Correspondant.   Police Chief Eric Girt joins Scott Thompson for the first time since becoming police chief. On the docket for today’s interview; race relations, public perception of police, and aggressive, impaired driving.   Guest: Eric Girt, Police Chief for Hamilton Police Services.

The hottest app that’s out there right now isn’t a social media application like Twitter, or a dating app like Tinder. It’s Pokémon Go. Nintendo has slowly been releasing its newest game to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the franchise, which allows people to partake in an augmented reality to catch Pokémon in real life. However; Canadians who have it have to use backwards paths to get the app as it hasn’t been released here.   Guest: Syd Bolton. Curator, Personal Computer Museum.

More stories about hydro rates in Northern Ontario are coming forward. What can be done to help these people?

The Anglican Church of Canada at a conference voted against authorizing same sex marriages. The Anglican Diocese of Niagara however had decided to allow marriage to everyone. Is religion truly inclusive?   Guest: Right Reverend Michael A. Bird, Bishop of Niagara, Anglican Diocese of Niagara.

The Scott Thompson Show Podcast   Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is being lambasted after saying that the term “Black Lives Matter” was “inherently racist”. Are we as a society growing more segregated and divisive?   Guest: Theo Selles, Registered Family Therapist, President of Integrity Works.   Oakville City Council has decided to pass a motion calling on the province to place a ban on door to door sales in the home services sector. Is it time for a ban?   Guest: Natalia Lishchyna, Ward 6 Councillor for the City of Oakville.   NATO is trying to put up a united front amid rising tensions with Russia.   Guest: Stephen Saideman, Paterson Chair in International Affairs, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University.

There is now only one sole candidate in the race to become Great Britain’s new Prime Minister, Theresa May. With that position comes a bunch of other problems, including the Brexit vote. Guest: Emily Elias, Reporter Global News, London Bureau.

Oakville City Council has decided to pass a motion calling on the province to place a ban on door to door sales in the home services sector. Is it time to ban these services? 

Scott Thompson started the show by reflecting on the shootings from last week. Scott Thompson's blog and commentary: Family lives matter...  

The two accused in the Tim Bosma trial, Dellen Millard and Mark Smich have officially filed for appeal. What are the next steps? Also; what did they say were their grounds for appeal? Joseph Neuberger, Criminal Lawyer with Neuberger & Partners LLP scottthompsonshow

With the shootings the past two days in Baton Rouge and Minnesota and now the shooting deaths in Dallas, what does this do for race relations? How has events such as these affected the views of the public from all sides? Spider Jones, Talk Show Host, Journalist, Motivational Speaker scottthompsonshow

The Minister of Democratic Institutions, Maryam Monsef, has described our current “first past the post” electoral system as ‘antiquated’. She also questioned whether a referendum must precede reform. Guest: Robyn Urback, Columnist and political commentator, National Post. Guest: Nelson Wiseman. Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto. scottthompsonshow

Black Lives Matter held a press conference this morning to explain their actions for stopping the Pride Parade. They also told Mayor John Tory that they do not want him to be involved as it is between “The LGBT community and them” and that they “don’t want politicking”. Guest: Joe Warmington. Columnist Toronto Sun. scottthompsonshow

Yesterday a Baton Rouge man was shot outside a convenience store and today a man was shot by police during a traffic stop. The woman who live streamed her boyfriend being shot in Minnesota remained relatively calm during the video and during her being detained. Why is it social media is the first thing we jump to when events happen? What goes through people’s mind under situations of duress? Guest: Anita Bromberg, Executive Director for the Canadian Race Relations Foundation. Guest: Oren Amitay, Registered Psycholigst and Media Consultant. scottthompsonshow

Sources are saying that Conservative MP Jason Kenney is going to announce that he is going to run for the leader of the PC party in Alberta. Guest: JJ McCullough, news commentator. scottthompsonshow

The CNE will no longer allow those with disabilities to get into their festival for free. Now, they have to pay regular full admission while their caretaker will get in for no charge. Guest: Laurie Sue Robertson, disability awareness consultant. Guest: Marc Gordon, marketer, expert, speaker. Guest: Virginia Ludy, General Manager for the CNE. scottthompsonshow

Protests have erupted in Baton Rouge, Lousiana after a black man selling CDs outside a shop was shot by two police officers. Video emerged on social media afterwards showing the shooting. Guest: Ross McLean. Crime Specialist. Security expert, Former Toronto Police Officer. rossmcleansecurity.com scottthompsonshow

A survey was conducted in Ontario and while many participants had favourable views of immigrants, it revealed that there is an ‘epidemic of Islamophobia’ in Ontario. Is there one? Guest: Raheel Raza, Muslim Canadian journalist, author, public speaker, media consultant, anti-racism activist, and interfaith discussion leader. scottthompsonshow

The Black Lives Matter movement garnered attention after it staged a 30 minute disruption to the Pride parade this weekend. Pride’s executive director agreed to the group’s demands, one of them being that police floats and booths be excluded from the event, and then backtracked. Guest: Ross McLean. Crime Specialist. Security expert, Former Toronto Police Officer. rossmcleansecurity.com Guest: Sue-Ann Levy, Investigative Columnist with Post Media. scottthompsonshow

One of the co-accused in the Tim Bosma case, Dellen Millard, will be appealing his life sentence. What goes into the appeal process. Also; a Judge has apologized and asked for counselling to make him a better judge after he made comments to a sexual assault victim and asked her why she ‘couldn’t keep her knees together’. Guest: Lorne Honnickman, Lawyer & Partner with Brauti Thorning Zibarras Lawyers. scottthompsonshow

It’s been a pretty bad week for Hillary Clinton. More news broke about the Benghazi scandal and it was revealed that her husband, Bill Clinton, met up with Attorney General Loretta Lynch at an airport. Is this worst yet to come? Guest: Charles Ortel, Washington Insider, Writer, Expert on Geopolitics. scottthompsonshow