Remembering Hamilton's 'Mayor of the Morning' Paul Hanover, Aftermath from the Rogers outage, CNN looking to shift away from political opinion, Doug Ford announces Ontario's largest cabinet ever, How your political leaning impacts your view on free speech

Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Radley:

CNN is looking at leaning away from political opinion to straight news coverage. Is that marketable in 2022, after years of 24-hour news networks building up personalities and clout among political factions? "Late last month, Ford announced his picks for his new cabinet and parliamentary secretaries as he embarks on his second term as premier. Ford announced the largest roster of overpaid politicians in the province’s history. No less than 73 of 83 Progressive Conservative MPPs received special titles and pay raises. Four years ago, Ford appointed a cabinet of 20. Last month, his cabinet size grew to 30.” Did you notice that Rogers had an outage on Friday? Yeah, it was kind of a big deal. Now the Public Interest Advocacy Centre – a national not-for-profit corporation and a federally registered charity which has represented consumer interests in regulated services like telecommunications since 1976 – is calling for an inquiry from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Hamilton’s longtime “Mayor of the Morning” has died, according to a statement from his family. Iconic CHML morning show host Paul Hanover, who began his radio career in the 1940s, died at the age of 97 on Monday. Bob Bratina joins us to remember Paul Hanover. A new survey suggests there is a strong relationship between a person's political perspective and their views on free speech in Canada. It's been three years since what used to be a staple of the political calendar — the annual summer premiers' gathering — was held in person. As the Council of the Federation reconvenes, Canada's premiers are packing a lot of familiar baggage, particularly when it comes to their demands of the federal government. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast.

Guests:

Bill Brioux, television critic and author

Jay Goldberg, Ontario & Interim Atlantic Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Yuka Sai, Staff Lawyer with the Public Interest Advocacy Centre

Bob Bratina, Former CHML broadcaster, Former Mayor of Hamilton, former Liberal MP for Hamilton East-Stoney Creek and now candidate for Mayor of Hamilton

Jason Disano, Director, Canadian Hub for Applied and Social Research, University of Saskatchewan

Peter Graefe, Professor of Political Science with McMaster University

Host - Scott Thompson
Content Producer – William Erskine
Technical/Podcast Producer - William Webber
Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan
News Anchors – Diana Weeks, David Woodard
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