Hamilton's main street makeover, the newest wave of COVID-19, gas prices plummet and more

Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Radley:

Scott Radley is stepping in for Mr. Thompson today. Now, do you know what gets Radley’s goat? Mismanagement of government funds. The federal government spent more than $1.6 billion on overtime pay from 2019 to 2021 while it met less than half its performance objectives and while it hired more than 15,000 new employees each year, according to records obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. The CTF’s own Franco Terrazzano joins Scott for that. One of Hamilton’s major thoroughfares is set to undergo several changes this summer after city councillors approved ‘short-term’ changes on Main Street, including moving from five to four lanes. Ward 1Coucnilor Maureen Wilson steps on to explain the reasoning. Ontario's expert pandemic advisers say that Ontario is likely in another wave of COVID-19 driven by the highly infectious BA.5 Omicron subvariant of the virus. Scott speaks about the implications of that with Hamilton’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Elizabeth Richardson. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast.

Guests:
Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
Dan McTeague, President of Canadians for AffordableEnergy, Former Liberal MP.
Maureen Wilson, Councillor, Ward 1, City of Hamilton.
Steve Buist, Reporter with The Hamilton Spectator.
Dr. Elizabeth Richardson, Chief Medical Officer of Health for the City of Hamilton.
Christian Leuprecht, Professor at both the Royal Military College of Canada and Queen's University, and a Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute.
Eric Kam, Professor of macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, International Monetary Economics, Implications of Monetary Growth, with Toronto Metropolitan University.
Mike Wilner, Baseball columnist and podcaster with the Toronto Star.
Rob Golfi, Sales Representative, RE/MAX Escarpment Realty, The Golfi Team.

Host - Scott Radley
Content Producer –William Erskine
Technical/Podcast Producer - William Webber
News Anchors –Diana Weeks, David Woodard

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