Canada's dental care benefit for children is now here!

Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

Vancouver got hit with snow last night. How were they affected, and what is the scene today? The Canadian Space Agency, through the Canadian CubeSat Project, is providing professors in post-secondary institutions with an opportunity to engage their students in a real space mission. Prince William’s godmother, who also served as the late Queen Elizabeth’s lady-in-waiting, has stepped down after she made racist and “unacceptable” comments to a Black guest at Buckingham Palace. Former President Trump’s tax troubles carry on. We get the Ontario perspective on the the Liberal government’s new dental care benefit for children, which is now open for applications to get help for their children’s dental costs. We look at housing in Ontario, and the municipal concerns in addition to how this is effecting the coveted Greenbelt. Premier Danielle Smith’s new Sovereignty Within A United Canada act would give her cabinet new powers to rewrite provincial laws without passing legislation to do so. She is trying to reassure Albertans that it has nothing to do with leaving the country. A new report from Hamilton’s Social Planning and Research Council shows that young people most affected by Hamilton’s volatile rental market, and suggests that more rent-control regulations in Hamilton are needed to mitigate the housing crisis in our city. We talk about it all here on Hamilton Today!

Guests:

Kristi Gordon, Senior Meteorologist on Global B.C., Global News, CKNW and AM730 Traffic

Tony Pellerin, Manager in Space Science and Technology, Canadian Space Agency

Elissa Freeman, PR and Pop Culture Expert

Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News

Dr. Lisa Bentley, President of the Ontario Dental Association

Mike Collins-Williams, CEO, West End Home Builders Association

Peter Graefe, Professor of Political Science with McMaster University

Sara Mayo, Social Planner (Geographic Information Systems) with the Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton

Scott Radley, Host of The Scott Radley Show, and Columnist with your Hamilton Spectator

Host – Scott Thompson

Content Producer – William Erskine

Technical/Podcast Producer - Ben Straughan

News Anchors – Dave Woodard & Diana Weeks

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