Good Morning Hamilton with Rick Zamperin

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As it stands right now, Hamilton’s proposed budget tax increase is 6.7%. With the price of homes out of reach for many first time homebuyers, co-ownership is becoming a popular option. We have tips for tax season. The YWCA Hamilton-Halton will hold its Women of Distinction Awards gala Thursday night. Learn why Beer Canada has launched a new national awareness campaign. And a new film offers a fresh perspective of how climate change is impacting our resources, like the Grand River. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Radley is doing a victory lap on his final day this week, Rick is back on Monday. Did you hear that outrageous interview between Joe Rogan and Justin Trudeau? A complete concoction of an AI. Should we be scared? Scott checks in with Carmi Levy. A new poll reveals 50% of Canadians 18-24 favour socialism, but few Canadians willing to pay for it. Jason Clemens of the Fraser Institute has more on that. Hamilton residents will be bundling up and walking in in The Coldest Night of the Year (CNOY) on Saturday. Last night, Sarah Nurse was announced to be the next Golden Horseshoe Athlete of the Year.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Good Morning Hamilton Podcast w/ Scott Radley:Data from TomTom shows how long Canadians spent in rush hour last year. GUEST: Bruce Newbold, Professor of Geography, Director, School of Earth, Environment and Society, McMaster University-Could we see more interest rate hikes? Potentially so, says the Bank of Canada, because companies keep raising prices. GUEST: Eric Kam, Professor of macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, International Monetary Economics, Implications of Monetary Growth, with Toronto Metropolitan University-A new campaign is working on helping Canadians declutter their lives over 40 days. GUEST: Sean Shannon, President and CEO of National Diabetes Trust-February is Be More Than a Bystander (BMTAB) month in Hamilton, a month-long campaign to raise awareness on gender-based violence, and the necessity of boys, youth, men, and ally engagement. Interval House of Hamilton and LiUNA are pleased to announce a Be More Than A Bystander partnership to train LiUNA representatives with the tools necessary to intervene and disrupt workplace harassment towards women in the trades.GUESTS: Sue Taylor, Executive Director, Interval House of Hamilton.-A documentary screening will be taking place at the Westdale Theatre that highlights Canadian comedy. GUEST: William Davern, Producer of a documentary on Canadian comedy that will show at the Westdale tonight-Ever want to see Dunder Mifflin? You can at The Office Experience which will be coming to Toronto! GUEST: Stacy Moscatelli, Co-President & Chief Strategy Officer for Original X Productions  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wintery weather is expected to hit Southern Ontario, but how bad will it be? GUEST: Anthony Farnell, Chief meteorologist, Global News-Pink Shirt Day - A new report from MediaSmarts found that a third of young Canadians have experienced online meanness and that those who experience it are also more likely to engage in it.GUEST: Dr. Kara Brisson-Boivin, Director of Research at MediaSmarts.-The Around the Bay Road Race returns this year and this time, it ends in a new location. What else is new with this years race? GUEST: Anna Lewis, Director, Around the Bay Road Race-Some retailers are offering eco-friendly options for returning items and some are even charging you now to return an item that doesn’t work for you. GUEST: Bruce Winder, Retail analyst, Author or ‘Retail Before, During & After COVID-19’-Ontario is in need of 1.5 million new homes but there’s not enough manpower to build the homes needed. GUEST: Mike Collins-Williams, CEO, West End Home Builders Association-Critics are pushing back on a publisher’s decision to edit Roald Dahl. GUEST: Sylvia McNicoll, Burlington based author of “What the Dog Knows” and “Body Swap” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Good Morning Hamilton Podcast w/ Scott Radley:Last week, MPs decided to summon supermarket CEOs to face food inflation questions. But will anything come of it? GUEST: Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, professor of food distribution and policy, and the director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University-The one year mark for the war in Ukraine comes later this week. A piece in the Conversation says that calls for peace a year after the invasion of Ukraine are unrealistic. GUEST: Oleksa Drachewych, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Western University-Friday saw the result from the Emergencies Act committee come out, saying that the federal government met the threshold to invoke the Emergencies Act. This came of course ahead of a weekend where protestors marked the anniversary of the Convoy’s removal from Ottawa. GUEST: Stephanie Carvin, Associate Professor of International Relations at the Norman Paterson School of International Affair at Carleton University, Former National Security Analyst for C-SIS; Author of ‘Stand on Guard: Reassessing Threats to Canada’s National Security’-Ontario’s legislature resumes today at Queen’s Park. What can we expect from the government on the first day back? GUEST: Peter Graefe, Professor of Political Science with McMaster University-The NBA All Star game was this weekend and Scott Radley….was not impressed. Should All Star games be scrapped? GUEST: Mark Hebscher, radio&tv personality, host of Hebsy On Sports podcast, and author of The Greatest Athlete (You've Never Heard Of)-Are major franchises losing their mystique and allure? THis comes as not only has Marvel released it’s 31st movie in it’s roster (Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania), but actor Liam Neeson has said that Star Wars has lost it’s lustre. GUEST: Mike Cecchini. Executive Producer, Den of Geek Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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A city audit has found numerous instances of fraud and wrongdoing. Are more Ontario cities going to face amalgamation? Learn why a Ticats player will be sleeping in their vehicle later this month. There are a multitude of events going on this Family Day long weekend in Hamilton. A celebration of CHML alumnus Jackie Washington will take place today at the Hamilton Public Library. And celebrity home renovation experts Scott MacGillvray and Brian Baeumler are teaming up in a new show on HGTV Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices