The Alex Pierson Show

Alex is joined by Dave Perry, Global News Radio's Crime and Security Analyst, for this edition of Anatomy of a Crime. Topics include - The lead detective in the Bruce McArthur case is leaving the homicide department for the canine unit in what is being called therapeutic relief, Toronto police have said that are scrapping a plan to acquire technology that can pick up the sound of gunfire, and the killer of Rosemary Junor is having her sentence conditions eased. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Lorne Honickman, Global News Radio Legal Expert, to talk about a ruling by Canada's top court that says students have a reasonable right not to have their faces and breasts filmed without their consent at school. The unanimous Supreme Court of Canada ruling comes nearly eight years after London, Ont., teacher Ryan Jarvis was caught surreptitiously filming up to 27 students with a pen camera, and charged with voyeurism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Melissa Lantsman, Vice President, Public Affairs, Hill + Knowlton and Jon Dwyer, Vice Chairman & Director, Aereus Technologies Inc, for this edition of Counterpoint. Topics include: The recent LAV scam that is sweeping across Parliament Hill could lead to calls for a caucus revolt against Justin Trudeau, the scam has also made the Trudeau government's disinformation and foreign interference plan look hypocritical, Lisa MacLeod is facing calls for her own resignation and Toronto police have scrapped a plan to obtain technology that would capture the sound of gunfire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Dan McTeague, Petroleum Analyst and former Liberal MP, to discuss why the Trudeau government is finding it difficult to land on a singular reason behind what lead to the recent resignation of Jody Wilson-Raybould. Also, with all "reason juggling", it leaves the thought to ponder if there is now unrest within the incumbent federal Liberal party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight's Top Talkers are: Craig Needles - Global News Radio London & Mackay Taggart - News Director, Global News Toronto Topics include: As the federal government continues to deflect questioning surrounding LAV scam, the idea of Trudeau's "disinformation and foreign intelligence plan" getting a hold of this story first is making heads roll and a recent misstep by Lisa MacLeod, Ontario's Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, has lead to calls for her resignation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In what seems to be a growing strategy in the world of North American politics, if a news story is released, discrediting or contradicting the rule of an incumbent political party, that party could simply label it as "fake news" and move on. While a recent editorial was released before the Trudeau government's fake news police got their hands on it, it leaves you wondering what the story could have been if it had been spun a different way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Raquel Turner who is a Barrie mother of two. Raquel and her husband are considering separation and selling their home to help children with autism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined John Mraz and Bill Hutchison Topics include: Commons justice committee to probe SNC-Lavalin affair — but Liberals limit witness list, Dave Brubaker, ex-Canadian gymnastics coach, acquitted of sex-related charges, Ontario's deficit $13.5B this fiscal year, economic challenges ahead, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by John Wright, author to discuss why Trudeau has negative polling and the impact from the gas plant scandal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In attacking Jody Wilson-Raybould integrity, Trudeau has destroyed his own party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, to discuss the backlash from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's comments on the resignation of Veteran Affairs Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Lorne Honickman, Global News Radio Legal Expert, for this edition of Case and Point. Topics include: Justin Trudeau responds to the resignation of Veterans Affairs Minister, Jody Wilson-Raybould, what could happen in the days following and how two ongoing court cases, involving the PMO, could restrict the release of information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Emma Sandri, News Editor, The Eyeopener, Ryerson University's student newspaper, to discuss the recent vote within the University's student union to impeach current union president Ram Ganesh as well as suspend Savreen Gosal, Vice President of Operations. The vote comes amid a recent investigation into the student body's spending of over $700,000. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Mike Van Soelen, Managing Principal, Navigator Communications and Stephen Ledrew, Toronto-based lawyer and broadcaster for this edition of Counterpoint. Topics include: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds to the resignation of Jody Wilson-Raybould, another winter storm blasts through Toronto, police have identified the "chair tosser" suspect, the parents of Alexandre Bissonnette have penned an open letter questioning the severity of their sons sentence and a deal has been inked between the City of Toronto and the province of Ontario on framework detailing the upload of the TTC to the province. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Monte Solberg, New West Public Affairs and former Cabinet Minister under Stephen Harper, to dissect the latest details surrounding Veterans Affairs Minister, Jody Wilson-Raybould's resignation from the federal cabinet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight's Top Talkers are: Mike Stubbs - Global News Radio London & Scott Thompson - Global News Radio Hamilton Topics include: Snow days seem to be in as Toronto and most of Southern Ontario gets hit with yet another winter storm and Jody Wilson-Raybould, Canada's Veteran Affairs Minister and former Attorney General has resigned from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's federal cabinet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Early Tuesday evening, Jody Wilson-Raybould, veterans affairs minister, resigned from the federal cabinet amid the ongoing controversy between the Trudeau government and Montreal-based engineering and construction firm, SNC-Lavalin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Brad Poulos, Cannabis Business Expert, Instructor Ryerson University, Ted Rogers School Of Business to discuss how four months after recreational cannabis sales became legal in Canada, stores are running out of the product. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Michael Taube, public affairs analyst and political commentator, and a former speech writer for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to discuss Ontario's new Autism plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Michael Bryant, Executive Director and general counsel for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association to discuss how Federal Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion will investigate claims that the Prime Minister's Office pressured former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to help Quebec engineering firm SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Adam Oldfield, Global News Radio Tech Expert to discuss a new hacking method. Social engineering fraud typically happens through email, phone, or text or through online chat windows. Hackers use charm and persuasion to convince a customer service representative they are actually the account holder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined Andy Stinton, small business man and Michael Diamond campaign strategist and political commentator, UPSTREAM Strategy Group. Topics include: The ethics commissioner has launched an investigation saying there are sufficient grounds to investigate this SNC, Cirque du Soleil has unveiled plans to take over part of Ontario Place as they bring their show Alegria to Toronto on Sept. 12, Four months after recreational cannabis sales became legal in Canada, stores are running out of the product, a woman throws chair from off the balcony from a condo that is beside the QEW, Lindsay Shepard, the Wilfrid Laurier student professor, fired for showing a Steve Paikin video with a clip of Jordan Peterson to her class, an Ohio teen – frustrated by years of arguing with his anti vaxxing moms stance on inoculation used his 18th birthday as the opportunity to finally decide he wanted to get vaccinated, but didn’t know how, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justin Trudeau could clear up this whole mess-- and simply let JRW talk-- but he won’t as long as he can hide behind it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Rubina Ahmed-Haq, Global News Radio Personal Finance Expert to discuss Canada’s largest real estate board is calling on Ottawa to revisit whether a stricter mortgage stress test introduced last year is still needed, arguing that the policy has negatively impacted the economy and Toronto’s once red-hot housing market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined byJohn Mraz and Bill Hutchison. Topics include: Ford government announces long overdue changes to autism funding. Mayor John Tory wants a review of snow removal operations following last week’s storm. B’nai Brith issuing a tweet saying; Our investigation has revealed that Martin Masse, a senior advisor to PPC leader @MaximeBernier, defended Nazi sympathizers, made misogynistic statements about “femi-fascists” and said #Zionism is a “fancy justification for killing Palestinians.”. Come hell or high water, Omar Khadr is going to get his freedom. Nathalie Lemieux applauded Quebec Premier François Legault’s opposition to designating an anti-Islamophobia day in Quebec, and said fear of Islam is a problem invented by Justin Trudeau’s federal Liberals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by PC MPP Amy Fee, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services to discuss how Ontario is overhauling its autism program in an attempt to clear a waiting list of 23,000 children, but families and advocates say that backlog will be eliminated at the expense of the amount and quality of treatment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Lorne Honickman, Global News Radio Legal Expert, for this edition of Case and Point. Topics include: Crown prosecutors are calling for consecutive life sentences in the case of serial killer Bruce McArthur and the mother of Kaden Young, the child who was swept away during a 2018 flood in Orangeville, has her request denied for her trial to be put over to March 23rd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Adam Oldfield, Global News Radio`s Tech Expert, to discuss court documents that says one of Canada’s best-known cryptocurrency exchanges, does not have access to $190-million worth of customers’ funds and is seeking creditor protection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Stephen Ledrew, Toronto-based lawyer and broadcaster, and Michael Taube, Troy Media syndicated columnist and Washington Times contributor, for this edition of Counterpoint. Topics include: The United States is calling on other countries to repatriate ISIS fighters for prosecution, Ontario Provincial Police are mulling over whether or not to investigate the recent document leak from the province`s government, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says low-income Canadians don't pay taxes and Dalton McGuinty will soon receive the key to the city of Ottawa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Stewart Bell, Global News Investigative Reporter, to talk about a statement from the U.S. State Department that calls upon several countries, including Canada, to repatriate and prosecute their citizens who left their home countries to fight alongside ISIS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight`s Top Talkers are: Scott Thompson - Global News Radio Hamilton & Craig Needles - Global News Radio London Topics include: Justin Trudeau says low-income Canadians don`t pay taxes, Dalton McGuinty is being given the key to the city of Ottawa and the American Lung Association says vaping could lead to a health epidemic amongst young people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The recent leak of documents from the Ford government has brought to light potentially drastic changes to Ontario's healthcare system. With talk of privatization and the creation of a "super agency", the leak has now sent worried taxpayers into a panic. Sharing information such as this can have it's advantages but it can also be used to spread fear and is that really the best course of action when it comes to conversations over our healthcare system? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by James Dubrow Crime writer and author to discuss Gunman in Hamilton murder likely waited in city park for mobster's son to return home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Yasmine Mohammed who is a Canadian human rights activist, who advocates for the rights of women living within Islamic majority countries to discuss Muslim women in fight against hijab. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Michael Diamond and Andy Stinton. Topics include: Leaked documents show Ford government will privatize Ornge, other health care services, Secret documents point to big-spending Ontario Liberal budget, Conservatives take flak over Heritage Minutes parody ad video, Virginia governor refuses to resign amid blackface scandal, Adam Levine Shows His Nipples At Super Bowl, And Janet Jackson Fans Demand Justice, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Francesca Grosso, Health policy consultant, Principal, Grosso McCarthy Inc. to discuss how Ontario’s health minister was forced to make assurances Monday that long-term care inspections and the province’s air ambulance service will not be privatized, as leaked documents appear to peg those services for “outsourcing.” Christine Elliott’s comments came after the NDP released a second set of confidential government documents following the release last week of a draft version of the Progressive Conservative government’s upcoming health-care transformation legislation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex discusses Muslims women and how to teach young girls that oppression is not normal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Miranda Ferrier - President & Founder of the Ontario PSW Association & Canadian Support Worker Association joins Alex to discuss the challenges nurses and support workers encounter daily. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by immigration lawyer Guidy Mamann who is wary of fast tracking refugee claims. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert Thompson, is the author of Always Fresh: The Untold Story of Tim Hortons By the Man Who Created a Canadian Empire. He joins ON Point to talk about the legacy of the Tim Horton's co-founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Perry is Global News Radio Crime and Security Analyst, a former cop with a 25 year decorated service record. He joins Alex to talk about the investigation into the conduct of police in the Bruce McArthur serial killings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Alex is joined by Michael Taube, Troy Media syndicated columnist, Contributor, Washington Times and a speech writer for former Canadian PM Stephen Harper, to talk about the small body, set up by the incumbent federal Liberals, that is tasked with monitoring and alerting officials of any potential meddling during the upcoming federal election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by David Perry, Global News Radio's Crime and Security Analyst, to discuss the strained relationship with police, brought upon by the Bruce McArthur case, the need for a review, as well as what goes on behind the scenes as the families of these victims prepare to face their loved one's killer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Jack Lloyd, Cannabis lawyer, advocate and book editor, to talk about a set of recent raids in the Hamilton region that saw 4 pot shops cleared out and locked up. While illegal dispensaries are being shut down on a daily basis, it seems medicinal cannabis stores, protected by the courts, are getting caught up in the mix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Kim Wright, President, Wright Strategies, and Jon Dwyer, Director, Aereus Technologies, for this edition of Counterpoint. Topics include: Doug Ford's pick to fix the province's hallway healthcare says adding more beds won't fix the problem, the truck driver accused in the Humboldt Bronco's bus crash speaks to the victim's families and the nation's parliamentary watchdog says the Liberal government paid a hefty price for the Trans-Mountain pipeline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by David Jacobs M.D., Radiologist, Coalition of Ontario Doctors, to talk about a report released by Premier Doug Ford's council on improving healthcare, which says on any given day, as many as 1,000 patients are treated in the hallways of hospitals. Additionally, the report also revealed that in October 2018, almost 16 per cent of days spent in hospital were by patients waiting for care elsewhere. The largest proportion of that was people waiting to be transferred to long-term care, the report said, where the average wait time to access a bed is 146 days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight's Top Talkers are: Bill Kelly - Global News Radio Hamilton & Mike Stubbs - Global News Radio London Topics include: A leaked internal document shows the Ford government's plan to create privatized healthcare and the truck driver accused in the Humboldt Bronco's bus crash apologizes to the families of the victims. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Using the 2016 United States presidential election as an example, Justin Trudeau and the Liberal government want to ensure Canadian voters that that sort of meddling will not happen in our next federal election, To do so, an internal team will monitor, flag and announce any possible meddling attempts. While it all sounds well and good, Elections Canada, the nation's independent and non-partisan group, who has oversaw the Canadian voting process for almost 100 years, doesn't have a seat at the table. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ON Point is joined by retired Justice Russell Otter to discuss why we have a process for victim impact statements. This comes in the wake of the Humboldt/Sidhu case and the upcoming Bruce McArthur sentencing after both men plead guilty to charges against them. Justice Otter became a provincial court judge in July 1993. He was elected president of the Ontario Conference of Judges in 1999. From 2002-2015, he served as executive director of the Canadian Association of Provincial Court Judges Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices