The Alex Pierson Show

Alex is joined by Omar Khan, Vice President Public Affairs at Hill and Knowlton Strategies, Liberal Party Executive and Melissa Lantsman, Vice President Public Affairs at Hill and Knowlton Strategies, Conservative Strategist. Topics Include: Thirteen Canadians have been detained in China since the arrest of Huawei executive Mung Wanzhou, 25 women may have received faulty cancer treatment in a Hamilton hospital, should Parliament allow minors and the mentally ill to end their lives with the help of a doctor and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Dr. Brett Belchetz, Co-founder and CEO at Maple, to talk about a scenario that would give any woman nightmares. 25 women at a Hamilton hospital may have received faulty cancer treatment from a broken piece of equipment. Cervical cancer is one of the most deadly cancers a woman can get, so how did 25 people receive faulty radiation? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight's Top Talkers are: Craig Needles - Global News Radio London – 9am - Noon & Drex – Host of The Shift - Global News Radio Topics include: Should Parliament allow minors and the mentally ill to end their lives with the aid of a doctor and World Junior Team Canada Captain, Maxime Comtois, being harrassed online after loss to Finland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Toronto councillor, Kristyn Wong-Tam, claimed she became the target of an alt-right slander campaign in the fall municipal election. No politician deserves the treatment that Tam received, but pointing a finger of blame at the right for creating behaviour that's been around for a long time isn't right. Both sides are guilty of bad behaviour, and in fact, feed off each other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Dave Perry, CEO Investigative Solutions Network Inc, 28-year decorated career with the Toronto Police Service to discuss Toronto;s homicide. Toronto homicide squad has had a difficult year – the team has had to investigate a record-breaking number of killings in Canada’s most populous city, grapple with a rise in deadly gang violence, address criticism about a perceived lack of action in some cases and deal with several high-profile slayings that have strained resources. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by John Mraz, Former liberal war room director and Bill Hutchison, Journalist/Broadcaster, professor at Seneca. Topics include: The New Years Carbon Tax Conference, Chamber of Commerce CEO apologizes for ‘one-percenter’ tweet, Feds should consider making some criminal pardons automatic, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Christina Blizzard, Former Queens Park journalist to discuss Premier Doug Ford’s disappointing first six months in power and how Conservatives are questioning the way they choose a leader. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Monologue: You worry about you. I will worry about me. Why 2019 will be the year of pushback Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Christian Leuprecht, Professor of Political Science at the Royal Military College of Canada, for ON Point. The conversation is about Michael Kovrig, one of the Canadians who is being detained in China and being denied access to his lawyers. Canada is trying to figure out a plan of action. In Ottawa there was a high level call with top Canadian officials from national security, but where does that leave Kovrig? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Ann Cavoukian, Distinguished Expert-in-Residence, Privacy by Design Centre of Excellence, Ryerson University, to discuss StatsCan’s planned pilot census. First StatsCan was taking people's banking information without their knowledge and now the new census would be mandatory for people to answer. As StatsCan asks for more and more of our personal information, the question must be asked: do we really have privacy anymore? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Bob Richardson, Senior Counsel at NATIONAL Public Relations, and Anthony Furey, Sun / Postmedia columnist & national comment editor. Topics include: Canadian who is detained in China is denied access to his lawyers, Conservative Leader Andew Scheer says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is the most divisive Prime Minister in Canadian history, the federal Finance Department doesn't expect to balance budgets until 2040 and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight's top talkers are: Rick Zamperin - Assistant Program Director, Global News Radio Hamilton & Tasha Kheiriddin – Host, Global News Radio Toronto Topics include: Conservative Leader Andew Scheer says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is the most divisive Prime Minister in Canadian history and the Finance Department doesn't expect to have a balamced budget until 2040. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If Spinal Tap could rate the volume of 2018, it would be one louder than any other year. This year's news cycle has been chaotic and relentless. It seemed like every day had a big news story that shocked everyone, then the next day, another shocking story surfaced that overshadowed the previous story. Let's all hope that in 2019 the volume goes down, at least back to 10. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by David Shipley, President/CEO of Beaucron Security and Global News Radio Cyber Security Expert, to discuss the alleged Chinese hacking campaign. Canada and several of our allies were targeted in an intrusive hacking attack on big corporations. How are we just learning about this two years after the fact? After all of these findings, how is China still in the running to be the backbone of Canada's 5G network? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Erzabet Almassy and Lorne Waldman for ON Point tonight. Erzabet is the mother of the Hamilton family who are facing deportation to Hungary after 7 years living in Canada, and she is with her immigration lawyer, Lorne Waldman of Waldman & Associates. Erzabet's family is the type that Canada wants, so why is she facing deportation? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Sterling Cripps, Founder and President of Canadian Unmanned Incorporated, a highly specialized UAV / drone training and support company, to talk about Gatwick airport closing. The airport closed due to drones. How can drones shut down an entire airport in 2018? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Kim Wright, Vice President Public Affairs at Hill and Knowlton Strategies and Melissa Lantsman, Vice President Public Affairs at Hill and Knowlton Strategies. Topics include: Report surfaces that Canada and several of our allies were targetted by China in an intrusive hacking attack back in 2016, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won't say whether he thinks Western alienation is growing, new rules are out on edibles, which are legal next October 17th and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by David Perry, CEO of Investigative Solutions Network Inc. and a former member of the Toronto Police Service, to discuss the newly announced Toronto Community Healing Project. Bill Blair announced that 6.7 million dollars were given to the project, but is that enough money? What will the Healing Project do and what impact will it have on the violence in the city? 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: President of the Unifor union, Jerry Dias, may be giving false hope to GM workers in the Oshawa plant and Canada and several of our allies were targetted in an intrusive hacking attack on big corporations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The activism that created the oil crisis definitely won't be fixing it. The oil crusaders who are campaigning for the oil to flow are the same people who have been anti-oil for years. Can we really believe them? Or is this just another political activism campaign designed to get votes? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Adam Oldfield, Global News Radio Technology Expert to discuss how Facebook gave companies such as Apple, Amazon and Yahoo extensive access to users’ personal data, effectively exempting them from the company’s usual privacy rules, according to a New York Times report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Ali Taghva Editor in Chief for The Post Millennial- to discuss how Charlie Angus sent shockwaves through Twitter by describing Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Premier as “White Trash.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Paul Davis, Educator on Social Media, Bullying, Sexting, Child pornograph to discuss the St. Michaels College School investigations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Bill Hutchison, and John Mraz. Topics include: Liberals looking national basic income as a way to help Canadians cope with job instability, Toronto police arrest another student, lay additional charges in St. Michael`s College School investigation, Quebecers prefer to import oil from Western Canada, according to Leger poll, and much. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Joe Nebeurger to discuss how Toronto Police have arrested five students from St. Michael`s College School. Four of whom were already accused in a separate incident, in connection with another alleged sexual assault at the all-boys private school. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charlie Angus, a has sent shockwaves through Twitter by describing Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Premier as “White Trash.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Julian David Stone, author, to talk about his highly-anticipated coffee book: No Cameras Allowed: My Career as an Outlaw Rock and Roll Photographer. In the book, Stone details a career, that has been highlighted by covering such performers as Prince, The Ramones, and Talking Heads amongst others. 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: Serial killer Dellen Millard must serve 75 years behind bars before being eligible for parole and military officials say commanding officers intentionally left out former Vice-Admiral Mark Norman's name in documentation related to ship-building contracts that are under investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Demian Newman, President, Newman Sales and Marketing Inc. to talk about an open letter, penned by Newman, in which he asks those Canadians arguing against the idea of building more pipelines in Western Canada, to consider what the country will do if the nation's oil industry ceased operations entirely? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Stephen Ledrew, Toronto-based lawyer, broadcaster and Michael Diamond, campaign strategist, political commentator, Upstream Strategy Group for this edition of Counterpoint. Topics include: Justin Trudeau seems to be changing his mind on keeping an arms deal with Saudi Arabia, Alberta has been handed a $1.6 billion aid package by the federal government, Premier Doug Ford isn't happy with how his O.P.P. appointment was treated and an overwhelming amount of parents want sex-ed back in Ontario classrooms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Rod Flick, Business Development Manager, Armatec, to discuss why the federal government is looking for a way out of their $13 billion agreement with Saudi Arabia. This move comes, despite the fact Trudeau himself warned of "huge penalties" should anyone consider a similar move. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight's Top Talkers are: Craig Needles - Global News Radio London & Jason Chapman - Global News Radio Toronto Topics include: An overwhelming majority are opposed to the Ford government's repeal of Ontario's sex-ed curriculum, and the Federal Privacy Comissioner is warning pot users not to share personal infotmation at wholesale pot stores over potential border issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What would happen if Western Canadian oil was kept unused, and in the ground? For those turning their noses at the prospect of using Alberta oil, consider the vehicles you drive, along with the millions of them around you everyday. The remaining alternative would be to spend ridiculous amounts of taxpayer's money to purchase, ship and import oil from some of the worst government regimes on the planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Lee Humphreys, President, JAMES International Security Consulting, to discuss several warnings given by a multilateral intelligence agency, to Justin Trudeau, about the possible risk's Chinese phone-maker Huawei could pose to Canada's national security. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Gabor Lucaks, Air Passenger Rights Advocate, to talk about the the newly proposed bill of rights that aims to provide airline passengers with financial compensation for issues such as being bumped from a flight due to overbooking or losing luggage, amongst others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Ian Lee, Associate Professor, Sprott School of Business, Carlton University, to talk about a recent report released by the federal Parliamentary Budget Office that shows debt levels, across the country, sky-rocketing over the next century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Joseph Neuberger, Criminal Defense Lawyer, Neuberger and Partners, to take a closer look at Canada's new impaired driving laws and tell you what you need to know going forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Andy Stinton, Small Business Man, and Jamie Ellerton, Principal, Conaptus Public Relations, for this edition of Counterpoint. Topics include: the Ontario legislature goes back to work to avert a potential OPG strike, Ron Taverner rips up his resignation letter to Toronto Police, Justin Trudeau targets the Conservatives in a year-end interview, a long-time MP with the NDP is facing critisim for calling Doug Ford "white trash", and Quebecer's are quick to critize Western oil but are buying larger vehicles and bigger homes more and more these days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Doretta Wilson, Education Policy Consultant, Former Executive Director, SQE-Canada, to talk about why the Ontario government is slashing millions of dollars in funding for programs that are aimed at providing students with extra skills and support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No matter what the issue is, our Prime Minister seem's to believe that it's his way or no way. Instead of listening to those who may see differently, Mr. Trudeau will deter back to the facts that he deem's correct. On the cusp of a federal election, it may be time for our "leader" to take a long, hard look in the mirror. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Rubina Ahmed-Haq, Global News Raido Personal Finance Expert, to take a closer look at a recent survey, conducted by the site Finder.com, that shows more than two-thirds of Canadian parents are financially assisting their adult children with everything from small gifts to significant down payments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Guidy Mamann, Immigration lawyer, to talk about the harrowing story of a 7-year-old Guatamalan girl that died after being detained by border patrol officers along the United States-Mexico border. A statement from the Department of Homeland Security said that the girl died of shock and dehydration, after not consuming food or water for several days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Bob Richardson, National Public Relations and Anthony Furey, Toronto Sun, for this edition of Counterpoint. Topics include: Roughly one quarter of felons are serving their time in minimum security prisons, Canada's Supreme Court has ruled convicted criminals do not have to pay surcharges that helps victims, the Ford government will recall the Ontario legislature to try and prevent an impending OPG strike, Toronto Police Superintendant Ron Taverner was considered for other top positions across the province and Canadian officials met in Washington today for talks regarding China's detention of two Canadians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by David Perry, CEO, Investigative Solutions Network Inc, and served a decorated, 28 year career, with the Toronto Police Service, to talk about an alarming statistic that says roughly a quarter of convicted criminals across the country are serving their sentences in minimum security, open-concept, communial-style facilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight's Top Talkers are: Devon Peacock - Global News Radio London & Mackay Taggart - Global News Toronto Topics include: A potential strike by Ontario Power Generation has led to a recall of the province's legislature and prior to his appointment as O.P.P Comissioner, Ron Taverner was considered for other top position within Ontario. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You would think that some of the most dangerous criminals in this country would be tightly locked away in a maximum security facility, with little chance to be released. That doesn't seem to be case. It seems more and more these days, those who have commited some of the most heinous crimes in our nation's history are carrying out their sentences living in a minimum security prison, with some being monitored without armed guards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Calvin Helin, President and Chairman, Eagle Spirit Energy, member of Lax Kw'alaams First Nation, and author, to talk about how indigenious leaders from across the country are arguing the pros and cons of a 'tanker ban bill' that would halt all oil tanker traffic in parts of Northern B.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Chris Alexander, Canadian politican and former diplomat, to talk about a Canadian couple, who after establishing their home and business in China more than 30 years ago, were detained by Chinese officials for no apparent reason. The couple compares their experience to former Canadian diplomat, Michael Kovrig, who was detained by the Chinese government earlier this month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joned by Gillian Smith, Hill + Knowlton, and Myriam Denis, Daisy Consulting Group, for this edition of Counterpoint. Topics include: Ontario's credit rating has been downgraded, the Ontario government wants to change the rules on brick-and-mortar cannabis stores, one of the nation's best lawyers is speaking out against the Ford government's hiring of Ron Taverner, provincial officials want Ontario resident's opinion on the sale of liqour in convenience stores, Quebecer's don't want to cough up for the carbon tax and can Justin Trudeau's "sunny ways" policies pull him through another election? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Dan Kelly, President & CEO, Canadian Federation of Independent Business, to talk about research conducted by the CFIB, that shows over the next 10 years, nearly 75% of small to medium sized business owners in Canada will pass on the reigns of their business endeavours. The research also shows that as much as $1.5 trillion in business resources could change hands during that decade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices