The Alex Pierson Show

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Alex Pierson is joined by Brett Belchetz, Emergency Room Physician and Global News Radio Medical Expert, to talk about a Rockland boy, Xavier, who got a rare virus. Cases of the virus have been reported around Canada and America and it causes a rare polio-like paralysis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Gillian Smith, Associate of Hill + Knowlton Strategies and former Chief Marketing Officer for the Toronto Region Board of Trade and Bob Richardson, Senior Counsel at NATIONAL Public Relations. Topics include: Very different response times north and south of the border with Honey and Barry Sherman and Cesar Havoc cases, Doug Ford says Ontario is open for business, drinking and driving needing more attention and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joining Alex Pierson is David Perry, CEO Investigative Solutions Network Inc, to talk about the murders of Honey and Barry Sherman. The lawyer of the family, Brian Greenspan said Friday a team of private investigators had uncovered fingerprint and DNA evidence not yet identified by police. David Perry speaks about the investigation with great knowledge from his decorated, 28-year career with the Toronto Police Service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's Top Talkers are: Rick Zamperin - Anchor, Global News Radio 900 Hamilton & MacKay Taggart - News Director, Global News Toronto Topics include: Private investigation team updated murder case involving Honey and Barry Sherman undermining confidence in Toronto Police? And drunk driving in the forefront of news again after a woman was arrested for impaired driving after fatal, 2-vehicle crash on Hwy. 404. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Terry Glavin is an Author, journalist. Ottawa Citizen & National Post columnist. Contributing editor, Maclean's magazine. He joins Alex to talk about the killing of a Saudi Journalist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Parliament this week, Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, said Netherlands are 'forever grateful' to Canada for their help in WWII. Rutte gave special thanks to Canadian veteran, 94-year-old Don White, and the ensuing applause showed you just how important this moment was. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The private investigation team hired by the family of murdered billionaires Honey and Barry Sherman will be giving an update into their case this Friday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in Ontario. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by John Mraz and Jon Dwyer. Topics include: In what looks like a case of domestic terror. 9 Pipe bombs were sent to the Obamas, Clintons, CNN and George Soros, Senate passes bill that would ban whale, dolphinb captivity in Canada, gun crime, and stategy on returning ISIS members. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vandals in Lindsay ransacked the constituency office of Laurie Scott, Ontario’s Minister of Labour overnight Tuesday, hours after the provincial government rolled back labour reforms passed by the previous Liberal government. In a tweet, Premier Doug Ford said someone broke into the office on Lindsay Street North and vandalized it. Scott is the MPP for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock. The front door and windows were smashed and furniture overturned. A wall was spray painted “Attack Workers We Fight Back $15.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vandals in Lindsay ransacked the constituency office of Laurie Scott, Ontario’s Minister of Labour overnight Tuesday, hours after the provincial government rolled back labour reforms passed by the previous Liberal government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Chris Alexander, Canadian politican, former diplomat, and former Canadian Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to talk about the continuing fallout surrounding the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Toronto-based lawyer, Lorne Honickman for this edition of Case and Point. Topics include: A pair of human traffickers are calling their jail sentence of 4 years 'creul and unusual punishment', two Ontario journalists have been acquitted in a case of police obstruction, and an alleged Frederiction gunman cites 'temporary insanity' and claims to be innocent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Stephen Lecce, Conservatice MPP for King-Vaughan, and parliamentary assistant to Ontario Premier Doug Ford to discuss what the meaning was behind Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiling the federal government's new carbon tax right in the heart of Ford's own riding of Etobicoke North. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Michael Diamond, Principal at Upstream Strategy Group and Andy Stinton, Small business man, for this edition of Counterpoint. Topics include: The Trudeau government aims to get Canada in line with a climate plan by way of a carbon tax, bad shipments and reports of slow deliveries headlines Ontario Cannabis Store's first week, the PM says it would cost the country over $1B to cancel arms deals with Saudi Arabia, bagel makers in Montreal may be the hardest hit by the government's latest carbon tax, and a village in New Brunswick faces backlash after raising a 'straight pride' flag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Dan McTeague, Senior Petroleum Analyst for GasBuddy to talk about the plan proposed by the federal government that will tax polluters by the tonne while costing the public more at the pumps. Just how much will consumers be affected by this new carbon tax? 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: The Ford government is cancelling funding for planned partnership campuses for three colleges in the G.T.A. & less than one week after marijuana becomes legal, Ontario's Cannabis Store can't keep up with the demand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got to kill two birds with one stone. He go to announce a new carbon tax and did so in the heart of Ontario Premier Doug Ford's own riding of Etobicoke North. Ford has been a strong opponent of the federal government's tax plans. The plan will push the price of gas up by a few cents, but the government says the public will see that money returned to them via a tax rebate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Monday is voting day for the municipal election and while Toronto’s election campaign has been uneventful, the races in other municipalities have been full of excitement. Alex talks to John Best, President and Chief Editor, Bay Observer, and Jim Van Horne, Coordinator, Broadcast Journalism / TV News, School of Contemporary Media, Fanshawe College, to talk about the biggest issues for the elections in Hamilton and London respectively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Anthony Furey from the Toronto Sun to talk about a breaking news story coming from Queen's Park via The Sun. Furey tells Alex that the Ontario provincial government is set to table a new bill that would strip returning terrorists of their provincial rights. Would this help you feel safer in your own country? 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: How Dominic LeBlanc wants Doug Ford to focus on his job and not his national ambitions, Canadian woman is arrested in Thailand for spray painting a historic wall and an Ontario school board is reportedly pressuring teachers not to teach To Kill A Mockingbird because it's 'racist'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight's Top Talkers are: Devon Peacock - Executive Producer, Global News Radio London & Jason Chapman - Executive Producer, Global News Radio Toronto Topics include: Canadian woman who got drunk and spray painted a historic wall in Thailand was arrested and could be facing up to ten years in a Thai prison and a mom who beat her 13-year-old son with a belt after he stole her BMW - is corporal punishment ever okay? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dominic LeBlanc wants Doug Ford to focus on his job, not his national ambitions of anti-carbon tax crusading. Meanwhile, the federal government has its own problems including illegal border crossers and dumping cannabis regulations to the province. Maybe Liberals should focus on their own job before scrutinizing the province. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Paul Burns, President & CEO, Canadian Gaming Association to talk about how Wasaga Beach has become the home of Ontario`s latest casino and entertainment complex. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by David Shipley, Global News Radio Tech and Security Expert to take a closer look at why Brian Amerige, a senior Facebook engineer, rebeled against the companies' liberal culture and walked out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Jamie Ellerton, Principal at Conaptus Ltd, and Kim Wright, Vice President, Public Relations at Hill + Knowlton for this edition of counterpoint. Topics include: Hudson's Bay is in the spotlight after posting a 'Make Canada Great Again' hat on their website, Ontario Premier Doug Ford talks with labour workers, Patrick Brown digs deep into the bank during his final months at Queen's Park, Louis C.K. looks to get back in comedy following several Me Too sexual misconduct allegations, and CBC will not offer coverage of Ontario's upcoming municipal elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Tom Quiggin, former military intelligence officer, RCMP, and court appointed expert on Jihadist terrorism to talk about why the Canadian government is sending $50 million in taxpayer money to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. 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: Retailer Hudson's Bay removes a controversial item from their website, disgraced comedian Louis C.K. is attempting a comeback following several sexual misconduct allegations, and two Hamilton MPP"s go head-to-head in a steel town scrap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With million of dollars in federal funding allocated towards initiatives for war-torn nations in the middle east, it begs the question, who's side is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau really on? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Kevin Sabet, Director, Drug Policy Institute and Assistant Professor, University of Florida College of Medicine, Division of Addiction Medicine, Department of Psychiatry to discuss the legalization of marijuana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Norman Levine of Portfolio Management to discuss Candian market pot stocks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by John Mraz, Former Liberal War Room Director and Melissa Lantsman, VP Public Relations at Hill+Knowlton for todays counterpoint. Topics include: Convicted rapist and murderer Paul Bernardo, Candians with post pot convictions being pardoned, Donna Skelly accusing Andrea Horwarth of pushing her, and Ottawa Mayor being sued for blocking residents on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Priscilla de Villiers, co-founder and Executive Director of the Victim Justice Network to discuss convicted rapist and killer Paul Bernardo. A National Parole Board panel at the Millhaven Institution in eastern Ontario made the decision to deny Bernardo parole on Wednesday after just 30 minutes of deliberation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex's daily monologue topic was about Hydro and how the prices were never fair and that the Liberals were aware of that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Thomas Gerstenecker, CEO and founder of 3Sixty Secure Corp, to talk about safely storing and transporting Canada's latest revenue source and the challenges they pose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Toronto-based lawyer, Lorne Honickman for this edition of Case and Point. Topics include - The federal government is set to announce pardons for minor weed-related charges, Paul Bernardo will sit before a parole board soon, and the latest surrounding the trial of a disgraced Canadian Navy Vice-Admiral. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Stephen Ledrew, Toronto-based lawyer, broadcaster, and former President of the Liberal Party of Canada and Dennis Matthews, Conservative campaign strategist and Vice President, Marketing and Communications for Enterprise Canada, for today's Counterpoint. Topics include: Doug Ford calls on the federal government to improve the testing methods for pot-impaired drivers, the Conservatives aren't impressed with Justin Trudeau's conversations with a known ISIS fighter, and a Canadian Transgender woman wins gold at the Women's Cycling World Championship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex talks with Shawn Pankow, Mayor of Smith Falls, ON, about how his town has seen an economic boom thanks to one of the world's largest marijuana companies. Since moving in back in 2013, Canopy Growth Corporation, formally known as Tweed Inc., has caused a rise in numbers regarding housing and employment. 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: On the eve of pot legalization, the federal government says it is set to announce potential changes in law regarding pardons for minor marijuana-related charges and a Canadian Transgender woman, who was born a man, causes controversy after winning the gold medal at a cycling world championship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Dan McTeague, Petroleum/Energy Analyst and former Ontario MP, to take a closer look at the Ford government's plan to scrap the province's cap and trade program. According to the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario, The cancellation of the cap and trade system will cost $3 billion in lost revenue over the next four fiscal years,a decision that would push the provincial budget further into the red. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Rachel McKinnon claimed a world's first this past Sunday. She became thefirst transgender sports champion after taking the gold medal at the UCI Masters Track Cycling World Championship. Born in Victoria, BC, McKinnon is biologically male. Does she hold an unfair advantage over female-born athletes? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the incoming Quebec government’s plan to raise the legal age for smoking cannabis to 21 could leave an opening for organized crime. Speaking to reporters on the last day of a trip to Armenia, Trudeau said increasing the legal age could undermine one of the federal law’s key aims: eliminating the black market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Leslie Millwee who accused Bill Clinton of sexual assault in 2016. She is speaking out again as she wants her voice heard and that is long overdue that those who accuse clinton get their #metoo moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Christina Blizzard, Former Queens Park Journalist to discuss the importance of School Trustees and why voters need to pay more attention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Andy Stinton and Johnathon Dwyer for today's Counterpoint. Topics include: Naked man who jumped in Ripley's Aquarium shark tank linked to assault investigation, Hilary Clinton's take on #metoo and the hypocricy that follows with it, and about Quebec raising the legal age of smoking Cannibas to 21. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some Ontario employers are happy to see Premier Doug Ford scrap the previous government’s Fair Workplaces but fear backlash of taking certain benefits away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hillary Clinton is selective with who she believes. But she believes Bill didn’t abuse his power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Mark Robinson, Weather Network StormHunter and meteorologist, to take a deeper look into the strongest hurricane in over 50 years. Alex spoke to Mark during the eye of the hurricane to find out how huge the impact of this storm truly is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices