On Point With Alex Pierson

Alex Pierson is joined by Ryan Jespersen, host of  The Ryan Jespersen Show on Edmonton’s 630 CHED, to discuss the recent controversy surrounding the Calgary Stampede's chuckwagon races. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Guidy Mamann, Toronto immigration lawyer and policy analyst, to discuss Trump's plans to end asylum protections for migrants and concerns over reports of random ID checks from immigration officers in Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justin Trudeau says he won't quit Alberta...but Alberta sure has quit him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by: Bob Richardson, Senior Counsel at National Public Relations & Peter Shurman, Broadcaster, Business Man & Former Conservative M.P.P Topics Include: The Liberals are maintaining a lead in their ''Fortress Toronto'' and how Forum Research found the 46 per cent intend to vote liberal and 26 per cent are Conservatives, the dry spell in getting booze onto shelves has been blamed on a new distribution management system, a 3rd horse has been killed in connection to the chuck wagon races and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Joseph Brown.  He has decades in the food and fitness industry, food bizz entrepreneur and self-declared food aware dad.  They discuss food trends, what is most healthy, and the truth behind the beyond meat burger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Brad Poulus, pot expert and professor at Ryerson's Ted Rogers School of Business.  Since the  legal growers can't follow the rules, then how are they any better than the Black Market? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens when the legal growers start pulling black market tricks?  An Ontario pot grower has been caught growing pot in up to five unlicensed rooms tucked away out of the sights of Health Canada inspectors.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

His name is Steve Goldner and he's the man credited with developing liquid methadone in the 1970's. Now he's the CEO of Pure Green and the mind behind a pill called Parachute. He talks with Alex about how this pill can rescue people who've gotten themselves way, way, way too stoned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by: Liana KerznerYouTuber as well as videogame and tech advocate@redlianak Jason LaChapellePress Secretary for the Green Party of Ontario@OntarioGreens Topics Include: If the Liberals find conversion therapy to be an issue so important that they're attacking the Conservatives over it, then why did not do anything about it during the last four years? We're learning that the Toronto was the victim of two incidents in which city services were compromised by ransomware. Does Canada need a National Cycling Strategy? And more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Liberals don't really care about conversion therapy. They're just using it as a wedge issue during an election year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Catherine Swift is the former CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business as well as the current spokesperson for Working Canadians. She joins Alex to talk about the subsidies that governments give to companies like Bombardier without asking much in return. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charles Ortel is a financial and geopolitical analyst, whistle-blower, and host of the podcast "Sunday With Charles." He joins Alex to describe the political web in which accused sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is seemingly inextricably connected Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by: John MrazFormer Liberal war room director Bill HutchisonFormer broadcaster, longtime journalist, and currently a professor at Seneca Topics IncludeThousands of Bombardier workers are about to lose their jobs. Cue the finger pointing. Tensions are worsening between Canada and the former ambassador to China has decided that now would be a good time to open his big mouth and tell the Chinese that any further damage to trade relations might result in a change in Canadian federal government that China may find unfavourable. The country's second highest rank in command of Canada's military, Lt.-Gen. Paul Wynnyk, is resigning abruptly after he said Chief of the Defence Staff General Jonathan Vance told him he was being replaced by Vice-Admiral Mark Norman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tensions are worsening between Canada and the former ambassador to China has decided that now would be a good time to open his big mouth and tell the Chinese that any further damage to trade relations might result in a change in Canadian federal government that China may find unfavourable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by: Stephen LeDrew  Lawyer, broadcaster and formerly the President of the Liberal Party of Canada and  Jamie Ellerton - Principal at Conaptus P-R and Conservative Strategist Topics include: Learning tonight that Bombardier has announced it will lay off 500 employees from their Thunder Bay plant. This is a company that has hoovered $4 billion in corporate welfare from the public trough. Will this Quebec company be getting yet another bail out? There is a fuel fight gearing up! Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says if he wins the election he will scrap what he has dubbed a "secret fuel tax" — a plan by the Liberal government to improve fuel standards through regulatory changes.  The shelves at some GTA LCBO stores are a little bare these days, leading to concerns about inventory shortage. Not to worry, say those in charge - the LCBO says deliveries are behind schedule because they have “recently implemented a new Warehouse Management System (WMS), an upda

Alex Pierson is joined by Norman Levine, Managing Director at Portfolio Management Corp, to discuss the recent words of caution from Financial Accountability Officer Peter Weltman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Frankie Lowe, with Betrothed and Company Wedding Photo and Video, to discuss the not-so-great deal the business was recently offered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Sam Cooper, Global News National Investigative Journalist, to discuss the enormous amounts of Chinese drug money that has...and still is...being laundered throughout Canada, and what's being done about it...or not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by John Robson, contributor to the National Post and the Executive Director at the Climate Discussion Nexus, to discuss the recent protests in Hong Kong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Quebec has delivered Justin Trudeau a very inconvenient truth and that is...his federal carbon tax is dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices