On Point With Alex Pierson

Alex is joined by: Andy Stinton - The Small Business Man and Michael Diamond - With Upstream Strategy Group Topics include: The anti-abortion film Unplanned has Liberals all hot and bothered calling it a sign of hidden agenda by the Conservatives to back door abortion rights in this country. Theatre owners who are playing the film say they are facing threats, protests and calls to shut it down. The Justice Department had to clarify a weekend tweet reminding people that they can be charged two hours AFTER driving and arriving at your destination. It caused all sorts of confusion as folks wake up to the reality that this law is so badly written the onus is on YOU to prove you didn’t drink and drive two hours after the fact. An Ottawa professor finds himself under attack for a weekend tweet that called Conservatives “ the party of the uneducated” It was a “ basket of deplorables” moment. Amir Attaran stated “ Conservatives have a strong lead among those who have not attended college or university while th

Alex Pierson is joined by Abby Johnson, Anti-abortion Activist and Former Clinic Director for Planned Parenthood, to discuss her 2010 memoir which has just been adapted into a new film...'Unplanned'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Calvin Helin, President of Eagle Spirit Energy and best-selling author, to discuss the perplexing pipeline problems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Lorne Honickman, Global News Radio Legal Expert, to discuss the new - and very confusing - impaired driving laws. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From sunny ways to fear and division...the Trudeau government are whipping out the corrosive rhetoric they promised they'd rise above, and a new U.S. anti-abortion film is their newest weapon of choice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by: KIM WRIGHT Principal at Wright Strategies & ANTHONY FUREY Sun/Postmedia Columnist & National Comment Editor Topics Include: Canada's approach to dealing with China during the food exports being blocked and the two Canadians that are being tortured, Lisa MacLeod under fire again after unleashing a profanity attack on the owner of the Ottawa Senators during the Rolling Stones show, the fallout continues for Doug Ford on the French Patronage appointments and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by John Koegh, founding and managing principal global supply management.  They discuss the ban China placed on Canadian meat products and John describes what ''Food Terrorism'' is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Joe Nicchi, owner and operator of C-V-T Soft Serve in Los Angeles.  They discuss how influencers should pay double. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Duff Conacher, with democracy watch and they are asking this to be investigated based on the fact that it looks very much like it could be a conflict of interest.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you don't want to fight, don't pick one.  The last thing Doug Ford needs is a top MPP acting like a goon and not a politician.  Apparently, this is what happened with Lisa MacLeod during a recent Rolling Stones concert. The Toronto Sun reporting that the owner of the Ottawa Senators, Eugene Melnyk, was subjective to a bunch of trash talk from the Minister who he claims burst through the crowds and unleashed a tirade of verbal abuse at him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by: Zane Caplansky Broadcaster and owner of Caplansky's Deli and Lorne Honickman  Former broadcaster, currently a lawyer and Global News Radio Legal Expert Topics include: Justin Trudeau was asked today about 5 judicial appointments made in New Brunswick...and those appointments are all linked personally to his top cabinet minister Domenic Leblanc.  Ontario firefighter Adam Knauff has launched a human rights complaint against his employer, alleging he was not provided with adequate vegan food while fighting a forest fire in B.C. two years ago.  The iconic Rogers Centre, formally known as the SkyDome, turned 30 one month ago and there is talk of replacing it. Toronto Mayor John Tory said it is up to Rogers on what to do with the building and the area.  The city of Denver apparently has a new motto: Geese are not friends. They're food. Fed up with its growing goose problem, the city has implemented an initiative to round up its Canada geese and process t

Alex is joined by Joyce Arthur, Executive Director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, to discuss the controversy surrounding this American anti-abortion film that  will be hitting Canadian theatres shortly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by George Quarcoo, the event coordinator for a youth program at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, to discuss how, as a blind DJ he taught himself to produce music and now is helping youths to so the same. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Naomi Sayers, indigenous lawyer and feminist with past experience in the sex trade, to discuss a recent ruling, wherein a judge found Anibal Rivera’s actions amounted to fraud and caused a significant risk of serious bodily harm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Being the Prime Minister is swell, when all you do is cut ribbons, kiss babies and cut cheques. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by: John Mraz  Former liberal war room director with several dozen elections worth of experience and Bill Hutchison Former broadcaster...longtime journalist...professor at Seneca Topics include: Does Toronto have anything unique that it can offer Kawhi Leonard? CSIS has identified foreign actors attempting to directly influence the upcoming federal election campaign, a Toronto Star and BuzzFeed News investigation has learned.  CBC has been doing pre-election polling on a wide array of voter issues... and immigration is the latest poll which reveals Canadians are divided on immigration, with clear limits on the kind of migration they find acceptable. China has escalated its abuse against the two Canadians they have kidnapped and jailed. They’ve confiscated the glasses of Michael Kovrig. Yet another abuse in retaliation over Huawei exec Mung Wazou. China is openly mocking Justin Trudeau over his comments that he has lots of global support. He can’t say f

Alex Pierson is joined by Andy Stinton, The Small Business Man as well as a concert and event promoter, to discuss the controversy surrounding the cancellation of the Roxodus music festival. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Education Minister Stephen Lecce, to discuss his plan to get a deal with the teachers hammered out before the August 31st deadline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When it comes to the Trudeau government, it clearly pays to have friends in ALL the right places. Literally.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex Pierson is joined by: Craig Needles - Nine until noon at Global News London and Tasha Kheiriddin  Global News Contributor and Founder and CEO of Ellipsum Communications Topics include: New polling done for the Toronto sun with Dart polling reveals that Justin Trudeau is getting a bounce off of the angst created by the Ford government.  For all this outrage over Doug Ford’s patronage appointments, the silence is absolutely deafening on news that it really pays to be friends with Dominic Leblanc, currently minister of intergovernmental affairs, Northern affairs and internal trade. A new CBC poll suggests nearly 80 per cent of Canadians either strongly or somewhat agree with the statement: "My country is divided between ordinary people and elites." But what exactly does it mean?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices