On Point With Alex Pierson

Alex Pierson is joined by John Robson, documentarian and National Post contributor, to discuss the fact that the name and words of the man accused of killing 51 people in the Christchurch, New Zealand mosque attacks are being struck from the records of the House of Commons justice committee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Laurel Walzak, assistant professor at Ryerson with close to twenty years of experience serving the sports, health & fitness, and consumer goods industries, to discuss the most valuable sports franchise in the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Words matter...and throwing around the term genocide is simply reckless. 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 & Mike Van Soelen - Managing Principal at Navigator, a public relations firmTopics include: the Toronto District School Board is modernizing its student dress code, relaxing rules around wearing spaghetti straps, tube tops, crop tops and more; the Toronto Sun revealing more insane education spending, this time by the Ottawa and Hamilton school boards; an Ottawa man tells the Toronto Sun that he was loaded when he walked onto live T.V. and told State champ Steph Curry how he’d like to violate his wife; gender equality is under attack - according to our Prime Feminist Trudeau who spoke Monday at the opening address of Women Deliver 2019; and then right on cue, the day after opening the Women Deliver Conference in Vancouver, Justin Trudeau announced that “if”re-elected, his government is raising its funding to $1.4-billion annually to support women and girls’ health in Canada and around the world; the NBA may be ba

Alex is joined by Martin Maxwell...formerly Max Meisels, to discuss his experience as a Jewish soldier in the British army during D-Day, and his personal crusade to ensure that we never forget. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Ben Eisen, a Senior Fellow of the Fraser Institute and author of this particular report, which suggests that we might be in trouble...deep! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Actions have consequences and they will prove costly for one Raptors fan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by: Andy Stinton - Small Business Man  and Michael Diamond - with Upstream Strategy Group Topics include: Premier Ford says he won’t go to Pride. This is not news. He made it clear that as long as cop’s were out so was he. But Pride is nothing but politics these days, used by politicians to pander for votes. If a politician isn’t sincere for their reasons to march how is that not worse? After months of hysteria that there are no savings and teachers will be fired. Toronto Sun exposes millions in spending on things like high-end iPhones, contracts, iPads, top line technology that can be purchased for way less. Peter Gilgan Foundation donates $100 million – largest single gift ever to SickKids. A massive news event was held for this donation. But, are you okay Gilgan made such a public display of this donation? How about bringing out 50-families of sick children for the announcement? What role will you take? Can individuals really bring about this change?All Canadians have a role to play

Alex is joined by Shawn Proulx, creator of Thought Revolution and publisher of https://thegayguidenetwork.com/Canada's original LGBTQ digital magazine, to discuss the hubbub about Doug Ford choosing not to attend the Toronto Pride parade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Chris Schryer, Toronto-based beer writer and educator, to discuss this sudsy situation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Always follow the dollar…especially when those minding them say there are none to be found. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hate is hate and yet we are very selective with our outrage.  On Sunday, the hateful Iranian Al quds rally will take to Toronto streets. Past events include Hezbollah of Flags over Anti-Semitic rederick including Israeli's should be shot and the predictable calls for Israel's destruction.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by: ANTHONY FUREY SUN/POST MEDIA COLUMNIST & NATIONAL COMMENT EDITOR & BOB RICHARDSON SENIOR COUNSEL AT NATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS Topics include: The Toronto Raptors winning the 1st game of the NBA finals and all the love they are getting from all across the board, Al quds rally will take to the streets of Toronto which is the annual anti-semetic hate fest, Doug ford is responding to the Beeropoly comment that the Premier is just bluffing, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Imam Mohammed Tawhidi, religious leader and self declared Islamic reformer.  They speak about the Al quds day march that will take place in Toronto, targeting Jews and Israelis.  Imam is here this weekend to get the march shut down and to stop hate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Sean Fitzgerald, managing editor with The Athletic.  They discuss the dawning of the new age for the Raptors, expanding into a new business and how everything will change moving forward.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by: Tasha Kheiriddin  Global News Contributor and Founder and CEO of Ellipsum Communications and Joe Mihevic Former Toronto City Councillor Topics include: VP Pence came to talk trade--- and he and our PM exchanged celebratory jabs, but while Pence is behind the Warriors, there is one trade he wants more than any other….. SB: Are the Raptors now Canada’s team? The NBA announced today that multi-platinum selling recording artists The Tenors will perform the Canadian national anthem tonight ahead of Game 1 of the 2019 NBA Finals. Seriously, couldn’t we do better than this??? The Tenors??!! Bill 66 passed in April. This is a piece of legislation that allows municipalities and school boards etc to break the decades long practice of giving the same construction companies being awarded big contracts because of their affiliation with certain trade unions. In Toronto alone--allowing competition would free up to 400 million in one year. Ontario Finance Minister Vic Fedeli will not commit to le

Alex is joined by Catherine Swift, former Chair of the Board of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business and current spokeswoman for Working Canadians, to discuss Bill 66. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Cyndee Todgham Cherniak, founding lawyer of boutique international trade law and sales tax firm LexSage, to discuss the meeting of PM Justin Trudeau and U.S. VP Mike Pence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Royce Lando, who really does look like Leonard! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If Toronto wants to save 100’s of millions all they have to do is nothing.   What is Bill 66 and why the labour unions don’t want officials to stay silent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices