On Point With Alex Pierson

Alex is joined by: John Mraz - Former liberal war room director with several dozen elections worth of experience Bill Hutchison - Former broadcaster...longtime journalist...professor at Seneca Topics include: Andrea Horwath is blaming the Ford government for scrapping a section of the Ticket Sales Actin April, which capped resale prices at 50 per cent of original face value. Raptor tickets are going for thousands of dollars. Sure it’s not fair-- but are professional sporting events now supposed to be fair? As NBA Finals tickets surpass $60k, Ontario consumer services minister rejects implementing price caps As a panel of international politicians grilled two Facebook executives in Ottawa, representatives for the social media giant said it won’t remove misleading content from the platform during Canada’s upcoming federal election campaign. Robert Mueller made it very clear today that there were multiple systematic attempts to interfere in the US election. A Quebec Judge has ruled there’s enough evidence a

Alex is joined by David Shipley, CEO of Beauceron Security and Global News Radio 640 Toronto's Technology Analyst, to discuss the Facebook fiasco facing our federal election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Michael 'Pinball' Clemons, an American-Canadian sports executive who serves as vice-chairman for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League, to discuss the Raps! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How can you get actual reconciliation-- if all the Trudeau government offers is tokenism and talk? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by:  Mike Van Soelen - managing principal at Navigator...a public relations firm and Stephen LeDrew - lawyer...broadcaster...former president of the Liberal Party of Canada...currently, a homemaker Topics include: This is a travesty… how should Canada respond??'We are going to send this back': Malaysia returning unwanted Canadian plastic Andrew Scheer, immigration and racism. In Ottawa, execs of twitter, Facebook and google were testifying at a committee that’s trying to figure out what should be done to protect Canadian citizens' privacy online and curb the spread of disinformation. A former Facebook adviser is urging governments around the world to shut down social media platforms until they can be reformed. Venture capitalist Roger McNamee told the committee "If your goals are to protect democracy and personal liberty, you have to be bold. You have to force a radical transformation of the business model of internet platforms At the end of the day, though, the most effective path to re

Alex is joined by Usman Valiante, a senior environmental policy analyst with Cardwell Grove, to discuss the issues surrounding Canada's current challenges...and poor optics...on the international stage concerning plastics and the environment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Alan Carter, host of the Alan Carter Show and the anchor of Global News Toronto, to discuss the Beer Store contract conundrum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While kissing the cod...Catherine McKenna sticks both feet in her mouth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arlene Bynon guest hosts for Alex Pierson and is joined by: ANDY STINTON - SMALL BUSINESS MAN & MICHAEL DIAMOND - WITH UPSTREAM STRATEGY GROUP Topics include:  Finance Minister Vic Fedeli says the current system is a monopoly, and that brewers are more interested in protecting profits than providing convenience or choice, Can Canadian courts force you to reveal your password? The jury is still out. Ontario Liberal MPs eye 'soda tax' idea for October election campaign, and much more!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arlene Bynon is in for Alex Pierson and is joined by Toronto City Councillor, Kristyn Wong-Tam to dicuss how Premier Doug Ford announced Monday the provincial government has cancelled retroactive funding cuts to municipalities. Ford, along with Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark, made the announcement at Queen’s Park just after 10 a.m. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arlene Bynon is in for Alex Pierson and she is joined by Ontario’s Finance Minister, Vic Fedeli to discuss the Progressive Conservative government plans to rip up an agreement with The Beer Store  in order to allow the sale of beer and wine in corner stores, but employees with the alcohol retailer are warning the move will come with a steep cost. The government tabled legislation Monday that would terminate a 10-year contract with The Beer Store that was signed by the previous Liberal government. The deal permitted an expansion of beer and wine sales to hundreds of grocery stores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arlene Bynon guest hosts for Alex Pierson.  She is joined by Jennifer Quaid, Associate Professor of Civil Law. Jennifer speaks about the new trial, and how the high court says evidence about  how the sexual history was mishandled at the original trial that led to Barton’s acquittal on a charge of first-degree murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arlene Bynon guest hosts for Alex Pierson and is joined by: ANTHONY FUREY - Sun/Post Media Columnist & National Comment Editor & BOB RICHARDSON - Senior Counsel at National Public Relations Topics include:  The Ontario Liberals, Progressive Conservatives and NDP are locked in a three way tie according to an exclusive Ipsos poll released on Friday, Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott say they will make announcements on their political futures on Monday, Premiere slashing the deficit and conservatives saying Doug isn't cutting enough and more... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arlene Bynon guest hosts for Alex Pierson.  She is joined by Sean O'Shea, Global News' Consumer Investigative Reporter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arlene Bynon guest hosts for Alex Pierson.  She is joined by Wendy Glauser, writes on health and science in Canada and around the world.   Wendy speaks about ''Health Care Deserts'' in some areas of Toronto and why they happen.  People who need health care the most unfortunately have little to no access to it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Michael Messenger, CEO of World Vision Canada, to discuss the current hardships and challenges that Afghanistan is facing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by: KIM WRIGHT - Principal at Wright Strategies ELISSA FREEMAN - Public relations and pop culture expert Topics include:  No real explanation needed. Is this a path we should go down, and re-write the laws to allow this to happen? Or, does this cross a line?Euthanasia by organ donation: Should we allow doctors to retrieve people's organs while they're still alive? Health has been in the news a lot lately. This hospital is essentially hiding behind a bunch of red tape. Burlington women say dads are dying from shocking bedsores, blame Jo Brant Hospital 10 former Ontario health ministers have written letters to Premier Ford calling on the province to reverse cuts to health. And while this is being sold as a bi partisan stunt-- 6 were libs. Three NDP and one VERY red tory from the Davis years. The front-runner, also known as the only runner, so far, for for the leadership of Ontario’s Liberal Party says he’d upload responsibility for the Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway to the

Alex is joined by Joseph Neuberger, Global News Radio Legal Expert, to discuss the issue of possible leniency being granted to a man who shot and killed two people...who had simply asked him for directions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Jane Meadus, staff lawyer and the Institutional Advocate at the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly, to discuss the current state of care for the elderly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Millennials can’t buy nice things because they waste all their money on stuff that turns out to be waste in landfills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices