On Point With Alex Pierson

Alex is joined by Gwen Marshall - a Wildlife Conflict Specialist with the Red Deer based Medicine River Wildlife Centre....she's The Skunk Whisperer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Sam Cooper, Global News National Investigative Journalist, to discuss the BILLIONS of dollars in criminal cash being laundered through the Canadian (Toronto!) real estate market every year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If the Toronto District School Board can't find anything to trim, then maybe it's time for  them to go the way of the dodo bird. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Counterpoint - Monday May 13th, 2019 Alex is joined by: ANDY STINTON - THE SMALL BUSINESS MANMICHAEL DIAMOND - WITH UPSTREAM STRATEGY GROUP Topics Include:Opposition MP’s are calling on the Trudeau government to have an emergency defence committee investigate the Vice Admiral Mark Norman issue. The Toronto district school board needs to cut $56 million while the OPP is cuts $46 million. Nearly two-thirds of Canadians oppose the ford government spending taxpayers’ dollars to battle the federal carbon tax, says a new poll released on the same day that the Ontario government launched a new television ad slamming it. The Auditor general scolds the government for using tax dollars to make partisan ads. A gun buyback program that has resulted in the collection of more than 1,200 firearms with one week to go will cost Toronto taxpayers up to $750,000. Actress Alyssa Milano is calling for "sex-strike" to protest stringent anti-abortion legislation in Georgia. Combat sport laws in Ontario are set to be overha

The Ford government is overhauling the laws in Ontario that govern combat sports. In theory this would open the door to increased business from the combat sport industry. As of now the laws are strict, but the government is trying to change that. Alex talks to UFC Senior Vice President of International and Content about what this could means for sports-fans in this province. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We learned on Friday that Canada's economy created over 100,00 jobs - 10 times more than predicted by analysts. That should be great news. It should mean that the economy is strengthening and heading on the right track... but it's not. It's a little suspicious that a flat-lined economy suddenly comes to life like a roaring dragon. All of this seems too convenient considering the election that's only a few months away.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by: PETER SHURMAN  BROADCASTER … BUSINESSMAN …. FORMER CONSERVATIVE M-P-P BOB RICHARDSON   SENIOR COUNSEL AT NATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS Topics include: Canada’s economy posted record job gains in April that, along with a pick-up in wages, analysts suggest it’s the strongest signal  the country is coming out of a six-month stint of weakness. Employment rose by 106,500 in April, blowing WAAAY past the prediction of 12 thousand jobs. It contradicts everything we are being told about a slowing economy. But if all is so great why are we seeing record use of food banks.. Increased bankruptcies. People are barely paying the bills. And why Justin Trudeau’s numbers are tanking. Well, according to this chief economist-- the numbers don't add up. Three top, former Conservative Cabinet members, one of them Alberta Premier Jason Kenny have come forward to provide information and to testify for the defense in the breach-of-trust case against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. And yet none were called by the RC

Alex is joined by David Snead, President and CEO of the Hanlan-Hyden Society, to discuss the matter of the 'WOW Boy'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Grant Dingwall, founder of Free-My-Booze, to discuss the matter of thousands of unionized employees at the Beer Store urging Premier Doug Ford not to squash the private retailers by expanding brew sales to corner stores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are not serious about justice in this country, so why even pretend? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Richard Warman - human rights lawyer and member of the Canadian Anti-hate Network - to discuss how the City of Hamilton is now investigating how a former leader of one of Canada's most infamous neo-Nazi groups was hired, and has been employed in the IT dept for more than a decade. A basic google check would have revealed his ties to the heritage front. Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel. And still has a hate blog operating that once got him hauled in front of the human rights tribunal. And yet-- he has access to some of the most sensitive and private info of city officials and business.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Ian Lee - Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University - to discuss the U.S., China, and a jittery stock market.   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 STEPHEN HOLYDAY - Deputy Mayor and Councillor for Ward 2 Etobicoke Centre Topics include: The City of Hamilton is now investigating how a former leader of one of Canada's most infamous neo-Nazi groups was hired, and has been employed in the IT dept for more than a decade. A basic google check would have revealed his ties to the heritage front. Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel. And still has a hate blog operating that once got him hauled in front of the human rights tribunal. And yet-- he has access to some of the most sensitive and private info of city officials and business. The fall out of the Norman affair begins. The dribs and drabs of details. And what is clear is that the RCMP didn’t do a full investigation. They didn’t question V-A Norman at all. Nor did they question anyone in the Harper gov that approved the shipping deal, and ultimately it was this info that forced the crown to stay the charges that cl

Should white supremacists get a second chance? Sure. If they deserve it. Mark Lemire does not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Janet Hodgkins, who worked at the local Library in Welland and was apart of the Read in Protest. A group of women were apart of the Read in Protest in order to stop the cuts to library funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Colonel Michelle Drapeau, who specializes in military and veteran law cases.   In a stunning reversal of position, the Crown stayed its charge of breach of trust against the former second-in-command of the Canadian military, admitting it did not have enough evidence to meet the standard of conviction required for the allegation in light of new evidence presented by the defence and third parties in a March 28 meeting between the Crown and Norman’s counsel. 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 ANTHONY FUREY SUN / POSTMEDIA COLUMNIST & NATIONAL COMMENT EDITOR Topics include: VA Marc Norman is a free man after 2 years of being dragged through the courts on a charge that was levelled at him for political reasons, the Unifor did not bring the Oshawa GM back to life, Health Canada lowering the deferral period for men, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Justin Trudeau's Canada corrupt companies shouldn't face justice but decorative officers get destroyed.  So why should we care about what has happened to Vice Admiral Mike Norman?  It's about someone who did the honourable thing and was thrown under the bus by a government that has zero honour or respect for our rule of law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by: Stephen LeDrew Lawyer, Broadcaster Formerly the President of the Liberal Party of Canada Currently a Homemaker Mike Van Soelen Managing Principal at Navigator, a public relations firm Topics include: Federal government cutting back a program that employs those with disabilities who sort and shred government documents. Prime Minister Trudeau is determined to be the world’s bestest feministist by making sure all women have free feminine products in all federal employees… And Max Bernier says it’s not the government’s job to subsidize this--- and no woman cares what any of these men think-- but frankly why is this a national priority? AG- tables a report looking into 5 key areas of government performance and what it seems to confirm is that we have a government that loves the grand gestures but not the day to day governing. Two key findings- -The RCMP isn’t equipped or ready to deal with a big attack. And Canada’s refugee system is plagued with a back

Alex is joined by Dave Ferguson - Executive Director of the Ottawa-Carleton Association of Persons with Developmental Disabilities. The federal government is cutting back a program that employs those with disabilities who sort and shred government documents. Alex and Dave discuss the optics of this, and how it is affecting the employees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices