On Point With Alex Pierson

Alex is joined by Murray Rankin, NDP MP for Victoria, British Columbia, former justice critic and justice committee member, to discuss Tuesday's Justice Committee meeting in Ottawa. Opposition MPs briefly stormed out of the the meeting, after reporters were given a document outlining a Liberal motion to discuss hate crimes the morning after publicly calling for an end to the SNC-Lavalin investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's federal budget day and the Trudeau Liberals are using it as a tactic while playing identity politics, in an attempt to turn the page on the SNC-Lavalin affair. Adding onto it all is the Liberal-majority House of Commons Justice Committee, who says they've heard enough and do not feel it necessary to recall any further witnesses, including former A.G. Jody Wilson Raybould. The question now is if the former Attorney General is kept silent, how honest is her truth? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ales is joined by Belgard, Executive Director of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network who has been has been studying the far-right and anti-Muslim movement and he says ignoring it is nothing short of dangerous.We know that these Neo-Nazi and white nationalist groups hate Jews but are they both devolving at the same time?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Norman Levine, Managing Director at Portfolio Managemnt Corporation to discuss how the Trudeau government will take steps in Tuesday’s federal budget to make home-buying more affordable with changes affecting supply, demand and regulation. Finance Minister Bill Morneau has promised the budget will focus on ways to help improve housing affordability for Canadians, and particularly for millennials, who are now in their mid-20s to late-30s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sure, point the finger of blame at Scheer, but all politicians play footsie with extremism.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Imam Tawhidi, best-selling author who focuses on national security, militant Islamism and anti-semitism. Alex and the Imam talk about how the hatred is spread by identity politics, social media, and an increasingly polarized world.  At the end of the day, the Imam believes these events need to unite us, bring us together and teach us to become people who love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is no excuse or justification of the terror that happened in New Zealand. The politicians that play identity politics and pit one group against another only add fuel to the fire. It was Muslims at a mosque in New Zealand today, but a couple months ago it was Jews at a synagogue in Pittsburgh and in 2015 it was Christians at a church in Charlottesville. No matter the religion, there is no excuse for this hate-fueled terror. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Gaddafis lost Libya in 2011, when rebel fighters captured and killed longtime dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. But the family still holds a small patch of territory in Canada’s largest city. Global News investigative reporter Stuart Bell dug deep into this story, and join's Alex to discuss.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Budget 2019 will be like the Bachelor. A rose for every lady… and the same empty suit in the end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Patricia Adams, an economist and the executive director of Probe International to discuss how Trudeau is making Canada safe for corruption again with the SNC-Lavalin case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by: Stephen LeDrew – Lawyer, broadcaster and former President of the Liberal Party of Canada. & Mike Van Soelen – Managing Principal at Navigator, a public relations and crisis communications organization. Topics include: Global News obtaining a letter sent by Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston MPP, Randy Hillier, several countries banning the Boeing 737 plane, Omar Khadr spending $3 million of his settlement on a strip mall in Edmonton and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joining Alex Pierson for ON Point is Paul Davis, expert on social media safety, to discuss the impending cellphone ban in classrooms. The Ontario government argues that devices in classrooms are distracting students from their studies. Will schools, teachers and principals be able to ban students from using cell phones in September? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The only thing that's correct about our corrections system is that it's royally screwed up. How else can Canada's youngest serial killer be upgraded to a medium security prison. Cody Legebokoff killed four women by the age of 20, but somehow he's been upgraded just a few short years into his life sentence. This is the fourth time in the past few months that a serial killer has been upgraded from a maximum security prison, which shows just how correct our corrections system truly is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Duff Conacher, Coordinator of Democracy Watch, an Independent an Non-Partisan Organization that advocates citizens participation in Public and Government Affairs. They discuss the new federal government actions, Bill C-76 and how it will not stop secret fake online election ads.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex discusses the ongoing controversy over allegations of attempted political interference by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his senior officials in the case of SNC-Lavalin have anti-bribery officials from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development “concerned.” And the anti-bribery officials there warned on Monday they have sent a letter to Canadian authorities noting they will be following the case closely.   “The OECD Working Group on Bribery is concerned by recent allegations of interference in the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin that are subject to proceedings in the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights,” said the OECD in a statement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Bruce McIntosh, Activist and Advocate with the Ontario Autism Coalition to discuss how school boards will get additional money to support students with autism. Ontario’s education minister announced Monday that as hundreds of kids may soon enter school because they will get less funding for therapy. Autism and education advocates said the announcement does little to address a problem of the government’s own making an attempts to turn teachers into therapists. 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, businessman and former Conservative MPP Topics include: Supreme Court turning down SNC Lavalin's bid for a judicial review of the case, Lisa Macleod, the Minister on the autism file, is now on 24/7 security following the arrest of a woman who has uttered threats towards her, American players for women's soccer team file a federal discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. soccer federation and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dalton McGuinty has come out of his hole to take more of your green. As McGuinty's buddy Gerry Butts took centre stage at the SNC Lavalin scam justice committee hearing, McGuinty was pushing another one of his green schemes, this time in the form of a book. He's touring the university scene promoting his new book titled, Climate Change: Can We Win This? Be Honest, attempting to gain as many social justice warriors on his side as he can. 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 & Bill Hutchinson, Former Broadcaster, Journalist, and Seneca Professor  Topics include: Taverner out as OPP commissioner, Ontario to build new GO station at Woodbine Racetrack with private company, Scheer makes election promise to remove GST from home-heating bills, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined with Jason Lietaer, Conservative Strategist and President of Enterprise Canada to discuss Ron Taverner's decision to withdraw from consideration for OPP Commissioner. In a short letter sent Thursday afternoon to the Community Safety Minister, Sylvia Jones, Taverner said the decision to withdraw stemmed from the controversy surrounding his appointment and to protect the integrity of the rank. The 72-year-old Toronto police superintendent is a family friend of Premier Doug Ford, and his appointment set off accusations of political interference in the hiring process for the province’s top policing job. Taverner, who had been in law enforcement for 51 years, said in the letter that he was grateful to have the confidence of the government and believed his experience and skills would have served the public in the best possible way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices