On Point With Alex Pierson

Alex is joined by John Wright, author to discuss why Trudeau has negative polling and  the impact from the gas plant scandal.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In attacking Jody Wilson-Raybould integrity, Trudeau has destroyed his own party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, to discuss the backlash from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's comments on the resignation of Veteran Affairs Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Lorne Honickman, Global News Radio Legal Expert, for this edition of Case and Point. Topics include: Justin Trudeau responds to the resignation of Veterans Affairs Minister, Jody Wilson-Raybould, what could happen in the days following and how two ongoing court cases, involving the PMO, could restrict the release of information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Emma Sandri, News Editor, The Eyeopener, Ryerson University's student newspaper, to discuss the recent vote within the University's student union to impeach current union president Ram Ganesh as well as suspend Savreen Gosal, Vice President of Operations. The vote comes amid a recent investigation into the student body's spending of over $700,000. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Mike Van Soelen, Managing Principal, Navigator Communications and Stephen Ledrew, Toronto-based lawyer and broadcaster for this edition of Counterpoint. Topics include: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds to the resignation of Jody Wilson-Raybould, another winter storm blasts through Toronto, police have identified the "chair tosser" suspect, the parents of Alexandre Bissonnette have penned an open letter questioning the severity of their sons sentence and a deal has been inked between the City of Toronto and the province of Ontario on framework detailing the upload of the TTC to the province. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Monte Solberg, New West Public Affairs and former Cabinet Minister under Stephen Harper, to dissect the latest details surrounding Veterans Affairs Minister, Jody Wilson-Raybould's resignation from the federal cabinet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight's Top Talkers are: Mike Stubbs - Global News Radio London & Scott Thompson - Global News Radio Hamilton Topics include: Snow days seem to be in as Toronto and most of Southern Ontario gets hit with yet another winter storm and Jody Wilson-Raybould, Canada's Veteran Affairs Minister and former Attorney General has resigned from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's federal cabinet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Early Tuesday evening, Jody Wilson-Raybould, veterans affairs minister, resigned from the federal cabinet amid the ongoing controversy between the Trudeau government and Montreal-based engineering and construction firm, SNC-Lavalin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Brad Poulos, Cannabis Business Expert, Instructor Ryerson University, Ted Rogers School Of Business to discuss how four months after recreational cannabis sales became legal in Canada, stores are running out of the product.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Michael Taube, public affairs analyst and political commentator, and a former speech writer for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to discuss Ontario's new Autism plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Michael Bryant, Executive Director and general counsel for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association to discuss how Federal Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion will investigate claims that the Prime Minister's Office pressured former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to help Quebec engineering firm SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Adam Oldfield, Global News Radio Tech Expert to discuss a new hacking method. Social engineering fraud typically happens through email, phone, or text or through online chat windows. Hackers use charm and persuasion to convince a customer service representative they are actually the account holder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined Andy Stinton, small business man and Michael Diamond campaign strategist and political commentator, UPSTREAM Strategy Group. Topics include: The ethics commissioner has launched an investigation saying there are sufficient grounds to investigate this SNC, Cirque du Soleil has unveiled plans to take over part of Ontario Place as they bring their show Alegria to Toronto on Sept. 12, Four months after recreational cannabis sales became legal in Canada, stores are running out of the product, a woman throws chair from off the balcony from a condo that is beside the QEW, Lindsay Shepard, the Wilfrid Laurier student professor, fired for showing a Steve Paikin video with a clip of Jordan Peterson to her class, an Ohio teen – frustrated by years of arguing with his anti vaxxing moms stance on inoculation used his 18th birthday as the opportunity to finally decide he wanted to get vaccinated, but didn’t know how, and much more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justin Trudeau could clear up this whole mess-- and simply let JRW talk-- but he won’t as long as he can hide behind it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Rubina Ahmed-Haq, Global News Radio Personal Finance Expert to discuss Canada’s largest real estate board is calling on Ottawa to revisit whether a stricter mortgage stress test introduced last year is still needed, arguing that the policy has negatively impacted the economy and Toronto’s once red-hot housing market.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined byJohn Mraz and Bill Hutchison. Topics include: Ford government announces long overdue changes to autism funding. Mayor John Tory wants a review of snow removal operations following last week’s storm. B’nai Brith issuing a tweet saying; Our investigation has revealed that Martin Masse, a senior advisor to PPC leader @MaximeBernier, defended Nazi sympathizers, made misogynistic statements about “femi-fascists” and said #Zionism is a “fancy justification for killing Palestinians.”. Come hell or high water, Omar Khadr is going to get his freedom. Nathalie Lemieux applauded Quebec Premier François Legault’s opposition to designating an anti-Islamophobia day in Quebec, and said fear of Islam is a problem invented by Justin Trudeau’s federal Liberals.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by PC MPP Amy Fee, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services to discuss how Ontario is overhauling its autism program in an attempt to clear a waiting list of 23,000 children, but families and advocates say that backlog will be eliminated at the expense of the amount and quality of treatment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Lorne Honickman, Global News Radio Legal Expert, for this edition of Case and Point.  Topics include: Crown prosecutors are calling for consecutive life sentences in the case of serial killer Bruce McArthur and the mother of Kaden Young, the child who was swept away during a 2018 flood in Orangeville, has her request denied for her trial to be put over to March 23rd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Adam Oldfield, Global News Radio`s Tech Expert, to discuss court documents that says one of Canada’s best-known cryptocurrency exchanges, does not have access to $190-million worth of customers’ funds and is seeking creditor protection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices