On Point With Alex Pierson

Alex is joined by Dennis Matthews, Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Enterprise Canada, and Omar Khan, Vice President, Public Affairs, Hill + Knowlton Strategies for this edition of Counterpoint. Topics include: The Ontario government is looking to potentially remove the cap on class sizes in the province's grade schools, Justin Trudeau waves away calls to fire Canada's Ambassador to China, Patrick Brown left provincial politics one year ago today and Venezuela's new Interim leader responds to comments by Canadian and U.S. officials as the South American nation verges on collapse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Doretta Wilson, education policy consultant, former Executive Director, SQE-Canada, to talk about the recent announcement by Ontario Education Minister, Lisa Thompson. According to Thompson, consultations are underway to examine the province's classroom sizes and possibly removing caps on class sizes for kindergarten as well as in Grades 1 to 3. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight's top talkers are: Mackay Taggart - News Director, Global News Toronto & Bill Kelly - Global News Radio Hamilton Topics include: Justin Trudeau will not denounce Canada's ambassador to China after comments made regarding Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, and it was one year ago today that Patrick Brown stood before the media and denied reports of sexual misconduct, effectively ending his Ontario Premier campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a face-palm moment, before an audience of Chinese media outlets, Canada's ambassador to China seemingly took charge and exclaimed that there is a good chance Huawei executive, Meng Wanzhou, will beat the extradition charges she currently faces from U.S. officials. That's interesting, when you consider the Liberal government has maintained, ever since Wanzhou's arrest, that there has been no political involvement or intervention in the case. So, why is a member of Justin Trudeau's cabinet saying otherwise? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Teodrose Fikre, Editor Ghion Journal to discuss why identity politics and sectional movements are destroying what we value in this country and why it will destroy pride if we let it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Matthew Fisher, former long time foreign correspondent and war correspondent. Now he is the Resident Visiting Scholar in defence and international affairs at the University of Toronto's Massey College. They discuss how CFO Meng Wanzhou made “strong arguments” about her arrest that has been politicized and that she should not be extradited to the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Adam Oldfield, Global News Radio Tech Expert to discuss driverless cars allowed on Ontario roads.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Bill Hutchison and John Mraz for this edition of Counterpoint. Topics include:  Premier Doug Ford’s claim that Justin Trudeau’s carbon tax will cause a recession, Pride Toronto members won’t allow uniformed police to march in the parade, Canada's ambassador to China says Meng has strong defence to fight extradition, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Jack Mintz to discuss how the Ontario premier Doug Ford said there were already warning signs of difficult economic times ahead and how a carbon tax would kill jobs and hurt productivity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pride Toronto member vote to keep uniformed police officers out of parade.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Michael Taube, syndicated columnist, Troy Media, Contributor, Washington Times to talk about the upcoming federal election and how Justin Trudeau's char offensive may not be enough for him to be seen as the "beacon of hope" for the Canadian middle-class. 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. Topic's include: Serial killer Dellen Millard is appealing the conviction and sentence he faces in his father's murder, a group is challenging a court's ruling on requiring doctor referrals, a baby sitter who was charged as a teen for the alleged sexual assault of a child under 10 is now being tried as an adult and the media could be facing backlash following the coverage of the supposed confrontation between a group of teenagers and a native elder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Jane Gerster, Global News' National Online Journalist - Features, to talk about the story of a 27-year member of the RCMP that took his own life back in 2013. The inquest into the officer's death lasted less than one week and proved very ltitle but it did raise another startling point. Over the past 20 years, over $220M has been spent by the country's national police force on everything from settling lawsuits, inquiries into Mountie mismanagement as well as examinations of the RCMP's use-of-force. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Stephen Ledrew, Toronto-based lawyer and broadcaster, and Jamie Ellerton, Principal, Conaptus Ltd. for this edition of Counterpoint. Topics include: The federal Liberals are not answering questions when asked about the security costs of Saudi teen Rahaf Mohammad, as many as 18,000 illegal asylum seekers crossed the Quebec border last year, Ontario Premier Doug Ford says a carbon tax will cause an economic disaster, and a new Canada food guide encourages Canadian's to follow a diet that could lower your chloesterol while jacking up the totals at the check-outs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Phil Demers, a former Marineland trainer, to talk about how he is continuing a now 6-year long legal battle against amusement park and zoo Marineland after several cases of animal cruelty within the facility were leaked to the public and what the corporation is doing to try and silence him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight's top talker's are: Scott Thompson - Global News Radio Hamilton & Craig Needles - Global News Radio London Topics include: A dog owner is left with questions after video was posted of a canine being left outside a London business in tempertures below minus 20 degrees, Health Canada has unvieled the country's next food guide, and the Liberal government won't say whether or not they'll pay for Rahaf Mohammad's security costs after granting her asylum from Saudi Arabia.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As another federal election looms closer and closer, the narrative seems oddly familiar. Where you have the incumbent Liberals, who see themselves to be all that is right, you have the opposing Conservatives, a party those same Liberals will label all that is...not right. Yet, since assuming office in 2015, Canada's proposed "beacon of hope" has left a lot of us hoping for more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Anthony Furey, Sun / Postmedia columnist & national comment editor to discuss Canada's next-generation wireless networks.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Robby Soave, Reporter and Staff editor Reason, and author of upcoming book - Panic Attack ; Young Radicals in the age of Trump to discuss the viral video of students from a Catholic high school allegedly harassing a Native American veteran after the anti-abortion March for Life rally in Washington.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by J.J. McCullough, BC Based writer/columnist seen on National Post, Washington Post to discuss all the tuition changes annouced lask week.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices