On Point With Alex Pierson

Alex is joined by Andy Stinton, Small Business Man and Michael Diamond, campaign strategist and political commentator, UPSTREAM Strategy Group. Topics include:  Ontario doctors will be in court to challenge a ruling that found physicians must give referrals for medical services that clash with their moral or religious beliefs, Doug Ford says Trudeau's carbon tax will cause recession, Chinese authorities mistreating Canadian detainees, 29 homicides in Ontario long-term care homes in past six years, and much more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Yvonne Cunnington, Volunteer and donor, Dying with Dignity Hamilton to discuss assissted suicide. Arleen Reinsborough’s fear of nursing homes has her determined to seek assisted suicide due to many chronic health issues.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New York Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the Jewish community needs to be protected amid its concerns about anti-Semitism coming from the White House.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joining Alex for On Point is Lyle Stein, Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager - VestCap Investment, to talk about the Canadian economy. A top U.S. hedge fund is shorting Canadian banks because of the slowing housing market. They believe that a major recession could be on the rise. Every economy works as a cycle, so is Canada just in a downturn or are there more underlying issues? 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 the financial implications of paying for university in Ontario. After Doug Ford announced cutbacks to OSAP programs, students are outraged. Should students be protesting or should they be reconsidering which post-secondary path they're choosing to take? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Anthony Furey, Sun / Postmedia columnist & national comment editor and Jon Dwyer, Director, Aereus Technologies Inc. Topics include: Doug Ford naming former Mississauga mayor, Hazel McCallion, as a special advisor to the premier and minister of municipal affairs and housing, students out protesting post-secondary education after Doug Ford announces cutbacks to OSAP programs, former Blue Jays player and sports broadcaster Greg Zaun is speaking out 14 months after getting caught up in 'me too' allegations and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight's top talkers are: Rick Zamperin – News and Sports Director, Global News Radio Hamilton – Noon – 3pm & Jason Chapman – Executive Producer, Global News Radio Toronto Topics include: Doug Ford appointing former Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion as a special advisor to the premier and minister of municipal affairs and housing, 14 months after getting caught up in 'me too' allegations, former Blue Jays and sports broadcaster Greg Zaun is speaking out and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Identity politics is alive and well. Karen Wang was the liberal representitive for the Burnaby South by-election up until she was ousted for her comments online. In a riding with a large Chinese population, Wang made it clear that she was the only Chinese representitive, going against the "diversity is strength" liberal tagline that got Trudeau elected in the first place.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam Cooper National Online Journalist, Investigative, Global News joins Alex to discuss whether the money-laundering investigation in B.C. is connected at all to Ontario’s gaming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sr. David Jacobs is an MD. Radiologist and member of Coalition of Ontario Doctors joins ON Point to talk about the Ontario government's proposed cuts to the excessive healthcare bureaucracies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kieran Moloney, President, Carleton University Campus Conservatives joins ON Point to discuss the new ability to opt-out of non-tuition fees in the new post secondary education plan introduced by the PC government today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Peter Sherman is joined by Dave Perry, Global News Radio Crime and Security  AnalystIn to discuss a report relaeased Wednesday. The Ontario Special Investigations Unit said the gunman who opened fire in Toronto’s Greektown last July, killing two and injuring 13, had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Sherman is joined by Tom Quiggin, former military intelligence officer, RCMP advisor, and a court appointed expert on jihadist terrorism  discuss' a person of "national security concern" was granted permanent residency "due to a series of failures" by the Canadian border agency and immigration department. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Sherman is joined by Steve Clark,  MPP Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes and the Minister of Municipal Affairs to discuss Ontario's proposal to change the Greater Golden Horseshoe's growth plan. The government says it would make it easier and faster to build housing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Marvin Junkin, Mayor of Pelham, Ontario, to talk about some of the issues that his constituents have brought forward in regards to the bright lights and overwhelming odours that are stemming from the many cannabis production sites, that have sprouted up in the region. 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 & Point. Topics include: Unsealed documents from the Danforth shooting reveal some scary new details about the gunman responsible, a former Liberal Premier's chief of staff has been sentenced to four months in prison, Bruce McArthur is scheduled to appear in court this week and two Toronto cops caught partying could be in big trouble. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Sean Bruyea, served as an Intelligence Officer in the Canadian Air Force for 14 years, to talk about the latest federal Liberal cabinet shuffle that see's the current Minister of Justice and Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould, being re-assigned as the new Veteran Affairs Minister. Many are calling the move a demotion for Wilson-Raybould, while most veterans see the move as yet another placeholder taking the mantle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Jon Dwyer, Director, Aereus Technologies Inc. and Stephen Ledrew, Toronto-based lawyer and broadcaster for this edition of Counterpoint. Topics include: China blasts Canada for "irresponsible remarks" made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, should a Canadian boycott on Huawei products be used as a response, A U.S/Saudi Arabian lobby group warns Canada's relations with Arab-Muslim countries may be dwindling, police documents reveal the Danforth shooter had a stocked weapons cache inside his own home, a top aide to former Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, is behind bars and the Ford government has unveiled a plan to review all 82 provincial municipalities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Erin O'Toole, Conservative MP for Durham Region, Shadow Minister, Foreign Affairs and International Development to discuss the on-going situation between Canadian and Chinese officials that is now getting out-of-hand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices