On Point With Alex Pierson

Offenders looking to get a transfer out of prison and into a healing lodge do not have to prove they are Aboriginal. Instead, they can self-identify. And while Global News has confirmed Terri-Lynne McClintic, a convicted murderer recently transferred from prison to one such lodge, is Aboriginal, it is not clear whether she used that option or proved membership in a First Nations, Metis or Inuit community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Andrew Scheer, Federal leader of the Conservative party, who says if he were prime minister, he’d build the Trans Mountain pipeline by invoking constitutional powers and banning foreign funding from being used to oppose the project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Mike Van Soelen, Principal at Navigator, communications strategist, and commentator, and Kim Wright, Vice President, Public Affairs, Hill+Knowlton for today's counterpoint. Topics include: The latest on child killer Terri-Lynne McClintic, A member of the New Democratic Party uses language not fit for parliament when talking about the Trans Mountain project, former Blue Jays pitcher, Roberto Osuna, appears in a Toronto courtroom, and U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh further denies the sexual assault allegations placed against him.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Rodney Stafford, father of Tori Stafford, who was violently tortured and killed by Terri-Lynne McClintic and Michael Rafferty in April 2009. Since her initial sentencing, McClintic has been moved from a maximum security prison to a minimum security, indigenious healing centre, where she is afforded the luxuries similar to those of a one-bedroom apartment. Stafford's father shares his feelings on this decision as well as his upcoming trip to Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight's Top Talkers are: Jason Chapman - Executive Producer, Global News Radio. Topics include: Former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher, Roberto Osuna, breathes a heavy sigh as he re-appears in a Toronto courtroom. Meanwhile, in a U.S. courtroom, former television star and comedian, Bill Cosby, faces judgement of his own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does the country's system of law turn it's balanced shoulder away from those who are well-known within the public eye? From the kidnapping and killing of an innocent little girl to years of sexaul assualt on helpless victims, should the justice system "sentence" those "celebrities" any different than if a regular person committed those same crimes? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global News Radio Legal Expert Joseph Neuberger joins Alex to speak about a decision made by Ontario Superior Court Justice Shaun Nakatsuru to give a black man a lenient sentence due to racial and poverty issues.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Ann Brocklehurs to discuss the verdict of Dellen Millard who stood to inherit a multimillion-dollar aviation company. He was found guilty of first-degree murder in his father’s death Monday, a ruling that marked his third such conviction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Counterpoint: Monday, September 24th, 2018 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Vic Fedeli, Minister of Finance to discuss how the Liberals' are to be held accountable for a $15-billion deficit.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discussion regarding Julie Piatt and her qualifications as Canada's Governor General.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kaleb Houle is battling cancer for the third time in 4 years, and he's only 13 years old. Alex sits down with his mother Jennifer Houle to hear their story of strength, struggle, and community support.  If you would like to support the family, visit: The Go Fund Me Page at Kalebs Kourage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ticket Master scalper conversation has gone around the world. Alex takes Alan Cross' responses and predictions on the developing conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Jenny Serwylo, the lady whose kitchen was held ransom by a hungry group of raccoons. One particularly pesky raccoon didn't back down from Jenny, even staring her down as it ate her food. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Kristin Raworth, advocate for sexual violence survivors, to talk about how tough it is for the media in the #MeToo movement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Stephen Metelsky, a criminology professor at Mohawk College, to talk about the recent arrest in Hamilton for the last year's murder of mobster, Angelo Musitano. They discuss the implications the arrest have on organized crime in Ontario. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Omar Khan, Vice President, Public Affairs Hill & Knowlton Strategies, Liberal Party Executive, and Melissa Lantsman, VP, Public Affairs Hill & Knowlton, Conservative Strategist for today's edition of Counterpoint. Topics include: Danforth shooting details after police documents are released, carbon taxes and military veterans are being short-changed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Tom Quiggin, a former military intelligence officer, former intelligence contractor for the RCMP and a court appointed expert on jihadist terrorism, to talk about the Danforth shooting. Newly unsealed documents have been released that add more questions to this confusing case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight`s Top Talkers are: Bill Kelly – Global News Radio Hamilton and  Mike Stubbs – Global News Radio London Topics include: The newly-unsealed documents from the Danforth Shooting case as well as the World Anti-Doping Agency’s decision to lift Russia’s three-year doping ban. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ON Point host, Alex Pierson, is joined by Executive Director of Canadians for Clean Prosperity, Mark Cameron, to talk about carbon taxes. A report from the independent group raised questions after it stated that carbon taxes could actually put more money in Canadian’s pockets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices