On Point With Alex Pierson

Tonight's top talkers are: Rick Zamperin - Assistant Program Director, Global News Radio Hamilton & Tasha Kheiriddin – Host, Global News Radio Toronto Topics include: Conservative Leader Andew Scheer says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is the most divisive Prime Minister in Canadian history and the Finance Department doesn't expect to have a balamced budget until 2040.  

If Spinal Tap could rate the volume of 2018, it would be one louder than any other year. This year's news cycle has been chaotic and relentless. It seemed like every day had a big news story that shocked everyone, then the next day, another shocking story surfaced that overshadowed the previous story. Let's all hope that in 2019 the volume goes down, at least back to 10.

Alex is joined by David Shipley, President/CEO of Beaucron Security and Global News Radio Cyber Security Expert, to discuss the alleged Chinese hacking campaign. Canada and several of our allies were targeted in an intrusive hacking attack on big corporations. How are we just learning about this two years after the fact? After all of these findings, how is China still in the running to be the backbone of Canada's 5G network?

Alex Pierson is joined by Erzabet Almassy and Lorne Waldman for ON Point tonight. Erzabet is the mother of the Hamilton family who are facing deportation to Hungary after 7 years living in Canada, and she is with her immigration lawyer, Lorne Waldman of Waldman & Associates. Erzabet's family is the type that Canada wants, so why is she facing deportation?

Alex Pierson is joined by Sterling Cripps, Founder and President of Canadian Unmanned Incorporated, a highly specialized UAV / drone training and support company, to talk about Gatwick airport closing. The airport closed due to drones. How can drones shut down an entire airport in 2018?

Alex is joined by Kim Wright, Vice President Public Affairs at Hill and Knowlton Strategies and Melissa Lantsman, Vice President Public Affairs at Hill and Knowlton Strategies. Topics include: Report surfaces that Canada and several of our allies were targetted by China in an intrusive hacking attack back in 2016, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won't say whether he thinks Western alienation is growing, new rules are out on edibles, which are legal next October 17th and more.

Alex Pierson is joined by David Perry, CEO of Investigative Solutions Network Inc. and a former member of the Toronto Police Service, to discuss the newly announced Toronto Community Healing Project. Bill Blair announced that 6.7 million dollars were given to the project, but is that enough money? What will the Healing Project do and what impact will it have on the violence in the city?

Tonight's Top Talkers are: Bill Kelly - Global News Radio Hamilton & Mike Stubbs - Global News Radio London Topics include: President of the Unifor union, Jerry Dias, may be giving false hope to GM workers in the Oshawa plant and Canada and several of our allies were targetted in an intrusive hacking attack on big corporations. 

The activism that created the oil crisis definitely won't be fixing it. The oil crusaders who are campaigning for the oil to flow are the same people who have been anti-oil for years. Can we really believe them? Or is this just another political activism campaign designed to get votes?

Alex is joined by Adam Oldfield, Global News Radio Technology Expert to discuss how Facebook gave companies such as Apple, Amazon and Yahoo extensive access to users’ personal data, effectively exempting them from the company’s usual privacy rules, according to a New York Times report.   

Alex is joined by Ali Taghva Editor in Chief for The Post Millennial- to discuss how Charlie Angus sent shockwaves through Twitter by describing Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Premier as “White Trash.”

Alex is joined by Paul Davis, Educator on Social Media, Bullying, Sexting, Child pornograph to discuss the St. Michaels College School investigations. 

Alex is joined by Bill Hutchison, and John Mraz. Topics include: Liberals looking national basic income as a way to help Canadians cope with job instability, Toronto police arrest another student, lay additional charges in St. Michael`s College School investigation, Quebecers prefer to import oil from Western Canada, according to Leger poll, and much.   

Alex is joined by Joe Nebeurger to discuss how Toronto Police have arrested five students from St. Michael`s College School. Four of whom were already accused in a separate incident, in connection with another alleged sexual assault at the all-boys private school.

Charlie Angus, a has sent shockwaves through Twitter by describing Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Premier as “White Trash.”  

Alex is joined by Julian David Stone, author, to talk about his highly-anticipated coffee book: No Cameras Allowed: My Career as an Outlaw Rock and Roll Photographer. In the book, Stone details a career, that has been highlighted by covering such performers as Prince, The Ramones, and Talking Heads amongst others.

Alex is joined by Lorne Honickman, Global News Radio Legal Expert, for this edition of Case and Point. Topics include: Serial killer Dellen Millard must serve 75 years behind bars before being eligible for parole and military officials say commanding officers intentionally left out former Vice-Admiral Mark Norman's name in documentation related to ship-building contracts that are under investigation.

Alex is joined by Demian Newman, President, Newman Sales and Marketing Inc. to talk about an open letter, penned by Newman, in which he asks those Canadians arguing against the idea of building more pipelines in Western Canada, to consider what the country will do if the nation's oil industry ceased operations entirely?

Alex is joined by Stephen Ledrew, Toronto-based lawyer, broadcaster and Michael Diamond, campaign strategist, political commentator, Upstream Strategy Group for this edition of Counterpoint. Topics include: Justin Trudeau seems to be changing his mind on keeping an arms deal with Saudi Arabia, Alberta has been handed a $1.6 billion aid package by the federal government, Premier Doug Ford isn't happy with how his O.P.P. appointment was treated and an overwhelming amount of parents want sex-ed back in Ontario classrooms.

Alex is joined by Rod Flick, Business Development Manager, Armatec, to discuss why the federal government is looking for a way out of their $13 billion agreement with Saudi Arabia. This move comes, despite the fact Trudeau himself warned of "huge penalties" should anyone consider a similar move.