On Point With Alex Pierson

Joining Alex Pierson for ON Point today is Walter Edward Williams, an American economist, commentator and academic. Williams authored a report questioning whether Americans are miseducated, or just stupid. What Williams found is that young people have some troubling views on socialism and communism.

Alex Pierson is joined by Sean O’Shea, Global News Consumer Reporter, to talk about a Woodbridge couple in their 90’s who were pressured to sell their family home. The Henriques family said a real estate agent showed up at their home in 2012 with an offer to buy the family's house. The offer was ignored, but days later the father was pressured into selling the house.

Alex is joined by Bob Richardson, Senior Counsel at NATIONAL Public Relations, and Anthony Furey, Sun / Postmedia columnist & national comment editor. Topics include: The first Ministers meeting having no major walk-outs, but issues arising, Quebec Premier, Legault, refuses to allow any discussion on Energy East, Huawei CFO, Meng Wanzhou, wanted for fraud in U.S., court hears and more.

A parents worst nightmare: someone you don't know driving away with your child. That nightmare was reality for one Ottawa mother. Alex Pierson is joined by Erika Godin, the mother whose Uber drove away with her three-year-old son. 

Tonight's top talkers are: Rick Zamperin - Assistant Program Director, Global News Radio Hamilton & Jason Chapman - Executive Producer, Global News Radio Toronto Topics include: Bill 66, the legislation that has some people in hysterics because it means opening some parts of the Green Belt, Ford government defending changes to child care rules under new bill and Kevin Hart saays he won`t host Oscars after backlash from homophobic tweets.

Economist, Walter Williams, posed the question: are Americans miseducated or just stupid? His report revealed that 51% of American millenials would rather live in a socialist or communist country than a capitalist one. Does that scare you? Well it should. 

Alex is joined by Marc Gordon, Marketing Guru and Customer Experience Expert, to talk about how Tim Horton's are facing backlash from customers after a new coffee-cup-lid concept, aimed to stop leaks, is actually causing more than usual.

Alex is joined by Gordon Chang, American columnist, blogger, television pundit, author and lawyer, to discuss why Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.’s chief financial officer was arrested as part of a U.S. investigation of an alleged scheme to use the global banking system to evade U.S. sanctions against Iran.

Alex is joined by Alise Mills, Strategic Communications, Media Relations Professional and a Political Analyst, to talk about a rally in central Alberta that saw hundreds turn up to demand the construction of a new pipeline as the on-going oil crisis puts an alarming vice around the small western community.

Alex is joined by Steve Buist, Reporter, Hamilton Spectator, to take a closer look into a shocking incident at a French Catholic elementary school that was reportedly centred around a small group bullying a fellow classmate. The student's mother has since pulled him out of the school and is now demanding answers.

Alex is joined by Omar Khan, Vice President, Public Relations, Hill + Knowlton and Melissa Lantsman, Vice President, Public Relations, Hill + Knowlton, for this edition of Counterpoint. Topics include: Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he ready to walk away from the upcoming First Minister's meeting, Trudeau's Liberal's drop an anti-abortion test for summer job funding following backlash, U.S regulators have rejected Hydro One's planned take over of Avista Corp, and the #MeToo movement may be closing doors for women in the workplace instead of opening them.

Alex is joined by David Akin, Global New's Chief Political Correspondent, to talk about what could possibly happen when the nation's Premier's sit down with the Prime Minister in Montreal, this Friday. From the on-going issues with Alberta's oil industry, to a potential recession on the horizon for the Canadian economy, this meeting is setting up to be one of the most tense in recent years.

Tonight's top talkers are: Mike Stubbs - Global News Radio London & Drex - Heard nightly across Global News Radio Topics include: Doug Ford is ready to walk away from the upcoming First Minister's meeting, the #MeToo movement could actually be doing more harm than good for women in the workplace, and an old, familiar problem re-appears at Tim Horton's.

As a meeting between the countries Premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau draws nearer, it has to be asked, "does Trudeau have his priorities in order?". Among the expected topics of discussion will be items such as climate change and inter-provincial trade but nowhere does it mention dialogue on the Alberta oil problem or the countries' economy.

Alex is joined by Ian Lee, Associate Professor at the Sprott School of Business at Carlton University to discuss the Canadian economy. The Bank of Canada keep rate on hold at 1.75%. 

Alex is joined by Tom Quiggin, former military intelligence officer, RCMP advisor, and a court appointed expert on jihadist terrorism in both the Federal and criminal courts of Canada to discuss The head of Canada’s intelligence service warning business leaders Tuesday that foreign states are using a variety of clandestine methods to steal their secrets, putting the economy at risk.

Alex is joined by Anthony Furey, Sun / Postmedia columnist & national comment editor to discuss Federal Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer demanded that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau not sign a UN pact on migration, saying Canada’s immigration policies should not be dictated by an international agreement.

Alex is joined by Mike Van Soelen, Managing Prinicpal at the navigator and John Mraz, former Liberal War Room Director for this edition of Counterpoint. Topics include: Hamilton mother angry after a sexual incendent that occured and the response she got from the school, OSPCA to stop euthanizing dogs who have attacked people, Civil rights advocates question Canada's new imapired driving law, and much more.   

According to media reports a new study finds teachers are taking more sick days now that they can’t bank them and cash them out when they retire.

Alex is joined by Doctor Alain Ptito, Brain Trauma Expert, McGill University, to talk about the real effects that are caused by repeated blows to the head. Following Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Gvozdyk's eleventh round knockout of Stevenson in their recent WBC Light Heavyweight title bout, some medical experts cannot justify boxing as a sport.