On Point With Alex Pierson

In Parliament this week, Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, said Netherlands are 'forever grateful' to Canada for their help in WWII. Rutte gave special thanks to Canadian veteran, 94-year-old Don White, and the ensuing applause showed you just how important this moment was.

The private investigation team hired by the family of murdered billionaires Honey and Barry Sherman will be giving an update into their case this Friday.

Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in Ontario. 

Alex is joined by John Mraz and Jon Dwyer.  Topics include: In what looks like a case of domestic terror. 9 Pipe bombs were sent to the Obamas, Clintons, CNN and George Soros, Senate passes bill that would ban whale, dolphinb captivity in Canada, gun crime, and stategy on returning ISIS members.     

Vandals in Lindsay ransacked the constituency office of Laurie Scott, Ontario’s Minister of Labour overnight Tuesday, hours after the provincial government rolled back labour reforms passed by the previous Liberal government. In a tweet, Premier Doug Ford said someone broke into the office on Lindsay Street North and vandalized it. Scott is the MPP for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock. The front door and windows were smashed and furniture overturned. A wall was spray painted “Attack Workers We Fight Back $15.”

Vandals in Lindsay ransacked the constituency office of Laurie Scott, Ontario’s Minister of Labour overnight Tuesday, hours after the provincial government rolled back labour reforms passed by the previous Liberal government. 

Alex is joined by Chris Alexander, Canadian politican, former diplomat, and former Canadian Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to talk about the continuing fallout surrounding the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Alex is joined by Toronto-based lawyer, Lorne Honickman for this edition of Case and Point. Topics include: A pair of human traffickers are calling their jail sentence of 4 years 'creul and unusual punishment', two Ontario journalists have been acquitted in a case of police obstruction, and an alleged Frederiction gunman cites 'temporary insanity' and claims to be innocent.

Alex is joined by Stephen Lecce, Conservatice MPP for King-Vaughan, and parliamentary assistant to Ontario Premier Doug Ford to discuss what the meaning was behind Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiling the federal government's new carbon tax right in the heart of Ford's own riding of Etobicoke North.

Alex is joined by Michael Diamond, Principal at Upstream Strategy Group and Andy Stinton, Small business man, for this edition of Counterpoint. Topics include: The Trudeau government aims to get Canada in line with a climate plan by way of a carbon tax, bad shipments and reports of slow deliveries headlines Ontario Cannabis Store's first week, the PM says it would cost the country over $1B to cancel arms deals with Saudi Arabia, bagel makers in Montreal may be the hardest hit by the government's latest carbon tax, and a village in New Brunswick faces backlash after raising a 'straight pride' flag.

Alex is joined by Dan McTeague, Senior Petroleum Analyst for GasBuddy to talk about the plan proposed by the federal government that will tax polluters by the tonne while costing the public more at the pumps. Just how much will consumers be affected by this new carbon tax?

Tonight's Top Talkers are: Scott Thompson - Global News Radio Hamilton & Craig Needles - Global News Radio London Topics include: The Ford government is cancelling funding for planned partnership campuses for three colleges in the G.T.A. & less than one week after marijuana becomes legal, Ontario's Cannabis Store can't keep up with the demand.

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got to kill two birds with one stone. He go to announce a new carbon tax and did so in the heart of Ontario Premier Doug Ford's own riding of Etobicoke North. Ford has been a strong opponent of the federal government's tax plans. The plan will push the price of gas up by a few cents, but the government says the public will see that money returned to them via a tax rebate.

Monday is voting day for the municipal election and while Toronto’s election campaign has been uneventful, the races in other municipalities have been full of excitement. Alex talks to John Best, President and Chief Editor, Bay Observer, and Jim Van Horne, Coordinator, Broadcast Journalism / TV News, School of Contemporary Media, Fanshawe College, to talk about the biggest issues for the elections in Hamilton and London respectively.

Alex Pierson is joined by Anthony Furey from the Toronto Sun to talk about a breaking news story coming from Queen's Park via The Sun. Furey tells Alex that the Ontario provincial government is set to table a new bill that would strip returning terrorists of their provincial rights. Would this help you feel safer in your own country?

Alex is joined by Bob Richardson, Senior Counsel at NATIONAL Public Relations, and Anthony Furey, Sun / Postmedia columnist & national comment editor. Topics include: How Dominic LeBlanc wants Doug Ford to focus on his job and not his national ambitions, Canadian woman is arrested in Thailand for spray painting a historic wall and an Ontario school board is reportedly pressuring teachers not to teach To Kill A Mockingbird because it's 'racist'.

Tonight's Top Talkers are: Devon Peacock - Executive Producer, Global News Radio London & Jason Chapman - Executive Producer, Global News Radio Toronto Topics include: Canadian woman who got drunk and spray painted a historic wall in Thailand was arrested and could be facing up to ten years in a Thai prison and a mom who beat her 13-year-old son with a belt after he stole her BMW - is corporal punishment ever okay?

Dominic LeBlanc wants Doug Ford to focus on his job, not his national ambitions of anti-carbon tax crusading. Meanwhile, the federal government has its own problems including illegal border crossers and dumping cannabis regulations to the province. Maybe Liberals should focus on their own job before scrutinizing the province.

Alex is joined by Paul Burns, President & CEO, Canadian Gaming Association to talk about how Wasaga Beach has become the home of Ontario`s latest casino and entertainment complex.