On Point With Alex Pierson

Tonight's Top Talkers are: Rob Breakenridge from Global News Radio 770 in Calgary and Devon Peacock, Executive Producer at Global News Radio 980 in London   Topics include the Robert Latimer appeal, Twitter's fake account purge, and the feud between Ahmed Hussen and Lisa MacLeod. 

CEO of the Ontario Safety League Brian Patterson joins Alex to speak about how 2018 has turned out to be a deadly year for crashes involving transport trucks. 

Insert Marketing founder and young entrepreneur Massimo Grisafi talks to Alex about an upcoming event in Woodbridge he's developed.

Global News Radio Personal Finance Expert Rubina Ahmed-Haq joins Alex to talk about a new report that may indicated a surge in GTA house prices. 

Global News Radio Legal Expert Lorne Honickman joins Alex to speak about the Latimer case and whether it should change given that assisted suicide is now legal. 

With 28 years of experience with the Toronto Police Service, CEO of Investigative Solutions Network Inc. David Perry provides some insight into today's major police presence in the downtown core. 

Joining Alex for this night's edition of Counterpoint are: Omar Khan - Vice President, Public Affairs Hill+Knowlton Strategies and a Liberal Party Executive and Melissa Lantsman - Vice President, Public Affairs Hill+Knowlton and Conservative Party Strategist Topics include Doug Ford's Hydro One announcement, his rollback of Ontario's sex-ed curriculum, and today's increased police presence in the downtown core.

American gang expert Sid Rosen joins Alex to talk about the city's plan to deploy more offices to priority areas in order to combat rising gun violence. 

Tonight's Top Talkers are: Bill Kelly, weekdays 9am – 12pm on AM900 CHML  and Mike Stubbs, 12 – 3pm on AM980 CFPL  Topics include Doug Ford's throne speech, his plan to roll back the sex-ed curriculum, as well as a mysterious unconfirmed threat that brought out Toronto police today.   

The Toronto Sun's Editor-in-Chief Adrienne Batra joins Alex to speak about the provincial government's plans for the future of Ontario. 

Doug's not importing nuns into Ontario schools. 

Alex is joined by Rick Peterson of Peterson Capital to talk about the Suits and Boots campaign. 

Matthew Fisher is a former longtime foreign correspondent and war correspondent and now the Resident Visiting Scholar in defence and international affairs at the University of Toronto's Massey College and he speaks with Alex about the current NATO summit and Donald Trump's call for other nations to increase defense spending.

Lyle Stein, Managing Director at Vestcap Investment Management Inc, joins Alex to talk about the Bank of Canada's decision to raise rates.

Joining Alex tonight are: John Mraz – Former liberal war room director and Bill Hutchison - Journalism professor at Seneca. Former broadcaster CTV Topics include Doug Ford's Hydro One announcement and Ontario's return to the 1998 sex ed curriculum in schools. 

Alex speaks with Prince Edward County Mayor Robert Quaiff about the potential cancellation of White Pine Wind Farm. 

Those better be some really nice cushions.

Former search and rescue diver, wreckmaster and private investigator Derrick Snowdy joins Alex to speak about the end of the rescue mission of the Thai soccer team.

Global News Radio Legal Expert Lorne Honickman joins Alex to speak about some of the biggest law stories of the past week.