On Point With Alex Pierson

Omar Khan - Vice President, Public Affairs Hill+Knowlton Strategies Anthony Furey, Sun / Postmedia columnist & national comment editor

Bill Kelly - weekdays 9am – 12pm – AM900 CHMLAndrew Lawton - 12 – 3pm – AM980 CFML Both join Alex Pierson to chat about the biggest stories of the day.

Stephen Murdoch - Vice President, Public Relations at Enterprise Canada Media joins Alex Pierson and tells us whether this kind of branding will work for leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Andrew Scheer.

A Hamilton heckler gets a finger wagging from a prime minister who is all act. And the crowds just eat it up. They shouldn’t. Politicians give canned answers. And no one is better at it then Mr. Trudeau. He loves to work crowds. He’s good at it. With sleeves rolled up. Tie loose. He will feel your pain, whatever it may be. And he will make you swoon. And if you interrupt him with a challenge. He’ll turn into a teacher scolding a naughty student. So he was prepared for when Leigh Stewy disrupted his act.Stewy is politically active. She went to this Hamilton Town hall, because that’s what political activists do. Especially when a PM comes to town on a campaign stop we are paying for. You go. You yell. You try to cut through the predictable noise, with the hope that for once, a politician will, be honest. Stewy says she knew he wasn’t coming to her section so she stood up. And while she is being cast as a disruptor, and you may not like her approach, she pressed on important issues. Ethics violations, Clinton f

Personal finance expert Rubina Ahmed-Haq joins 640 Toronto to discuss a study that claims men spend money more frivolously than women.

Eleanor Silverberg  is a social worker, author, speaker, grief specialist, assisting through situational losses. Her book tackles the issues caregivers will face in attending to loved ones with dementia and alzheimer's. 

Jeremy Richler is a GTA and Toronto area corporate lawyer and notary public. He is a sole practicing employment and corporate lawyer Mike Van Soelen  As Managing Principal at Navigator, Mike helps leading organizations reach and engage their most important audiences.

It seems pretty rich that the very group attacking a Canadian Franchise ALSO once found itself cutting benefits and laying off staff when their bottom line called for it. The Ontario federation of labour is leading a charge against Tim Hortons organizing rallies at locations across the Province. Today it was a handful, but they threaten this is only the start. Attacking an individual Canadian franchise, that is controlled by its Brazilian owner, is hardly fair, but to attack random locations, many that have done nothing wrong, is reckless and will hurt the very people they say they are trying to protect. A couple, maybe a handful of Timmie’s franchises cut breaks and benefits. Not all. And they did that because THEIR corporate boss in Brazil wouldn’t’ allow THEM to raise prices to make up for losses due to Kathleen Wynne’s surprise Min wage hike. They broke no labour laws, and are fully within their rights to protect their business. SO punishing all not only shows ignorance, but it makes no sense. Your batt

Michael Diamond, campaign strategist and political commentator, UPSTREAM Strategy GroupAndy Stinton, President News Minute Network Inc, Director You Tube Fan Fest Toronto

Jenn Gerson is a commentator and writer with National Post and discusses why we need to distinguish between sex offenders.

Rachel Fletcher of London, Ontario used to work at Tim Hortons. She says some franchisees started cancelling breaks/benefits back in the summer in preparation for the rise in minimum wage.

Alzheimer Society of Canada CEO, Pauline Tardif

Mark Serre is the owner of the Morrissey House in London. The restaurant will give women discount from menu prices, as a nod to pay inequity. 

Scott Thompson – AM900 CHML Hamilton 12p-3p; Craig Needles – 980 News London 9am – 12pm join Alex to chat about some of the day's biggest stories.  

Have we forgotten how to treat those with dementia? Or did we ever really know at all? Unless you have had a loved one inflicted with the cruel disease it’s hard to understand its devastating impact. Not just on the inflicted person who dies a little more each day but those around them who have to cope with this new normal. My Step dad just died after 12 agonizing years of this thief disease. He was vibrant, funny and LOVED to work. He loved a good party and if you didn’t invite him he’d invite himself and make your event even better. He was a rarity. A caricature. Then one day he came home with a strange tale that lobsters were crawling on his wall and he had been involved in a bank robbery. That was the day we had to admit Ted was being taken by Dementia. From there, the Ted I knew. Who I got into mischief with. Who made everyone laugh was no longer the Ted I knew. It changed everything. And everyone around him. He continued to work- but eventually couldn’t make sense of his business. He continued to driv

Vince Gasparro and Jenni Byrne go head-to-head and discuss the stories making news today.

The seeds of division are sewn and the blame belongs to you Premier! The minimum wage spike has been in effect just a few days and already the bad news, that was predicted, is making headlines. Businesses big and small are notifying customers of price hikes, employees are being let go or told no more freebies. Yes-, everyone deserves a fair wage. Period. Most can’t keep up with our ever increasing costs of living. Especially when it’s the government that’s increasingly the cause. At every level, we are nickel and dimed of every dollar we earn with “fee’s, revenue tools, tolls. AKA—Taxes. Oddly, the governments never seem to stop taking, their remedy is always the same. Make someone else pay. And in this case it’s business owners across Ontario. It’s easy to vilify giants like McDonalds and Tim Hortons for cutting costs and staff. They are, after all part of the evil 1 %, except that’s just not true. Individual franchisees own these businesses. Everyday people who live in our community’s. Moms and dads who

Elissa Freeman joins Alex to discuss the newest initiative which is supposed to help victims of Hollywood sexual assault

Scott Radley – Hamilton Spectator sports columnist and host of The Scott Radley Show on 900CHML joins ON Point and talks about the legacy of the late Johnny Bower.

Personal finance expert Rubina Ahmed-Haq joins Global News Radio to discuss why Canadians continue to pay high bank fees, and what keeps them loyal to the big five.