The Alex Pierson Show

Jodi Wilson Raybould is not a Conservative, why would she join the party. She shouldn’t. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joining Alex Pierson for ON Point is Cyndee Todgham Cherniak, founding lawyer of Lexsage - a boutique international trade law firm, to discuss the possibilities of a global trade war. In the past few years global trade has been brought into question. Overseas, Brexit has more questions than answers, and things aren't much better here in North America. American and Chinese tariffs have been introdu...

What do you get for speaking your truth in Justin Trudeau's Liberal party - you get fired. Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott are now both out of the liberal caucus and will sit as independents. Both Wilson-Raybould and Philpott received minimal support from liberal party members who questioned their ethics. If ethics were of concern, then how come the liberals still support Justin Trudeau? Le...

Peter Sherman in for Alex Pierson is joined by Jean Twenege, Author of I-Gen, to discuss how Americans are having less sex then ever. U.S. adults reporting no sex in the past year reached an all-time high in 2018. But among the 23 percent of adults — or nearly 1 in 4 — who spent the year in a celibate state, a much larger than expected number of them were 20-something men, according to the latest...

Peter Sherman is in for Alex Pierson and he is joined by Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre to discuss how Conservatives are launching their fourth filibuster of the past year and their second over Liberal limits on the probe into the SNC-Lavalin scandal that has been engulfing the government for the past two months. But this time, their filibustering member is flying solo. In a press release Monday...

Peter Sherman who is in for Alex Pierson is joined with Craig Damian Smith, Associate Director of the Global Migration Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. They discuss how Canada and the United States are closer to redrawing the Safe Third Country Agreement covering asylum seekers, as Ottawa looks to stem the flow of refugee claimants crossing between authorized points of e...

Joining Alex Pierson is Mark Calzavara from the Ontario Council of Canadians. Mark was with the Grassy Narrow Protesters at Wednesday night's event when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau mocked the protesters. Trudeau built his political campaign on reconciliation, but those efforts were not reflected in his comments. Mark Calzavara speaks about Trudeau's comments as well as the Liberal government's r...

There are bombshells and then there are what we heard today. We knew we were getting an updated statement from Jody Wilson-Raybould, but what we are learning from the secret recording moves the SNC-Lav scam to a whole new level. The tape backs Wilson-Raybould's allegations that she was pressured to get a deal done for SNC Lavalin. It doesn't just back JWR's allegations, it proves that everything s...

Joining Alex Pierson for ON Point is Colonel Lee Hammond, the man behind the GoFundMe page for Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Norman is facing a David vs. Goliath fight against the government to defend himself. To fight the seemingly endless funds of the government, Norman is dealing with massive legal fees. To help Vice-Admiral Norman, Colonel Hammond started a GoFundMe page to raise $500,000 to help...

First Nations people are drinking poisonous water, but apparently Trudeau can find a good punch line out of it. The very people that Prime Minister Trudeau built his political campaign around are the ones he's now mocking. If this is how he talks in his personal life, can we really trust what he says in his public life? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Dave Perry, Former Homicide Detective to discuss 22-year-old Chinese national who was kidnapped from a Markham parking garage has been found safe in Gravenhurst. York Regional Police Const. Andy Pattenden told reporters Wanzhen Lu walked up to a home on Doe Lake Road before 9 p.m. on Tuesday to ask for help. “He knocked on the door of the residence and a homeowner found him there...

Alex is joined by Lisa Raitt, Deputy Minister of the Conservative Party to discuss The Manitoba Bar Association (MBA). It has has issued a blistering statement in support of a top judge after reports relayed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s concerns about him when Trudeau’s ex-attorney general recommended the judge be elevated to Canada’s highest court. On Monday, leaks by anonymous sources to CTV...

Amid ongoing talks between the Ontario government and the City of Toronto about uploading the TTC’s subway system, newly released documents from the province raise the possibility of major changes to several transit projects. Toronto city council is set to vote during its meeting on Wednesday on whether to spend $2 million towards hiring additional staff and obtaining third-party advice as negotia...

Alex is joined by David Moscrop, author, political theorist, contributor, Washington Post and MacLean's, to talk about his latest book "Too Dumb for Democracy". The book covers an array of topics, across several international political landscapes. From Brexit, to Donald Trump and even Ford Nation, the book asks why me make irrational political decisions and whether our stone-age brains can process...

Alex is joined by Matthew Fisher, long-time foreign and war correspondent, resident visiting scholar for foreign military policy at Massey College at the University of Toronto, to take a closer look at China's expanding ban on Canadian canola imports. Earlier this month, Winnipeg-based Richardson International Ltd. had its export permit revoked and now Regina-based Viterra Inc has also seen it's s...

It will come to the surprise of few that politicians are anything but nice to each other. Once inside the halls of the House of Commons or Queen's Park, in many cases, the gloves are off and decorum is usually tossed out with them. A recent interaction between PC MPP Roman Baber and former Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has renewed calls for decorum inside the provincial legislature. Learn more ab...

Alex is joined by Dave Perry, Former Homicide Detective and Global News Radio Crime Expert to discuss how  Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown said he demands answers from the federal government after Peel Regional Police announced that a woman with multiple sexual assault convictions will be living in the city. Peel police said 36-year-old Madilyn Harks, formerly known as Matthew Harks, was moved to the...

Alex is joined by Charles Ortel, Investor and writer specializing in economics to discuss that there was no evidence that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. According to the U.S. attorney general’s summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation — though Mueller stopped short of exonerating the president on obstruction allegations. Learn m...

A tanker ban that will further kill the oil sands and the Liberal led senate to cut Alberta out of the conversation.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joining Alex Pierson for ON Point is Lorne Honickman, Global News Radio Legal Expert, to talk about the Humboldt Broncos bus crash sentencing. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was given eight years in prison for killing 16 people in the bus crash last year. The sentencing was tough compared to past cases, but was it tough enough?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Pierre Poilievre, Conservative Finance Critic, to talk about Jody Wilson-Raybould's letter to the Justice Committee. She has texts, emails and other written statements that would fill in the holes left by Gerry Butts and Michael Wernick. Wilson-Raybould's submission to the committee could be published to the public, but it may take a while. Learn more about your ad choice...

When it comes to vehicular killings in this country, we aren't serious enough. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was given eight years for killing 16 people in the Humboldt bus crash last year. Six months per life taken. In legal circles this is considered a tough sentence, but considering he is eligible for parole after only three years, the sentence seems much too soft.  Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Freelance photojournalist, Andrew Collins joined ON Point to talk about a police investigation at Brock University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every time you think the SNC Lavalin scam is fading out of the public eye, something new happens. Former Minister, Jane Philpott, broke her silence in a scathing new article in Maclean's. She states that there are many more things herself and Jody Wilson-Raybould have to say, but Prime Minister Trudeau is trying to shut them down.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Lou Berkovitz, Global News Radio Real Estate Expert to discuss the the new mortgage incentive, Home Buyer’s Plan boost under 2019 budget. Can’t afford to buy a house? The government may take on part of the cost. That is the gist of the boldest proposal that Budget 2019 puts forth to help more middle-income Canadians fulfill their homeownership dream. Under the new CMHC First-Time...