The Alex Pierson Show

How can there be no motive to the Danforth Shooting? And since when do we have secretive police investigations? Alex is joine by Dave Perry, Global News Radio Crime and Security Analyst to discuss the Danforth Shooting investigation.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by: Andy Stinton, Small Business Man & Michael Diamond, campaign strategist and political commentator, UPSTREAM Strategy Group Topics include: Jody Wilson-Raybould will testify and how she holds Trudeau’s fate in her hands, Ontario Provincial Police Deputy Commissioner Brad Blair who had wanted the top job given instead to Ron Taverner,  is now threa...

Alex is joined by Andrew Sheer, Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Official Opposition to discuss how Jody Wilson-Raybould will testify. She is however limited to certain areas. The PM has waived some restrictions  But she did issue a statement today asking for a 30 minute to open up her testimony. Meaning she has 30 minutes to speak her truth. Which puts her in an incredibly power...

Lavscam is about more than just one woman. It speaks to who we are as a country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Teodrose Fikre, co-founder, editor and independent observer, the Ghion Journal, to take a closer look at the case involving Empire actor Jussie Smollett, who was charged with felony disorderly conduct Wednesday evening for allegedly lying to Chicago police on Jan. 29. In the report, the actor, who is openly gay, said he was attacked by two masked men who yelled racist and homopho...

Alex is joined by Jason Lietaer, President, Enterprise, to talk about Canada’s top public servant, Michael Wernick, who has expressed concerns that someone could be assassinated during the coming federal election campaign given the rise of disturbing political discourse. Speaking before a House of Commons justice committee to address the SNC-Lavalin affair, Wernick said he is “deeply concerned” ab...

Alex is joined by Kristin Raworth, Alberta civil servant and one of Hehr's accusers, to discuss the fact that after a year-and-a-half of bringing sexual harassment allegations against the Calgary Centre representative forward, the conclusive results of a third-party investigation have never been released. Raworth, alongside a second accuser, are willing to waive privacy in order to see the results...

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by: Omar Khan - Vice President, Public Affairs, Hill+Knowlton Strategies  & Melissa Lantsman - Vice President, Public Affairs, Hill+Knowlton Strategies  Topics include: Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick, Canada's top public servant, spoke before the justice committee and highlighted concerns over the possibility of an assassination attempt during t...

Alex is joined by Michael Taube, Washington Post columnist and political commentator, to talk about the recent Liberal cabinet meeting in which, former Attorney General Jody Wilson Raybould, outlined her concerns over the handling of the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin. One day later, Jody Wilson Raybould rose and spoke in the House of Commons saying she hopes to have her solicitor-client privilege wai...

Tonight's Top Talkers are: Bill Kelly - Global News Radio Hamilton (9am-12pm ET) & Drex - Host, The Shift with Drex, Corus Radio Network (1am-5am ET) Topics include: Canada's top public servant testified before the justice committee and stated concerns over the possibility of an assassination attempt during the upcoming federal election and Empire actor Jussie Smollet has been criminally charged f...

He tried to push his name and his career forward but in the process, caused a media firestorm and potentially damaged the stories of assault survivors to boot. After appearing on seemingly any talk show that would take him and attempt to perpetuate the story that he had been the victim of a racially-charged attack, Empire actor Jussie Smollet was found guilty of criminal misconduct. Investigators...

Alex is joined by Jennifer Quaid to discuss how Trudeau apologized to Jody Wilson-Raybould.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Doretta Wilson, Former Executive Dir. of SQECanada, education policy consultant, passionate education reformer. Ontario’s education minister is defending the $140,000 salary for a failed Tory candidate to lead a standardized testing organization – a job that was previously a part-time appointment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by: John Mraz & Bill Hutchison Topics include: Suspended Ontario PC MPP says comments on autism weren’t directed at parents, B.C. measles outbreak, Jussie Smollett charged with filing a false report, and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Monique Taylor, MPP to discuss how the province announced its new “childhood budget” on Feb. 6. The new program will give a child diagnosed with autism who enters the program at the age of two as much as $140,000 by the time that child is 18.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Buzzfeed is going to police fake news for the Canadian election. Alec believes they should start policing themselves first.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Rubina Ahmed-Haq, Global News Radio Personal Finance Expert, to discuss Payless ShoeSource Canada Inc, who says it will soon file for creditor protection in Canada and close all 2,500 of its North American stores this spring. According to the company's chief restructuring officer Stephen Marotta, the closures are happening because a prior reorganization left the company “ill-equi...

Alex is joined by Lorne Honickman, Global News Radio Legal Expert, for this edition of Case and Point. Topics include - Justin Trudeau's right-hand-man resigns, Jody Wilson-Raybould turns heads on Parliament Hill after appearing at a cabinet meeting, a Montreal judge has thrown out the charges against a SNC executive, the man accused in the Eaton Centre shooting has been found guilty and a B.C. ma...

Alex is joined by Glenn Carritt, Innisfail, Alberta Councillor and convoy organizer, to talk about the hundreds of semi-trailers, pickup trucks, cars and buses that rolled into Ottawa on Tuesday, to protest the federal government’s policies on the oil industry. The main portion of the United We Roll Convoy set out from Red Deer, Alta., last Thursday and made stops in Regina, Dryden, Thunder Bay, a...

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by: Mike Van Soelen - Principal at Navigator, communications strategist and commentator & Stephen Ledrew - Toronto-based lawyer and broadcaster Topics include: In a political double-whammy, Jody Wilson-Raybould makes an appearance at a cabinet meeting in Ottawa, despite resigning from said cabinet just days earlier and an SNC executive has charges ag...

Alex is joined by Alise Mills, Strategic Counsel & Crisis Communications, Media Commentator, to discuss the ever-developing story that is SNC Lavalin. While new information continues to come to light, a recent IPSOS poll, provided exclusively to Global News, shows the Trudeau government is losing political support, thus making a re-election bid in the incoming federal election, less than certain. ...

Tonight's Top Talkers are: Scott Thompson - Global News Radio Hamilton (12pm-3pm) & Craig Needles - Global News Radio London (9am-Noon) Topics include: Jody Wilson-Raybould confirms she is still a member of the Liberal caucus after appearing at a recent cabinet meeting in Ottawa, charges against a high-ranking SNC executive involved in the on-going investigation have been thrown out and Doug Ford...

It seems that things are going from bad to worse for Justin Trudeau. In the days since news broke of alleged interference in criminal proceedings involving Montreal based engineering firm, SNC Lavalin, the Prime Minister has witnessed the resignation of former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Jody Wilson-Raybould. Now, his Principal Secretary and political right-hand-man, Gerald Butts, is...

Alex is joined by Meghan Murphy, writer, journalist, and founder of Feminist Current, a radical feminist blog and podcast, to talk about the lawsuit that was launched by Murphy after the social media giant banned her account following a comment they deemed to be discriminative towards trans people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Tom Quiggin, former military intelligence officer, former RCMP intelligence contractor and court appointed expert of Jihadist terrorism to talk about the recent SNC Lavalin case and also taking a look at research that has shown a steady path of judicial interference within the Canadian government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices