COUNTERPOINT - Monday July 15th, 2019

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by:

Andy Stinton - The Small Business Man

and

Michael Diamond - With Upstream Strategy Group

Topics include:

Ontario's top court has upheld a decision allowing a man found not criminally responsible in a knife attack at a Toronto military recruitment centre to take college classes on his own. Ayanle Hassan Ali can now attend Mohawk College unaccompanied while he continues to be held at a secure Hamilton psychiatric hospital across the street.

Justin Trudeau was asked to respond to a series of tweets that Donald Trump put out over the weekend attacking four congress women.

Trump to end asylum protections for migrants passing through other countries... how should this policy change affect Canada’s relationship with the United States? 

If Trudeau is a feminist Prime Minister, shouldn’t he come out stronger against the Trump Tweets?

Up to 21% of Toronto’s Catholic and 15% of public elementary teachers were off sick the last few Fridays before school ended last month, absenteeism figures obtained by the Toronto Sun show.

Some MPs are warning the high-stress, high-stakes environment of politics coupled with relentless work schedules and bouts of politically motivated marathon voting and debating sessions are one day going to kill someone.

Are fake breasts now a given right? The Nova Scotia provincial government agreed to start paying for breast implants for transgender women, thanks in large part to Serina Slaunwhite. She has been transitioning for 6 yrs. The last step was breasts, but she was told she’d have to pay for them.

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