Counterpoint - Tuesday, June 11th, 2019

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by:

Jamie Ellerton 

Principal at Conaptus and a former staffer to Jason Kenney and Tim Hudak

and

Stephen LeDrew 

Lawyer - Broadcaster - formerly the President of the Liberal Party of Canada

Topics include:

Fans cheered the fall of Kevin Durrant - but when it became clear this was a possible career ending injury they gave him a standing ovation on his way out. Was this a classless moment? 

Monster Energy takes Raptors to court over claw marks in logo. Does Monster Energy have a point or should this lawsuit be shamed to the curb with extreme energy?

Ontario government wants anti-carbon tax gas pump stickers on display by end of summer.

Last night with millions of eyes on the Raptors, political ads were front and centre as we head into an election campaign. Some of the political ads were launched by 3rd party groups. 

A federal government crown corporation is the principal sponsor of a Canada-Day-themed gala in Beijing later this month, even as two Canadians remain jailed in China over what the Trudeau government has called “political reasons.” 

Six premiers wrote a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urging him to bury two pieces of federal legislation that critics of both bills say could hurt Canada’s energy and natural resources sectors.The two bills are C-69 and C-48. 

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