The Alex Pierson Show

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by: John Mraz - Former liberal war room director with several dozen elections worth of experience and Bill Hutchison - Former broadcaster...longtime journalist...professor at Seneca Topics include: For a guy who loves to be the centre of attention, apparently Mayor Tory doesn’t have much to say about the high risk 'Cleaver Killer' who waltzed out of a downtown hospital and jumped on a plane. But neither do the Toronto Police nor those at the CAMH. How far should taxpayer-funded first-responder organizations such as police, fire services and paramedics go when it comes to trying to protect staff from witnessing trauma? Doug Ford cancels cellphone after too many calls from 'special interest groups' Andrew Scheer says U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent tweets about how certain Democratic congresswomen should “go back” to their home countries are “offensive,” but the Conservative Party of Canada Leader stopped short of condemning the comments as racist. Stats Canada says 1 in 3 mothers keep their babies in bed with them. Another 1 in 4 say their baby sleeps with them occasionally. That's despite medical studies showing the risk of SIDS is much higher for babies who share a bed with a parent.  A $445-million loan made to automaker Chrysler during the financial crisis has been written off by the Ontario government because it can’t legally recover the debt, and that’s because the Feds forgave their share last year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Aline Vlasceanu, interim Executive Director of the Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime, to discuss CAMH's lack of action when extremely violent patients are on the loose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did we mention the tool he used to kill was a meat cleaver? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by: Stephen LeDrew Lawyer - Broadcaster - formerly the President of the Liberal Party of Canada and Steven Kerzner Award winning writer and producer and best known as the creator of Canadian icon Ed the Sock Topics include: Residents sound alarm after CAMH patients with criminal backgrounds go missing. Apparently loud vehicles is now a massive issue for the City of Toronto...never mind the shootings in the streets.  Like her or loathe her, free speech activist Lindsay Shepherd has been banned from Twitter. She is one of a number of outspoken free speech advocates to be silenced. The Federal Liberals aren’t even pretending not to buy the next election. They are handing Davie Shipping 100’s of million in new contracts mere weeks before the writ drops. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Dave Perry, Global News' Crime and Security Analyst, to discuss the shocking news that CAMH patients with criminal backgrounds go missing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Cyndee Todgham Cherniak, founding lawyer of LexSage, a boutique international trade law and sales tax firm, to discuss the concerns surrounding Donald Trump's signing of an executive order Monday, requiring federal agencies to purchase products using more American components. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If it's not how we do things in Canada...then how do you explain the blatant racism unfolding in Quebec? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Ryan Jespersen, host of  The Ryan Jespersen Show on Edmonton’s 630 CHED, to discuss the recent controversy surrounding the Calgary Stampede's chuckwagon races. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Guidy Mamann, Toronto immigration lawyer and policy analyst, to discuss Trump's plans to end asylum protections for migrants and concerns over reports of random ID checks from immigration officers in Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices