The Alex Pierson Show

Christine Elliott--Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, Deputy Premier joins ON Point to talk about today's announcement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Don Drummond, Canadian economist, having served extensively in the federal Department of Finance Canada, and as a scholar at Queen's University and recognized  for "the Drummond Report" which cautioned the McGuinty government against excessive spending.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Haran Vijayanathan, Executive Director, Alliance for South Asain AIDS Prevention, to discuss how a community, who was shaken to it's core by serial killer Brce McArthur, is trying to lay it's dead to rest and attempt to heal itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Lorne Honickman, Global News Radio's Legal Expert, for this edition of Case and Point. Topics include: Bruce McArthur pleads guilty to 8 counts of first-degree-murder, a stay in proceedings is ordered in the case of a Lac Seul First Nation man who has spent almost 5 years in solitary confinement and a man escapes drug charges in B.C. thanks to a "partial" signal from a sniffer dog. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Adam Oldfield, Global News Radio's Tech Expert, to talk about a new set of proposed taxes by the Canadian broadcasting regulator that would put a premium on Canadian programming and would also make potential investors pay more to fund Canadian content.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Jamie Ellerton, Principal, Conaptus PR, and Stephen Ledrew, Toronto-based lawyer and broadcaster, for this edition of Counterpoint. Topics include: Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders was nowhere to be seen today as Bruce McArthur pleads guilty, new tax proposals by the CRTC could have Canadians paying more to watch streaming sites, full-day kindergarten will be back in the fall but may not be around for much longer after that, A small-town Mantioba mayor is in hot water over comments made about Justin Trudeau and social media troubles are becoming a royal pain for some members of the British royal family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by David Perry, Global News Radio's Crime and Security Analyst, to take a closer look at serial killer Bruce McArthur, what possibly could have fed his desire to continue carrying out these heinous murders and how he used each of his victims as trophies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight's top talkers: Scott Thompson - Global News Radio Hamilton & Craig Needles - Global News Radio London Topics include: The Ontario government is committing to full-day kindergarten this fall but won't make any promises on keeping it beyond the end of the school year and proposed taxes by the CRTC means Canadian Netflix and Amazon users could be shelling out more to watch their countries' own programming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Despite the next election being more than 3 years out, a recent poll shows the Ford government is headed in the same direction as the Liberals were, prior to their exit. At first glance, it's not good news for the Premier. Once you take closer at the numbers though, it shows that what people wanted, people are getting. Voters asked for Ford and they got him, along with his laundry list of changes.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joining Alex Pierson is Mercedes Stephenson, Global News Radio Ottawa Bureau Chief and host of The West Block. The main topic of conversation is the latest terrorist attack in Kingston, Ontario. The RCMP said that one youth has been charged in ‘attack plot’ with explosives and a second man was arrested, but not charged. The RCMP stated that the investigation remains ongoing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices