The Alex Pierson Show

Joining Alex for ON Point is Christopher Whan, Global News Ottawa online journalist, to give an update on the fatal bus crash in Ottawa. A double-decker bus crashed into the bus platform at an Ottawa transit station killing three people and sending twenty-three others to the hospital. Christopher Wahn was at the station and describes the horrific scene. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by John Mraz, Former liberal war room director and Bill Hutchison, Journalism professor at Seneca. Former broadcaster CTV.  Topics include: Court hearing underway to challenge repeal of Ontario sex-ed curriculum, increase private health care, Vic Fedeli serves libel notice on Patrick Brown over book allegations,Toronto cops residing outside the city, Ontario Cannabis Store warehouse revealed to be in Oakville, and much more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Craig Clydesdale, Founder and CEO.OOM Energy to discuss  Wave Twin Rinks in Burlington, Ontario, is the first arena facility in North America to adopt a new energy platform that takes it off the public utility grid and significantly reduces its costs for electric power.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Dave Sanderson who remembers his landing on the Hudson River which happened 10 yrs ago.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People can't pay their bills and that's a problem. There's a reason the Bank of Canada didn't hike interest rates this week and that's because Canadians wouldn't be able to cope. Debt is rising, interest rates are creeping up and so are bankruptcy rates. With so many Canadians struggling to keep afloat in the sea of debt, how can the government sincerely say that they're making it easier on the middle class? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Shriharsh Tendulkar, McGill Space Institute, team member, Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) to talk about his team's discovery of mysterious radio bursts from some 1.5 billion light years away, that have been heard for only the second time in history.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Dr. Oren Amitay, Registered Psychologist, DocAmitay.com to talk about a recent journal published by the American Psychological Association that sets out guidelines to help experts work with men and boys. It also states that over 40 years of research has lead to the conclusion that "traditional masculinity is psychologically harmful and that socializing boys to suppress their emotions causes damage that echoes both inwardly and outwardly". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Dennis Matthews, former aid in the PMO under Stephen Harper, Vice President, Communications, Enterprise PR, to talk about Trans Canada Corp's name change to TC Energy. Some are suggesting the change is to reflect the companies growth outside the country while it has others saying the pipeline operator removed Canada from it's title because of the nation's stumbling on some recent energy projects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Jon Dwyer, Director, Aereus Technologies and Melissa Lantsman, Vice President, Public Affairs, Hill + Knowlton, for this edition of Counterpoint. Topics include: New country-wide police powers are leaving some people wide-eyed, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces tough critisim at a Kamloops town hall meeting, Trans Canada has removed the countries name from it's title, One of the most senior members of the Prime Minister's cabinet has suddenly resigned and former PM Stepen Harper says Canada must get along with the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Abby Deshman, Director, Criminal Justice Program at Canadian Civil Liberties Association, to discuss Canada’s revised laws on impaired driving that would see police demand breath samples from people in bars, restaurants, or even at home. And if you say no, you could be arrested, face a criminal record, ordered to pay a fine, and subjected to a driving suspension. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices