The Alex Pierson Show

Alex is joined by Omar Khan, Vice President Public Affairs at Hill and Knowlton Strategies, Liberal Party Executive and Melissa Lantsman, Vice President Public Affairs at Hill and Knowlton Strategies, Conservative Strategist. Topics Include: Thirteen Canadians have been detained in China since the arrest of Huawei executive Mung Wanzhou, 25 women may have received faulty cancer treatment in a Hamilton hospital, should Parliament allow minors and the mentally ill to end their lives with the help of a doctor and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Dr. Brett Belchetz, Co-founder and CEO at Maple, to talk about a scenario that would give any woman nightmares. 25 women at a Hamilton hospital may have received faulty cancer treatment from a broken piece of equipment. Cervical cancer is one of the most deadly cancers a woman can get, so how did 25 people receive faulty radiation? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight's Top Talkers are: Craig Needles - Global News Radio London – 9am - Noon & Drex – Host of The Shift - Global News Radio Topics include: Should Parliament allow minors and the mentally ill to end their lives with the aid of a doctor and World Junior Team Canada Captain, Maxime Comtois, being harrassed online after loss to Finland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Toronto councillor, Kristyn Wong-Tam, claimed she became the target of an alt-right slander campaign in the fall municipal election. No politician deserves the treatment that Tam received, but pointing a finger of blame at the right for creating behaviour that's been around for a long time isn't right. Both sides are guilty of bad behaviour, and in fact, feed off each other.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Dave Perry, CEO Investigative Solutions Network Inc, 28-year decorated career with the Toronto Police Service to discuss Toronto;s homicide. Toronto homicide squad has had a difficult year – the team has had to investigate a record-breaking number of killings in Canada’s most populous city, grapple with a rise in deadly gang violence, address criticism about a perceived lack of action in some cases and deal with several high-profile slayings that have strained resources.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by John Mraz, Former liberal war room director and Bill Hutchison, Journalist/Broadcaster, professor at Seneca. Topics include: The New Years Carbon Tax Conference, Chamber of Commerce CEO apologizes for ‘one-percenter’ tweet, Feds should consider making some criminal pardons automatic, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Christina Blizzard, Former Queens Park journalist to discuss Premier Doug Ford’s disappointing first six months in power and how Conservatives are questioning the way they choose a leader. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Monologue: You worry about you. I will worry about me. Why 2019 will be the year of pushback Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Christian Leuprecht, Professor of Political Science at the Royal Military College of Canada, for ON Point. The conversation is about Michael Kovrig, one of the Canadians who is being detained in China and being denied access to his lawyers. Canada is trying to figure out a plan of action. In Ottawa there was a high level call with top Canadian officials from national security, but where does that leave Kovrig?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Ann Cavoukian, Distinguished Expert-in-Residence, Privacy by Design Centre of Excellence, Ryerson University, to discuss StatsCan’s planned pilot census. First StatsCan was taking people's banking information without their knowledge and now the new census would be mandatory for people to answer. As StatsCan asks for more and more of our personal information, the question must be asked: do we really have privacy anymore? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices