The Alex Pierson Show

Alex is joined by Meghan Murphy, writer and journalist, to talk about the social media giant's updated "hateful conduct policy" that now prohibits rhetoric that can be labelled as "misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Lorne Honickman, toronto-based lawyer and journalist, for this edition of Case and Point. Topics include: The mastermind behind the Stefanie Rengel killing, Melissa Todorovic, has been granted day parole, a Quebec domestic violence victim is awarded over $300K in a civil suit and a Quebec evironmental group is suing the federal government over climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Anil Verma, Professor of Industrial Relations and HR Management at the University of Toronto, to talk about what options are available for those now out of a job thanks to this latest auto-industry closure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Michael Diamond, Principal, Upstream Strategy Group and Myriam Denis, Consultant, Daisy Group, for this edition of Counterpoint. Topics include: Maple Leaf Foods sets its sights on London for it's new food-processing plant, Unifor president warns of a steep price after GM announces Oshawa plant closure, RCMP provide an update into their investigation on besieged Liberal MP Raj Grewal, day parole has been granted to the mastermind behind the killing of Stefanie Rengel, Google and Twitter have began using an A.I tool that blocks gendered pronouns and Bill & Hilary Clinton take over Toronto's Scotiabank Centre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director, Canadian Taxpayer Federation to take a closer look at the newly announced Maple Leaf Foods processing plant in London. With an estimated $62 million in both federal and provincial money being sunk into the plan, what does this "investiment" mean for the taxpayer? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight's top talkers are: Scott Thompson - Global News Radio Hamilton & Craig Needles - Global News Radio London Topics include: Unifor President Jerry Dias warns there will be a price to pay after GM announces the closure of their Oshawa facility and London is getting a new poultry-processing plant and about 1500 new jobs but, it comes with a $62 million Ontario tax-payer bill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maple Leaf Foods announced plans to shutter plants in St. Mary's, Toronto and Brampton. This move, will pave the way for the country's largest poultry-processing plant to be built in London throughout the next 4 years. With both federal and provincial goverments chipping in upwards of $60 million towards the project, are we as taxpayers funding un-neccessary layoffs? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ales is joined by Catherine Swift, Former Pres/CEO of Canadian Federation of Independent Business, current spokesperson for Working Canadians to discuss the closure of GM.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Ian Lee, Business Professor at Carleton University to discuss the plant closing. More than 2,500 employees will be out of work, but the blow to the Canadian auto-sector workforce is far larger.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Andy Stinton and Jamie Ellerton. Topics include: The closure of GM and how its Union and Justin Trudeau is vowing to help GM workers, and how government bailouts dont work.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices