The Alex Pierson Show

Alex is joined by Bill Hutchinson and John Mraz. Topics include: Ontario's Progressive Conservative government said it will halt a planned increase to minimum wage, and a 3rd woman has now come foward accusing Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Nekaneet First Nation's Band Council, Chief Alvin Francis regarding a review of why one of the people convicted in the murder of Tori Stafford was moved to an aboriginal healing lodge. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale made the announcement prior to question period on Wednesday, saying that while he does not have the authority to reverse the decision to move Terri-Lynne McClintic from a prison to an aboriginal healing lodge in Saskatchewan, the review will look into whether doing so is consistent with the facts of the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Offenders looking to get a transfer out of prison and into a healing lodge do not have to prove they are Aboriginal. Instead, they can self-identify. And while Global News has confirmed Terri-Lynne McClintic, a convicted murderer recently transferred from prison to one such lodge, is Aboriginal, it is not clear whether she used that option or proved membership in a First Nations, Metis or Inuit community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Andrew Scheer, Federal leader of the Conservative party, who says if he were prime minister, he’d build the Trans Mountain pipeline by invoking constitutional powers and banning foreign funding from being used to oppose the project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Mike Van Soelen, Principal at Navigator, communications strategist, and commentator, and Kim Wright, Vice President, Public Affairs, Hill+Knowlton for today's counterpoint. Topics include: The latest on child killer Terri-Lynne McClintic, A member of the New Democratic Party uses language not fit for parliament when talking about the Trans Mountain project, former Blue Jays pitcher, Roberto Osuna, appears in a Toronto courtroom, and U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh further denies the sexual assault allegations placed against him.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Rodney Stafford, father of Tori Stafford, who was violently tortured and killed by Terri-Lynne McClintic and Michael Rafferty in April 2009. Since her initial sentencing, McClintic has been moved from a maximum security prison to a minimum security, indigenious healing centre, where she is afforded the luxuries similar to those of a one-bedroom apartment. Stafford's father shares his feelings on this decision as well as his upcoming trip to Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight's Top Talkers are: Jason Chapman - Executive Producer, Global News Radio. Topics include: Former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher, Roberto Osuna, breathes a heavy sigh as he re-appears in a Toronto courtroom. Meanwhile, in a U.S. courtroom, former television star and comedian, Bill Cosby, faces judgement of his own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does the country's system of law turn it's balanced shoulder away from those who are well-known within the public eye? From the kidnapping and killing of an innocent little girl to years of sexaul assualt on helpless victims, should the justice system "sentence" those "celebrities" any different than if a regular person committed those same crimes? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global News Radio Legal Expert Joseph Neuberger joins Alex to speak about a decision made by Ontario Superior Court Justice Shaun Nakatsuru to give a black man a lenient sentence due to racial and poverty issues.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Ann Brocklehurs to discuss the verdict of Dellen Millard who stood to inherit a multimillion-dollar aviation company. He was found guilty of first-degree murder in his father’s death Monday, a ruling that marked his third such conviction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices