The Alex Pierson Show

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CASE AND POINT with Lorne Honickman Oct 31, 2018

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Alex is joined by Toronto-based lawyer, Lorne Honickman for this edition of Case and Point.

Topics include: The family of Barry and Honey Sherman have announced a $10 million reward for information on the killings, a secret police report finds a new city courthouse will increase the risk of gang-related violence downtown and a European Court rules in a case that argues insulting the Prophet Mohammad is against the right of religious belief.

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An anti-semitic rendition of 'The Merchant Of Venice' leads to a Principal's firing Oct 31, 2018

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Alex is joned by Carson Phillips, PhD, Managing Director of the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre in Toronto, to take a closer look at a Toronto private school for girls who were shown a re-imagined performance of William Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice'. During the show, audience members were encouraged by the institution's principal to yell anti-semetic profanity and other disturbing nazi-themed language. She was fired shortly after.

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Counterpoint: Tuesday, October 30th, 2018 Oct 31, 2018

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Alex is joined by Stephen Ledrew, Toronto-based lawyer, broadcaster, and one-time President of the Liberal Party of Canada, and Jon Dwyer, Director at Aereus Technologies Inc. for this edition of Counterpoint.

Topics include - The family of Tori Stafford will head a protest on Parliament Hill against the move of Stafford's killer, Terri Lynn McClintic, more than 35 activists groups are calling for Steve Bannon to be banned from an upcoming debate set in Toronto, Hilary Clinton is in the spotlight for some borderline racist comments, Doug Ford and Andrew Scheer unite on a front to get rid of Justin Trudeau, and Statistics Canada faces backlash after pulling more than 15 years of personal financial details from the countries' credit bureaus.

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Days ahead of Stafford family protest, Tories set to thrust McClintic transfer back into spotlight Oct 31, 2018

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Alex is joined by Rodney Stafford, father of Tori Stafford, to discuss how the federal Conservatives are poised to thrust the transfer of convicted child killer Terri-Lynne McClintic from prison to a healing lodge back into the spotlight just days ahead of a Parliament Hill protest planned by Stafford and members of his family.

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Global Top Talkers - Tuesday, October 30th, 2018 Oct 31, 2018

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Tonight's Top Talkers are:

Scott Thompson - Global News Radio Hamilton

Craig Needles - Global News Radio London

Topics include - A coalition of community groups are calling for the Toronto Munk Debate to drop guest speaker, Steve Bannon, Statistics Canada has been caught nabbing over a decade of personal financial information from the Canadian Credit Bureau, and after almost 30 years as a show favourite, Simpsons' character, Apu, is being phased out due to play-on stereotypes.

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Monologue - Donald Trump should go to the funerals and I will still get yelled at for saying so. Oct 30, 2018

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After 11 worshippers were gunned down in an act of hatred inside a Syngogue near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the defining thought amongst many is not on the victims. Rather, it is posed on a President, who's term in office has been critizied by many as a stand in office riddled with hate-speech, fear-mongering and degredation. So the question is, should a man known for those traits be welcomed to the funerals of those killed by similar motives?

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Mother reunited with son 31 years after alleged parental abduction Oct 30, 2018

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Alex is joined by David Perry, CEO Investigative Solutions Network to discuss a news story about a mother who is reunited with her son after 31 years.

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Stats Canada requesting banking information of 500,000 Canadians without their knowledge Oct 30, 2018

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ALex Pierson is joined by Ann Cavoukian, Distinguished Expert-in-Residence, Privacy by Design Centre of Excellence, Ryerson University and Former Privacy Commissioner to discuss Statistic Canada. Statistic Canada banks across the country for financial transaction data and personal information of 500,000 Canadians without their knowledge, Global News has learned.

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Counterpoint: Monday, October 29th, 2018 Oct 30, 2018

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Alex is joined by Omar Khan, Vice President, Public Affairs Hill & Knowlton Strategies, Liberal Party Executive.

Topics discuss: Doug Ford's vow to reduce provinicial trade barriers, Stats Canada requesting banking information of 500,000 Canadians without thier knowledge, Toronto Sun nespaper pulls column skeptical of vaccines after backlash, mother reunited with son 31 years after alleged parental abduction, and more.

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11 people were gunned down at a Pittsburgh synagogue Oct 30, 2018

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Alex Pierson is joined by Steve McDonald, Director of Policy and Strategic Communications CIJA to discuss how anti Semitism on the rise and how warning signs on this shooting have been waving for a while.

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