The Alex Pierson Show

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Serial killer ex-nurse Wettlaufer moved to psychiatric hospital with internet, music and sports Oct 04, 2018

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Alex is joined by Abigail Bimman, Global National Ottawa Correspondent to discuss Elizabeth Wettlaufer who was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years in June 2017. She pleaded guilty to eight counts of murder, four counts of attempted murder and two counts of aggravated assault.

The son of one of Wettlaufer’s eight murder victims learned Wednesday that Wettlaufer has been moved from prison to a secure psychiatric hospital in Montreal, which operates on an observation model using no weapons and with no traditional prison bars.

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Monologue: Trudeau promises to go high- when they go low Oct 04, 2018

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Barely 24 hours after criticizing “the politics of personal attacks” and vowing to run a positive and inclusive Liberal Party campaign in 2019, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused Conservatives questioning the transfer of convicted child-murderer Terri-Lynne McClintic from prison to a healing lodge of being “ambulance-chasing politicians.”

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Does the new trade deal give or take more power away from Canada Oct 03, 2018

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Alex is joined by Peter Clark, President of Grey, Clark, Shih and Associates, to take a deeper look into the new United States Mexico Canada Agreement and examine just how good of a deal it actually was for us here in the Great White North.

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Case And Point with Joseph Neuberger Oct 03, 2018

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Alex is joined by Joseph Neuberger, senior partner at Toronto-based law firm, Neuberger & Partners, for this edition of Case and Point.

Topics include: The federal Conservatives call into question the recent treatment of confessed killer Terri-Lynne McClintic and how the world has become a 'guilty until proven innocent' state.

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The ever-increasing popularity of drones and the dangers they pose Oct 03, 2018

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Alex is joined by Global News Radio Tech Expert, Adam Oldfield, to discuss the rules and restrictions regarding the flying of drones along with where they can and cannot go. Also, as more companies drift towards autonomous delivery methods, the safety of your purchases is being brought into question.

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Counterpoint: Tuesday, 2nd October, 2018 Oct 03, 2018

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Alex is joined by:

Stephen Ledrew - Toronto based lawyer, broadcaster, and former President of Canada's Liberal party.

and

Dennis Mathews - Vice President, Marketing and Communications for Enterprise Canada, and Conservative campaign strategiest for today's Counterpoint.

Topics include: At long last, a new trade deal has been struck between Canada, Mexico and the U.S., Doug Ford has vowed to scrap the province's next minimum wage increase, U.S. President Donald Trump comes to the defense of both Brett Kavanaugh and young men acorss America and California takes a big step towards gender-fairness within company board rooms.

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Monologue: Quebec is sending a message. Is anyone listening? Oct 03, 2018

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A historic election in Quebec see's a change in the guard, more than 100 years in the making. In it's decision, Quebec joins a list of other province's, slowly rejecting the ideals of an incumbent government. With all this noise, the question now becomes; Is anyone listening?

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Andrew Scheer, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada talks USMCA Oct 02, 2018

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Alex is joined by Andrew Scheer, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada to discuss the new trade deal between Canada, Mexico and the United States and how it has been called a “win-win-win” by the leaders of all three countries.

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Muslim activist Linda Sarsour invited to Canadian Speaking Event Oct 02, 2018

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Tom Quiggin is a former military intelligence officer, a former intelligence contractor for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and a court appointed expert on jihadist terrorism in both the Federal and criminal courts of Canada

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Jim Wilson, Minister of Economic Development talks NAFTA Oct 02, 2018

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Alex is joined by Jim Wilson, Minister of Economic Development to dsicuss the new trade deal between Canada, Mexico and the United States. It has been called a “win-win-win” by the leaders of all three countries.

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