The Point was a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 radio program, which aired weekday afternoons on CBC Radio One

CBC Radio One

CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial free and offers both local and national programming...

. Hosted by Aamer Haleem

Aamer Haleem

Aamer Haleem is a Canadian radio and television personality, who hosted the weekday afternoon current affairs program The Point on CBC Radio One. until it was canceled on June 26, 2009....

, the program presented a mix of current affairs and lifestyle interviews and panel discussions.

Each day's episode also featured two guest "Point People", who participated with Haleem in further discussion on the topics raised by the program's main segments. Point People featured on the show have included journalists Jacqueline Hennessy

Jacqueline Hennessy

Jacqueline Hennessy is a Canadian journalist, television host, and occasional actress. She is the identical twin sister of actress Jill Hennessy. Hennessy is of Irish, Italian, Swedish, French, and Ukrainian descent...

, Fiona Forbes

Fiona Forbes

Fiona Forbes is a Canadian television personality who is currently hosting the entertainment talk show Urban Rush on Shaw Cable in Vancouver, British Columbia....

, Michael Hlinka, Simi Sara and Victor Dwyer, political strategist Tasha Kheiriddin

Tasha Kheiriddin

Tasha Kheiriddin is a conservative public policy analyst and commentator. In November 2005 she co-wrote Rescuing Canada’s Right: Blueprint for a Conservative Revolution, with journalist Adam Daifallah....

, writers Kevin Patterson

Kevin Patterson

Kevin Patterson is a Canadian medical doctor and writer. His short story collection, Country of Cold, won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize in 2003...

 and Heather Mallick

Heather Mallick

Heather Mallick is a controversial Toronto-based columnist, author and lecturer. She writes a twice weekly column for the Toronto Star, an occasional column for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's website, and a monthly column for The Guardian's website...

, and Sarnia

Sarnia, Ontario

Sarnia is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada . It is the largest city on Lake Huron and is located where the upper Great Lakes empty into the St. Clair River....

 mayor Mike Bradley

Mike Bradley (politician)

Michael "Mike" or "Mayor Mike" Bradley is a Canadian politician, who has served as the mayor of Sarnia, Ontario since 1988, and the 66th person to hold the office...

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The Point was cancelled by the CBC after one season as part of cost cutting measures. Its final show aired on 26 June 2009.