The Alex Pierson Show
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Sticky inflation; we don't want this sticking around any longer
Good news is not good news in inflationary times. Canadians are struggling. What should we do? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Moshe Lander, Economist of Concordia University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Local churches, neighbours come together overnight to get 99 refugees & asylum seekers off Toronto streets, into safe spaces
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Zaklio (Zac) an asylum seeker from Uganda, who spent two days and nights on Toronto streets, now in a safe space at Dominion Church. As well, Reverend Bri-Anne Swan of East End United about quickly organizing with other churches, neighbours to get 99 refugees & asylum seekers of the streets and into a safe space with food. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
'They don't want transparency': Why did the Liberal-NDP government block a committee investigation into the transfer of Killer Paul Bernardo?
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dane Lloyd, MP for St. Albert and Shadow Minister of emergency preparedness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What is a reasonable penalty for a police Supt. who pled guilty to helping officers cheat on promotional interviews?
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Blacklocks Check-In: Freeland not giving a straight answer when it comes to debt interest charges
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about more than 800 depositors have been ''de-banked'' nationwide in the past give years at bankers' discretion, say Access To Information Records, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's department yesterday said it does not know how many billions it is currently spending on debt interest charges. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fed up and wanting answers: When will a review into the South Riverdale safe injection site be completed?
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Derek Finkle, South Riverdale Resident who's been speaking out against the harms caused by the safe injection site in the community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ambulance shortage in Toronto prompts calls to nearby municipalities for help: union
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Mike Merriman, paramedic services unit services chair for CUPE Local 416. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why were Nazi's let into Canada? And why was it made to be a secret?
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Mostyn, CEO of B’Nai Brith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lack of priority to the Armed Forces; You don't need defense, until you need it
Chief of Defense Staff says it's impossible to cut a billion more dollars from our defense budget. We are short 15,000 solder's and have no ammunition. This is a time when Canadians want more spending. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Andrew Leslie, Former member of Parliament for Orleans and retired Lieutenant-General of the Canadian Forces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Family of woman who died following mask dispute at Toronto hospital suing UHN, hoping for accountability
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Denise Warriner-Smith, sister of Stephanie Warriner, the woman who died following a mask dispute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
PM Trudeau won't escalate, retaliate after India to expel 41 Canadian diplomats
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Peter MacKay, lawyer and former federal Minister of Justice, Foreign Affairs and National Defence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When will the Eglinton Crosstown LRT open? New scoop suggests late 2024
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Sabrina Nanji, Journalist and Founder of Queen’s Park Observer, about when Metrolinx plans on opening the Eglinton LRT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Google will be blocking Canadian news. Too little too late to negotiate
Trudeau Government is destroying Canadian media and now we learn podcasts will be regulated and Google will now be blocking Canadian news. This is absolutely devasting to numerous industries. Could the government have mucked this up worse? Lots of people tried to point this mess out to them. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Peter Menzies, Former CRTC Vice Chair. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
''Common Sense'' course to help build the education we need
Old school learning may be the best lesson for succuss, but it does not get better at the University level. Critical thinking isn't really welcome. Progressive cancel culture is destroying the well rounded education that we need. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Erik Kaufmann, Professor launching a new course at the University of Buckingham in January, where he will lead the Centre for Heterodox Social Science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ex-RCMP official accused of leaking secrets acted with ‘authority,’ defence to argue
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Phil Gurski, President and CEO of Borealis Threat & Risk Consulting, former CSIS analyst about the espionage trial for a former top RCMP agent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Blacklocks Check-In: Will we have a new House speaker today?
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the Canadian Revenue Agency polling accountants and tax lawyer on whether to grant amnesty to scofflaws who confess not paying their taxes, Attorney General Arif Virani will not commit to disclosing a confidential list of 20 suspected Nazi fugitives who immigrated to postwar Canada. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transparency, truth and accountability; What will these 40 year old documents reveal?
Jewish groups have been asking for is the release of 40 year old documents that have been kept sealed up by numerous governments that hold suspicions on war criminals living in Canada. Will these paper ever be released? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Irwin Cotler, former Minister of Justice and International Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre. He is also Canada’s Special Envoy for Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Canadian government to cut $1 billion from National Defence budget
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Richard Shimooka, Defence Expert and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
'They're nodding': Mayor Chow on possible deal with federal government to address budget shortfall
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A Nazi from a small town was honoured in the House of Commons - residents had 'no idea' about his past.
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Larry Fuld, North Bay Resident, member of the town’s small Jewish community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield brought to you by Vacuman
This is Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield brought to you by Vacuman. On today's episode, learn about agility robots which are mass producing robots in Salem, Oregon, there's a new nursing robot in Austin, Texas and learn about Youtube's AI-Driven video creation tools. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
New Justice Minister says he's confident the Liberals bail reform package safer; but how?
How will the new Justice Minister make the country safer? He can't say how this will get done but he's confident the Liberals reform package will do just this. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nazi honoured in Canada's Parliament a 'disinformation jackpot' for Russia
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Marcus Kolga, Director of DisinfoWatch and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Centre for Advancing Canada’s Interests Abroad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
New polling finds Canadians want to see mental health supports improved before expanding medical assistance in dying
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Roe, Research Associate at the Angus Reid Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Blacklocks Check-In: Better chance of getting a Nazi in the house than building houses
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Minister Chrystia Freeland being disconnected from economic realities on inflation and housing, contractors don't have to build affordable apartments to qualify for a GST break because cabinet does ''not want to be building cheap homes in a bad part of town.'' All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Does a carefully crafted apology on behalf of Canadians for Trudeau's Nazi scandal make it go away?
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Steve Paikin, broadcaster, author and 640 contributor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
'Give us something': Businesses fed up with Metrolinx delays in delivering Eglinton Crosstown LRT
Alex Pierson speaks with John Kiru, Executive Director of the Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Will anyone have a ticket to ride the Eglinton Crosstown?
There's been so many issues with building the Eglinton Crosstown, like track problems, supply chain issues. Do they have that finish date? We spend billions and billion of dollars and we are getting nowhere. Hopefully today, we will get a finishing date. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Murtaza Haider, Professor with the Ted Rogers School of Management at Toronto Metropolitan University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
''The spending party is over'', David Dodge sends out a warning
''The country has no growth, no productivity, higher interest rates and way too much debt,'' David Dodge says. Tiff Macklem says interest rates will not go down until next fall. Many Canadians cannot live like this. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ron Butler, Mortgage Broker with Butler Mortgage. How is this affecting all the markets? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
'Never too late': Jewish organizations call for reflection, public hearing so Nazi's never honoured again in Canada
Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Levitt, President and CEO of Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This woman survived the Holocaust - how does she feel about a Nazi being honoured in Canada?
Alex Pierson speaks with Holocaust survivor Eva Meisels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why this Nazi hunter isn't surprised Canada honoured one in its House of Commons
Alex Pierson speaks with Steve Rambam, founder and CEO of Pallorium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Blacklocks Check-In: Style but no substance; Getting tough with sanctions?
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the PM having the massive security apparatus of the state at his disposal and yet a Nazi was honoured in this place, Canadians face the ''terrible job'' of choosing between higher taxes or fewer services due to mounting federal debt, former governor David Dodge. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
'Canadians deserve an answer': Why was a Nazi honoured in the House of Commons?
Alex Pierson speaks with Avi Benlolo, Founding Chairman and CEO of The Abraham Global Peace Initiative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Introducing... Global News' What Happened To...? The Thai Cave Rescue
bonusThe 2018 Thai cave rescue quickly became an international spectacle that captured the attention of people all around the world. Twelve boys and their soccer coach were exploring the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai when the cave suddenly flooded, trapping the team. Monsoon season came early that year, and the cave became blocked by heavy rainwater. On this episode of What happened to…? Erica Vella revisits the incredible Thai Cave rescue mission. She speaks with diver Rick Stanton about the wins, the challenges and ultimately, how it was pulled off. She also speaks to water management expert Thanet Natisri to find out how the cave was made safe enough for divers to enter. Find out more at https://globalnews.ca/news/9733417/what-happened-to-thai-cave-rescue-part-1/ Contact: Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield brought to you by Vacuman
This is Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield brought to you by Vacuman. On today's episode, learn about a hydrogen-powered planes that can fly you to London to San Francisco without a refuel, the TransUnion data breached, Elon Musks' Neuralink get a thumbs up, and a CEO robot that's shaking things up in the drink industry. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
''How extensive is this evidence''? Trudeau is getting pressed by media about India allegations
Why is Justin Trudeau acting on this threat when he hasn't even come close to address Chinese Interference? Indo Canadians are now caught in the middle because of Trudeau's allegations. Was this announcement appropriate to bring up in Parliament? It's a serious accusation. Host Alex Pierson speak with Peter MacKay, lawyer and former federal Minister of Justice, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Canada Post broke privacy laws by gathering info from packages, envelopes: watchdog
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ann Cavoukian, Executive Director at the Global Privacy and Security by Design Centre, former three-term privacy commissioner of Ontario. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
India has suspended Visa services in Canada and it's effective immediately
India suspends Visa services in Canada , which is retaliation to Trudeau's bombshell he delivered on Monday. What does this mean for families, travel and students here? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Guidy Mamann, Immigration Lawyer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Blacklocks Check-In: A ''flaming wall'' goes our economy
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Bank of Canada management including Tiff Macklem would face tighter public scrutiny under a private bill yesterday introduced the Senate, David Johnston in three months as cabinet ''rapporteur'' on Chinese Interference awarded millions in sole-sourced contracts to favoured consultants, records show. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Greenbelt Scandal: How does Premier Ford stem the political bleeding?
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jamie Ellerton, Strategist and Founding Partner of Conaptus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Uptick in crime committed by youth concerning trend
Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
''The Prime Minister needs to come clean with all the facts''
Information isn't something the Trudeau Government is offering. We are learning that CSIS planned an intervention in 2017 to shut down an Indian Intelligence Network. They were targeting a Sikh community in Vancouver. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Sam Cooper, The Bureau and Author of ''Willful Blindness.'' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
''Stagflation'' ; Stats Can brings us bad news
Bad news from Stats Can. We are headed in the wrong direction. We're getting another interest rate announcement on October 26th. For mortgage holders, what do you do? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ron Butler, from Butler Mortgage. ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good news from Unifor; New tentative deal
For now, Unifor has reached a tentative deal and it stops the auto strike here. It's good news for Canada, but what does this mean for the States? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Greg Layson, Auto News Canada Digital and Mobile Editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
''Hands Off Our Kids'' Million March for Children protests underway across our country
Protests are underway across our country. Organized labour groups and activist groups categorized this as a ''hate fest'' and fascism. They are counter protesting. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Bahira Abdulsalam, Organizer for Toronto protest ''hands off our kids.'' Why do parents feel the need to speak up? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
''Catch and release.'' When will it end?
A fourteen year old girl is in custody after Whitby school stabbing, two thirteen year old girls charged after a stabbing in Vaughan, and now a 12 year old girl is accused of assault at a school in Oshawa. What is going on with our youth? It was never like this before. Teachers are beginning to leave their jobs. Violence is unacceptable. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ari Goldkind, Criminal Defense Lawyer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
''Outrageous and shocking'' Singh blasts Modi Government over allegations of the killing of B.C Sikh leader
Relations with India were strained before this latest news and it certainty won't get any better. What's the cost of this? Singh blasts the Modi government over allegation of the killing of B.C Sikh leader. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ujjal Dosanji, former BC premier and Liberal MP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
''Canada has declared deep concerns to the top intelligence and security officials of the Indian Government''
''Canada has declared deep concerns to the top intelligence and security officials of the Indian Government'' Justin Trudeau dropping a bombshell on opening day in Parliament. India is calling all allegations ''absurd''. What's been the biggest reaction? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Steve Chase, columnist for the Globe and Mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Blacklocks Check-In: ''This is really devastating...if true'' Joly on India controversy
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the India controversy ''this is really devastating...if true,'' said by Melanie Joly. the PM recently said that home prices cannot go up higher and maybe he got that talking point from the CHMC which conducted a study with generation squeeze, about 15 percent of Canadians are conspiracy theorists and the Canadian Anti-Hate Network says it requires more subsidies to counter those who would ''do away with our liberal democracy.'' All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices