The Alex Pierson Show
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An escalation of youth violence. Why is this happening?
Why has there been an escalation of youth violence? Is the pandemic responsible for their actions? Mental health crisis in kids 10-18 surged. Girls seem to have been more affected than boys. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Natasha Saunders, a pediatrician at the Hospital for Sick Children and senior author of the second study published in the CMAJ. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
''We are going to be removing the federal GST for construction of new buildings''
''We are going to be removing the federal GST for construction of new buildings.'' Justin Trudeau promised this back in 2015 and the province has been asking for months for the province to do this. We need a ton of homes built by 2030. This may be too little too late. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ana Bailou, former Mayor candidate and former deputy mayor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Canada is hours away from an auto strike
There's a historical strike involving all three auto unions, but Canada is hours away from our own strike. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Stephanie Wallcraft, writer for driving.ca. Where do negotiations stand in Canada? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Olivia Chow is broke and bending and Doug Ford needs a distraction
Doug Ford and Olivia Chow are meeting up this afternoon. What will come out of this? Will anything be announced? All this and more! Host Alex Pierson speaks with Karen Stintz, Former TTC Chair, current CEO of Variety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
''We expect to hear from them by Thanksgiving'' Trudeau picks a fight with grocers
Do we really want our politicians meddling with private business? Trudeau decides to pick a fight with grocers if prices aren't stabilized by Thanksgiving. Host Alex Pierson speaks with John Keough, Founder and Managing Principle with Shantalla & Professor of Practice at McGill University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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''Always a time to fight for lower prices'' Grocers do not create inflation
Thanks to record profits, grocery CEO's are an easy punching bag and Trudeau wants a solution to bring down groceries. But, do we really want the Government meddling in the free market and punishing those who make profits to save themselves? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Sylvain Charlebois, Canadian Researcher and and professor in the food distribution and policy at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If we don't get barriers removed at a Municipal level, shovels won't get in the ground
The idea of removing GST from new construction units is a great idea but it's too little too late. A total cost of 20% for a rental project is fees. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jennifer Keesmaat, Canadian Urban Planner, former Chief City Planner of Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Trudeau government will remove GST from new rental construction effective immediately
Trudeau gave an reannouncement in London about a housing plan. He stated this 18 months ago during an election and that promise didn't happen. 18 months later and finally the Liberals sign the first agreement under the 4 billion housing accelerator which will give London 74 million dollars to fast track the construction of two thousand homes over 3 years. Host Alex Pierson speaks with John Pasalis, President and Broker at Realosophy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hamilton-area dairy farmer bringing back the milkman
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ben Loewith, Summit Station Dairy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Staffing is a huge issue when it comes to court houses
With a brand new court in downtown Toronto, and now we can't staff it. Cases are being dropped and now judges are pointing the finger at Ford to get staff. 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: Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Trudeau's comments speaking to reporters in London about price control on housing ''cannot continue to grow,'' Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, has settled a five figure-debt for unpaid taxes, elections commissioner Caroline Simard, yesterday in her Annual Report to Parliament omitted all mention of ''China'' in updating investigations of alleged election fraud by foreign agents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
U.S. speeds toward autoworkers strike as UAW calls latest offers inadequate
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Flavio Volpe, Head of the Automotive Manufacturers Part Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ontario education minister asks school board to halt library book removal process
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Ellard, Spokesperson for Libraries not Landfills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
''Spaces Shared'' an online home sharing platform to place international students with seniors
Housing and affordability is a huge problem. International students need accommodations and now there's a new approach to find students housing that pairs them up with Seniors. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ian Crookshank, Dean of students at Humber College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Endless pressure on homeowners; will it ever end?
People are really struggling. 24% of mortgage holders are having trouble with their monthly payments. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ron Butler, Mortgage Broker with Butler Mortgage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Province needs to rethink procurement process after spending $30 billion on goods, services: Ontario Chamber of Commerce
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Claudia Dessanti, senior manager of policy for the Ontario Chamber of Commerce Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Canada, allies must fight foreign interference together, Chong tells U.S. lawmakers
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Chong, Conservative MP for Wellington-Halton Hills and shadow minister for foreign affairs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Volkswagen, Stellantis subsidies will take 20 years to break even: watchdog
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Safe supply is fueling a whole new wave of addictions
Safe supply began as a pilot project in 2016 in London and then it was sold as a benefit for all of drug addicts. Addiction doctors have been warning that there's been a huge uptick in overdose deaths. Safe supply flooded the market and defrauded. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Adam Zivo, Journalist with his latest in The Bureau. Where are we from the pilot project to where we are now? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Blacklocks Check-In: ''There's something about Mary''
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Michael Chong giving testimony to congress in the United States, a quarter of mortgage brokers, 24 percent, are having difficulty keeping up with the monthly debt payments, says CHMC data, Governor General Mary Simon blames unnamed media for what she called Residential School ''denialism.'' All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Another disastrous trip to India for Trudeau
Host Alex Pierson speaks with blogger and podcaster Darshan Maharaja about PM Trudeau's G-20 India visit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What's behind the 'Windsor Hum'?
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Colin Novak, a University of Windsor professor who has studied the Windsor Hum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
''Stop interfering in our Parliament!'' UK Prime Minster speaks out
China has been making a lot of news this past weekend. Now, they are interfering in the UK Parliament. Not only that but warnings are being given to Trudeau to stop the inquiry. What are these repercussions? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Sam Cooper, The Bureau, Author of 'Wilfull Blindness.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Local organization mobilizing to get aid to people of Morocco following devastating earthquake
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Rahul Singh, Executive Director of GlobalMedic, about getting aid to Morocco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Is Canada underestimating the cost of living for international students?
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Talia Bronstein, vice president of research and advocacy at Daily Bread. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Poilievre presents himself as PM-in-waiting at Conservative convention
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Anthony Koch, AK Strategies, Consultant and former spokesman for Pierre Poilievre, who attended the CPC Convention in Quebec. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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'He was a colourful kid': Ontario mom starting foundation in memory of son who was allegedly sold poison to self-harm
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Kim Prosser, mother whose 19-year-old son who was allegedly sold poison to self harm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Blacklocks Check-In: Freeland weighing in with her happiness to pause interest rate hikes
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the Bank of Canada pausing it's interest rate hike but gas prices could hike interest rates this fall ''if needed,'' food costs continue to rise faster than the headline inflation rate, Statistics Canada figures showed yesterday, and Canada did not follow up any of more than 27,000 consumer complaints it received against banks in the past five years, Access TO Information records show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The 'anti-woke' general will be attending the conservative common sense convention this weekend
The Conservative common sense convention is this weekend in Quebec. They're gonna be celebrating Pierre's polling and Michel Maisonneuve will be attending who is also known as the ''anti woke' general. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Michel about what he was doing to protect the freedom of speech. Because of a lack of leadership and a 'woke' movement, our values are eroding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Study finds COVID-19 school closures will have 'life-long' impact on children
Alex Pierson speaks with Paige MacPherson, Associate Director of Education Policy at the Fraser Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12-year-old girl killed after Scarborough stabbing, youth charged with 2nd-degree murder
Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association, about a number of crime-related issues, including the death of a 12-year-old girl at the hands of a 12-year-old Toronto boy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Is the CRTC abandoning broadcasting with its new focus on internet regulations?
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Peter Menzies, a senior fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a former publisher of the Calgary Herald and a previous vice-chair of the CRTC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Premier Ford calls for end to Bank of Canada interest rate hikes ahead of Wednesday's announcement
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Ian Lee, Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
640 Toronto adds a new (but familiar) voice to their guest-host roster
Alex Pierson speaks with Anthony Furey, Columnist, Former Toronto Mayoral Candidate and now guest host on 640 Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
An investigative series; have our courts become politized?
Have our courts been politized? This investigation began in the summer revealing since 2016, over three times as many Liberal Party donors have been appointed to the bench than Conservative donors. The optics do not look good. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Duff Conacher, Co-founder of Democracy Watch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Canada’s critical infrastructure vulnerable to cyberattacks
Host Alex Pierson speaks with David Shipley, Cyber Security Expert and CEO of Beauceron Security. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Blacklocks Check-In: Foreign Affairs holding a secret ceremony
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the Department of Foreign Affairs holding a secret ceremony honouring Ambassador Reid Sirrs and other diplomats who fled Afghanistan, drug death rose by a third in 2021 according to Statistics Canada. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Trudeau blaming international students for housing crisis
Justin Trudeau is pointing the finger at international students when it comes to the housing crisis. Funny thing is, Trudeau's government brought them over to Canada. They should not be to blame. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ron Butler, Mortgage Broker with Butler Mortgage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Alberta woman who was denied organ transplant after refusing COVID vaccine dies
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Kerry Bowman, Bioethicist with University of Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
'There's a role for all of us to play': Anger growing over lack of government support for asylum seekers
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Rev. Alexa Gilmour, a community organizer, activist, and United Church minister and writer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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How much does Ontario spend on education?
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jay Goldberg, Ontario Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Politics aside, new poll finds Canadians united on protecting forests
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Michael Polanyi, Policy and Campaign Manager for Nature-based climate solutions at Nature Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
'We want to get back to work': TVO employees strike after negotiations stall
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Steve Paikin, Host of The Agenda on TVO. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
''Living on a Loonie'' Tricks when it comes to saving money with couponing
A lot of people are looking for ways to save money. Imagine saving $300-$500 a month on essentials. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Kathleen Cassidy, extreme couponer. Check her out on Instagram and Tik Tok on ''Living On A Loonie.'' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Blacklocks Check-In: After 8 years, Trudeau realizes there's a housing crisis
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about fixing the housing crisis at the Liberal Retreat to PEI, British Columbians, which were the focus of the data, they want the focus to be on discouraging drug use including tougher penalties for those using and distributing those substances. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
One on One with Pierre Poilievre: Skyrocketing housing costs, climate change and wildfires
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Pierre Poilievre, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What is the key to cutting health costs? Can you be lured to making better healh choices?
Can you be lured to making better health choices? A key to cutting health costs comes down to spending on financial incentives; like a gift card for loosing a few pounds. Will this work? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Colin Craig, President of Second Street dot org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices