The Alex Pierson Show

Trudeau stands with Ukraine: Announces military, economic and cultural support measures in the face of Russian aggression. Alex Pierson speaks with Richard Shimooka, Defense Expert and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute about Trudeau's Military Aid to Ukraine: Thousands of Assault Rifles, Dozens of Machine-guns, and Millions of Rounds of Ammo to Fight Russian Invaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Toronto's World Cup Hosting Costs: Taxpayers Foot the Bill, MLSE Takes the Win. Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Naraine, PhD Associate Professor, Sport Management at Brock University about Toronto scoring the World Cup hosting rights but will taxpayers be left on the hook? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matlow pledges to keep housing development in public hands. Alex Pierson speaks with Jennifer Keesmat, Partner, Markee Developments; CEO the Keesmat Group about Josh Matlow coming up with a unique proposal to tackle the city's housing crisis. Instead of relying on private developers, he's proposing to launch a new public agency called "Public Build Toronto" to develop housing on city-owned lands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Islamic community in Markham is calling for action against the tide of Islamophobia. Alex Pierson speaks with Rachel Noorman, Private Investigator and Security Specialist about an alleged hate-motivated attack at a local mosque that has left the community in distress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about how Inflation in Canada has been on the rise, causing concerns among Canadians about the increasing cost of living. Federal data suggests that high inflation rates, along with rising interest rates and unaffordable housing, are contributing to a sense of pessimism about the future of the Canadian economy well into 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson hails Rogers' takeover of TTC subway cellphone service, hoping it will lead, sooner than later, to reliable connectivity underground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Therme Group Canada is defending its plans for the transformation of Ontario Place. Alex Pierson talks to Simon Bredin, Senior Manager of Communications and Public Engagement at Therme Group Canada. They discuss the company's vision for the project and its commitment to working with local stakeholders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Dillon Dodson, Senior Manager if Social Work at the Toronto Humane Society, Yvon Dandurand, Professor Emeritus of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of the Fraser Valley and Crystal Regehr, owner of candy company 'Canadian Candy Nostalgia.' Alex and Dillion discuss how the Toronto Humane Society is searching for the owner of an abandoned dog who was left in a park. Alex and Yvon discuss human smuggling. Are they a known practice and how are we going to stop this? Lastly, Alex and Crystal have a chat about chocolate....133,000 chocolate bars put one couple in a sticky situation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association on crime and bail reform. Many officers have testified to this matter but no action has been taken yet. This is up to the Federal Government and it seems they don't want to take action. Canadians want something done now instead of waiting any longer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ron Butler, Mortgage Specialist with Butler Mortgage and Shahin Moghaddam, wife and son murdered on Flight PS752. Asher Honickman, Partner at Jordan Honickman Barristers practicing civil and public litigation joins Shahin. Alex and Ron discuss why 63% of Canadians feel owning a home is out of reach. Alex, Shahin and Asher discuss why the Government wants to drop the law suit in regards to the PS752 investigation. Shahin Moghaddam speaks out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about how Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s “strong middle class” budget followed internal polling that warned of widespread grumbling by middle class voters. “Most were of the view the country was currently headed in the wrong direction,” said a Privy Council report: “There should be a greater emphasis on increasing benefits and financial supports for middle income Canadians.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation & Alok Mukherjee, Former Chair of the Toronto Police Services Board. Alex and Franco discuss ''savings.'' Spending is going up by 85 billion dollars. Government services have not been the greatest and they consistently fail to meet half of their targets. Alex and Alok discuss why a rapist cop cannot be fired. How is this cop still collecting a pay check? The Ford Government promised to changed this and in 2019, a law was passed that makes it easier to fire/suspend bad cops. Why is this happening four years later? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Neil Heatherington, CEO of the Daily Bread Food Bank & Yanick Labrie, Senior Fellow of the Fraser Institute, health economist and public-policy consultant. Alex and Neil discuss how the Toronto Daily Food Bank is seeing the highest demand ever. Toronto is right in the middle of a food crisis. Alex and Yanick discuss surgical health times. There's been a huge demand for health care prior and during Covid. Why are we still stuck in the same position? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about how McKinsey & Company was never considered for federal blacklisting as an unethical supplier, even after facing legal troubles abroad, records show. The Department of Public Works said court settlements and corruption charges “had no impact” on its work with the company: “I wake up every day knowing it’s an ethical company.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're walking towards a mayoral election nobody asked for or really wants. However, this campaign matters. On April 3rd, 640 Toronto broadcast live from Nathan Phillips Square as candidates began to file their paperwork with the clerk's office. Listen as Alex Pierson talks to some of the women and men vying to be Toronto's next mayor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been a very busy day but that doesn't mean that we don't get out some of the big stories. Today we talk all about the scathing report into one of the worst mass killings in Canadian history and the way it paints the RCMP in a very bad light. We also talk about Bill C-11 and the further information that comes up about that. That and more on today's episode of the Alex Pierson Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk about Chinese interference, but it's not just China we need to worry about... it's Russia. They have also been playing games trying to undermine our democracy and they also love specific weapons like the internet where they can put disinformation that targets both left and right. Now they're using it with Ukraine to undermine support. Alex talks about this and much more on today's episode of the Alex Pierson Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The House of Commons erupted on Wednesday after Conservative MP Michael Barrett asked the Liberals if the new Interim Ethics Commissioner, Martine Richard – who was appointed on Tuesday is the sister-in-law of Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc. Well—he too has broken ethics- so he can make sure his sister knows her job. Who do we bring on to talk about this? None other than Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Pierre Poilievre, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It may not have happened in Toronto, but in Vancouver, there was a stabbing outside of a Starbucks and instead of helping the man in distress, bystanders decided to whip out their phones and record everything instead. Now in some cases, this is useful in a court case, but there should also be duty of care to someone in distress. The worst culprit of this, though, is a man who made a mockery of it just to get his five seconds of fame. So where is the line being drawn, and are the younger generations just desensitized to this senseless violence? That and more on today's episode of the Alex Pierson Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about MP Han Dong (Don Valley North, Ont.), now threatening to sue media for libel, eight years ago as a Liberal member of the Ontario legislature helped pass a law restricting libel suits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You have to ask, when is enough actually enough? When will someone in charge take charge of a crisis they allowed to happen? This latest headline of violence on our TTC should be the final straw, but how many times have we said that? As former Toronto Police Chief (and now hopeful mayoral candidate), Mark Saunders, says... we're normalizing it. But can we stop with the stale idea of thoughts and prayers and actually get to work on the root problem? We dive into that and much more on today's episode of the Alex Pierson Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson comments on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's appointment of David Johnston, former governor general from the Stephen Harper era, as the special rapporteur to probe foreign interference claims.. As well, Abdalla Barqawi, lawyer with Conway Litigation on Gen. Maj Dany Fortin suing the Prime Minister, Chief of Defence staff and others.. And Eric Lombardi, housing advocate with More Neighbours Toronto, about Toronto's housing crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Terry Glavin, Author, journalist and Columnist for the Ottawa Citizen & National Post. Formerly with Maclean's magazine. And Senior Fellow, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, managing editor of Blacklocks Reporter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are we selective with our outrage? Politicians use race, religion, sexism to score points– and then are the first to lecture us on what is and isn’t acceptable. If it’s an issue for three Conservative MPs sitting with a far-right German politician. Are there two sets of rules when it comes to outrage? Alex goes through the controversy surrounding NDP politician Sarah Jama and her sticky past of anti-Semitism, as well as the other big topics of the day on today's episode of the Alex Pierson Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trade Minister Mary Ng won’t comment on her association with a parliamentary witness named as a Communist Party front. Ng is one of four Liberal MPs to publicly endorse the Confederation of Toronto Chinese Canadian Organizations. Han Dong is another. We turn to Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter, to dig through the details on this and everything else Ottawa, on today's Blacklock's Check In. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who's charter rights matter more in this country? In the case of Dellen Millard and Mark Snitch, it's going to be in the news all week and if you listen to the parents... if people like that have no hope, why should their daughter's killers have hope? The courts tell us they must have hope, which is why in part the killers are appealing their case this week to get their convictions tossed out, as well as their stacked sentences. Alex touches on this, as well as other topics of the day, on today's episode of the Alex Pierson Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If the federal government's Online News Act passes, then don't count on reading news articles from Facebook or Instagram. In an email written by Meta (the parent company of the popular social media sites), they say that the decision would place the company in an untenable position, given that it would have to pay for news content to appear on their platforms. Is this the way to go? Alex speaks to an expert on this, as well as all the other day's topics on today's episode of the Alex Pierson Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the Senate adopted an amendment in Bill C-11 to protect digital creators and user-generated content, the government has decided to once again disregard the concerns of thousands of digital creators across the country. Now, Canadian creators are taking a stand to urge MP's to save the Senate amendment, and protect their online businesses. Alex is joined by a content creator to talk about it, as well as other important topics of the day on today's episode of the Alex Pierson Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We used to have something called due process in this country and now we've got a lot of one sided stories full of holes. The latest is this story we've been talking about involving a six year old student at John Fisher Public School where now the facts don't back the allegation that racism was at the root of what happened to this child. But we can't label it as anything until we get the truth and the facts, because they matter. This is top of mind, on top of everything to deal with our continuing China crisis on today's episode of the Alex Pierson Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The House affairs committee yesterday at 5:02 pm Eastern tabled in the Commons its recommendation that Trudeau “launch a national public inquiry into allegations of foreign interference” in the 2019 and 2021 elections. The entire Commons will be asked to endorse the report by recorded vote. Trudeau would not comment on a Global News report that his office in 2019 was warned by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service that an unnamed Liberal Party candidate had connections to Chinese agents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a scathing report released by Global News' own Sam Cooper, two high-level national security reports before and after the 2019 election suggest that both Justin Trudeau and his security adviser, were warned that Chinese government officials were funneling money to Canadian political candidates. How much longer can we let this kabuki theatre keep on going before something is done about it? Alex speaks to Sam Cooper about it, and others, in today's episode of the Alex Pierson Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yesterday Justin Trudeau's word of the day calendar landed on the word "rapporteur". This is his new strategy to quell the increasingly hot issue of election interference. Also in this episode, a 6 year old boy locked in a school closet as punishment, his mother also alleges racism from the teacher and principle after sending son with a recording device to school. Alex speaks with Dr. Marnie Wedlake, Registered Psychotherapist and Assistant Professor at Western University. Also, Alex talks to Dr. Stephanie Carvin, former national security analyst with the government of Canada on Trudeau's interference probes with no inquiry and Sonya Shikhman, a criminal defense lawyer explains how Largest cross-border drug case in Toronto police history collapses suddenly. All this and more on the Alex Pierson Show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trudeau is now wanting to get to the bottom of this interference investigation. After denying it was unnecessary for so long even implying that investigation would have racist implications. Let's check in with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter on the Alex Pierson Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On The Alex Pierson Show Today, in a presser Trudeau avoids questions from reporters over interference allegations against him. Alex also speaks with Cheuk Kwan on Chinese Canadians being the focus of threats from the CCP. Also Alex talks to Louis March on the surprising stat that gang violence is down in 2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So we're two weeks into this thing, and the transparency we need is as clear as mud. Numerous groups have asked for an independent investigation that neither Trudeau or his top officials want. So the question now... should the whistleblower responsible for leaking the information be investigated? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been seven months of bomb threats, threats of violence, and unwanted media attention, and parents are frustrated that the Halton District School Board are still dragging their feet to make a decision regarding the teacher who showed up to class wearing large prosthetic breasts and not following the dress code. Parents are demanding that they have more say when it comes to policymaking and creating professionalism in the environments where their kids are learning. That and more can be heard on today's episode of the Alex Pierson Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conservatives, Bloc Québécois and New Democrat caucuses yesterday pledged enough votes, 172 against the Liberals’ 158, to force an independent public inquiry into alleged Chinese election interference. We should learn today of that—but no police investigation. Not even for the Trudeau foundation. Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter, joins Alex to discuss it and other topics regarding all things Ottawa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a brand new month but it doesn't mean the story is over. In the latest chapter of the "nothing to see here" scandal involving Chinese interference in the election, the Liberals are declaring that there was no interference because they investigated themselves. Canadians are watching and they don't like what they're seeing so it's all a waiting game to see if the government will think it'll all just go away... but it won't. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trudeau has a new strategy to deflect questions over the election interference. Those asking questions are now spreading anti-Asian hate? Also, Trudeau refused to answer the question on his being alerted about this interference but turn it into an attack on CSIS. Also in this episode, Alex speaks to Duff Conacher, Co-Founder of Democracy Watch on the possibility of an independent inquiry. Meanwhile, Tik-Tok is now being banned on all government devices over security concerns Alex speaks to Dr. Christian Leuprecht, Professor at Royal Military College of Canada- expert on security and defense. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about how Liberal MP Han Dong said he'd welcome an investigation of “insinuations” he kept secret contacts with Chinese Communist agents. Dong, the co-chair of the Canada-China Legislative Association, denied any wrongdoing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Prime Minister is very confident that China's attempted interference had no effect on the outcome of the 2019 election. Then why wont he let anyone investigate? Also in this episode, Alex talks to Sam Cooper, National Investigative Journalist with Global News about how the Liberal's ignored CSIS' warning of interference back in 2019. Will Toronto be losing historical buildings to make way for new housing? What should go and what is worth keeping? Alex speaks with Diane Chin chair of the Architectural Conservancy Ontario. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex speaks with Alen Yekmalian a father of an 18 year old son who was killed by a reckless driver last spring and because the officer forgot to sign off of the charges it was thrown out of court. Alen exclaimed in court: "You’re telling me my son’s life is worth less than a signature?”. He is now seeking justice and support. Also in this episode, Alex talks to Fin DePencier, Freelance journalist and documentary filmmaker working on "The Kharkiv files – The Battleground For Ukraines 2nd largest city" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex dives into Canada's persistent Chinese interference issue with Kenny Chiu, Former Conservative MP in British Columbia and why does the city of Toronto want to change Canada's oldest LGBT+ Space Hanlan's Point? Alex Speaks with Travis Myers, a member of the group that founded "Hands off Hanlan’s". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson on with Tom Korski. The House affairs committee voted for a deeper investigation of alleged Chinese interference in federal elections. One Liberal MP dismissed the ongoing probe as a “Trump-like tactic to question election results.” In the end the NDP and liberals blocked most of the testimony from key players. Also, Data confirms middle class Canadians, especially young families, have seen inflation eat away at their standard of living, Statistics Canada data showed yesterday. “Most workers have seen their purchasing power decline. The report followed release of data by the federal Financial Consumer Agency that found 38 percent of Canadians are borrowing money to meet monthly expenses. This and More today with Tom Korski Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, the issues surrounding Canada's immigration problem at Roxham Road. Alex speaks with Marcus Kolga the Director of Disinfo watch on what happened with the interference in the Canadian election. Alex also speaks with Irene Vaksman, Vice-President of Stakeholder Engagement at JVS Toronto. JVS Toronto has served more than 1,000 Ukrainian newcomers, designing and delivering customized and tailored services. Alex talks to Nora Constas, President & CEO of Boost Child and Youth Advocacy Centre, incidents of human trafficking in Canada, specifically in major cities, has steadily increased since 2011. Approximately 550 incidents are reported to police a year. The majority of these girls are forced into the sex trade industry, creating a devastating cycle of sexual abuse and exploitation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Christine Van Geyn, Litigation Director at the Canadian Constitution Foundation about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's use of the Emergencies Act and labour lawyer Rishi Bandhu about ongoing issues with the controversial Oakville Trafalgar High School teacher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Korski is digging into the lead we got from a caller last week that CRA employees were intentionally leaving loopholes in the CERB application process so that they could exploit it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices