The Alex Pierson Show

Alex Pierson had her year end interview with the Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada & Leader of the Opposition, The Honourable Pierre Poilievre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined again by Jim Gallant, the regional grievance officer for the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) Atlantic Region about how 4-weeks into this strike/lockout...Canada Post and the Union are still very far apart with no end in sight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Tiffany Cianci, a mother and independent journalist and researcher who was able to put together a lot of important and highly interesting facts surrounding Luigi Mangione, his family and their less-than-humble beginnings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Tom Korski, the managing editor of Blacklock's Reporter to talk about some of the major stories happening in Ottawa, like why more and more businesses are openly claiming that they will NOT be participating in the 2-month GST/HST tax holiday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hamilton Police Service has announced a major drug bust, involving an open-air drug market that was positioned right across from a school and a church! So Alex Pierson reached out to speak with the Inspector in charge of the case, Jim Callender as to what they found, who was operating it and how they found tens of thousands of dollars in just coins! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Josh Dehaas, the counsel with the Canadian Constitution Foundation and co-author of “Free Speech in Canada: A beginner’s guide from ancient roots to current controversies” to talk about why the Mayor of Emo, Ontario is having his bank account garnished for standing up to a local Pride group, and if this could be a violation of free expression. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the fall of the ruling regime in Syria, host Alex Pierson spoke with Bill Roggio from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies as to what this could mean for stability in the region, and if this means we could see peace or more conflict in the near future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by the internationally renowned Gloria Allred, a lawyer and partner with Allred, Maroko & Goldberg on the allegations that Sean "Jay-Z" Carter drugged and raped a 13-year-old girl at one of the infamous "Diddy" parties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Tom Korski, the managing editor of Blacklock's Reporter to touch on the major stories going on in Ottawa, like the most recent excuse from Randy Boissinault as to why he's so confused about his indigenous heritage, how the liberals decided what to include in the GST tax holiday and ultimately why Ottawa completely failed at making a multi-million dollar monument honouring our veterans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After learning that Terri-Lynn McClintic has been moved to a prison facility that also allows mothers to be with their young children, Alex brings on Rodney Stafford, the father of the deceased Tori Stafford who was brutally murdered by McClintic and her at the time boyfriend Michael Rafferty. Alex and Rodney talk about how painful it is to hear that his daughters killer is still somehow around children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Calvin Lakhan, the co-creator of the “Waste Wiki” project at York University’s Faculty of environment and Urban Change to talk about a major problem not only for the City of Toronto, but the entire province...where are we going to keep putting our garbage when our landfills fill up in the next decade? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Warren Kinsella, the President of the Daisy Group & Adrienne Batra, the Editor-in-Chief of the Toronto Sun to talk about how Canada's current government could hold its own against a Trump Presidency, and if the President-Elect "51st State" comment was a joke, or something more serious. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Tom Korski, the managing editor of Blacklock's Reporter to talk about why House Speaker Fergus ruled that the parliamentary standoff had to be paused after months of a stalemate, why the feds are looking into banning kids food advertisements and why our ambassador for Climate Change prefers to fly instead of ANY other greener travel method. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Livio Di Matteo a professor of economics at Lakehead University and Sr. Fellow at the Fraser Institute about a new report that shows crimes in except for homicides his report finds Canadian crime rates have surpassed the U.S! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex has an interesting conversation with Vaughn's city councillor for Maple & Kleinburg Marilyn Iafrate a resolution she plans to put forward to support a provincial feasibility study into buying back the highway and a 1-year pilot project to free up/subsidize truck lanes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After learning that Canada Post is laying off all of its striking workforce, Alex speaks with the regional grievance officer for the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) Atlantic Region, Jim Gallant about the union's next steps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Tom Korski the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter to talk about what "March Madness" means for ministers in Ottawa and how it can involve spending hundreds of thousands on things like cigars and furniture. They also touch on what's coming up for the now-infamous Randy Boissonnault and his "other Randy"...and even more from behind the Parliamentary veil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Laura M. Carlson the Host & Executive Producer of “The Feast Podcast” to talk about a brutally honest and sad post by a famous Toronto Restauranteur who is begging patrons to visit their favourite restaurants this holiday season, or we could see a devastating wave of closures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Taylor McKee the Assistant Professor in Sports Management at Brock University about the revelation that Toronto City Council made financial commitments on the FIFA World Cup coming to Toronto...BEFORE the games were awarded to us...is that a good investment? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Jim Gallant the regional grievance officer for the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) Atlantic Region to discuss why the negotiations between his union and Canada Post have stalled, and why he believes Canada Post is manipulating the facts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the major success of Project Churchill in dismantling a violent street gang, Hamilton Police Chief Frank Bergan joins our host Alex Pierson to talk about the year-long investigation and what came out of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Ann Cavoukian - Former Privacy Commissioner for Ontario, current Exec Director of the Global Privacy & Security by Design Centre to talk about the increased calls for more CCTV Cameras around the city after a man was seen walking on the 401 and shooting at passing vehicles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Dr. Kelly Sundberg a Professor Of Criminology At Calgary’s Mount Royal University & Former CBSA Officer about a recent testimony from Immigration Minister Marc Miller in which he not only does a 180 on previous the Liberal immigration stance, but also clarifies that we will be heavily limiting asylum seekers in the future...but will this be enough to appease our southern neighbours? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Bacchus Barua the Director of the Fraser Institute’s Centre for Health Policy Studies about their new report that shows out of 31 different countries with Universal Health-Care, Canada is very near the bottom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President-Elect Donald Trump has announced that he plans to introduce a 25% tariff on all Canadian and Mexican imported good...but why are some industry leaders less concerned than others? Host Alex Pierson speaks with one of these leaders Flavio Volpe the president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association who has been calling for patience when dealing with Trump's government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Finance Minister has said that Canada is in a "Vibe-Cession"...but just what does that mean, and why does it sound condescending? Host Alex Pierson had to get to the bottom of it and spoke with Ron Butler a broker and founder of Butler Mortgage about what this "Vibe-cession" means for Canadians, and if this is a real term or just an economic buzzword. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Tom Korski the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter about the Immigration Minister Marc Miller trying to defend why his liberal government has failed to defend our border and what the plan is to deal with millions of visas expiring soon. They also talk about dissent amonst the Liberals in regards to Trudeau's GST cashout and if the CBC has improved or got worse in the last few years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Henry Wolfond - Chairman and CEO of Bayshore Capital Inc. and the Chair of UJA of Greater Toronto’s Countering Antisemitism Committee about what is was like to fly in Blue Origin's recent space flight, and how being over 100 km above the earth changed his perspective on humanity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with John Oakey, the VP of taxation with the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada to talk about the coming Liberal GST 2-month tax break, and how businesses (large and small) are scrambling to prepare for it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Rabbi Adam Scheier, the Sr Rabbi of the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, the largest Conservative Jewish congregation in Montreal about horrible, dangerous and ultimately hate-fueled protests in Montreal over the weekend. Rabbi Scheier talks about how an outing with his daughters brought him face-to-face with antisemitism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that he would arrest Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu if he set foot in Canada, host Alex Pierson is joined by the former spokesperson for the state of Israel & international media advisor to the president of Israel, Eylon Levy. They discuss why this move from the ICC is political at its core and this is a bad move for Canada on the international stage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Irwin Cotler, the former Liberal justice minister and Attorney General of Canada, founder and chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, joins host Alex Pierson to talk about how he was the target of an alleged foiled assassination plot by agents of Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter about the Immigration Minister Marc Miller yesterday enacted new regulations he acknowkledged will cost Canadian jobs, a first for any federal cabinet, Cabniet proposes to send $46 million this winter on preparations to host soccer' 2026 World Cup with more funding due next year, hundreds of criminal gangs have turned to wholesale production of fentanyl, says a confidential federal memo. All this and more! GUEST: Tom Korski - Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter X(formerly Twitter): @mindingottawa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter about the Trans Mountain Pipeline despite cabinet assurances it would make money. Budget Officer Yves Giroux warning billions' in overruns. Addictions Minister Ya'ara Saks yesterday said families across Canada often ask her for parenting advice, meanwhile an NDP MP has been cautioned for wearing a beaded watermelon pin in parliament, Watermelon imagery has long been used as a stand-in symbol for the Palestine flag, McPherson defends that it is just a poppy. All this and more! GUEST: Tom Korski - Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter X(formerly Twitter): @mindingottawa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of The Alex Pierson Podcast, our host Alex Pierson takes on the major stories of the day, in her own unique way. In this episode, Alex speaks with: Mark Weber, National President of Customs and Immigration Union (CIU) about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal party flipping their position when it comes to immigration in this country and the major holes that exist within our own border security. Marvin Alfred - President of ATU Local 113 about a major collision with a TTC bus and a stolen BMW that was speeding in the intersection of Bathurst and Wilson in Toronto. Lily Cheng - Toronto Councillor for Ward 18- Willowdale about a very heated and emotional debate in Toronto city council about including a Christian Heritage Month for the city to celebrate in December, and why certain Councillors are against the idea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by the Legislative and Policy Director with SecondStreet.org, Harrison Fleming to talk about their new report highlighting how long Ontarians on average have to wait for important cardiac surgeries, while other places wait way less than we do and how many deaths will happen while people are stuck waiting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson talks to Dr. Kelly Sunberg, a Professor of Criminology at Calgary’s Mount Royal University & Former Canada Border Service Agency Officer about the issues that Canada has with immigration. Have we reached rock bottom or are we just at the tip of the iceberg? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Rico Mancini, a Boxing Canada Competitive Coach with Sully’s Recreation & Athletic Center about the Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson fight. Mancini breaks down his fight expectations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson talks to Mohamed Khimji, a Queen’s business law professor and self-proclaimed ‘Swiftie’. Khimji teaches a Law (Taylor's Version) course, that focuses on the copyrights, trademarks, contracts from Swifts career, and talks about why he so excited for her first show in Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter about Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault says his shifting claims from being ''non-status adoptive Cree'' to recently stating his adoptive mother is ''status Metis'' are a ''reflection of his family exploring their own history,'' Health Minister Mark Holland's Public Health Agency has failed an internal audit on conflicts of interest, the Department of Immigration in a ''Welcome to Canada'' guide advised foreigners to be prepared to book Airbnb rentals or resort to homeless shelters on arrival here. All this and more! GUEST: Tom Korski - Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter X(formerly Twitter): @mindingottawa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by the Provincial Minister of economic development, job creation and trade Victor Fedeli about a new proposed bi-lateral trade agreement with the US being floated by Premier Ford, and why the current Tri-Lateral Deal (CUSMA) might need to be dissolved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Sam Cooper the Founder of The Bureau & Author of Wilful Blindness: How A Network of Narcos, Tycoons and CCP Agents Infiltrated The West about his new report that alleges the Chinese government personally endorsed over 40 federal nominees in our 2019 election! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Clayton Campbell the President of the Toronto Police Association about a new 5-year deal the City of Toronto has signed that will see more police brought onto the force, and what it will look like for many in Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Phil Gurski the CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting and a former CSIS Sr. Strategic Analyst on Terrorism on what are the risks of a terror attack occurring in Toronto during one of Taylor Swift's upcoming shows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of The Alex Pierson Podcast, our host Alex Pierson takes on the major stories of the day, in her own unique way. In this episode, Alex speaks with: Neil Hetherington - The CEO of the Daily Bread Food Bank about a new startling report that shows that last year 3.49 million clients visited food banks as the cost of living in this country only continues to surge upwards. Professor Gerald Steinberg, President and Co-Founder of NGO Monitor about the report created by his NGO that has found over 100 non-government organizations in Canada have been fueling the start rise in antisemitism across Canada. Yonah Budd - Co-Founder and Clinical Director “The Farm in Stoufville” & Host of “At Your Best” - Saturdays on the Corus Radio Network about why Country Singer "Jelly Roll" is claiming to be sober, even while he smokes Cannabis and drinks alcohol. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter about investigators have confirmed whistleblowers' complaints of ''misuse of public funds'' through sweetheart contracting in Defense Minister Bill Blair's department, Chief Electoral Officer Stephane Perrault will testify on why he attended a secret meetings with News Democrats and Liberals to discuss rewriting the Elections Act, a total 200,000 fewer foreign students were let into Canada this fall compared to last year, says the Department of Immigration. GUEST: Tom Korski - Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter X(formerly Twitter): @mindingottawa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by the former Cheif of the Defence Staff for the Canadian Armed Forces, (Ret'd) General Rick Hillier about the current state of the CAF, and what needs to be done to not only improve public perception, but morale and overall readiness of our troops. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of The Alex Pierson Podcast, our host Alex Pierson takes on the major stories of the day, in her own unique way. In this episode, Alex speaks with: (Ret'd) General Rick Hillier - former Chief of the Defence Staff for the Canadian Armed Forces about new polling that shows a growing amount of Canadian don't think we put enough pride into our military. Andy Réti, Holocaust Survivor & Educator about what it was like to grow up in a Jewish Ghetto along the Austrian-Hungarian border, to be freed by the Soviet Red Army and then to have to escape that horror after to make it to Canada. Eric Brunt - Filmmaker and documentarian. Interviewed over 500 WWII veterans for the Canadian War Museum about the 519 WWII veterans he's interviewed for the Canadian War Museum to help immortalize their wisdom, experience and important stories of the horrendous war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Sylvain Charlebois, director of the agri-food analytics lab at Dalhousie University and a professor in food distribution and policy at Dalhousie University, to discuss how for the first time in this country’s history- BOTH of our largest ports in Vancouver and now Montreal have been idled. 1200 long shore workers in Montreal rejected a final offer of more than 20% over six years, retroactive to the beginning of 2024. That would bring average salaries to 200k. Operations in Montreal have been halted at two contained terminals responsible for 40% of goods since Oct 31. Talks with BC port workers are also at an impasse with 700 workers rejecting offer to the union that includes a 19.2 per cent wage increase over a four-year term GUEST: Sylvain Charlebois - Director of the Agri-Food Analytics lab at Dalhousie University and a Professor in Food Distribution and Policy at Dalhousie University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Education Minister Jill Dunlop about what the province plans to do after it came to light that a series of school boards spent thousands of taxpayer dollars on lavish trips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices