The Alex Pierson Show
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250 Canadian troops being sent to Mali peacekeeping mission
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How long has Facebook data-mining been going on?
Former Liberal war room director and international journalist John Mraz speaks to Alex about the recent news regarding Facebook data harvesting and how long the practice has been in use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Stopping foreign-funded advocacy groups in Canada
Alex Pierson speaks with Senator Linda Frum about foreign-funded third party advocacy groups and the fight to close loopholes regarding the legality of the practice in Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Monologue: Everybody gets a freebie!
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Are we in a new cold war with Russia?
Alex Pierson talks with former Liberal war room director and international journalist John Mraz about what is happening between Russia and the rest of the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The unrecognized signs of abusive relationships
Executive Director of the London Abused Women's Centre Megan Walker joins Alex Pierson to talk about the spike in domestic abuse murder victims in Ontario and the often unrecognized signs of abusive relationships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Foreign Funded Anti–Conservative Group Launches "NEVER FORD" Campaign
Alex Pierson speaks with President and CEO of Working Canadians Catherine Swift about advocacy group Leadnow's latest efforts against new Ontario PC party leader Doug Ford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nova Scotia farmer under fire for satirical men's holiday
Alex Pierson speaks with Moo Nay Farms owner Melvin Burns about a joke holiday he incorporated into his business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Monologue for March 16th 2018
Alex Pierson speaks about supposedly independent advocacy groups like Leadnow that are backed by foreign money and aimed at taking down conservative initiatives and politicians- seen now with their NEVER FORD campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jagmeet Singh defends speaking at Sikh separatist rally in 2015
Media Commentator & Political Analyst Alise Mills joins Alex Pierson to speak about the federal NDP leader's appearance at a Sikh separatist rally in 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ontario PC Leader Doug Ford’s comments on pot considered ‘reckless’
Alex Pierson speaks with cannabis activist, civil liberties advocate, and public speaker Jodie Emery about the potential for a privatized pot market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fitbits may be dangerous for young kids
Kelsey Johnston, Outreach Coordinator for The National Eating Disorder Information Centre, joins Alex Pierson to talk about the potential issues Fitbits and similar devices may cause children and adolescents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ontario health-care spending not keeping pace with aging population
Alex Pierson speaks with radiologist and Coalition of Ontario Doctors co-founder Dr. David Jacobs about the report from the Financial Accountability Office saying that even with an additional $6.9 billion of planned health spending over the next three years, Ontario is not keeping up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Field Trip festival drops Nestle sponsorship
Alex Pierson speaks with freelance communications specialist Erica Shiner about the decision by popular indie festival Field Trip to drop Nestle as a sponsor after a public outcry regarding the corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What Rex Tillerson's firing means
Alex Pierson speaks with writer and private investor Charles Ortel about U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's departure and what this means for the Trump White House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Federal government officially throws support behind unified 2026 World Cup bid
Sports broadcaster, analyst, and writer Nigel Reed joins Alex Pierson to talk about the potential of the World Cup being co-hosted by Canada in 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
O.J. Simpson offers ‘hypothetical’ account of ex-wife’s murder
Alex Pierson speaks with PR strategist and pop culture expert Elissa Freeman about O.J. Simpson's comments in an unearthed 2006 interview with Judith Regan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Turmoil in local NDP Constituency Offices
Alex Pierson speaks with Bay Observer journalist John Best about harrassment allegations in several NDP constiuency offices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Doug Ford wins Ontario PC Party leadership
Journalist Christina Blizzard joins Alex Pierson to talk about Doug Ford's victory and his potential appeal to the province. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
First Nations Communities Would Like a Share of Cannabis Tax
Chief Randall Phillips of the Oneida Nation of the Thames joins Alex Pierson to talk about the government's rollout of legalized cannabis and how First Nations communities are being ignored in the process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
PC party leadership injunction dismissed by judge
Alex Pierson speaks with lawyer John Nunziata about the breaking news that the injunction to extend public voting for PC candidates has been dismissed by a judge and a new leader will be announced tomorrow as planned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The search for Kaden Young
Alex Pierson speaks with community search organizer Richard Croft about the way he has brought together his town to look for Kaden Young. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un could meet by May to talk denuclearization
Alex Pierson speaks with security expert Lee Humphrey (president and CEO of James International Security Consulting) regarding Trump's planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#LoveWins Concert on March 29th
Alex Pierson speaks with President of Cineplex Media Salah Bachir about an upcoming concert to benefit Toronto's LGBTQ community after the deep trauma caused to it by Bruce McArthur. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
First Nations would like a cut of cannabis tax after pot is legalized
Alex Pierson speaks with Chief Commissioner of First Nations Manny Jules about the potential challenges with Bill C-45 and getting First Nations involved in the conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Al Gore praises Kathleen Wynne and Ontario's cap-and-trade system
Alex Pierson speaks to Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Toronto Pierre Desrochers about Premier Kathleen Wynne and Al Gore's talk at Ryerson University regarding Ontario's role in preventing climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Injunction application to extend Ontario PC Party leadership voting to be heard in court
Alex Pierson speaks to chair of the PC Party of Ontario's Leadership Election Organizing Committee Hartley Lefton about the application filed for an injunction in the PC party's race and what this means for the election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Canada to be exempt from steel, aluminum tariffs — for now
Alex Pierson speaks with Cyndee Todgham Cherniak (founding lawyer of LexSage and leading lawyer in international trade) about U.S. President Trump's decision to hold off on tariffs against Canada and Mexico. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"Why I'm just not that into International Women's Day"
Alex Pierson speaks with journalist Scout McCraw about her piece in the Toronto Observer regarding the issues McCraw has with International Women's Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The complexities of identifying Bruce McArthur's alleged victims
Alex Pierson speaks with forensic anthropologist Renee Willmon about the challenges of dealing with the remains of Bruce McArthur's alleged victims. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dellen Millard / Bruce McArthur / Harvey Weinstein
Alex Pierson speaks with legal expert Joseph Neuberger about three major cases in the media lately- the Dellen Millard case, the Bruce McArthur investigation, and the unfolding drama surrounding the Harvey Weinstein allegations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hamilton anarchists opposed to city development
Alex Pierson speaks with Hamilton realtor Krysta Boyer about the weekend's events on Locke Street and why the anarchists are so against development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Doug Ford Interview March 6th 2018
Alex Pierson sits down with PC leadership hopeful Doug Ford and speaks about various issues surrounding the race in the final few days before the choice of a new leader is made/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Doug Ford calls for Ontario PC Party leadership voting to be extended
Alex Pierson speaks with Senior Communications Associate at Sussex Strategy about the PC party's problems getting PINs to their membership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Police release photo of body of man linked to alleged Toronto serial killer Bruce McArthur
Alex Pierson talks with CEO of Investigative Solutions Dave Perry about the unprecedented actions that the Toronto Police have taken in the Bruce McArthur case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Steel and aluminum tariffs: How the new levy could affect Canadians
Alex Pierson speaks to Bill Ferguson, President of USW Local 8782 about the Trump administration's new tariffs for steel and aluminum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"I want to bring about change" - Caroline Mulroney
Caroline Mulroney sits down with Alex and discusses why she is running for the leadership of the PC Party of Ontario Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The politics of shame - Where Mulroney sends her kids to school is no one's business
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Medical Marijuana patients have less access than the rest of us
President of FPM Marketing - Adam Oldfield - tech expert joins us with a message that has him fired up that effects all of Canada. Medicinal Cannabis Rob Frid, Ex Pro hockey player who found out about this website participated by sending a letter, telling his story and now shares why this is a message for anyone with a need of Medicinal Cannabis needs to participate and have they voice heard through the website medicinalmyway.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Counterpoint - Thursday March 1, 2018
Omar Khan and Jackie Dobson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hedley will take a hiatus - possibly destroyed by a hashtag
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Global News Top Talkers - March 1
Bill Kelly - weekdays 9am – 12pm – AM900 CHML Andrew Lawton - 12 – 3pm – AM980 CFPL Our Global Radio talking heads discuss Ontario PC Leadership debates and Trump's steel tariffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ontario Politics and Carbon Pricing
Christine Van Geyn is the Ontario Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, talks about how carbon taxes will affect small business and regular Canadians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Counterpoint - Wednesday February 28
John Mraz – Former liberal war room director Bill Hutchison - Journalism professor at Seneca. Former broadcaster CTV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hoskins to head national pharma-care strategy
President of the OMA - Shawn Whatley joins ON Point to discuss whether Hoskins, the former Health Minister of Ontario is qualified to study and implement a national pharma-care plan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dr. Hoskins friends in high places
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Counterpoint - Tuesday February 27, 2018
Mike Van Soelen, Principal at Navigator – strategy and public affairs and David Wills, Senior Vice President of Media Profile join Counterpoint to talk about budget day!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Christina Noudga: No charges in Laura Babcock murder
Joseph Neuberger is Global News Radio legal expert and joins ON Point to discuss why police did not lay any charges on Christina Noudga in relation to the Laura Babcock murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Federal Budget: Growing the economy with the power of love
Alex's monologue takes on the Liberal government's budget announced today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Counterpoint - Monday February 26, 2018
Vincent Gasparro and Jenni Byrne are political animals and spend some time discussing Patrick Brown stepping away from the leadership race and Trudeau's India trip becomes even more controversial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices