The Alex Pierson Show

Host Alex Pierson dives into the rising MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) movement where Robert F. Kennedy is leading the fight to clean up America's food and drug supply, but is he the right man for the job? Alex speaks with Dr. Peter Lurie, president and executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest about what this movement is all about, and its pros and cons. Learn more ab...

Host Alex Pierson is joined by regular feature and friend of the show, Tom Korski, the managing editor of Blacklock's Reporter about some of the major stories that are affecting Canadians right now, like who the next leader of the Liberal party could be, and why more and more cabinet minister are turning their backs on policies brought on by Prime Minister Trudeau. Learn more about your ad choices...

Host Alex Pierson is joined by the Hon. Jason Kenney, the former Premier of Alberta and federal cabinet minister about Canada being stuck in a brewing trade war with the US. Alex and Jason talk about why we needed pipelines decades ago, and why we could see Canada start re-investing in this essential infrastructure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by an investigative journalist who lives across from a safe injection site in Leslieville, Derek Finkle about the controversial South Riverdale Consumption Site announcing it will close its doors regardless of the outcome of a legal battle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Mediaologist for Thinkstart.ca, Mohit Rajhans about President Trump announcing a $500 billion investment into the development and future of AI in the US, and if Canada is going to be missing out on not doing the same. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After Toronto Police announced the largest cocaine bust in the history of the city, it was also made clear that a new Mexican Cartel could be operating out of Toronto...but how dangerous are they? To get answers, host Alex Pierson turns to Calvin Chrustie, a former RCMP senior transnational crime investigator about who the Jalisco nueva generación cartel is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Catherine Swift, President of the Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers & Business Canada about Trump's threat to bring Tariffs to Canada as early as Feb 1st, and how Canadian businesses are planning to deal with it Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Kingston City Councillor for District 7, Kingscourt-Rideau, Brandon Tozzo about the city declaring a state of emergency over a growing food insecurity that sees 1-3 households struggling to put food on the tables! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Its that time of the week where Alex Pierson is joined by the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter, Tom Korski to go over some of the big stories in Ottawa, like why Minister Freeland says "shes good with money", or why its still a mess to get a passport if you need it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Elbert K. Paul, a registered liberal and the former director and chair of the audit committee of the Federal Liberal Agency of Canada (FLAC) about a recent Op-Ed he penned that very starkly calls on the Prime Minister actually to put the country first and not his blind ambitions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson checks back in with Aris Lavransos who has filed a lawsuit against the Prime Minister for his proroguing parliament. Now the Federal Court has agreed to not only hear this case but also to expedite it! Could we see this decision reversed, and toss the LPC back into a potential confidence vote? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Matti Siemiatycki, a professor of geography and planning and director of the Infrastructure Institute at the University of Toronto. They discuss Toronto's metro population jumping to over 7 million people, how prepared our infrastructure is to handle this situation, and what we could expect in just a few more years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...

As the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas seems to be maintained, host Alex Pierson speaks with someone who has been deeply and personally affected by these hostage trades, Hillel Fuld, whose brother was murdered in cold blood by one of the Hamas terrorists being released. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by the most recent addition to the Liberal Leadership Race, Ruby Dhalla! Ruby and Alex talk about why she chose to get in this race, what she plans to bring to the table and how being an actual "outsider" could help her with Liberal voters, instead of the other candidates who all claim to be "outsiders". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In light of the still looming Trump Tariffs, host Alex Pierson speaks with Brett Murray, the owner of Jebb Co, a manufacturer of metal for oil and gas companies. Brett and Alex talk about how these tariffs will decimate multiple sectors in this country, and how people like Brett will be left to feel the full brunt of the tariffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by the Founder of International Portetive Service Inc (IPS), Mr. Aaron T. Jones about just what his private security company can do, who his clients are, and why LA officials are refusing to allow him entry...even though he helped in the previous Woosley fire in 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Tom Korksi, the managing editor of Blacklock's Reporter about some of the major stories affecting Canadians, such as the all but complete collapse of the EV program, why the feds have March Madness to justify their major budgets and the failed...but still applied Capital Gains Tax. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by the former Sheriff of LA Country, Alex Villanueva about whats happening on the ground in LA, and why people playing politics could make the rescue, recovery and rebuild that much more difficult. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by a very special guest, Yasmin Magal, a Canadian-Isreli who's 21 year-old cousin,, Omer Neutra, was taken hostage by Hamas terrorists on October 7th, 2023...but is now confirmed to be killed. Yasmin and Alex talk about how difficult this has been for her and her family, and how even in light of all this horror she still holds hope for the remainder of the hostages. Lea...

After SecondStreet.org has released its annual report on how many Canadians have passed waiting for medical procedures,Host Alex Pierson speaks with the President of SecondsStreet.org Colin Craig about why the number is nearing 75,000...and over 15,000 just between 2023-2024! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Guidy Mamann, an immigration lawyer with Mamann Sandaluk LLP about the startling information that post-secondary schools across the country are reporting at least 50,000 international students have not been attending classes at all and are listed as "no-shows". Guidy and Alex talk about what could be fueling this, and what changes could be made to not only put a stop...

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Richard Goldberg, Senior Advisor with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) about a truce that could be coming to the conflict in Israel-Gaza, and why Trumps presidency could have inched this possibility into a reality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Sam Abuelsamid, the VP of Market Research at Telemetry Insights about whether Toronto could be ready for driverless, fully autonomous taxis on its streets. Alex and Sam talk about why the technology might not be there just yet, and what else Toronto needs to make this a reality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's that time of the week when host Alex Pierson and Tom Korski, the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter sit down to examine, break down and sometimes laugh at what goes on in our House of Commons. This week, Tom and Alex touch on why a special task force will be monitoring the Liberal Party of Canada (LPC) leadership race, why automakers are saying the EV push is all but dead...and so much m...

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Warren Kinsella, the President of the Daisy Group about the now cancelled "Caliphate Conference 2025" which was originally slated to take place in Mississauga, before moving to Hamilton, and then ultimately being cancelled. Alex and Warren talk about why the federal government was urging this conference to cancel but fell short of actually listing them as a terror or...