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 megaphon...

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 a...

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 hono...

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 ch...

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 c...

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 mo...

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 sout...

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...