The Alex Pierson Show

Host Alex Pierson speaks with David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Kate Logue, Vice President of Community Outreach for Ontario Autism Coalition and a mother of two autistic children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jim Stephenson, a Police dog handler for over 19 years, about the process of training K9 officers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Premier Ford wants to do whatever it takes to decriminalize hard drugs, especially since a young mother was murdered in Leslieville. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Derek Finkle, Community Member Health Centre, about a community that gets ignored and then the concern becomes ''will the politicians do anything more?'' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Canadian who work past 65, says Industry Francois-Philippe Champage. The number of pensioners who remain in the workforce is currently the highest in history, more than a third of people surveyed called Navy racism worrisome though they couldn't point to any particular allegation or incident, Cabinet budgeted m...

Is Elon Musk bored...again? Host Alex Pierson chats with David Kincaid, Founder of Level 5 Strategy, Canada's leading boutique brand consulting firm, about Elon's decision to change the twitter logo to ''X.'' Hasn't he done enough already or is he bored? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks to Lisa Bildy, lawyer who represented Richard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Louis March, Founder of the Zero Gun Violence Movement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Tasha Kheiriddin speaks with Phil Parsons, a long-time resident of the Church & Wellesley neighbourhood. Phil has organized a protest for this Saturday at that intersection regarding an uptick in violence and vandalism in the neighbourhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Tasha Kheiriddin speaks with Rev. Alexa Gilmour, a community organizer, activist, writer and United Church minister. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Safe injection sites are fueling crime in communities. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Pierre Poilievre, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada , about the murder of Karolina Huebner-Makurat in Leslieville last Friday. The cry for help to get the drug use problem under control is failing. The Federal Government needs to put a stop to crime and chaos on our streets. Learn more about your ad choic...

Host Alex Pierson speaks with David Anstey, Father of 9-year-old Grace who's waiting on knee surgery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Peter Howell, Toronto Star Film Critic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with John Henry, the regional chair and CEO for Durham Region, about the region needing more resources for their shelter systems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Premier Doug Ford. The two tackle issues with bail reform, safety concerns around safe injection sites and Toronto's refugee crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A family is Hamilton's east end have had a huge part of their driveway and property cut off. Their neighbour's home was deemed unsafe. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Katy Belaire, East end of Hamiton resident, about what this has been like after her family is unable to use their property. If a home isn't being cared for, it becomes everyone else's problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the Bank of Canada nearly paying out $27 million in raises and bonuses last year even as it admitted bungling forecasts, high interest rates, the highest in 22 years will continue into 2024, Bank of Canada Govenor Tiff Macklem said yesterday, Cabinet must address ''housing injustice'' with new laws and policies...

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Eric Lombardi, Founder of More Neighbours Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Habib Battah, Air France passenger who had to clean up someone else’s bodily fluids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Katrina Miller, executive director of Canadians for Tax Fairness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Raise them he did! Tiff Macklem didn't hold back. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ron Butler, Mortage Broker of Butler Mortgage, about what will happen to individuals who did not get a fixed rate when buying their home. This may be the last straw for many people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the 11th day the BC Port has been on strike and the Government has done nothing. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Christina Santini, director of National Affairs at CFIB, about where the urgency is to do something about the strike. Millions of businesses are short because they can't get their products through. Revenues are being destroyed. Something needs to be done soon and fast. For each da...

The everyday Canadian is now paying another interest rate. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ian Lee, Sprout School of Business, about how this interest rate hike will poorly affect the lives of Canadians. If hurt is what they wanted to cause, hurt is what the Bank of Canada delievered. This is the 10th interest rate hike. 25 points and a 20 year high. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...

Olivia Chow officially begins her mayoral duties today. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Adrienne Batra, former communications of Rob Ford and editor of Chief at the Toronto Star about Olivia's first day in office and what she'll implement to make Toronto a ''safer place.'' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leslieville residents are very concerned about the safe injection sites in following to the murder of Caroline Huebner-Makurat. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Paula Fletcher, City Councilor for Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth about the criminal activity that is happening in the neighbourhood. Stop passing the buck and do something about the safe injection sites. All they bring is crime. Learn more about y...