The Alex Pierson Show

Trudeau stands with Ukraine: Announces military, economic and cultural support measures in the face of Russian aggression. Alex Pierson speaks with Richard Shimooka, Defense Expert and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute about Trudeau's Military Aid to Ukraine: Thousands of Assault Rifles, Dozens of Machine-guns, and Millions of Rounds of Ammo to Fight Russian Invaders. Learn more abo...

Toronto's World Cup Hosting Costs: Taxpayers Foot the Bill, MLSE Takes the Win. Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Naraine, PhD Associate Professor, Sport Management at Brock University about Toronto scoring the World Cup hosting rights but will taxpayers be left on the hook? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matlow pledges to keep housing development in public hands. Alex Pierson speaks with Jennifer Keesmat, Partner, Markee Developments; CEO the Keesmat Group about Josh Matlow coming up with a unique proposal to tackle the city's housing crisis. Instead of relying on private developers, he's proposing to launch a new public agency called "Public Build Toronto" to develop housing on city-owned lands....

The Islamic community in Markham is calling for action against the tide of Islamophobia. Alex Pierson speaks with Rachel Noorman, Private Investigator and Security Specialist about an alleged hate-motivated attack at a local mosque that has left the community in distress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about how Inflation in Canada has been on the rise, causing concerns among Canadians about the increasing cost of living. Federal data suggests that high inflation rates, along with rising interest rates and unaffordable housing, are contributing to a sense of pessimism about the future of the Canadian economy well i...

Alex Pierson hails Rogers' takeover of TTC subway cellphone service, hoping it will lead, sooner than later, to reliable connectivity underground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Therme Group Canada is defending its plans for the transformation of Ontario Place. Alex Pierson talks to Simon Bredin, Senior Manager of Communications and Public Engagement at Therme Group Canada. They discuss the company's vision for the project and its commitment to working with local stakeholders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Dillon Dodson, Senior Manager if Social Work at the Toronto Humane Society, Yvon Dandurand, Professor Emeritus of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of the Fraser Valley and Crystal Regehr, owner of candy company 'Canadian Candy Nostalgia.' Alex and Dillion discuss how the Toronto Humane Society is searching for the owner of an abandoned dog who was left in...

Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association on crime and bail reform. Many officers have testified to this matter but no action has been taken yet. This is up to the Federal Government and it seems they don't want to take action. Canadians want something done now instead of waiting any longer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ron Butler, Mortgage Specialist with Butler Mortgage and Shahin Moghaddam, wife and son murdered on Flight PS752. Asher Honickman, Partner at Jordan Honickman Barristers practicing civil and public litigation joins Shahin. Alex and Ron discuss why 63% of Canadians feel owning a home is out of reach. Alex, Shahin and Asher discuss why the Government wants to drop the l...

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about how Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s “strong middle class” budget followed internal polling that warned of widespread grumbling by middle class voters. “Most were of the view the country was currently headed in the wrong direction,” said a Privy Council report: “There should be a greater emphasis on increas...

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation & Alok Mukherjee, Former Chair of the Toronto Police Services Board. Alex and Franco discuss ''savings.'' Spending is going up by 85 billion dollars. Government services have not been the greatest and they consistently fail to meet half of their targets. Alex and Alok discuss why a rapist cop can...

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Neil Heatherington, CEO of the Daily Bread Food Bank & Yanick Labrie, Senior Fellow of the Fraser Institute, health economist and public-policy consultant. Alex and Neil discuss how the Toronto Daily Food Bank is seeing the highest demand ever. Toronto is right in the middle of a food crisis. Alex and Yanick discuss surgical health times. There's been a huge demand fo...

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about how McKinsey & Company was never considered for federal blacklisting as an unethical supplier, even after facing legal troubles abroad, records show. The Department of Public Works said court settlements and corruption charges “had no impact” on its work with the company: “I wake up every day knowing it’s an et...

We're walking towards a mayoral election nobody asked for or really wants. However, this campaign matters. On April 3rd, 640 Toronto broadcast live from Nathan Phillips Square as candidates began to file their paperwork with the clerk's office. Listen as Alex Pierson talks to some of the women and men vying to be Toronto's next mayor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been a very busy day but that doesn't mean that we don't get out some of the big stories. Today we talk all about the scathing report into one of the worst mass killings in Canadian history and the way it paints the RCMP in a very bad light. We also talk about Bill C-11 and the further information that comes up about that. That and more on today's episode of the Alex Pierson Show. Learn more...

We talk about Chinese interference, but it's not just China we need to worry about... it's Russia. They have also been playing games trying to undermine our democracy and they also love specific weapons like the internet where they can put disinformation that targets both left and right. Now they're using it with Ukraine to undermine support. Alex talks about this and much more on today's episode...

The House of Commons erupted on Wednesday after Conservative MP Michael Barrett asked the Liberals if the new Interim Ethics Commissioner, Martine Richard – who was appointed on Tuesday is the sister-in-law of Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc. Well—he too has broken ethics- so he can make sure his sister knows her job. Who do we bring on to talk about this? None other than Tom Ko...

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Pierre Poilievre, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It may not have happened in Toronto, but in Vancouver, there was a stabbing outside of a Starbucks and instead of helping the man in distress, bystanders decided to whip out their phones and record everything instead. Now in some cases, this is useful in a court case, but there should also be duty of care to someone in distress. The worst culprit of this, though, is a man who made a mockery of it...

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about MP Han Dong (Don Valley North, Ont.), now threatening to sue media for libel, eight years ago as a Liberal member of the Ontario legislature helped pass a law restricting libel suits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You have to ask, when is enough actually enough? When will someone in charge take charge of a crisis they allowed to happen? This latest headline of violence on our TTC should be the final straw, but how many times have we said that? As former Toronto Police Chief (and now hopeful mayoral candidate), Mark Saunders, says... we're normalizing it. But can we stop with the stale idea of thoughts and p...

Host Alex Pierson comments on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's appointment of David Johnston, former governor general from the Stephen Harper era, as the special rapporteur to probe foreign interference claims.. As well, Abdalla Barqawi, lawyer with Conway Litigation on Gen. Maj Dany Fortin suing the Prime Minister, Chief of Defence staff and others.. And Eric Lombardi, housing advocate with More N...

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Terry Glavin, Author, journalist and Columnist for the Ottawa Citizen & National Post. Formerly with Maclean's magazine. And Senior Fellow, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, managing editor of Blacklocks Reporter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices