The Alex Pierson Show

Should there be an age restriction for kids to buy energy drinks? New Brunswick mom shares her traumatizing experience when her 10-year-old daughter got seizures from consuming energy drinks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Department of Health confirmed it charged taxpayers an undisclosed sum for crack pipes and other drug paraphernalia under its “safe supply” program. Managers had flatly denied it under questioning October 2 by Conservative MP Dan Mazier Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever been thrown out of Uber because you are Jewish, Miriam Mattova shares her experience after she was thrown out of her uber ride by a driver for being Jewish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever been thrown out of Uber because you are Jewish, Miriam Mattova shares her experience after she was thrown out of her uber ride by a driver for being Jewish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is Mark Carney up to now? Alex chats with Blacklocks reporter about the million foreign students allowed into the workforce and many other topics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Would you want your kid to google you? Karen Stintz joins Alex Pierson on this discussion. Tune in Monday to Friday 12-3 pm ET to catch The Alex Pierson Show live on 640 Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With prices of everything going up every day, it's always smart to save every penny. Kathleen Cassidy, Founder of Living on a Loonie shares tips on how to save on your grocery bill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Blacklocks reporter Tom Korski as they discuss the safety of Jews in Canada, Governor General Mary Simon’s office and many other topics on this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After Algoma Steel’s shocking decision to lay off 1,000 workers, Alex takes a deeper look at the story behind one of Canada’s most storied industrial giants. How did a company that helped power generations of families in Sault Ste. Marie — end up here? To understand Algoma’s rise, its struggles, and why this moment matters far beyond Northern Ontario, Alex is joined by historian Duncan McDowall, author of Steel at the Sault. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Smith Chats with Tom Korski Blacklock's reporter. about Carney's promises about housing and Melanie Joly's failure as minister of Industry to read the Stellantis contract. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Smith discusses hazing in Canadian sports and land acknowledgement issues in Canada with Blacklocks reporter Tom Korski Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson with Rowena Santos discuss Housing Enforcement Reforms in Brampton. Residential Rental Licensing Program and Lodging House Plan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blacklock’s Reporter’s Tom Korski joins Alex Pierson to discuss Carney's Conflict of interest with Brookfield, the end of medical exam requirement for immigrants and why Ontario government hired $1 million-a month American trade lawyers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blacklocks reporter Tom Korski joins Alex Pierson to talk about the 2025 Liberal budget Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blacklock’s Reporter’s Tom Korski joins Alex Pierson to discuss permanent residency for foreigners, a climate program that became a "tick box exercise" and costed billions, and surveillance cameras being installed in the department of employment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this conversation with Blacklock’s Reporter managing editor Tom Korski, Alex Pierson digs into the growing list of ethical and governance crises facing Ottawa. Korski breaks down the Commons vote ordering hearings into Prime Minister Mark Carney’s extensive stock holdings — a portfolio spanning hundreds of companies, including Brookfield’s Westinghouse subsidiary, which has received federal funding. The discussion questions whether Canada’s top office can truly separate public duty from private interest. They then turn to a surge in federal whistleblower complaints, as the Integrity Commissioner warns Parliament that her office is overwhelmed with serious allegations of corruption, nepotism, and misuse of funds — calling it evidence of a “petty, and sometimes not-so-petty” corruption problem in Ottawa. Finally, the pair debate the proposed federal ban on public displays of the swastika, which the Canadian Civil Liberties Association calls government overreach. Korski argues that while consistency matters, Ottawa’s selective outrage reveals deep contradictions in how Charter rights are defended. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by former Conservative MP Michelle Ferreri and Toronto Sun national political reporter Brian Passafiume for a sharp-edged panel on the week’s biggest headlines. Mark Carney’s Asia Trip: Is Canada cozying up to China at the expense of its U.S. alliance? The panel debates the risks of opening the floodgates to Chinese EVs and the mixed messages on trade and security. BC Land-Claims Fallout: A Supreme Court ruling leaves homeowners caught in reconciliation crossfire — could this set a national precedent? Bloated Bureaucracy: Despite a 40 percent jump in federal public-service jobs since 2015, Canadians report worse service than ever. O Canada Controversy: After Rufus Wainwright’s creative take on the anthem, the panel weighs in on whether singers should be required to stick to the actual lyrics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blacklocks Reporter Tom Korski joins guest host Ben O' Hara Byrne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blacklock’s Reporter’s Tom Korski joins Alex Pierson to unpack the federal government’s latest display of dysfunction—from 30,000 deportees with no known address to the Canada Border Services Agency losing track of its own firearms. Korski points to a culture of complacency and political distraction, where senior bureaucrats face no consequences and cabinet ministers seem more interested in photo ops than public administration. The two also discuss the troubling proposal to single out Israeli visitors for “war crime” screening and why chronic mismanagement across agencies like CRA and CBSA exposes how broken Ottawa’s systems have become. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson sits down with Blacklock’s Reporter managing editor Tom Korski for a sharp look behind the headlines — from the $15-billion Stellantis subsidy deal now facing public scrutiny, to CBC Gem’s questionable “millions of subscribers,” and Ottawa’s ever-slipping housing targets. Korski dissects what’s really hidden in the fine print of Canada’s auto bailouts, calls out the lack of accountability at the public broadcaster, and warns how failed housing policy is eroding the Canadian dream of home ownership. A candid, fact-packed conversation on what happens when taxpayers foot the bill for government spin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices