The Alex Pierson Show

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 honouring our veterans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 southern neighbours? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Finance Minister has said that Canada is in a "Vibe-Cession"...but just what does that mean, and why does it sound condescending? Host Alex Pierson had to get to the bottom of it and spoke with Ron Butler a broker and founder of Butler Mortgage about what this "Vibe-cession" means for Canadians, and if this is a real term or just an economic buzzword. 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 about the Immigration Minister Marc Miller trying to defend why his liberal government has failed to defend our border and what the plan is to deal with millions of visas expiring soon. They also talk about dissent amonst the Liberals in regards to Trudeau's GST cashout and if the CBC has improved or got worse in the last few years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Henry Wolfond - Chairman and CEO of Bayshore Capital Inc. and the Chair of UJA of Greater Toronto’s Countering Antisemitism Committee about what is was like to fly in Blue Origin's recent space flight, and how being over 100 km above the earth changed his perspective on humanity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices