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The Alex Pierson show is an in-depth, no-nonsense look at the stories making headlines. Alex has more than 20 years in the field and behind an anchor desk, and is known and respected for her tough reporting style and accountability. Join the daily conversation with the Alex Pierson Show, and never miss an important story again.
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Irwin Cotler, the former Liberal justice minister and Attorney General of Canada, founder and chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, joins host Alex Pierson to talk about how he was the target of an alleged foiled assassination plot by agents of Iran.
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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter about the Immigration Minister Marc Miller yesterday enacted new regulations he acknowkledged will cost Canadian jobs, a first for any federal cabinet, Cabniet proposes to send $46 million this winter on preparations to host soccer' 2026 World Cup with more funding due next year, hundreds of criminal gangs have turned to wholesale production of fentanyl, says a confidential federal memo. All this and more!
GUEST: Tom Korski - Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter
X(formerly Twitter): @mindingottawa
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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter about the Trans Mountain Pipeline despite cabinet assurances it would make money. Budget Officer Yves Giroux warning billions' in overruns. Addictions Minister Ya'ara Saks yesterday said families across Canada often ask her for parenting advice, meanwhile an NDP MP has been cautioned for wearing a beaded watermelon pin in parliament, Watermelon imagery has long been used as a stand-in symbol for the Palestine flag, McPherson defends that it is just a poppy. All this and more!
GUEST: Tom Korski - Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter
X(formerly Twitter): @mindingottawa
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On this episode of The Alex Pierson Podcast, our host Alex Pierson takes on the major stories of the day, in her own unique way.
In this episode, Alex speaks with:
Mark Weber, National President of Customs and Immigration Union (CIU) about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal party flipping their position when it comes to immigration in this country and the major holes that exist within our own border security.
Marvin Alfred - President of ATU Local 113 about a major collision with a TTC bus and a stolen BMW that was speeding in the intersection of Bathurst and Wilson in Toronto.
Lily Cheng - Toronto Councillor for Ward 18- Willowdale about a very heated and emotional debate in Toronto city council about including a Christian Heritage Month for the city to celebrate in December, and why certain Councillors are against the idea.
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Host Alex Pierson is joined by the Legislative and Policy Director with SecondStreet.org, Harrison Fleming to talk about their new report highlighting how long Ontarians on average have to wait for important cardiac surgeries, while other places wait way less than we do and how many deaths will happen while people are stuck waiting.
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Host Alex Pierson talks to Dr. Kelly Sunberg, a Professor of Criminology at Calgary’s Mount Royal University & Former Canada Border Service Agency Officer about the issues that Canada has with immigration. Have we reached rock bottom or are we just at the tip of the iceberg?
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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Rico Mancini, a Boxing Canada Competitive Coach with Sully’s Recreation & Athletic Center about the Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson fight. Mancini breaks down his fight expectations.
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Host Alex Pierson talks to Mohamed Khimji, a Queen’s business law professor and self-proclaimed ‘Swiftie’. Khimji teaches a Law (Taylor's Version) course, that focuses on the copyrights, trademarks, contracts from Swifts career, and talks about why he so excited for her first show in Toronto.
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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter about Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault says his shifting claims from being ''non-status adoptive Cree'' to recently stating his adoptive mother is ''status Metis'' are a ''reflection of his family exploring their own history,'' Health Minister Mark Holland's Public Health Agency has failed an internal audit on conflicts of interest, the Department of Immigration in a ''Welcome to Canada'' guide advised foreigners to be prepared to book Airbnb rentals or resort to homeless shelters on arrival here. All this and more!
GUEST: Tom Korski - Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter
X(formerly Twitter): @mindingottawa
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Host Alex Pierson is joined by the Provincial Minister of economic development, job creation and trade Victor Fedeli about a new proposed bi-lateral trade agreement with the US being floated by Premier Ford, and why the current Tri-Lateral Deal (CUSMA) might need to be dissolved.
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Host Alex Pierson is joined by Sam Cooper the Founder of The Bureau & Author of Wilful Blindness: How A Network of Narcos, Tycoons and CCP Agents Infiltrated The West about his new report that alleges the Chinese government personally endorsed over 40 federal nominees in our 2019 election!
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Host Alex Pierson is joined by Clayton Campbell the President of the Toronto Police Association about a new 5-year deal the City of Toronto has signed that will see more police brought onto the force, and what it will look like for many in Toronto.
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Host Alex Pierson is joined by Phil Gurski the CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting and a former CSIS Sr. Strategic Analyst on Terrorism on what are the risks of a terror attack occurring in Toronto during one of Taylor Swift's upcoming shows.
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On this episode of The Alex Pierson Podcast, our host Alex Pierson takes on the major stories of the day, in her own unique way.
In this episode, Alex speaks with:
Neil Hetherington - The CEO of the Daily Bread Food Bank about a new startling report that shows that last year 3.49 million clients visited food banks as the cost of living in this country only continues to surge upwards.
Professor Gerald Steinberg, President and Co-Founder of NGO Monitor about the report created by his NGO that has found over 100 non-government organizations in Canada have been fueling the start rise in antisemitism across Canada.
Yonah Budd - Co-Founder and Clinical Director “The Farm in Stoufville” & Host of “At Your Best” - Saturdays on the Corus Radio Network about why Country Singer "Jelly Roll" is claiming to be sober, even while he smokes Cannabis and drinks alcohol.
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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter about investigators have confirmed whistleblowers' complaints of ''misuse of public funds'' through sweetheart contracting in Defense Minister Bill Blair's department, Chief Electoral Officer Stephane Perrault will testify on why he attended a secret meetings with News Democrats and Liberals to discuss rewriting the Elections Act, a total 200,000 fewer foreign students were let into Canada this fall compared to last year, says the Department of Immigration.
GUEST: Tom Korski - Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter
X(formerly Twitter): @mindingottawa
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Host Alex Pierson is joined by the former Cheif of the Defence Staff for the Canadian Armed Forces, (Ret'd) General Rick Hillier about the current state of the CAF, and what needs to be done to not only improve public perception, but morale and overall readiness of our troops.
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On this episode of The Alex Pierson Podcast, our host Alex Pierson takes on the major stories of the day, in her own unique way.
In this episode, Alex speaks with:
(Ret'd) General Rick Hillier - former Chief of the Defence Staff for the Canadian Armed Forces about new polling that shows a growing amount of Canadian don't think we put enough pride into our military.
Andy Réti, Holocaust Survivor & Educator about what it was like to grow up in a Jewish Ghetto along the Austrian-Hungarian border, to be freed by the Soviet Red Army and then to have to escape that horror after to make it to Canada.
Eric Brunt - Filmmaker and documentarian. Interviewed over 500 WWII veterans for the Canadian War Museum about the 519 WWII veterans he's interviewed for the Canadian War Museum to help immortalize their wisdom, experience and important stories of the horrendous war.
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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Sylvain Charlebois, director of the agri-food analytics lab at Dalhousie University and a professor in food distribution and policy at Dalhousie University, to discuss how for the first time in this country’s history- BOTH of our largest ports in Vancouver and now Montreal have been idled. 1200 long shore workers in Montreal rejected a final offer of more than 20% over six years, retroactive to the beginning of 2024. That would bring average salaries to 200k. Operations in Montreal have been halted at two contained terminals responsible for 40% of goods since Oct 31. Talks with BC port workers are also at an impasse with 700 workers rejecting offer to the union that includes a 19.2 per cent wage increase over a four-year term
GUEST: Sylvain Charlebois - Director of the Agri-Food Analytics lab at Dalhousie University and a Professor in Food Distribution and Policy at Dalhousie University.
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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Education Minister Jill Dunlop about what the province plans to do after it came to light that a series of school boards spent thousands of taxpayer dollars on lavish trips.
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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter about Tom Clarke and how in September he had nothing to do with the decision-making or suggesting a 9 million dollar place on billionaires row and now documents reveal Clarke had his hands all over this, more fraud rings have been uncovered in federal contracting, a senior manager disclosed last night, Parliament should penalize Google and Facebook if they fail to identify and isolate ''undesirable or questionable'' information on the internet, says a Common Heritage Committee report. All this and more!
GUEST: Tom Korski - Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter
X(formerly Twitter): @mindingottawa
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