Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Cassandra Fultz, Founder and Senior Consultant at Doherty-Fultz Immigration, about more than 15 per cent of immigrants who came to Canada from 1982 to 2017 ended up leaving the country within 20 years of their admission, according to a new study from Statistics Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Dr. Jennifer Walinga, Rower, Olympian, Researcher on Culture and Leadership Through Sport and Professor at Royal Roads University, about the culture change needed at Hockey Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Dr. Monika Dutt, a family physician and Cape Breton resident, about having to hunker down as a powerful winter storm covers Nova Scotia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw following the unveiling of Mayor Chow's version of the 2024 city budget. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Hank Idsinga, 640 Toronto Crime Specialist and Former Toronto Police Inspector, about how jurors in a coroner’s inquest into the death of a teen shot by a Toronto police officer more than a decade ago issued dozens of recommendations in an effort to prevent similar deaths in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Stephen Holyday, City Councillor for Ward 2 - Etobicoke Centre, about Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow unveiling her version of the city’s 2024 budget, shaving one per cent off the proposed tax increase and appearing to end speculation she could forge ahead with blaming further tax increases on the federal government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with mortgage broker Ron Butler about concerns with fixed-payment variable mortgages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony speaks with Dr. Elaina Hyde, Physics and Astronomy Professor at York University and director of the Allan Eye Carswell Observatory, about the TDSB approving a staff recommendation of changing the date of an upcoming PA day to coincide with a rare solar eclipse set to rise above parts of Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest hosts Anthony Furey and Ana Bailao speak with Jeffrey Dvorkin, Author, "Trusting the News in a Digital Age" former head of the journalism program at the University of Toronto-Scarborough and former CBC Radio executive, about the head of CBC not ruling out executive bonuses - despite announcing 800 job cuts to address financial strains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest hosts Anthony Furey and Ana Bailao speak with Patrick Brown, Mayor of Brampton, about how cracking down on auto theft starts performing more screenings on shopping containers at Canadian ports of entry, where stolen cars are often transported from to be sold in other countries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Department of Foreign Affairs says it suspected Chinese agents used WeChat to meddle in the 2021 federal campaign but didn’t act since the media platform wouldn’t take questions. WeChat is owned by a Shenzhen conglomerate. Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter joins guest host Anthony Furey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Alistair MacGregor, B.C. NDP MP and one of the vice-chairs of the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying, about the expected expansion of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) to people whose sole condition is mental illness has been put on hold, following a joint parliamentary committee report found fundamental issues have not been resolved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Dr. Chris Keefer, President of Canadians for Nuclear Energy, about the province's plans for refurbishing the Pickering nuclear plant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Todd McCarthy, Ontario’s Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery, about the province announcing that six ServiceOntario locations will be moving into Staples Canada retail stores starting Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Eric Alper, music publicist and commentator, about Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell making her Grammy Awards performance debut February 4th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Dr. Sonu Gaind, head of the psychiatry department at Sunnybrook Hospital, about the need for revisiting the expansion of medical assistance in dying to include mental illness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Ashley Jansen, a former teacher’s aide in the GTA, who was accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old student - about having her life thrown upside down - even though the allegations weren't true. Alan Richter, lawyer representing Mrs. Jansen, also joins the conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Bradley Poulos, Expert in cannabis business, lecturer in entrepreneurship at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Toronto Metropolitan University and author of the Small Business Operators Manual.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Dr. Shady Ashamalla, surgical oncologist and colorectal surgeon at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, about an alarming trend in younger people getting diagnosed with cancer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Phil Gurski, President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, former CSIS Analyst, about Canada including India in it's probe into election interference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Charlotte Nurse, Director of Programs at the not-for-profit, Canada Learning Code, about the province extending their “back to basics” curriculum push to kindergarten. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Federal auditors are summoned today to a hearing of the Commons public accounts committee regarding the costly ArriveCan program. MPs by a 173 to 149 vote ordered a special audit of ArriveCan after learning sweetheart contracts paid millions to sole-sourced suppliers. Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter joins guest host Anthony Furey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Dr. Shawn Whatley, practicing physician and past President of the Ontario Medical Association and author of “When Politics Comes Before Patients: Why and How Canadian Medicare is Failing", about whether Canada is ready to expand medical assistance in dying (MAiD), despite a looming deadline. The federal government is weighing whether to expand MAiD to people whose sole reason for seeking the procedure is a mental disorder. But who makes up the group lobbying for the expansion? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Hank Idsinga, 640 Toronto Crime Specialist and Former Toronto Police Inspector, about the five members of Canada’s 2018 World Juniors hockey team that have been told to surrender to police and are set to face charges in relation to an alleged group sexual assault in London, Ont. Police say they'll address the media about the investigation on February 5th - why does the public have to wait that long for answers? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Ron Butler, Mortgage Broker with Butler Mortgage, about Canada's financial regulator warning that fixed-payment variable mortgages could leave homeowners with a 'forever mortgage'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Duncan Dee, former Chief Operating Officer for Air Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Christine van Geyn, Litigation Director at The Canadian Constitution Foundation. The case was brought forward by the Canadian Constitution Foundation along with other groups and individuals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Dr. Weidong Pei, TDSB Trustee for Ward 12, Willowdale, about safety concerns he's hearing from parents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The problem is there may be a lot of extra tax coming in the spring. A federal beer tax hike kicks in April 1. This is a Canadian catastrophe. CJ Hélie, President of Beer Canada joins guest host Anthony Furey to explain what would this mean to those that are craving that first beer after a dry month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Dr. Ian Lee, Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University, who’s been researching Canada Post’s decline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Shelby Ch'ng, Thunder Bay city councillor, about the need for more regulatory framework around short-term rentals. Councillor Ch'ng has been lobbying the province to do so to help municipalities get a better handle on short-term rentals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canadians are resigned to unhappy experiences with their internet service provider, says in-house CRTC research. Relatively few switched companies since they considered all services to be equally mediocre, wrote researchers. Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter joins guest host Anthony Furey to explain why internet users are hopeless and more stories from Canada's current affairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Dana McKiel of The Downtown Concerned Citizens Organization, about city budget consultations and why residents don't want to see cuts to the police budget. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Derek Finkle, journalist who lives across the South Riverdale Community Health Centre, a supervised consumption site that's been plagued with issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Jennifer Dundas, former reporter on a mission to set the record straight regarding her distant relative, Henry Dundas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Vivian Bercovici, Former Ambassador of Canada to Israel, about why a two-state solution is a non-starter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Mark Richardson, pro-bono technical lead for data-visualization and analytics on for HousingNowTO.com, a civic tech project where volunteers work to develop robust tools to improve citizen engagement around civic challenges like affordable-housing development and rapid housing solutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Christian Leuprecht, Professor at Royal Military College of Canada, expert on security & defence and author of 'Dirty Money: Financial Crime in Canada'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with John Gray, Oshawa City Councillor for Ward 5, about a Tim Horton's in his ward that has closed to in-person dining due to ongoing safety concerns with drug use and violence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter joined Alex Pierson to discuss, 1) The Commons ethics committee yesterday by a 7 to 3 vote rejected Opposition requests for internal emails regarding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s latest 84 k sun holiday 2)A federal consultant who boasted to clients that he had a secret contact in Chrystia Freeland’s office yesterday testified he made it all up.  3) The husband of Liberal MP Lisa Hepfner (Hamilton Mountain, Ont.) must repay pandemic relief cheques improperly claimed under the CERB program. \ 4) A Canadian Armed Forces program to recruit immigrants has seen only 77 applicants successfully enlist to date, says a briefing note for Defence Minister Bill Blair.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Krishna Gaudel, owner of The Namaste Brewery and Masala Guys, about having to repay his CEBA loan (an interest-free loan given out by the federal government during the pandemic) and how it'll impact his business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Adam Zivo, columnist with National Post, about naturopaths in British Columbia lobbying the government for the right to prescribe 'safer supply' drugs along with traditional addiction medications such as methadone and Suboxone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Paul Ainslie, Toronto Councillor for Scarborough Guildwood and the city’s official ‘night economy champion’, about the city hosting a first-of-its-kind townhall meeting for residents and businesses to weigh in on new rules surrounding late-night establishments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Ron Butler, Mortgage Broker with Butler Mortgage, about how the Ontario government failed to meet its own housing target in 2023, putting the province further behind in its goal of building 1.5 million homes by 2031. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the Prime Minister's vacation and why it wasn't ethical, the controversy about the ArriveCan app and their contracts, and why all the cries for Yemen? And what's going on with climate change? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Brad Poulos, Expert in cannabis business, lecturer in entrepreneurship at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Toronto Metropolitan University and author of 'The Small Business Operators Manual'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Yvan Baker, Liberal MP for Etobicoke Centre, about his concerns with Toronto mayor Olivia Chow blaming the federal government for its budget shortfalls. Mayor Chow and Toronto's budget chief warned that if the Trudeau government doesn’t cough up an extra $250 million to help the city with housing, homelessness and refugees by Jan. 26, that residents will face an additional 6% tax hike on their property taxes, totaling 16.5 per cent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Brendan Whelton, film producer and manager at Bay Street Video at Bay and Bloor in Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Chris Coulter, senior advisor with the ‘How Are You Feeling’ program and author of his recently published book, ‘Wake Up, You Could Lose Your Teen to Suicide’. Chris lost his 14-year-old daughter Maddie to suicide in 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw about the growing tensions in the city over a pro-Palestinian demonstration held several times on the Avenue Road bridge over Highway 401. The police force said Thursday that demonstrations would no longer be allowed on the bridge and people would be “arrested if necessary.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Cabinet's ''safe supply'' drug policy has had minimal impacts despite costing more than $820 million, says a health development report, a majority of Canadians, 81 percent nationwide, had some type of prescription drug insurance typically through work, new Statistics Canada shows, and groceries are so expensive Canada's poverty rate is expected to rise this spring. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with National Post columnist Adam Zivo about his latest research into safe supply. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association, about the blowback officers faced for delivering coffee to pro-Palestinian protesters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Bob Clifford, lawyer and partner at Clifford law offices - Mr. Clifford represents the families killed on Boeing Max flights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about New Democrat MP Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East) will be a target of Communist Chinese agents ''for her entire life,'' the CRTC yesterday dismissed a request from MP's that it ban state-run Chinese propaganda from its approved distribution list of cable and satellite programming in Canada, the Bank of Canada has quietly taken steps to control a ''digital Canadian dollar'' despite public claims it has no interest of cable and satellite programming in Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Sandra Zisckind, managing partner at Diamond and Diamond, about McMaster University and its student union facing a multi-million dollar class action lawsuit over alleged antisemitism on campus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Finance Minister Chystia Freeland billed thousands for limousines and taxis in Toronto despite claims she relied on her climate-friendly bicycle and public transit, Canada continues to pay million in foreign aid to China records show, Canadians don't need cabinet's help in safely using the internet, says in-house Privy Council research. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Nayomie Spence-Lees, National Client Services Manager for Blackbird Security. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Richard Vivian, Senior Reporter and Assistant Editor at Guelph Today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Dean DiPietro, London, Ontario man who opened up his family's home to a man experiencing homelessness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about a Toronto developer Toni Varone, a longtime Liberal Donor and organizer with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's 2013 leadership campaign, yesterday was named a senator, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault used misleading data and inaccurate generalizations in defending cabinet's electric car mandate. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Bill VanGorder, chief education and advocacy officer at the Canadian Association of Retired Persons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Flavio Volpe, president of the Auto Parts Manufacturers’ Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with John Stam, co-owner of Nick the Dutch baker in Notre-Dame, New Brunswick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Jennifer Laewetz, policy analyst and strategist at Warshield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with  Mikal Skuterud, Professor of Economics at the University of Waterloo and Director of the Canadian Labour Economics Forum and fellow and resident at the C.D. Howe Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Blair Scorgie, a partner at Sajecki Planning and Urban Planner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Ken Bokor, Producer and host of the EV Revolution Show on YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the Canadian National Railway that lost millions and suffered ''irreparable harm'' due to anti-Israel protests on its freight lines, more than a third of Canadians say they lack confidence in the youth criminal justice system, Canada faces ''increased perceptions of corruption.'' All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Andy Brooke, a retired RCMP officer, about an exchange between a demonstrator and another person during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in front of fashion retailer Zara at Toronto's Eaton Centre. In a video shared online, a few Toronto police officers can be seen standing nearby. One of the protesters can be heard saying 'I'll put you six feet deep' but wasn't arrested - why not? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Pierre Poilievre, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, about a range of issues, including the federal government's announcement of requiring all new vehicles be zero emissions by 2035 - will Poilievre keep that mandate in place? Have a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Phil Gurski, President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, former CSIS Analyst and author of ‘The Threat From Within: Recognizing Al Qaeda-Inspired Radicalization and Terrorism in the West' about the RCMP charging an Ottawa youth with terrorism for allegedly plotting an attack against the Jewish community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Brian Kingston, president and CEO of Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association, about the expected announcement from the federal government that all new cars will have to be zero emissions by 2035. Ottawa is set to unveil new regulations in the latest example of countries around the world pushing for electrification. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Ron Chhinzer, Former Toronto Police Service and Peel Regional Police Service officer and gang prevention expert. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with mortgage broker Ron Butler about new home construction in Ontario coming to a halt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about middle class Canadians being disappointed with the cabinet's ''Strong Middle Class'' budget, says in-house Privy Council research, the Department of Health had paid Twitter 'influencers'' more than $680,000 since 2021, records show, whistleblowers are asking MP's to publicly release hundreds of pages of documents detailing insider dealing at a taxpayer-funding foundation. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Yaron Deckel, Regional Director to Canada of the Jewish Agency, now based in Toronto. Yaron was also a longtime journalist in Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Bob Rae, Representative of Canada to the United Nations, about Canada voting in favour of a resolution in the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that calls for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” in Gaza and the immediate release of all hostages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Lori Gallant, owner of Smile 4 Me Dental Hygiene in Pickering about the Governments new dental plan announcement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Jonathan Elkhoury, an Israeli Lebanese Christian leader in Israel’s LGBTQ+ community, offering a unique viewpoint on the issues facing his community in the Middle East - including Gaza and West Bank - and his experience as a refugee from Lebanon in Israel, and how Israel accepted him with open arms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Liberal MP Greg Fergus (Hull-Aylmer, Que.), first Black Speaker of the Commons, is now the first Speaker since Confederation to be summoned for cross-examination by MP's, free hotel rooms and meals for refugee applicants and illegal immigrants cost $769 million this year, says the Department of Immigration. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Mike Moffatt, Founding director of PLACE Centre at the Smart Prosperity Institute, about the federal government reviving a Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation program to provide standardized housing blueprints to builders, nearly 80 years after it was first brought in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Adin Wener, co-founder and head of sales at Henderson Brewery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Giles Gherson, President and CEO Toronto Region Board of Trade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Brock Nicolucci, President of the Ontario Dental Association, about details of a new federal dental insurance plan being unveiled today that will provide benefits directly to eligible Canadian residents. Government officials say the new program will be phased in slowly over 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Rahim Mohamed, a political columnist based in Calgary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Brian Scott, Illinois man who decorated his home with only Taylor Swift decorations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Craig Baird, host of Canadian history Ehx podcast about the history of Rudolph. The classic movie is Canadian made! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Duncan Dee, Former Air Canada chief operating officer, responsible for the safety system at Air Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Steve Chase, Senior Parliament Reporter for the Globe and Mail about the warnings we've been given with interference. We need to get our cyber securities on track. How will this affect our election? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with John Keogh, Founder and Managing Principal of Shantalla, McGill Center for the Convergence of Health and Economics, about the annual food price report and how Canadians are reducing how much they spend on groceries, either by reducing the quantity or quality of food they purchase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Cabinet must establish a federal task force to protect religious freedoms, the Commons justice committee yesterday wrote in a report to Parliament, Cabinet has no plan to solve the housing crisis, the CEO of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation said yesterday. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Mike Medeiros, co-owner of Carleton Mushroom Farms in south Ottawa, about the financial impact the carbon tax has on his business - and how those costs trickle down to the consumer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Colin Craig, President of SecondStreet.org, about the number of Canadians dying on health care waiting lists for surgery or diagnostic scans is at a five-year high, according to new research from Second Street. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Warren Kinsella, was special assistant to Jean Chretien, and currently CEO of Daisy Group crisis communications frim, about the major wedge when it comes to Peel Region. What does Bonnie Crombie do now? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Colin Craig, President of Second Street dot org, about the number of Canadians dying on health care waiting lists for surgeries and diagnostics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown about how the dismantling of Peel Region could leave that whole area with a shortage of paramedics.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Sheryl Genser, who’s dubbed herself the last vendor on Queen Street. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Giles Gherson, President and CEO of Toronto Region Board of Trade, about ridesharing giant Uber asking an Ontario court to throw out a bylaw that capped the number of its drivers allowed to operate in Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Camille Labchuk, Lawyer, Executive Director of Animal Rights Justice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Greg Fergus facing censure with only nine weeks on the job since he admitted to participating in a Liberal Party function in a breach of a rule that he remains impartial while holding the $287,400 - a year speakership, Independent MP Han Dong says allegations have made him ''the face of Chinese interference'' in federal elections. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Dorota Mani, a New Jersey woman and mother to 14-year-old Francesca who fell victim to deepfake images. Dorota's daughter has created a website and set up a charity aiming to help AI victims. Learn more here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Camille Labchuk, lawyer and executive director of Animal Rights Justice, about Ontario introducing new rules that will supposedly crack down on large and unethical dog breeding operations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are nothing but uncertainties in real estate and in the condo market. Investors own more than 50% of Toronto's condo's, which drive up costs. Host Alex Pierson speaks with John Pasalis, president of real estate brokerage Realosophy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Jeffrey Dvorkin, Author of "Trusting the News in a Digital Age" former journalism director at the University of Toronto-Scarborough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Chris Keefer, President of Canadians for Nuclear Energy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Abram Benedict, Grand Chief for the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, a Haudenosaunee community located on the Canada-U.S. border, about why Canada needs to fix what they call a “discriminatory” carbon price system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Noah Shack, Vice President of Countering Antisemitism & Hate at UJA Federation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Tara, a former staff member at the South Riverdale Community Health Centre and Derek Finkle, an independent journalist who lives beside the South Riverdale Community Health Centre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre about a number of issues - including GDP numbers, concerns of high food costs ahead of the holiday season and bail reform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Eric Alper, freelance music publicist and lifelong musicaholic about the passing of Shane MacGowan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Aharon Brodutch, Toronto man whose family was held hostage by Hamas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with criminal defence lawyer Joseph Neuberger about new legislation that would make it easier for victims of crime to sue their offenders for emotional distress,. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Allison Crawford, Chief Medical Officer of 9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline and a psychiatrist at CAMH. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the Commons committee yesterday acknowledged the Chinese Communist Party operated ''police service stations'' in Canada, the House Affairs committee yesterday rejected an investigation of Liberal Party records concerning Independent MP Han Dong (Don Valley North, Ont), Parliament must protect Canadian Jews from hatemongers, Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet said yesterday. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Phil Gurski, President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, former CSIS Analyst, about an Indian national facing murder-for-hire charges in a case of what American law enforcement are calling an attempt “to assassinate a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil,” with an alleged connection to an employee of the Indian government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Ian Lee, Associate Professor at the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University, about the latest GDP numbers and how it impacts you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

640 Toronto host Alex Pierson speaks with Noy Leyb, Canadian man, NYC tech company owner, who returned to Israel to fight against Hamas in Gaza. Visit Noy's Instagram to learn more. Click here to donate to Noy's unit - your contributions will go directly to his unit for combat gear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Brett Caraway, Associate Professor with the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology  at the University of Toronto, about the Online News Act - and what this deal means for consumers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Paul Bennett, director of the Schoolhouse Institute and adjunct professor of education at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Eddie Sheppard, Vice President of Abacus Data, about new polling that suggests shifting attitudes on Canada's immigration policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Lt. Col Peter Lerner, an Israel Defence Forces Spokesperson for the latest on the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and whether there's any truth to Hamas claims of the Bibas family (10-month old Kfir, 4-year-old Ariel and their mother Shiri) are dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Jim Jessop, Deputy Fire Chief for Toronto Fire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the Liberal MP's on the Commons government operations committee yesterday opposed to public disclosure of federal contracts with electric auto battery manufacturers, the government should provide a home to every person who cannot work, says Housing Minister Sean Fraser, and Attorney General Arif Virani has rejected a standalone registry of foreign agents despite repeated appeals by MP's from all parties. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with  Rachel Cooper, elected co-chair of the parent council at Toronto’s McMurrich Junior Public School. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Carol Todd, Mother of Amanda Todd, the BC teen who took her own life after years of cyberbullying and sextortion by a man from the Netherlands. Learn more via Amanda Todd Legacy Society Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Mark Daley, Chief AI Officer at Western University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you make things work when people you work with have opposite views about the war with Israel and Hamas? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Howard Levitt, Employment Lawyer and Partner at Levitt Sheikh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Carolyn Stewart, CEO of Feed Ontario, about the 2023 Hunger Report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jay Goldberg, Ontario Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Bassem Eid, a Jerusalem-based political analyst, leading Palestinian human rights activist, and expert commentator in Arab and Palestinian affairs, who founded the Jerusalem-based Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Andrew Neelands, long-time volunteer with St. Stephen’s in the Fields Church in Kensington Market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Rabbi Shaanan Scherer, who teaches at a local Jewish school that has recently been the subject of two bomb threats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Colin Craig, President of SecondStreet.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Melissa Lantsman, Conservative MP for Thornhill and Deputy Leader. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dan O’Shea, a former Navy SEAL commander who served as the coordinator for the hostage working group at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Strategic Advisor at Stony Lonesome Group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the subsides for the Stellantis plant, the Commons trade committee yesterday urged cabinet to review its 2022 equity taxon vacant foreign-owned products, electric vehicle subsides to date will cost taxpayers up to $50 billion and counting including debt financing charges, says a Budget Office report. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with  Chantelle McDonald, Director of Services for London Cares and Greg Nash, Director at London Intercommunity Health Centre, about how London, Ontario, is helping its residents living in encampments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Professor of Food Policy and Distribution and director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Michel Juneau Katsuya, a former chief of Asia-Pacific for CSIS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Brian Masse, NDP MP for Windsor West, Critic of Innovation, Science and Industry; Auto Strategy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Raheel Raza, Member of Council of Muslims Against Antisemitism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pieron speaks with Brent Kopperson, executive director of Durham's Windfall Ecology Centre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Avi Benlolo, Founding Chairman & CEO, The Abraham Global Peace Initiative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Vera Fischer, daughter of Holocaust survivors. Vera's local Starbucks was vandalized with antisemitic graffiti. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Pastor Eddie Jjumba of Dominion International Church on Shepherd Ave in Toronto. Pastor Eddie’s church has sheltered hundreds of refugees since July 17th Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Cal Lakhan, a research scientist with the faculty of environmental and urban change at York University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Yaneff, Creator/Host for Wake Turbulence Aviation , YouTube channel that does live streams from Toronto’s Pearson airport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Levitt, President-CEO Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center, about waking up to his local Starbucks covered in hate graffiti. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with  Charles Burton, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and a former counsellor at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the Department of Health yesterday would not comment on its continued concealment of what taxpayers were charged for Pfizer vaccines, dozens of whistleblowers cited instances of unethical federal contracting in the past year. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Marcus Kolga, Director of DisinfoWatch and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Centre for Advancing Canada’s Interests Abroad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ryan McHugh, Manager of Tourism and Events for Tourism Hamilton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Chris Bateman, manager of the plaques program at Heritage Toronto, an arms-length city agency and a registered charity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Vivian Bercovici, Former Canadian ambassador to Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Olga Goldberg, a Toronto woman and member of the Jewish community, about why it's important to her to speak out against antisemitism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Sharon Avery, CEO of the Toronto Foundation, about the charitable organization's 2023 report, 'Toronto Vital Signs: The Power of Us". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jay Goldberg, Ontario Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Francesca Grosso, Principal at health policy firm Grosso-McCarthy  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

'Anti zionism' is antisemitism in sheep's clothing.'' Israel is in really dark days. Denying Israel's right to exist is proof that antisemitism is a global phenomenon. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Rahim Mohamed, Political Columnist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Chrystia Freeland facing questions from MP's over her dealings with the Beijing bank dubbed communist front, Cabinet will not disclose a list of Nazi fugitives and many groups want this list. Cabinet promised this list 7 weeks ago. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Troy Burtch, Senior Manager, Sales & Business Development at Great Lakes Brewery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dave Bryans, CEO Of the Ontario Convenience Stores Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Wilchesky, Toronto-based lawyer with Rochon Genova LLP who specializes in sexual abuse cases. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Harel Oren and Ilan Cohen, two Israeli men, who with five other men all residents of Kibbutz Reim, attacked by dozens of Hamas terrorists on October 7, fought off the terrorists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Bruce Winder, retail analyst and author of RETAIL Before, During & After COVID-19. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The old days of air travel were quite risky…compared to today, the chances of your flight going down were far greater …every airport had kiosks and coin-operating vending machines where you could buy life insurance before you headed to the gate—you know, just in case you thought you weren’t going to make it to your final destination… 1977 was one of the worst years for accidents in aviation history…in addition to several violent hijackings every month—sometimes with fatal results—There were also passenger plane crashes with great loss of life…including the worst aviation disaster of all time when two 747s planes collided on a runway in the Canary Islands, killing 583 people. Frank Sinatra’s mother, the Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, and all but one member of the University of Evansville basketball team died in crashes… But then there were the events of October 20, 1977, when a rickety chartered plane went down in a swamp in Mississippi…on board were members of Lynyrd Skynyrd…six of the 24 passengers died, including singer Ronnie Van Zandt, guitarist Steve Gaines, backup singer Cassie Gaines, and assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick…both pilots also died… What happened? Have I got a story for you... Like what you hear? You can find and follow Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry on your favourite podcast app or by clicking here: https://link.chtbl.com/uncharted-rssdrop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with tech expert Adam Oldfield about Rogers launching affordable 5G for low income Canadians, major data breach at a DNA testing lab, and robotic guide dogs for the visually impaired! All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tor Krueger, Owner and Co-founder of Udder Way Artisan Cheese in Hannan, Ontario, about winning big at this year's World Cheese Awards in Norway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Zach Dunn, Founder and Director of Remembering Canada’s Veterans. Visit Zach's website to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Phil Andrew, Principal of PAX Group, a global crisis and conflict management consultancy, and a former FBI hostage negotiator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Aaron Murray, Personal injury lawyer specializing in animal attacks, Partner at Leone Murray LLP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jonathan Nelson, director of product management for Hiya, company that specializes in detecting spam phone calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dorit, one of the organizers of the Milk Carton campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the Liberal Party appointing a re-election campaign committee but no mention was made for a vote, the Commons yesterday by a 292 to 30 vote rejected a New Democrat motion to remove GST from all home heating, and Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault yesterday said Canadians must do more to meet climate targets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Chris (Christine) Bonnett, 75 year old Norfolk County woman who was recently attacked by a dog when taking out the garbage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Barrett, Conservative MP for Leeds, Grenville, Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes and Shadow Minister Of Ethics and Accountable Government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Giles Gherson, president and CEO of the Toronto Region Board of Trade, about how the loss of employment lands is a "silent killer" of jobs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Global News reporter Matt Carty, live from Toronto's union station. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a Federal and National force that spends its time and it's resources doing contract policing but they aren't performing well on their mandates. The RCMP commissioner has the largest span of control of any police force in the democratic world. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Christian Leuprecht, Professor at the Royal Military College of Canada - expert on security and defense. Author of Dirty Money; Financial Crime in Canada, published by McGill-Queen's University Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Joe Camillo, owner Aegis Impact Protection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Barbara Perry, Criminologist and Director of Ontario Tech University's Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Phil Gurski, President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, former CSIS Analyst. about Imam Adil Charkaoui, a controversial Islamic educator in Montreal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What would you do if your car caught on fire without you knowing? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jamie Kerri-Mitchell, car engulfed in flames while driving to work over the weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're into a dangerous phase of the war. Today, Benjamin Netanyahu says that he'll consider tactical pauses to get aid in and hostages out of Gaza. People are moving through the evacuation corridor in Gaza. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Lt. Col Peter Learner, Spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the carbon tax vote and the Liberal member of making an obscene hand gesture as MP's voted to uphold carbon taxes, Industry Minister Francois-Phillipe Champagne yesterday promised to fire any appointee responsible for suspected sweetheart contracting, and subsidies. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where are the police and leadership if you were watching the news over the weekend? Protestors walked up and down the streets of Ottawa holding Swastika flags and in Toronto, Aroma Espresso bar ended up being the target. There's a ton of people chanting the destruction of Israel. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Mark Saunders, Former Chief of Toronto Police Services. Why aren't we seeing arrests? Is there anything concerning/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of many warnings out for Jews not to travel or show their identities. Should we deport anyone who isn't a Canadian citizen who supports terror and breaking laws? Europe is doing it! Is this something that we should look at? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Guidy Mamaan, Immigration Lawyer with Mamaan, Sandaluk & Kingwell LLP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Since Halloween, Police have been out with warnings to inspect Halloween treats. Over the weekend, reports of someone biting into a candy bar with a needle in it made headlines. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Joel Best, a University Delaware sociology and Criminal Justice Professor. How often does this happen? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How many more mistakes will be made rushing out MZO's. The builders got permissions to build a sky scraper in the way of a flight path at Toronto Pearson. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Isaac Callan, Online Digital Broadcast Journalist for Global News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s 1986 and Michael Morrison is offered the opportunity of a lifetime. A chance to leave his life of poverty in Newark and start afresh. It’s a job offer he can’t afford to refuse. Michael has no idea what this new job has in store. But he soon realizes: he’s just joined ‘the biggest gang in America’. Join Seren Jones to hear Michael’s story and find out what it means to be both Black and Blue. Want to hear more? You can follow along on your favourite podcast app here: https://link.chtbl.com/blackandblue-rssdrop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Holocaust education will now be mandatory for elementary and high school kids. Polling across North America shows that a huge portion of kids have no clue about the Holocaust. We can educate people but it won't go away. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Rahim Mohamed, political columnist for the National Post, The Line, and the Calgary Herald. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with tech expert Adam Oldfield about Apple's ''Scary Fast'' events which includes M3 chips, Facebook and Instagram paid subscriptions, and Spotify's AI powered translation. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about a possible carbon tax election. There will be a vote in the motion to suspend the carbon tax on all home heating, especially Canadians who heat their homes with natural gas. Bill Blair talks about our Armed Forces shrinking, they won't disclose figures. This is the only branch of government getting smaller. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Michael McCarty, the CEO of Kilometre Music Group, a music publishing company based in Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Frank Leo, Real Estate Broker, Frank Leo & Associates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Harel Lapidot, Canadian uncle of Tiferet Lapidot, 22, who was killed while at a music festival near the Gaza Strip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Pastor Eddie Jjumba of Dominion International Church on in Toronto. Pastor Eddie's church has sheltered hundreds of refugees since July 17th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a severe homeless crisis but what is the solution for Toronto? None of the affordable housing solutions will come immediately. We need new ideas and it's whether or not it can work. Host Alex Pierson speaks with John Van Nostrand, The founder of non-profit Two Steps Homes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many Canadians are worried about renewing their mortgages. In the next three years, millions of people could be paying 50% higher of monthly costs. Who will qualify? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ian Lee, Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with immigration lawyer Guidy Mamann. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Mostyn, CEO of B’Nai Brith Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Colin Craig, President of Second Street about new polling that shows Canadians are overwhelmingly in favour (74%) of provincial governments reimbursing patients for their surgical bills in other countries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the privy council looking at issues of Muslims when it comes to equity in their religion. Why would our PM ask of this? The Privy council will poll on anything, Buffy Sainte-Marie causes controversy based on whether or not she was born indigenous, all this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ian Tostenson, one of the Save Our Street’s leading representatives, president of the BC Restaurant and Foodservices Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Camille Labchuk, Executive Director of Animal Justice, the lead plaintiff in this court case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Kevin Vuong, Independent MP for Spadina - Fort York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with tech expert Adam Oldfield about Apple's new $160 charger, new tech to combat turbulence, streaming for radio in cars, Amazon Prime Air's 60-minute prescription delivery and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Scott McGregor, author The Mosaic Effect: How the Chinese Communist Party Started a War in America's Backyard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Yuval, a woman who survived the Hamas attack on Israel’s Nova Music Festival on October 7th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

''Manic devotion to narrative can be so unhinged from reality it more closely resembles a dangerous mental illness.'' Do you recognize your own country from all these protests? There's a second protest tonight in Mississauga at Celebration Square. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Terry Glavin, National Pos Colummnist, Senior Fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Center 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, about the Bank of Canada. We're in a recession and the hard economic times are beginning now, the Federal Housing Advocate made a report stating MP's should consider decriminalizing drugs in ''tent cities.'' Is this more humane? Public safety committee is stepping up to investigate Canada's black trade market, especially with stolen cars. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Damian Skoczylas, Vice President of Talent at Viral Nation and Paul Telner, Head of Programming at Viral Nation, about what it takes to be an influencer - and how lucrative the content creation business can be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Crosby Devitt, CEO of the Grain Farmers of Ontario and an active grain farmer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ric Tyler, producer and co-host of the George Hale Ric Tyler Show on Voice of Maine, about the latest on the Lewiston mass shooting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Matthew Shoemaker, Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tim Danson, lawyer who has represented the French and Mahaffy families. Paul Bernardo is serving a life sentence for the kidnapping, sexual assault and murder of 15-year-old Kristen French and 14-year-old Leslie Mahaffy, in the early 1990s near St. Catharines, Ont. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Phil Andrew, Principal of PAX Group, a global crisis and conflict management consultancy, and a former FBI hostage negotiator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Kapil Lakhotia, President and CEO of the London Economic Development Corporation, about the 'Don't Tell Toronto' campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Christian Leuprecht, Professor at Royal Military College of Canada- expert on security and defence. Author of ‘Polar Cousins: Antarctic and Arctic Geostrategic Future.’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with employment lawyer Howard Levitt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Mubin Shaikh, former extremist turned counterterrorism operative and terrorism expert. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Holocaust denialism and denialism of the October 7th massacre is happening right before us. Releasing this footage will put into perspective for the rest of the world the true atrocities of that day/how terrible terrorists are with propaganda. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Lt. Peter Lerner, an Israel Defense Forces spokesperson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jasmin Guénette, vice president of national affairs at the CFIB. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Meirav Leshem-Gonen, mother of 23-year-old Romi who's been missing since Hamas' attack on the Nova Music Festival on October 7th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Mostyn, CEO of B’Nai Brith Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with tech expert Adam Oldfield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Chris Alexander, Former Conservative Federal Cabinet Minister and Diplomat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ron Chhinzer, a former Toronto Police Service and Peel Regional Police Service Officer and gang prevention expert. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Lisa Freeman, Victims Right Advocate and author of ‘She Won’t Be Silenced: The Story of My Father’s Murder and My struggle to Find Justice within the Parole Board of Canada’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the big grand statement combating islamophobia but why weren't the Jews mentioned, a vote to investigate how a Nazi ended up in Parliament, and suspected ''green washing.'' All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Martin Himel, a Canadian award-winning Documentary Filmmaker. TV Correspondent with over 25 years experience exposing and covering major issues, including war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Hersh Borenstein, auction organizer, his memorabilia firm 'Borenstein’s Frozen Pond' ran the Maple Leaf Gardens auction in 2012. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Noy Leyb, Canadian man who returned to Israel to fight Hamas following the October 7th attack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why is it taking the province so long to investigate the deaths of 14 whales and a dolphin at Marineland? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Phil Demers, former trainer at Marineland, who left his job to speak up about these conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Imam Tawhidi, known as the ‘Imam of Peace’, and vice president of the Global Imams Council. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner, an Israel Defense Forces spokesperson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Fin DePencier, journalist currently in Lebanon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are massive red flags when it comes to oil markets when it comes to the Israel and Hamas war. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dan McTeague, Canadians for affordable energy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about why the RCMP let go Trudeau's SNC Lavalin investigation, Chrystia Freeland missed the forecast by 16% when it comes to budgeting, department of Canadian Heritage wants a bigger budget to monitor internet disinformation. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Ian Lee, Economist, Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Michel Juneau Katsuya,  former senior manager and intelligence officer at CSIS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Joe Belliveau, Executive Director of Doctors Without Borders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Iris Liniado, Daughter of Judy Weinstein Haggai (70) and Gad Haggai (72). Iris' parents have been missing since Hamas killed thousands in a brutal attack on Israel on October 7th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Kim Wright, Principal of Wright Strategies, who attended the NDP convention in Hamilton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ron Butler, Mortgage Broker with Butler Mortgage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where does free speech turn to hate speech? When will it end? Protests in France and other places in Europe are banning them. Will Canada do the same? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Kempa, criminologist focused on the politics of security, public safety and policing and Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Melanie Joly announces a deal to have Canadians evacuated from West Bank as early as Tuesday. 24 Canadians managed to get into West Bank and into Jordan. Many others are to follow. When Israel begins its ground mission, will this change anything? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Mackenzie Gray, National Reporter with Global National and Global News covering Parliament Hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield brought to you by Vacuman. On this episode, AI in Lung Cancer Diagnosis, Airgo 3 Smart Glasses, Sony's Digital Film Canister, Apple's USB-C Warning, MIT's Energy Storage Breakthrough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Phil Gurski, President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, former CSIS analyst. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Noy Leyb, an Israeli-Canadian, member of the Israel Defense Forces reserve, about reporting for duty in Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Levitt, President and CEO of Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly, and her mission to bring Canadians back home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Rabbi Adam Cutler, Senior Rabbi at Adath Israel Congregation in Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Mostyn, CEO of B'Nai Brith Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lahav Harkov, American-born Israeli journalist, Senior Political Correspondent for the Jewish Insider, covering Israeli politics & diplomacy. Over 1,200 civilians massacred in surprise attack by Hamas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chen Zeigan, son of Vivian Silver, the 74-year-old Canadian peace activist living in Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about how Ottawa should be on top of the foreign affairs involving Canadians that are stuck in Israel and the options Canada has to team up with other countries to bring our citizens back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ariel Dloomy, Silver’s former colleague at the Arab-Jewish Center for Equality, Empowerment and Cooperation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Noa Kalash and Moar Benezri, survivors of the Supernova music festival attack in Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Peter MacKay, lawyer and former federal Minister of Justice, Foreign Affairs and National Defence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Norman Fullerton, resident of Winnipeg, currently in Tel Aviv. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield brought to you by Vacuman. On this episode, learn about chat GTP integrating with smart phones? Will this take over our lives? What going on with solar panel snow solutions? All this and more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good news is not good news in inflationary times. Canadians are struggling. What should we do? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Moshe Lander, Economist of Concordia University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Zaklio (Zac) an asylum seeker from Uganda, who spent two days and nights on Toronto streets, now in a safe space at Dominion Church. As well, Reverend Bri-Anne Swan of East End United about quickly organizing with other churches, neighbours to get 99 refugees & asylum seekers of the streets and into a safe space with food. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dane Lloyd, MP for St. Albert and Shadow Minister of emergency preparedness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about more than 800 depositors have been ''de-banked'' nationwide in the past give years at bankers' discretion, say Access To Information Records, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's department yesterday said it does not know how many billions it is currently spending on debt interest charges. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Derek Finkle, South Riverdale Resident who's been speaking out against the harms caused by the safe injection site in the community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Mike Merriman, paramedic services unit services chair for CUPE Local 416. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Mostyn, CEO of B’Nai Brith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chief of Defense Staff says it's impossible to cut a billion more dollars from our defense budget. We are short 15,000 solder's and have no ammunition. This is a time when Canadians want more spending. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Andrew Leslie, Former member of Parliament for Orleans and retired Lieutenant-General of the Canadian Forces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Denise Warriner-Smith, sister of Stephanie Warriner, the woman who died following a mask dispute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Peter MacKay, lawyer and former federal Minister of Justice, Foreign Affairs and National Defence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Sabrina Nanji, Journalist and Founder of Queen’s Park Observer, about when Metrolinx plans on opening the Eglinton LRT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trudeau Government is destroying Canadian media and now we learn podcasts will be regulated and Google will now be blocking Canadian news. This is absolutely devasting to numerous industries. Could the government have mucked this up worse? Lots of people tried to point this mess out to them. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Peter Menzies, Former CRTC Vice Chair. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Old school learning may be the best lesson for succuss, but it does not get better at the University level. Critical thinking isn't really welcome. Progressive cancel culture is destroying the well rounded education that we need. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Erik Kaufmann, Professor launching a new course at the University of Buckingham in January, where he will lead the Centre for Heterodox Social Science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Phil Gurski, President and CEO of Borealis Threat & Risk Consulting, former CSIS analyst about the espionage trial for a former top RCMP agent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the Canadian Revenue Agency polling accountants and tax lawyer on whether to grant amnesty to scofflaws who confess not paying their taxes, Attorney General Arif Virani will not commit to disclosing a confidential list of 20 suspected Nazi fugitives who immigrated to postwar Canada. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jewish groups have been asking for is the release of 40 year old documents that have been kept sealed up by numerous governments that hold suspicions on war criminals living in Canada. Will these paper ever be released? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Irwin Cotler, former Minister of Justice and International Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre. He is also Canada’s Special Envoy for Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Richard Shimooka, Defence Expert and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Larry Fuld, North Bay Resident, member of the town’s small Jewish community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield brought to you by Vacuman. On today's episode, learn about agility robots which are mass producing robots in Salem, Oregon, there's a new nursing robot in Austin, Texas and learn about Youtube's AI-Driven video creation tools. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How will the new Justice Minister make the country safer? He can't say how this will get done but he's confident the Liberals reform package will do just this. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Marcus Kolga, Director of DisinfoWatch and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Centre for Advancing Canada’s Interests Abroad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Roe, Research Associate at the Angus Reid Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Minister Chrystia Freeland being disconnected from economic realities on inflation and housing, contractors don't have to build affordable apartments to qualify for a GST break because cabinet does ''not want to be building cheap homes in a bad part of town.'' All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Steve Paikin, broadcaster, author and 640 contributor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with John Kiru, Executive Director of the Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's been so many issues with building the Eglinton Crosstown, like track problems, supply chain issues. Do they have that finish date? We spend billions and billion of dollars and we are getting nowhere. Hopefully today, we will get a finishing date. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Murtaza Haider, Professor with the Ted Rogers School of Management at Toronto Metropolitan University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

''The country has no growth, no productivity, higher interest rates and way too much debt,'' David Dodge says. Tiff Macklem says interest rates will not go down until next fall. Many Canadians cannot live like this. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ron Butler, Mortgage Broker with Butler Mortgage. How is this affecting all the markets? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Levitt, President and CEO of Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Holocaust survivor Eva Meisels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Steve Rambam, founder and CEO of Pallorium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the PM having the massive security apparatus of the state at his disposal and yet a Nazi was honoured in this place, Canadians face the ''terrible job'' of choosing between higher taxes or fewer services due to mounting federal debt, former governor David Dodge. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Avi Benlolo, Founding Chairman and CEO of The Abraham Global Peace Initiative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2018 Thai cave rescue quickly became an international spectacle that captured the attention of people all around the world. Twelve boys and their soccer coach were exploring the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai when the cave suddenly flooded, trapping the team. Monsoon season came early that year, and the cave became blocked by heavy rainwater. On this episode of What happened to…? Erica Vella revisits the incredible Thai Cave rescue mission. She speaks with diver Rick Stanton about the wins, the challenges and ultimately, how it was pulled off. She also speaks to water management expert Thanet Natisri to find out how the cave was made safe enough for divers to enter. Find out more at https://globalnews.ca/news/9733417/what-happened-to-thai-cave-rescue-part-1/ Contact: Email: erica.vella@globalnews.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield brought to you by Vacuman. On today's episode, learn about a hydrogen-powered planes that can fly you to London to San Francisco without a refuel, the TransUnion data breached, Elon Musks' Neuralink get a thumbs up, and a CEO robot that's shaking things up in the drink industry. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why is Justin Trudeau acting on this threat when he hasn't even come close to address Chinese Interference? Indo Canadians are now caught in the middle because of Trudeau's allegations. Was this announcement appropriate to bring up in Parliament? It's a serious accusation. Host Alex Pierson speak with Peter MacKay, lawyer and former federal Minister of Justice, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ann Cavoukian, Executive Director at the Global Privacy and Security by Design Centre, former three-term privacy commissioner of Ontario. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

India suspends Visa services in Canada , which is retaliation to Trudeau's bombshell he delivered on Monday. What does this mean for families, travel and students here? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Guidy Mamann, Immigration Lawyer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Bank of Canada management including Tiff Macklem would face tighter public scrutiny under a private bill yesterday introduced the Senate, David Johnston in three months as cabinet ''rapporteur'' on Chinese Interference awarded millions in sole-sourced contracts to favoured consultants, records show. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jamie Ellerton, Strategist and Founding Partner of Conaptus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Information isn't something the Trudeau Government is offering. We are learning that CSIS planned an intervention in 2017 to shut down an Indian Intelligence Network. They were targeting a Sikh community in Vancouver. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Sam Cooper, The Bureau and Author of ''Willful Blindness.'' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bad news from Stats Can. We are headed in the wrong direction. We're getting another interest rate announcement on October 26th. For mortgage holders, what do you do? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ron Butler, from Butler Mortgage. ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For now, Unifor has reached a tentative deal and it stops the auto strike here. It's good news for Canada, but what does this mean for the States? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Greg Layson, Auto News Canada Digital and Mobile Editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Protests are underway across our country. Organized labour groups and activist groups categorized this as a ''hate fest'' and fascism. They are counter protesting. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Bahira Abdulsalam, Organizer for Toronto protest ''hands off our kids.'' Why do parents feel the need to speak up? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A fourteen year old girl is in custody after Whitby school stabbing, two thirteen year old girls charged after a stabbing in Vaughan, and now a 12 year old girl is accused of assault at a school in Oshawa. What is going on with our youth? It was never like this before. Teachers are beginning to leave their jobs. Violence is unacceptable. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ari Goldkind, Criminal Defense Lawyer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Relations with India were strained before this latest news and it certainty won't get any better. What's the cost of this? Singh blasts the Modi government over allegation of the killing of B.C Sikh leader. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ujjal Dosanji, former BC premier and Liberal MP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

''Canada has declared deep concerns to the top intelligence and security officials of the Indian Government'' Justin Trudeau dropping a bombshell on opening day in Parliament. India is calling all allegations ''absurd''. What's been the biggest reaction? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Steve Chase, columnist for the Globe and Mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the India controversy ''this is really devastating...if true,'' said by Melanie Joly. the PM recently said that home prices cannot go up higher and maybe he got that talking point from the CHMC which conducted a study with generation squeeze, about 15 percent of Canadians are conspiracy theorists and the Canadian Anti-Hate Network says it requires more subsidies to counter those who would ''do away with our liberal democracy.'' All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why has there been an escalation of youth violence? Is the pandemic responsible for their actions? Mental health crisis in kids 10-18 surged. Girls seem to have been more affected than boys. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Natasha Saunders, a pediatrician at the Hospital for Sick Children and senior author of the second study published in the CMAJ. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

''We are going to be removing the federal GST for construction of new buildings.'' Justin Trudeau promised this back in 2015 and the province has been asking for months for the province to do this. We need a ton of homes built by 2030. This may be too little too late. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ana Bailou, former Mayor candidate and former deputy mayor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's a historical strike involving all three auto unions, but Canada is hours away from our own strike. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Stephanie Wallcraft, writer for driving.ca. Where do negotiations stand in Canada? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doug Ford and Olivia Chow are meeting up this afternoon. What will come out of this? Will anything be announced? All this and more! Host Alex Pierson speaks with Karen Stintz, Former TTC Chair, current CEO of Variety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do we really want our politicians meddling with private business? Trudeau decides to pick a fight with grocers if prices aren't stabilized by Thanksgiving. Host Alex Pierson speaks with John Keough, Founder and Managing Principle with Shantalla & Professor of Practice at McGill University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield brought to you by Vacuman. On today's episode, learn about the new apple phone, AI will be entering Zoom and how this will work, and what's going on with toilets? All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to record profits, grocery CEO's are an easy punching bag and Trudeau wants a solution to bring down groceries. But, do we really want the Government meddling in the free market and punishing those who make profits to save themselves? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Sylvain Charlebois, Canadian Researcher and and professor in the food distribution and policy at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The idea of removing GST from new construction units is a great idea but it's too little too late. A total cost of 20% for a rental project is fees. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jennifer Keesmaat, Canadian Urban Planner, former Chief City Planner of Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trudeau gave an reannouncement in London about a housing plan. He stated this 18 months ago during an election and that promise didn't happen. 18 months later and finally the Liberals sign the first agreement under the 4 billion housing accelerator which will give London 74 million dollars to fast track the construction of two thousand homes over 3 years. Host Alex Pierson speaks with John Pasalis, President and Broker at Realosophy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ben Loewith, Summit Station Dairy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With a brand new court in downtown Toronto, and now we can't staff it. Cases are being dropped and now judges are pointing the finger at Ford to get staff. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Trudeau's comments speaking to reporters in London about price control on housing ''cannot continue to grow,'' Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, has settled a five figure-debt for unpaid taxes, elections commissioner Caroline Simard, yesterday in her Annual Report to Parliament omitted all mention of ''China'' in updating investigations of alleged election fraud by foreign agents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Flavio Volpe, Head of the Automotive Manufacturers Part Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Ellard, Spokesperson for Libraries not Landfills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Housing and affordability is a huge problem. International students need accommodations and now there's a new approach to find students housing that pairs them up with Seniors. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ian Crookshank, Dean of students at Humber College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People are really struggling. 24% of mortgage holders are having trouble with their monthly payments. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ron Butler, Mortgage Broker with Butler Mortgage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Claudia Dessanti, senior manager of policy for the Ontario Chamber of Commerce Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Chong, Conservative MP for Wellington-Halton Hills and shadow minister for foreign affairs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Safe supply began as a pilot project in 2016 in London and then it was sold as a benefit for all of drug addicts. Addiction doctors have been warning that there's been a huge uptick in overdose deaths. Safe supply flooded the market and defrauded. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Adam Zivo, Journalist with his latest in The Bureau. Where are we from the pilot project to where we are now? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Michael Chong giving testimony to congress in the United States, a quarter of mortgage brokers, 24 percent, are having difficulty keeping up with the monthly debt payments, says CHMC data, Governor General Mary Simon blames unnamed media for what she called Residential School ''denialism.'' All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with blogger and podcaster Darshan Maharaja about PM Trudeau's G-20 India visit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Colin Novak, a University of Windsor professor who has studied the Windsor Hum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

China has been making a lot of news this past weekend. Now, they are interfering in the UK Parliament. Not only that but warnings are being given to Trudeau to stop the inquiry. What are these repercussions? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Sam Cooper, The Bureau, Author of 'Wilfull Blindness.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Rahul Singh, Executive Director of GlobalMedic, about getting aid to Morocco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Talia Bronstein, vice president of research and advocacy at Daily Bread. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Anthony Koch, AK Strategies, Consultant and former spokesman for Pierre Poilievre, who attended the CPC Convention in Quebec. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield brought to you by Vacuman. On today's episode, learn about scams and how this affects duct cleaning, Google's AI enters healthcare, German bionic introduces Apogee plus which is a revolution in caregiving, all this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Kim Prosser, mother whose 19-year-old son who was allegedly sold poison to self harm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the Bank of Canada pausing it's interest rate hike but gas prices could hike interest rates this fall ''if needed,'' food costs continue to rise faster than the headline inflation rate, Statistics Canada figures showed yesterday, and Canada did not follow up any of more than 27,000 consumer complaints it received against banks in the past five years, Access TO Information records show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Conservative common sense convention is this weekend in Quebec. They're gonna be celebrating Pierre's polling and Michel Maisonneuve will be attending who is also known as the ''anti woke' general. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Michel about what he was doing to protect the freedom of speech. Because of a lack of leadership and a 'woke' movement, our values are eroding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Paige MacPherson, Associate Director of Education Policy at the Fraser Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association, about a number of crime-related issues, including the death of a 12-year-old girl at the hands of a 12-year-old Toronto boy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Peter Menzies, a senior fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a former publisher of the Calgary Herald and a previous vice-chair of the CRTC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Ian Lee, Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Anthony Furey, Columnist, Former Toronto Mayoral Candidate and now guest host on 640 Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have our courts been politized? This investigation began in the summer revealing since 2016, over three times as many Liberal Party donors have been appointed to the bench than Conservative donors. The optics do not look good. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Duff Conacher, Co-founder of Democracy Watch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with David Shipley, Cyber Security Expert and CEO of Beauceron Security. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the Department of Foreign Affairs holding a secret ceremony honouring Ambassador Reid Sirrs and other diplomats who fled Afghanistan, drug death rose by a third in 2021 according to Statistics Canada. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justin Trudeau is pointing the finger at international students when it comes to the housing crisis. Funny thing is, Trudeau's government brought them over to Canada. They should not be to blame. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ron Butler, Mortgage Broker with Butler Mortgage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Kerry Bowman, Bioethicist with University of Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Rev. Alexa Gilmour, a community organizer, activist, and United Church minister and writer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield brought to you by Vacuman. On today's episode, learn about a kite system for fuel efficiency in cargo ships, bipedal robots for warehouses and manufacturing, growing demand for electricity in technology and AI, and a successful pig kidney transplant into a human. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jay Goldberg, Ontario Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Michael Polanyi, Policy and Campaign Manager for Nature-based climate solutions at Nature Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Steve Paikin, Host of The Agenda on TVO. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A lot of people are looking for ways to save money. Imagine saving $300-$500 a month on essentials. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Kathleen Cassidy, extreme couponer. Check her out on Instagram and Tik Tok on ''Living On A Loonie.'' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about fixing the housing crisis at the Liberal Retreat to PEI, British Columbians, which were the focus of the data, they want the focus to be on discouraging drug use including tougher penalties for those using and distributing those substances. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

Can you be lured to making better health choices? A key to cutting health costs comes down to spending on financial incentives; like a gift card for loosing a few pounds. Will this work? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Colin Craig, President of Second Street dot org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Joe Bailey, founder and owner of Indigenous tour company North Star Adventures, a Yellowknife based company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jamie Ellerton, Strategist and Founding Partner of Conaptus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justin Trudeau is keeping the inquiry of Chinese Interference at a slow pace. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Sam Cooper, The Bureau and Author of ''Wilful Blindness.'' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Justin Trudeau's divorce, nearly half of mortgage holders are going deeper into debt to keep up with home loan payments, recovering nearly $2 billion from job quitters who cheated the Canada Emergency Response Benefit, Liberal MP George Chahal isn't commenting after the Election Commissioner confirmed voting irregularities in his riding in the 2021 campaign. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Bill Gekas, president of Akropolis Pastries On Danforth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Mike Anderson, the adviser and negotiator for the Skeetchestn Natural Resources Corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with criminal defence lawyer Joseph Neuberger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with John Sewell, Former Mayor of Toronto, served as the 58th mayor of Toronto from 1978 to 1980. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Brett Caraway, Associate Professor with the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology  at the University of Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Robert Gray, an AFE-certified wildland fire ecologist and President of R.W. Gray Consulting, about how Canada's never prepared wildfires we know are going to happen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield brought to you by Vacuman. On today's episode, learn about AI when it comes to recycling, MIT'S liquid metal batteries, and cool paint from Stanford; you can energy save in style. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's growing frustration. Pro democracy groups and Chinese Diaspora groups are getting together because nothing has been done to push back against Chinese Interference. They are launching a petition to push the inquiry through. Alex Pierson speaks with Chuek Kwan, Co Chair of Toronto Association for Democracy in China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ollie Williams, Editor of news coverage for Cabin Radio in Northwest Territories, for the latest on evacuation orders for Yellowknife due to wildfires. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is the two year anniversary of Afghanistan's fall which happened to be the same day Justin Trudeau announced the election is on. Taliban fighters were closing in on Kabul and Western countries did not react. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Chris Eckland, Canadian Philanthropist and Founder of Canadian Heroes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the covid contracts approved by the Department of Health shows more than a tenth failed to follow the rules, Cabinet has donated a small portion of its mammoth pandemic ventilator stockpile to Ukranian War victims, and only 40 percent of homeless people provided federal aid successfully became home owners, say auditors. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Kirsten Mercer, lawyer who represented the End Violence Against Women group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with John-Paul Danko, Hamilton City Councillor for Ward 8 - West Central Mountain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with  Matti Siemiatycki, Director of the Infrastructure Institute and Professor of Geography and Planning at the University of Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens when a renter refuses to leave because they cant find affordable housing, what do you do? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Lorrie McKibbon, Hamilton woman, about her situation of not being able to move into her home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the commons finance committee gas voted down a motion to question the finance minister over looming impacts of interest rates on mortgage renewals, Parliament's Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency yesterday entered its 18th month of deliberations with no deadline in sight for a final report into cabinet powers used against the Freedom Convoy. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Mike Moffatt, Founding Director of PLACE Centre at Smart Prosperity Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with mortgage broker Ron Butler. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a heartbreaking turn of events, an Ontario mother finds herself victim to a Taylor Swift ticket scam, losing $1,600 in her attempt to fulfill her 15-year-old daughter's dream of attending the Eras Tour concert in Toronto. After diligently signing up for a verified fan account and being waitlisted for tickets, she fell prey to a social media post promising available tickets. Despite initial hesitation, the scammer's false reassurances led her to electronically transfer the money, only to demand an additional $250 for a non-existent Ticketmaster tax fee. Distraught by the experience, she spoke to 640 Toronto's Alex Pierson, shedding light on the need for caution and skepticism in online transactions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Emma Duerden, Professor at Western University and Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience and Learning Disorders, who led the study. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

On Friday, a terrible industrial fire that broke out sent tons of chemicals to Mimico Creek and Humber River, which unfortunately is affecting animals in their natural habitats. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Nathalie Karvonen about the consequences and what you can do to help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

China is controlling mainstream media in Canada and Trudeau's Government is doing nothing to protect Canadians. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Sam Cooper, the Bureau and author of ''Willful Blindness.'' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Natasha Salonen, Mayor of Wilmot, Ontario and Regional Councillor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ron Chhinzer, former Toronto Police Service and Peel Regional Police Service officer and gang prevention expert. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield brought to you by Vacuman. On today's episode, learn about dryer vent safety, why you should charge your phone during the day, google privacy measures, and AI in the beauty industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Chief Justice, Richard Wagner is frustrated over vacancies. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Nicholas Pope, Human Rights lawyer at Hameed Law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Andrew Weir, executive vice president of Destination Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Artificial intelligence has been making headlines where we find the next use for it. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ryan Fitsch, legal counsel with the Law Commission of Ontario, about taking AI to the next level in order to get access to justice. They are called legal robots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Cabinet apologizing yesterday for the first time acknowledged ''highly suspicious and abnormal'' activity in Chinese language media targeting and Opposition MP, Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan will investigate conditions on the wterfront follwoing a strike at West Coast ports that cost us billions of delays and turned into a massive raise for workers. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, a former senior government official who worked on China issues and now Senior Fellow at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's been a shift in power. Workers are rejecting deals and are going against their unions. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Rafael Gomez, Professor and Director of the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Relations at the University of Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A warning from broadcasters; Canadian news is going to be blocked in response to Trudeau's Bill C-18. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Anabel Quan Haase, a professor in the faculty of information and media studies at Western University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Mike Schreiner, Leader of the Green Party of Ontario. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Diane Buckell, Protest Co-Organizer with High Park Access for All. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the soon to be Mrs. Ex Trudeau being exempt from the Conflict Of Interest Act disclosures under her separation agreement with the prime minister, Canadians welcome immigrants but cannot see where they're supposed to live, a South Pacific junket led by Commons speaker Anthony Rota cost taxpayers more than $150,000 records show. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Karen and Julia Barnes of Burlington, Ontario. The Barnes' naturalized garden was mowed down by city officials without notice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Marlene Bryenton of P.E.I. Marlene's son, Andrew has been missing for nine months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Awet Weldemichael, a professor at Queen’s University and an expert on the Horn of Africa and who is of Eritrean descent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Ed Keenan speaks with Globe & Mail reporter Jameson Berkow about how nearly five years after legalization, we still don't know how safe our cannabis is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Rodney Stafford, father of Tori Stafford who was murdered in 2009. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Trudeau's cabinet shuffle, calling a judicial inquiry into alleged election fraud by Chinese agents is ''complicated,'' newly-appointed Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc yesterday told reporters, Covid-19 may have started in a ''laboratory incident'' but the precise cause is unproven, says their Department of Health. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 millions for a vaccine passport program to 2026 though the World Health Organization has declared the pandemic is over. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, says the Federal Housing Advocate. Human right to affordable housing, a national moratorium on evictions, and a ban on tent cities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 day the strike goes on; 1 week of back log for many people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.fm/adchoices

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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the Department of Finance saying ''should not be viewed as a prediction of the future'' according to a letter to the Parliamentary Budget Office, three times as many Department of Employment staff were investigated as were reported fired for defrauding pandemic relief programs, 2021 heat wave that broke an all-Canadian temperature record was the result of a high pressure system, the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society confirms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Melissa Bourgeois, Family Lawyer, One Family Law in Edmonton, Alberta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Richard Shimooka, Defence Expert and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Derek Finkle, who lives beside the South Riverdale Community Health Centre (SRCHC). Derek and fellow community members have been raising concerns with the SRCHC's safe injection site prior the Friday's shooting that tragically resulted in the death of a 44-year-old mother of two. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justin Trudeau is off to NATO meetings just after Britian says ''Pay up, will ya?'' Host Alex Pierson speaks with Christian Luprecht, Military College and Senior fellow at the McDonald Laurier Institute, about understanding security relationships. Trudeau is playing ''catch up'' with NATO and now we are short on equipment that is necessary. The Government needs to double down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another day, another crime. Are we beginning to normalize this behaviour? Host Alex Pierson speaks with David Perry, Former Toronto Police Officer & 640 Toronto's Security Analyst, about a mom who was killed in Leslieville. Safe supply is destroying Toronto. It's unfortunate these shootings are happening all over the GTA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Moshe Lander, Economist with Concordia University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with community worker Diana Chan McNally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about talks on launching a public inquiry into foreign interference dragging along, higher prices for basic groceries like cabbage and spaghetti are running at three and four times the rate of general inflation, the Office of Elections Commissioner Caroline Simard dismissed 116 complaints of alleged forign interference in the last two general elections without a single attempted prosecution, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Reid, President of The Toronto Police Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Julian Somers, clinical psychologist and distinguished professor at Simon Fraser University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Greg Layson, Digital and Mobile Editor of Automotive News Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ben Eisen, Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute and the study's author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first large scale nuclear plant that the Ford government will build to prepare for electricity demands. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Chris Keefer, President of Canadians for Nuclear Energy, about the idea of the Bruce Power will be built to increase electricity supply to service 4.8 million homes. Is it a done deal? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jason Tetro, Known as ‘The Germ Guy’ and Host of the Super Awesome Science Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Flavio Volpe, Head of The Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Karen Chapple, Director of the School of Cities at the University of Toronto Dr. Karen Chapple, Director of the School of Cities at the University of Toronto, about reimaging downtown Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Paul Davis, Online Safety and Social Media Educator, about online shopping platform Temu - and why you shouldn't use their app to make purchases. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about how Revenue Commissioner Bob Hamilton misled MPs in under-reporting the number of Canada Revenue Agency employees implicated in fraudulent claims for pandemic benefits. Hamilton claimed there were “not very many, obviously,” though the Agency now confirms hundreds are under investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Michael Wernick, former chief clerk of the federal public service, has joined a Liberal-affiliated think tank. Wernick abruptly resigned in 2019 following disclosures of the cabinet's failed attempt to quash a criminal prosecution of the SNC-Lavalin Group Inc, a senator who threatened to sue Canadian media over China coverage took more state-sponsored trips to the People's Republic than any other parliamentarian, records show. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Less news, less reporters. This means less accountability. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jeffrey Dvorkin, former director of the journalism program at the University of Toronto-Scarborough and Author of ''Trusting The News In The Digital Age', about why we should be worried. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new report came out on Tuesday about opioid related deaths. Overdoses have tripled since 2021 in young teens. Host Alex Pierson speaks with, Alex Caudarella, CEO of the Canadian Centre Substance Use and Addiction, about the tragedy of over doses in young people. How much did the pandemic play into this and what do we need to do to help prevent overdoses from spiking again? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Matt Bradley, Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program coordinator for the Toronto District School Board, about the benefits of allowing grade 11 students enter full-time apprenticeship programs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with  Karen Wirsig, senior program manager for plastics at Environmental Defence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The city of Toronto has a new mayor. Her name is Olivia Chow! Host Alex Pierson speaks on site at City Hall with Olivia Chow, about what her first order of business would be, what would be her property tax be and how she plans to work together and build relationships with Doug Ford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Myer Siemiatycki, professor emeritus of politics at Toronto Metropolitan University, about Olivia Chow becoming the 66th Mayor of Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bell is asking the CRTC to drop local news. All stories start small. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Peter Menzies, former CRTC Vice-Chair, about Bell pushing to CRTC to drop all local news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Uncontrollable violence, chaos, and the incapacity to manage behaviour happening at Tomken Road Middle School in Mississauga. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Paul Bennett, founding director of the education consultancy Schoolhouse Institute, adjunct professor of education at Saint Mary's University in Halifax and a former high school principle, about the entire approach of discipline within the school board. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the $7 billion Strategic Innovation Fund that was launched six years ago by then Indistry Minister Navdeep Bains on a falso claim it would create $56,000 jobs, Canadian Senator says he wants Chinese Canadians to set up a national foundation that would focus on raising money to fund lawsuits against ''messy reporters'' and reporters who ''try to smear'' the community. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Perry Douglas Klein, Professor at Western University with the faculty of education, who researches the psychology of writing and writing instruction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Lisa Freeman, a Victim Rights Advocate who's father was murdered in 1991. Lisa weighs in on the transfer of murderer Mark Smich's move to a medium-security prison as well as the latest on her Victim Rights Bill that's been stalled as Parliament's adjourned for summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Sam Cooper, investigative reporter and Founder of The Bureau, about defending his reporting on foreign interference before a committee of MPs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Rose Finlay, mother of three who became a quadriplegic after an accident at age 17. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Former Vice Admiral Mark Norman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with human rights lawyer Yavar Hameed about his suit that aims to force Justin Trudeau's government to fill nearly 80 judicial vacancies on lower trial courts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

City parks are for the entire public, not a place for people to call home. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Chris Moise, Toronto City Councillor for Ward-13, about concerns over Allan Gardens, which has been spiked with tents, homeless people, loud music, fires and tons of open drug use and sexual assaults. Why is the city allowing this? Why is it so difficult? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Cabinet yesterday denied the RCMP is investigating the Prime Minister's Office over attempts to quash a criminal prosecution of the SNC-Lavalin Group Incorporated, Governor General Mary Simon burning through almost 25,000 litres of jet fuel to deliver a climate change speech, no evidence retailers and wholesalers are profiteering from inflation, the Bank of Canada said Monday. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Colin Craig, President of SecondStreet.org who issued the report. . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The RCMP is investigating allegations that Justin Trudeau, Bill Monreau and staff including Michael Wernick were obstructing justice way back when Jody Wilson back in 2018 , when they tried to pressure her from stopping the prosecution of SNC. Alex Pierson speaks with Duff Conacher, Co-founder of Democracy watch, about the RCMP saying nothing about this situation. Only recently has the RCMP began investigating...4 years later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Rothe, CEO and President of the Canadian Finance and Leasing Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Erin O’Toole, former Conservative leader and MP for Durham Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Too many promises and not enough details. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Denzil Minnan-Wong, former city councillor and deputy mayor and Jaskaran Sing-Sandhu, Strategist with State Strategy, about the mayoral debate that took place last night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest scandal. Trudeau's office knew about Bernardo's transfer and did nothing! Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association, about the issue with moving Paul Bernardo to a medium security prison. This only makes the families suffer and our Government is doing absolutely nothing about it. This is a complete erosion of trust with the system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you're accused of sexual misconduct, should you still be able to win your industries top award? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Andre Proulx, co-host of Tasting Together (airs Saturdays on 640 at 5pm) about allegations of Norm Hardie and how he admitted to sexual misconduct, meanwhile the Ontario Wine Awards congratulated him with the White Wine of the year award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Paul Bernardo and how Cabinet is handling the case, Privy Council President Bill Blair says how he never saw a secret memo warning because it was sent to the ''wrong office'', Canada's spending involvement with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank after a high-ranking executive left the organization saying it was a ''toxic culture'', Cabinet having no choice but to spend billions on a Volkswagon battery plant in Ontario, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said yesterday. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Students can't find rentals. By 2026, we are going to be short in rental units and it's only going to get worse. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Rylan Kinnon, about a broken promise students are experiencing when they come to study in Canada. There isn't enough housing but Ryan created a 'Home Sharing' program that is a great solution when it comes to connecting older adults and students in a home. It's about building a connection and trust. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to dig deep into the Mayoral race. Host Alex Pierson chats with Joe Mihevc, former Toronto City Councilor and Saeed Selvam, Managing Director of New West Public Affairs and also a member of Global News' Election Panel, and he's a former council candidate, about how effective have the various candidates' strategies been in trying to overcome Olivia Chow in leading votes, Anthony Furey third place standing in polls, housing and affordability. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With restaurants that were involved in the Cafe To program problem free, they are now being rejected after waiting months for approval, it's putting small business' at risk. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tomas Morana, owner of Bar Volo and Birreria, about the struggle with opening up their patio's because of not meeting certain requirements. It's worked fine in the past, why is this a problem now? There's no difference to the application so this is a mystery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mendocino sends his thoughts and prayers to the French and Mahaffy families; who actually didn't know about Paul Bernardo's transfer. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tim Danson, the family lawyer for Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy, about the concern of the families and that it's time to reverse this decision and relocate Bernardo back to Mill Haven. How is it possible that no one is taking accountability? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Major crime spike on TTC. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Burnside, TTC Chair, about the sense of disorder when using the TTC. We need a solution to keep the homeless out of the TTC shelters before the winter. A plan will be put into place when the weather gets colder to help the homeless find another shelter. We need to be compassionate and connect services. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do we want the RCMP investigating in a high profile case? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Paul Palango, Canadian investigative journalist and author or numerous books including 22 murders, about what happens if the RCMP gets involved in the case of Michael Chong and Chinese Interference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Safe Supply is getting resold onto the streets and dealers are getting new customers. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Adam Zivo, National Post Columnist, about a tragic loss after a 14 year old overdoses on safe supply kits. This is about compassion and saving lives. This should be a huge issue in the upcoming election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now, he's just a lawyer. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Mackay, Canada's former Minister of Justice and Attorney General, he was also Minister of National Defense and Minister of Foreign Affairs, about the resignation of Russel Brown because of a strain of an investigation at an event in late January, which turned into an altercation. Who replaces him? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How much is too much money? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Colin D'Mello, Queen's Park Bureau Chief, about the Ontario Government hoarding a growing pool of money. Where did it come from? What is the province budgeting all this money for? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the Conservatives, New Democrats and Bloc Quebecois will be meeting this week to discuss nominees to head a public inquiry into suspected election fraud by foreign agents. It's time to ''get all the truth on the table.'' A gift of $200,000 is not enough to buy influence in the Government of Canada, former Trudeau Foundation CEO Morris Rosenberg testified yesterday, and Canadians share ''fairly negative views'' about foreign aid with a quarter nationwide favouring funding cuts, says in-house research by the Department of Foreign Affairs. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trudeau is making it sound like parents shouldn't play a role in schools. Trudeau's comments were disappointing and we move to the extreme. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Julia Mallot, creator of -Alotta Thoughts - featuring nuanced discussion about sex and gender identity/ideology, about schools keeping parents out of the loop when it comes to transitioning. Culture wars is fueling the anger and creates a polarizing climate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dan Kelly, President and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about David Johnston admitting he didn't see all of the information in his report so he states that an inquiry is not needed, the news of the latest interest rate hike will see ''a lot of people struggling.'' The Bank of Canada raised its charge from 4.5 to 4.75, Canadians wanting ''stronger legislation'' to regulate legal internet content, says a report by Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez's department. The finding were all hand picked....how convenient. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with John Gradek, Faculty Lecturer and Academic Programs Coordinator of Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations and Integrated Aviation Management at McGill University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chinese Canadians want an actual inquiry and to be taken seriously. They aren't getting that treatment. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Cheuk Kwan, Co Chair of the Toronto Association for Democracy in China about David Johnston's report. There's a ton of incomplete information in his report and tons of Canadians are living in fear now. They want answers. Eight months since the first allegations came into place; nothing has changed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Car thefts have sky rocketed to close to 50% because of organized crime. Ontario and Quebec with the most thefts. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Bryan Gast, vice-president of investigative services at Equite Association, about insurance rates going up and this is because of car thefts. This is now classified as a 'National Crisis' in the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by mayoral candidates Chloe Brown and Anthony Furey. In this 30-minute mini-debate, candidates tackle housing concerns, taxes and crime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with victim rights advocate Lisa Freeman. Lisa's father Roland Slingerland, was bludgeoned to death in 1991 by John Terrance Porter. Porter was released on day passes without Lisa's knowledge and lived 15 min from her sister.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ron Butler, Mortgage Broker with Butler Mortgage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Jeff Brook, Associate Professor with the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A very challenging economic problem. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dave Martell, Professor emeritus of Forest Fire Management Systems with the Institute of forestry and conservation at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture at the University of Toronto, about wildfire management and what is needed to prepare before the fire season starts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about David Johnston's testimony as he is being asked how he came to his decision not to have an inquiry, the Department of Public Safety issued a false security bulletin claiming it had ''confirmation'' Freedom Convoy protestors ransacked federal office buildings, the Privy Council Office in a secret memo said Covid vaccine injuries and deaths ''have the potential to shake public confidence'' and must be carefully managed with ''winning communication strategies.'' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Rodney Stafford, the Woodstock father of murdered eight-year-old Tori Stafford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The MS-13 members mistakenly take shots at an innocent victim. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Marcell Wilson, former gang leader, founder of One by One Movement, about the horrific murder in Schomberg in drive by attack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Peter MacKay, lawyer and former federal Minister of Justice, Foreign Affairs and National Defence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tim Danson, lawyer representing the relatives of 15-year-old Kristen French and 14-year-old Leslie Mahaffy, who Bernardo kidnapped, tortured and murdered in the early 1990s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is happening to Canada? That is the question we need answers to. Host Alex Pierson chats with Aaron Gunn, film maker ''Canada is Dying,'' about the decriminalization of drugs in British Columbia and what will happen if this happens in Ontario. Is safe supply actually safe? We need a better solution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Steve Chase, Senior Parliamentary Reporter for the Globe and Mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Mark Saunders, mayoral candidate and former Toronto Police Chief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with immigration lawyer Guidy Mamann. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Aaron Wudrick, Director of the Domestic Policy Program at the Macdonald Laurier Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the Commons voting 174-150 to fire David Johnsonas cabniet's ''special rapporteur'' on Chinese subterfuge, the Freedom Convoy being a ''far-right extremist movement'' that ''terroized'' Ottawa, a Liberal appointed senator said yesterday, and the Federal Court rejected a claim that Crown prosecutors have a right to run for public office. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AI is quickly taking over and we can be extinct soon. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Mark Daley, Professor of Computer Science at Western University, about the danger of AI. Artificial Intelligence is threatening our existence when it comes to AI Chatbots, like ChatGPT. This is turning into a Global priority. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson sits down with former police chief Mark Saunders and former city councillor and deputy mayor ahead of the June 26 byelection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Jenny Kwan, MP for Vancouver East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Tom who owns and operates a bar in downtown Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about David Johnston and the involvement in the Trudeau Foundation, Cabinet is set to reintroduce an internet censorship bill by the end of the year, the department of Public Works will uphold human rights in federal contracting, and the Cabinet seeks to break a month-long filibuster that has tied up Finance minister Chrystia Freeland's omnibus budget bill in the Commons finance committee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Greg Layson, Digital and Mobile Editor of Automotive News Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with John Kiru, executive director of the Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An apology is in order for David Johnston. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Phil Gurski, President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, Former CSIS Analyst, about David Johnston blaming the media and CSIS saying it was ''inaccurate'' and now is required to apologies. CSIS are great patriotic Canadians and they want to do their best to help the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with mayoral candidate Anthony Furey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Ben Spurr, City Hall Reporter for the Toronto Star. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's the price of doing nothing when it comes Chinese Interference? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Mehmet Tohti, prominent Uyghur Canadian Activist - Executive Director of the Canada-based Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project, about the latest development in Chinese Interference earlier this week and whether or not the government is doing enough for communities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Bethany Bergman, mother with a daughter in one of the TDSB specialty arts schools Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the advisor who helped Johnson put his report together and luckily for Trudeau, the ethics officer has no commissioner in place to deal with the complaints filed, MP Han Dong is ''continuing to maintain close relationships'' with China's Consulate in Toronto. We know Dong has close relations with the Toronto consulate in question-can he maybe go back to caucus? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dan Stanton, Former manager of operations at CSIS, now the Director of the National Security Program at the University of Ottawa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

Barrie city staff are empowered to explore solutions for homelessness. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Alex Nuttall, Mayor of Barrie, about Barrie's crackdown on controversial policies that criminalize compassion. Staff were asked to think of new ways that will ban handing out money to panhandlers on streets, intersections...ect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host, Alex Pierson speaks with two Mayoral Candidates; Anthony Perruzza and Celina Caesar Chavannes, about how to make Toronto a safer city, the city's finances, and what they'll do about gridlock and what takes priority. Transit? Roads? How will you pay for your solutions? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, a former senior government official who worked on China issues and now Senior Fellow at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Teper, community education critic, involved in analyzing recent school-trustee misconduct, appeared frequently as a delegate at school board meetings in Toronto, Waterloo and Ottawa.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The City of Barrie is taking a stand against homelessness. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Keenan Aylwin, former Barrie City Councillor and current service worker, about City Council's controversial crackdown on homelessness, which consists of banning tents, tarps and a ton of compassion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about David Johnston ''rapporteur'' inquiry and what he thinks about election fraud and allegations in the 2021 votes, Liberal-appointed Senator, Yuen Pao Woo published more than a week after the expulsion of a Chinese spy complained of “extreme anti-China sentiment” in Canada, Attorney David Lametti says he will review changes in federal law to allow postal inspectors to open suspicious letters. The Canada Post Corporation Act states inspectors may only open larger packages suspected of carrying contraband. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Chiara Padovani, a York South—Weston tenant union leader who ran for Toronto city council last fall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Organized crime violates its own rules by targeting women. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Stephen Metelsky, criminal psychology professor at Mohawk College, lectures about organized crime at Queen's University and author of 'Undercover: stories from the underworld of law enforcement, about the suspected organized crime-linked shooting that makes this the first targeting of a woman in Montreal's history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the connections between Winnipeg and China, China Central Television removal of the CRTC's approved list of programs, Department of Health and how it'll affect private employers who are currently providing dental coverage for most Canadians nationwide, and Chystia Freeland who said yesterday that federal debt charges are ''absolutely handleable'' but would not discuss any further. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jay Goldberg, Ontario Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, about the cost of those lovely campaign promises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Anne Marie Aikins, who was the chief spokesperson and head of media and public relations at Metrolinx, the regional transit agency, for 11 years until earlier this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Flavio Volpe, President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Parents should be very concerned about their children when it comes to smartphones. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Todd Cunningham, clinical and school psychologist and Program Chair of the School and Clinical Child Psychology Program at the Ontario Institute for studies in education at the University of Toronto, about a study revealing Smartphone exposure impacting mental health in adulthood; especially in girls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host, Alex Pierson speaks with two Mayoral Candidates; Mitzie Hunter & Bradford about what their plans are in regards to getting around Toronto, how to get projects done in a timely manner, fixing Toronto's finances and how they'll make Toronto a safer city to live in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The safe supply side has said they will stay on course. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Jeremy Eckert Devine, Psychiatry Resident at the McMaster University, about the phasing out of safe injection sites. Safe supply is being exploited and is now in the black market. Why aren't we looking in that direction? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Kenny Chui, Former Conservative MP for Steveston-Richmond East, B.C., about how his 2021 election loss was due to Communist Chinese agents. The Ex-MP testified the very nature of election interference made it difficult to document: “In your particular riding the NDP vote actually went up.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the Office of the Ethics Commissioner confirming it is unable to investigate any misconduct until a new appointee is named by Parliament, a process that could take months. The post has been vacant since April 19. Martine Richard stepped aside April 19 after legislators complained she was sister-in-law to Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc... and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stellantis is calling a renegotiation as threat clouds over EV Battery Plant, urging the Government to match Volkswagen's subsidies or face potential scrapping. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Catherine Swift, President of the Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers and Businesses of Canada and former CEO of the CFIB, about Ottawa being put under pressure as Stellantis threatens withdrawal and demanding a subsidy parity with Volkswagen, or worse; scrapping the Windsor project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Olivia Chow faces critism over meeting with China-aligned group, her supporter defends it as a 'necessary evil' for engaging Chinese immigrants, while others urge caution before jumping to conclusions. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Cheuk Kwan, Co-Chair of the Toronto Association for Democracy in China, about Chow accepting a gift from an organization that's known for its alignment within the Chinese Government, leaving many eyebrows raised. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rogers steals company and scores 10-year extension on subway contract. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Brian Lilley, Toronto Sun Columnist, about Rogers securing a secret deal with an Australian firm, which extended the contract until 2042, adding a decade under their belts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

According to a poll, 51% of Canadians' believe that the Public Education System is going the wrong direction. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Colin Craig, President of SecondStreet.org about a recent poll that saw the level of dissatisfaction with the public school system jump significantly within 3 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conflict is a daily reality for people living in Israel and now the country is bracing for a full multi-front war. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Vivian Bercovici, the former Canadian Ambassador to Israel, about the current precautions Israel is taking on the ground and the geo-political affairs that surround the ensuing conflict. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter about the recent House of Commons vote that will spark an investigation into Chinese subterfuge against parliamentarians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dave Perry, former Toronto police officer & homicide detective who worked on Holly Jones' case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Olivia chow is promising 25k houses despite no affordable houses being built in this city for over a decade. Meanwhile– at the federal level, Cabinet’s National Housing Strategy Act, which enshrines a "right to adequate housing" by 2030, reveals that only 106,000 homes have been financed since 2019. On top of this, demand for housing was pegged at over 3.5 million last June and in order to meet that demand, at least 440k homes need to be built per year until 2030. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Eric Lombardi, Founder of More Neighbors Toronto, to speak about how and when the city will catch up to its housing promises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Kevin Garratt. Kevin and his wife Julia were arrested by Chinese security officials in 2014 and accused of stealing military secrets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Adam Zivo, Columnist with National Post, about his report that details how safe supply drugs are being sold on the black market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter about the expulsion of the Chinese Diplomat amid speculation of Chinese Interference, the apology from the Chief of The Human Rights Commission to their black employees, and the pending loss of a federal riding in northern Ontario which comes at a "very fragile time for democracy,” says NDP MP Charlie Angus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With around 1.2 million patients visiting Canadian hospitals last year, patients have paid a hefty fine accumulated by lost wages and productivity while waiting for necessary treatment. According to a new study from the Frasier Institute, Canadian have lost 3.6 billion dollars annually, that is $2,925 per patient waiting for treatment in hospital waiting rooms. Alex sits down with Bacchus Barua, the director of the study to talk about the cost of hospital wait times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As airlines are getting ready for the summer season, some passengers could be left stranded at the gate, due to labour shortages. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Captain Tim Perry, Canada President of the AirLine Pilots Association, which represents 1,850 pilots at Westjet and Swoop, about the upcoming travel season when it comes to adequate staffing, back up planes, lost luggage, cancellations and how to avoid long wait times like experienced last summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada's democracy is on the line; MP Michael Chong warns. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Charles Burton, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and a former counsellor at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing, about Chinese state interference that is targeting both him and his family in 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Toronto courtroom bookings are booked solid until May 2024, with 16-month wait times. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Bruce Pardy, Executive Director of Rights Probe and Professor of Law at Queen's University, about Canada's terrible system when it comes to court wait times. Uncertain outcomes are leaving lawyers and clients in a nightmare. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trudeau takes the stage at the Liberal National Convention and begins to set the stage for the upcoming election. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Warren Kinsella, Post Media columnist and president of Daisy Group, about Trudeau rallying Liberal supporters to go into a fourth election, while taking shots on Pierre Polivere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canadians are already overpaying for wireless service. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with David Soberman, Professor of Marketing and the Canadian National Chait of Strategic Marketing with the Rotman School of Management, about Rogers getting rid of their fastest cell phone price plans ahead of upcoming battle with new competition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're seven weeks away from Election Day in Toronto - and we want you to hear from the main players in the mayoral race! Host Alex Pierson is joined by former Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes and columnist Anthony Furey for this week's mayoral candidate panel. Issues on the table are getting around Toronto, fixing the city's finances, and public safety. Have a listen and have your say! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trudeau claims ignorance on Conservative MP Chong's targeting, despite speaking up in the House of Commons. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, a former senior government official who worked on China issues and now Senior Fellow at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa about Trudeau slamming CSIS when it comes to the targeting of MP Chong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter about Alexandre Trudeau testifying yesterday and stating how Canadians ''need to recognize certain accomplishments'' at the Commons ethics committee, Anthony Rota being rejected during an emergency debate on Chinese intimidation by a MP, CRTC and if a newSroom can show it is a credible news organization that would benefit under Bill C18. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2022, Kevin Vuong was running in the federal election in the downtown riding of Spadina-Fort York. The young candidate was a rising political star, a youth advocate and a reserve officer in the Royal Canadian Navy. Now he claims that he is a victim of Chinese Interference after being dropped from the 2021 election because of a withdrawn sexual assault allegation. Host Alex Pierson speaks to Kevin Vuong to get to the bottom of these claims. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A CSIS report exposes China's tactics when it comes to Canada's Legislatures and Business Executives. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Charles Burton, Senior Fellow at the MacDonald-Laurier Institute and a former counsellor at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing about investigating a MP's relative when it comes to harassing pro democracy supporters in their foreign interference campaign in Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Nisrin Elamin, Assistant Professor of African Studies at University of Toronto, about her experience of evacuating Sudan with her young daughter after a family trip turned dangerous. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter about Conservative MP, Michael Chong and how a suspected Chinese diplomat is targeting his loved ones, Justin Trudeau's brother will be testifying on Friday over his role on the signed ''cheque'' for the Trudeau Foundation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Chris Murie, Owner of The Dizzy Pub along Roncesvalles in Toronto’s West End, about how business is booming, thanks to the Maple Leafs playoff run. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Top-secret CSIS report reveals China's vast influence network uses 'incentives and punishment' to target Canadian legislators, business leaders, and diaspora communities as high-priority interference targets. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Steve Chase, Senior Parliamentary Reporter for the Globe and Mail, about the CSIS report exposing the extent of China's foreign interference in Canada, from probing Conservative MP's family members in China to intimidating pro-democracy Chinese students in Canada, shedding light on Beijing's multifaceted interference efforts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peel Region considers pulling the plug on popular online platform used by teachers to connect with parents and absent students. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Doretta Wilson, Retired Education Reformer, about Peel District School Board mandating the transition from Google Classroom to D2L Brightspace, citing advanced privacy and security features for student access. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Shauna Brail, Economic Geographer, urban planner and Associate Professor at the Institute for Management & Innovation, University of Toronto-Mississauga, about the impact of four-years of streetcar diversions for Ontario Line construction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Celebrate Adopt a Shelter Pet Day this Sunday, April 30th! Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Melissa Shupak, Division Manager of Shelter Programs at Toronto Humane Society about National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day that brings attention to the thousands of animals in need of loving homes. Hurry on down to the Toronto Human Society April 30th and you can be going home with a furry friend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Car dealers charging extra fees to exploit limited supply, and Ontario regulations fall short. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Krystyna Lagowski, Automotive Writer about car dealer regulators failing to keep up with the pandemic-induced price gouging and are now using unethical practices to sell their vehicles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The wheels of justice have been turning in Toronto as more than 500 stolen vehicles were taken off the streets and 119 car thieves were charged and brought to justice. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with David Adams, the President and CEO of Global Automakers of Canada about Toronto police launching Project Stallion having already arrested 119 criminals and recovered 556 stolen vehicles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter about Bill C11; the first bill in Canadian history that regulates legal internet content, why Cabinet refuses to impose back to work legislation and the side effects, Marco Mendocino and the ''famous'' buyback program, and the 13 billion Volkswagen Canada subsidy. How does this work and what about the jobs? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Toronto Sun Columnist Brian Lilley about why the Eglinton Crosstown won't open to the public until 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Premier Doug Ford faces backlash as his controversial proposal to lower education requirements for officers ignites a heated debate over the future of policing in the province. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Kempa, a criminologist focused on the politics of security, public safety and policing and Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa about the growing concerns over officer shortages, and Ontario's latest move to drop post-secondary education requirements for aspiring police officers has sparked controversy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Canada's Transport Minister unveils new measures to strengthen passenger rights and increase penalties, the proposed changes leave both travellers and airlines with divided opinions on the future of air travel regulations. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with John Gradek, about the new measures to strengthen passenger rights and increase penalties, and airlines with divided opinions on the future of air travel regulations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the blink of an eye, a wetland paradise turned into a barren wasteland, leaving an Ontario family heartbroken and searching for answers. Host, Alex Pierson speak with Lorraine Fuller, Apsley Ontario Resident, about a wetland oasis that once flourished in their own backyard vanishing because of a broken beaver dam, leaving the bustling ecosystem that once thrived in terrible distress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Canadian homeowners struggle to make ends meet, the traditional 25-year mortgage plan is no longer enough, leaving lenders to grapple with increased risk of loss, and pushing more and more Canadians into 30+ year payment plans. Alex Pierson, speaks with Ron Butler, Mortgage Specialist with Butler Mortgage about rising interest rates that are forcing Canadian homeowners into decades of debt, as a staggering 30% of mortgages are now stretched beyond 30 years, leaving many struggling to keep up with the increasing financial burden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Toronto parents heroically perform life-saving Heimlich maneuver and CPR on their choking child, while desperately waiting for emergency services to answer their 911 call. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Tim Ray, father of 1 year old Asher, about the terrifying moment their infant stopped breathing as 911 puts them on hold for over five minutes, leaving them to desperately attempt to rescue their child alone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Promised pandemic relief turns into a funding nightmare for Canadian women's shelters. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Jennifer Hutton, CEO of Women's Crisis Services of Waterloo Region about women's shelters facing a devastating blow to their essential services, leaving many wondering how they will continue to provide lifesaving support to those in need. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter about how The prime minister’s brother, Alexandre (Sacha) Trudeau, will not have to testify before a parliamentary committee probing the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation and allegations of foreign interference in federal elections. Alexandre Trudeau had reportedly negotiated and signed the deal for the foundation to receive a $200,000 donation from Chinese billionaire Zhang Bin in 2016.The Commons public accounts committee  Did vote to have Canada Revenue Agency scrutinize the fund.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tarek Fatah, a Pakistani-Canadian journalist and author known for his commentary on Muslim issues has passed away at the age of 73. Fatah is being widely mourned. Here is how Alex paid tribute to Fatah on her show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From deepfakes to digital dopplegangers, the music industry is just scratching the surface of what AI can bring to the table, and the Fake Drake controversy is only the beginning. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Alan Cross, host of the Ongoing History of New Music about AI taking over the music industry with Ghostwriter977's creation, Heart on My Sleeve, proving that the future of music might not be in human talent alone. Fake Drake & The Weeknd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The longer we stay locked up in our homes, the quicker our cities turn into ghost towns with empty transit systems and crumbling infrastructure. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Shauna Brail, Economic Geographer, urban planner and Associate Professor at the Institute for Management and Innovation at the University of Toronto-Mississauga, about hybrid work arrangements, risk of turning our office spaces into ghost towns , leaving behind a trail of vacant cubicles and unfulfilled lease agreements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Looks like someone took the term 'high-flying heist' a little too seriously at Pearson Airport, leaving a bank $22 million poorer and an airline with more questions than answers. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Brian Lilley, Toronto Sun Columnist about the thieves at Pearson Airport as they swooped in and snatched $22 million worth of loot, leaving TD bank and Air Canada in a state of shock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As websites target the track records of top mayoral candidates, the city's elections watchdog is on high alert and stirring up controversy. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Duff Conacher about the Toronto Election Investigation that has sparked a fiery debate when it comes to advertising for the Mayoral Race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Vice Admiral Mark Norman and former Vice Chief of the Defence Staff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, managing editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the public service strike, Dominic LeBlanc's sister stepping away as Ethic Commissioner, budget officer Yves Giroux dropping a bombshell on the Cabinet's poor spending and how Canadian Citizenships ceremonies to be replaced by a ''checkbox'' on a website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amidst growing frustration over the Halton District School Board's handling of recent controversies, a parent group demands swift action to hold senior staff accountable and ensure a safer learning environment for all students. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Celina Close, Students First Ontario parent supporter & recently declared candidate for the HDSB Trustee Position in Ward 1 & 2 about demanding urgent measures to restore parental trust after a salacious scandal involving an Oakville teacher's inappropriate attire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The FBI's discovery of photographic evidence linking a secret police station in Canada to its Chinese counterpart sheds light on the sinister extent of China's covert operations, and raises concerns. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Steve Chase, Senior Parliamentary Reporter for the Globe and Mail about the shocking arrests of two individuals in New York, and the exposure of China's aggressive online harassment tactics and the pressing need for governments to take action to safeguard against foreign interference Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keira's voice will finally be heard as her legacy lives on through the groundbreaking Keira's Law, which aims to bring justice for her and prevent such tragedies from ever happening again. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Jennifer Kagan, Mother to Kiera about her uphill battle with Keira Kagan's tragic death at the hands of her own father. Jennifer is fighting for justice and shed light on the importance of addressing the flaws in Canada's family court system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ford's Government Plans to Breathe New Life into Ontario Science Centre and Ontario Place by Relocating Science Centre to Toronto Landmark. Host Alex Pierson chats with Taylor Noakes, public historian and independent journalist about the Ford Government planning to revitalize Ontario Place and Ontario Science Centre by relocating the Science Centre from Don Mills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Toronto Transit Gets a Boost in Vehicles from Ottawa and Queen's Park, but Funding Shortfall Leaves Them Sitting Idle. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Steve Munro, a transit activist and commentator since 1972, about 551 buses left idling during peak hours, along with 81 streetcars and 40 subway trains. When will this not become an issue anymore? Seems like funding isn't enough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, managing editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the potential strike with PSAC a union that represents around 155, 000 employees. If the government does not reach an agreement at the barganing table by Tuesday afternoon, this would be the largest strike in Canadian history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ready for a thrilling ice showdown as the Toronto Maple Leafs gear up to host the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs! Host, Alex Pierson chats with Wendell Clark, former Maple Leafs Captain about if he''beleafs'' the leafs will make it all the way this year and finally get their hands on the Stanley Cup! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hockey Canada scores big with the federal government as funding is restored, but not without a few power plays - conditions must be met before financial support is handed over. Host, Alex Pierson chats with Robert Talach, a lawyer, whose client's sexual assault allegations against junior hockey player kick-started a reckoning around the national organization that represents the sport. Hockey Canada has been caught in a misconduct penalty box after using registration fees to settle a sexual assault case, putting the organization under the scrutiny of the public eye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ontario is ramping up its education game by adding 1,000 new teachers to the roster, but some are questioning if it's enough to address the needs of all students. Alex Pierson chats with Paul Bennett, Director of the Schoolhouse Institute. His latest book is called ''The State Of The System: A Reality Check Of Canada's Schools.'' Karen Littlewood, president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, is questioning Ontario's education plan, stating that focusing on just 20% of schools for math and literacy programs will leave a lot of kids out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show, Alex Pierson speaks with Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, former senior government official who worked on China issues and now Senior Fellow at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at University of Ottawa & David Soperman, Professor of Marketing and the Canadian National Chair of Strategic Marketing with the Rotman School of Management. Looks like Trudeau's foundation got a little too fond of the Chinese donations - but hey, who needs ethical governance when you have all that sweet, sweet cash? Ontario's new plan to ban athletes and celebrities from gambling ads is a hard-hitting reminder to Auston Matthews and other sports stars that their role model status comes with responsibilities beyond the rink. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices