Episodes

  • Human Rights Activist Targeted In Assassination Plot

    Human Rights Activist Targeted In Assassination Plot
    Nov 21 2024
    Irwin Cotler, the former Liberal justice minister and Attorney General of Canada, founder and chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, joins host Alex Pierson to talk about how he was the target of an alleged foiled assassination plot by agents of Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    13 mins
  • Blacklock's Check-In: ''Randy Is Like A Character On A Sitcom, I'll Miss That Cool Cat''

    Blacklock's Check-In: ''Randy Is Like A Character On A Sitcom, I'll Miss That Cool Cat''
    Nov 21 2024
    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter about the Immigration Minister Marc Miller yesterday enacted new regulations he acknowkledged will cost Canadian jobs, a first for any federal cabinet, Cabniet proposes to send $46 million this winter on preparations to host soccer' 2026 World Cup with more funding due next year, hundreds of criminal gangs have turned to wholesale production of fentanyl, says a confidential federal memo. All this and more! GUEST: Tom Korski - Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter X(formerly Twitter): @mindingottawa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    12 mins
  • Blacklock's Check-In: Taxpayers Are Getting Taken To The Woodchipper - Purchase Of The Trans Mountain Pipeline

    Blacklock's Check-In: Taxpayers Are Getting Taken To The Woodchipper - Purchase Of The Trans Mountain Pipeline
    Nov 19 2024
    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter about the Trans Mountain Pipeline despite cabinet assurances it would make money. Budget Officer Yves Giroux warning billions' in overruns. Addictions Minister Ya'ara Saks yesterday said families across Canada often ask her for parenting advice, meanwhile an NDP MP has been cautioned for wearing a beaded watermelon pin in parliament, Watermelon imagery has long been used as a stand-in symbol for the Palestine flag, McPherson defends that it is just a poppy. All this and more! GUEST: Tom Korski - Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter X(formerly Twitter): @mindingottawa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 mins
  • Lack Of Staff On Our Border, TTC Collisions & Christian Heritage Month

    Lack Of Staff On Our Border, TTC Collisions & Christian Heritage Month
    Nov 18 2024
    On this episode of The Alex Pierson Podcast, our host Alex Pierson takes on the major stories of the day, in her own unique way. In this episode, Alex speaks with: Mark Weber, National President of Customs and Immigration Union (CIU) about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal party flipping their position when it comes to immigration in this country and the major holes that exist within our own border security. Marvin Alfred - President of ATU Local 113 about a major collision with a TTC bus and a stolen BMW that was speeding in the intersection of Bathurst and Wilson in Toronto. Lily Cheng - Toronto Councillor for Ward 18- Willowdale about a very heated and emotional debate in Toronto city council about including a Christian Heritage Month for the city to celebrate in December, and why certain Councillors are against the idea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 mins
  • Patients Waiting Longer Than A "Beat" for A New Heart

    Patients Waiting Longer Than A "Beat" for A New Heart
    Nov 18 2024
    Host Alex Pierson is joined by the Legislative and Policy Director with SecondStreet.org, Harrison Fleming to talk about their new report highlighting how long Ontarians on average have to wait for important cardiac surgeries, while other places wait way less than we do and how many deaths will happen while people are stuck waiting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 mins
  • The Canadian System is disjointed, and the Government has been lying about it.

    The Canadian System is disjointed, and the Government has been lying about it.
    Nov 15 2024
    Host Alex Pierson talks to Dr. Kelly Sunberg, a Professor of Criminology at Calgary’s Mount Royal University & Former Canada Border Service Agency Officer about the issues that Canada has with immigration. Have we reached rock bottom or are we just at the tip of the iceberg? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    14 mins
  • Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson. All eyes on the fight with the Largest Age Gap in Boxing History.

    Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson. All eyes on the fight with the Largest Age Gap in Boxing History.
    Nov 15 2024
    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Rico Mancini, a Boxing Canada Competitive Coach with Sully’s Recreation & Athletic Center about the Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson fight. Mancini breaks down his fight expectations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 mins
  • Queens Law Professor hops on the Swiftie Subway.

    Queens Law Professor hops on the Swiftie Subway.
    Nov 14 2024
    Host Alex Pierson talks to Mohamed Khimji, a Queen’s business law professor and self-proclaimed ‘Swiftie’. Khimji teaches a Law (Taylor's Version) course, that focuses on the copyrights, trademarks, contracts from Swifts career, and talks about why he so excited for her first show in Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    9 mins