The Alex Pierson Show

640 Toronto / Curiouscast
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Sep 29, 2023 • 18min

Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield brought to you by Vacuman

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
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Sep 28, 2023 • 9min

New Justice Minister says he's confident the Liberals bail reform package safer; but how?

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
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Sep 28, 2023 • 9min

Nazi honoured in Canada's Parliament a 'disinformation jackpot' for Russia

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
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Sep 28, 2023 • 9min

New polling finds Canadians want to see mental health supports improved before expanding medical assistance in dying

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Roe, Research Associate at the Angus Reid Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sep 28, 2023 • 10min

Blacklocks Check-In: Better chance of getting a Nazi in the house than building houses

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
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Sep 28, 2023 • 11min

Does a carefully crafted apology on behalf of Canadians for Trudeau's Nazi scandal make it go away?

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Steve Paikin, broadcaster, author and 640 contributor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sep 28, 2023 • 9min

'Give us something': Businesses fed up with Metrolinx delays in delivering Eglinton Crosstown LRT

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
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Sep 27, 2023 • 6min

Will anyone have a ticket to ride the Eglinton Crosstown?

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
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Sep 27, 2023 • 9min

''The spending party is over'', David Dodge sends out a warning

''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
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Sep 27, 2023 • 12min

'Never too late': Jewish organizations call for reflection, public hearing so Nazi's never honoured again in Canada

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

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