The Alex Pierson Show

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