The Alex Pierson Show

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about MP Han Dong (Don Valley North, Ont.), now threatening to sue media for libel, eight years ago as a Liberal member of the Ontario legislature helped pass a law restricting libel suits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You have to ask, when is enough actually enough? When will someone in charge take charge of a crisis they allowed to happen? This latest headline of violence on our TTC should be the final straw, but how many times have we said that? As former Toronto Police Chief (and now hopeful mayoral candidate), Mark Saunders, says... we're normalizing it. But can we stop with the stale idea of thoughts and prayers and actually get to work on the root problem? We dive into that and much more on today's episode of the Alex Pierson Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson comments on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's appointment of David Johnston, former governor general from the Stephen Harper era, as the special rapporteur to probe foreign interference claims.. As well, Abdalla Barqawi, lawyer with Conway Litigation on Gen. Maj Dany Fortin suing the Prime Minister, Chief of Defence staff and others.. And Eric Lombardi, housing advocate with More Neighbours Toronto, about Toronto's housing crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Terry Glavin, Author, journalist and Columnist for the Ottawa Citizen & National Post. Formerly with Maclean's magazine. And Senior Fellow, Raoul Wallenberg Centre 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are we selective with our outrage? Politicians use race, religion, sexism to score points– and then are the first to lecture us on what is and isn’t acceptable. If it’s an issue for three Conservative MPs sitting with a far-right German politician. Are there two sets of rules when it comes to outrage? Alex goes through the controversy surrounding NDP politician Sarah Jama and her sticky past of anti-Semitism, as well as the other big topics of the day on today's episode of the Alex Pierson Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trade Minister Mary Ng won’t comment on her association with a parliamentary witness named as a Communist Party front. Ng is one of four Liberal MPs to publicly endorse the Confederation of Toronto Chinese Canadian Organizations. Han Dong is another. We turn to Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter, to dig through the details on this and everything else Ottawa, on today's Blacklock's Check In. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who's charter rights matter more in this country? In the case of Dellen Millard and Mark Snitch, it's going to be in the news all week and if you listen to the parents... if people like that have no hope, why should their daughter's killers have hope? The courts tell us they must have hope, which is why in part the killers are appealing their case this week to get their convictions tossed out, as well as their stacked sentences. Alex touches on this, as well as other topics of the day, on today's episode of the Alex Pierson Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If the federal government's Online News Act passes, then don't count on reading news articles from Facebook or Instagram. In an email written by Meta (the parent company of the popular social media sites), they say that the decision would place the company in an untenable position, given that it would have to pay for news content to appear on their platforms. Is this the way to go? Alex speaks to an expert on this, as well as all the other day's topics on today's episode of the Alex Pierson Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the Senate adopted an amendment in Bill C-11 to protect digital creators and user-generated content, the government has decided to once again disregard the concerns of thousands of digital creators across the country. Now, Canadian creators are taking a stand to urge MP's to save the Senate amendment, and protect their online businesses. Alex is joined by a content creator to talk about it, as well as other important topics of the day on today's episode of the Alex Pierson Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices