The Alex Pierson Show

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Missed the show? No worries, we've got you covered with the ON Point podcast!On this episode, Alex is first joined by Chris Chapin, strategist and Managing Principal Upstream Strategy to break down the emergency leadership review that has been called against Conservative leader Erin O'Toole, who may be facing his last hours as party leader. Alex next speaks with Phillip Cross, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute & Fraser Institute. 36 years at Stats Canada specializing in macroeconomics to look into the many businesses within the GTA that are still barely getting by thanks to the many pandemic measures that are still in place.And finally, Alex and Ben Eisen.  Sr. Fellow at the Fraser Institute and co-author of Measuring Ontario’s Regional Prosperity Gap—2022 Update. They talk about the new study that shows certain regions of Ontario are getting paid much less on average than others. Let's get talking Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex and Irvin Studin, President of the Institute for 21st Century Questions, editor-in-chief and publisher of Global Brief magazine-  and Author of “Canada Must Think for Itself — 10 Theses for our Country’s Survival & Success This Century”. They talk about the new direction and rhetoric out of public health officials and politicians to finally live with COVID-19, and if there is actually a plan. Let's get talking Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Missed the show? No worries, we've got you covered with the ON Point podcast. On this episode Alex first is joined by Rupa Supramanya, a Columnist for the National Post on the Trucker Protest in Ottawa this past weekend. Rupa, who was there in person, tells Alex about the groups of people in the protest, what the energy felt like and why we should have honest conversations about the protest.Next, Alex and Ann Cavoukian, Executive director at Global Privacy & Security by Design Centre, Former Ontario privacy commissioner discuss the controversy that surrounds the ArriveCAN app that involuntary sends personal information without the users consent.And finally, Alex and Irvin Studin, President of the Institute for 21st Century Questions, editor-in-chief and publisher of Global Brief magazine-  and Author of “Canada Must Think for Itself — 10 Theses for our Country’s Survival & Success This Century”. They talk about the new direction and rhetoric out of public health officials and politicians to finally live with COVID-19, and if there is actually a plan. Let's get talking Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's that time of the week where we take a look past the veil into the stories that don't get the attention they deserve in Ottawa. Alex Pierson checks in with Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter Tom Korski.Alex and Tom dive into the weekend protest in Ottawa with the Truckers, and how MP's are saying they are being intimidated. They also break into unvaccinated federal employees are saying they are being harassed and vindicated, and why about a tenth of historical designations since 1919 will have to be either corrected, rewritten or purged. Let's get talking Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Alex is joined by Tom Korski, the managing editor of Blacklock's Reporter. Tom fills Alex in on memo's obtained by Blacklock's Reporter that show the whole story to the RCMP raid of the BC First Nations protest was not revealed, until now that is. Let's get talking **UPDATEA follow up to this segment was done with Carol Linnitt from the Narwhal here: https://omny.fm/shows/on-point-with-alex-pierson/did-the-rcmp-follow-procedure-at-a-pipeline-protes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Nate Leipciger, A Holocaust survivor who was imprisoned in seven different Concentration Camps, including Auschwitz. Nate walks Alex through his experience as a young Jewish Man in Nazi occupied Europe, how he lost his entire family in the camps, and why its important we teach our children about what happened. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Missed the show? No worries, we've got you covered with the ON Point podcast. On this episode, Alex is first joined by Nate Leipciger, A Holocaust survivor who was imprisoned in seven different Concentration Camps, including Auschwitz. Nate walks Alex through his experience as a young Jewish Man in Nazi occupied Europe, how he lost his entire family in the camps, and why its important we teach our children about what happened.Next, Alex speaks with John Wright, the executive Vice-President of Maru Public Opinion about a new poll that shows how Canadians are divided about  the convoy of truckers on the way to Ottawa, and why politicians shouldn't be so dismissive of it.And finally, Alex is joined by Tom Korski, the managing editor of Blacklock's Reporter. Tom fills Alexin on memo's obtained by Blacklock's Reporter that show the whole story to the RCMP raid of the BC First Nations protest was not revealed, until now that is. Let's get talking Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's that time of the week where we take a look past the veil into the stories that don't get the attention they deserve in Ottawa. Alex Pierson checks in with Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter Tom Korski.Alex and Tom look into Parliament's worried response to the upcoming trucking convoy, as word is spreading that some plan to try and recreate the Jan. 6th Capital Hill Riot. They also talk about why inflation is much higher than reported, as cost of living only gets worse, and how a Liberal MP from Calgary is the first MP to be in breach of the Elections Act. Let's get talking Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Alex is first joined by Allyson Grant, a Speech-Language Pathologist &  Professor with the University of Ottawa Faculty of Health Sciences' Audiology and Speech Language Pathology Program to discuss if the masking mandates that have been so heavily enforced are creating delays in speech development for children. Let's get talking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices