

The Alex Pierson Show
640 Toronto / Curiouscast
The Alex Pierson show is an in-depth, no-nonsense look at the stories making headlines. Alex has more than 20 years in the field and behind an anchor desk, and is known and respected for her tough reporting style and accountability. Join the daily conversation with the Alex Pierson Show, and never miss an important story again.
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Apr 3, 2019 • 4min
Jodi Wilson Raybould is not a Conservative, why would she join the party. She shouldn’t.
Jodi Wilson Raybould is not a Conservative, why would she join the party. She shouldn’t. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 3, 2019 • 7min
Are We Heading Into A Global Trade War?
Joining Alex Pierson for ON Point is Cyndee Todgham Cherniak, founding lawyer of Lexsage - a boutique international trade law firm, to discuss the possibilities of a global trade war. In the past few years global trade has been brought into question. Overseas, Brexit has more questions than answers, and things aren't much better here in North America. American and Chinese tariffs have been introduced on Canadian goods with no sign of being removed. At this point it seems like we're at a stalemate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 3, 2019 • 4min
Point ON Point - Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019
What do you get for speaking your truth in Justin Trudeau's Liberal party - you get fired. Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott are now both out of the liberal caucus and will sit as independents. Both Wilson-Raybould and Philpott received minimal support from liberal party members who questioned their ethics. If ethics were of concern, then how come the liberals still support Justin Trudeau? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 2, 2019 • 12min
Americans are having less sex than ever
Peter Sherman in for Alex Pierson is joined by Jean Twenege, Author of I-Gen, to discuss how Americans are having less sex then ever. U.S. adults reporting no sex in the past year reached an all-time high in 2018.
But among the 23 percent of adults — or nearly 1 in 4 — who spent the year in a celibate state, a much larger than expected number of them were 20-something men, according to the latest data from the General Social Survey.
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Apr 2, 2019 • 12min
Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre begins solo filibuster of liberal budget motion
Peter Sherman is in for Alex Pierson and he is joined by Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre to discuss how Conservatives are launching their fourth filibuster of the past year and their second over Liberal limits on the probe into the SNC-Lavalin scandal that has been engulfing the government for the past two months.
But this time, their filibustering member is flying solo.
In a press release Monday, the Conservative Party announced that finance critic Pierre Poilievre would kick off a “marathon speech” during debate on a motion asking the House of Commons to approve the federal budget in general: the motion is in effect a precursor to the introduction of a budget bill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 1, 2019 • 15min
Canada, U.S. move to redraft border treaty to cut flow of asylum seekers
Peter Sherman who is in for Alex Pierson is joined with Craig Damian Smith, Associate Director of the Global Migration Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. They discuss how Canada and the United States are closer to redrawing the Safe Third Country Agreement covering asylum seekers, as Ottawa looks to stem the flow of refugee claimants crossing between authorized points of entry.
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Mar 30, 2019 • 14min
Response to Justin Trudeau's Mocking of Grassy Narrow Protesters
Joining Alex Pierson is Mark Calzavara from the Ontario Council of Canadians. Mark was with the Grassy Narrow Protesters at Wednesday night's event when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau mocked the protesters. Trudeau built his political campaign on reconciliation, but those efforts were not reflected in his comments. Mark Calzavara speaks about Trudeau's comments as well as the Liberal government's reconciliation efforts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 29, 2019 • 12min
Point ON Point - Friday, March 29th, 2019
There are bombshells and then there are what we heard today. We knew we were getting an updated statement from Jody Wilson-Raybould, but what we are learning from the secret recording moves the SNC-Lav scam to a whole new level. The tape backs Wilson-Raybould's allegations that she was pressured to get a deal done for SNC Lavalin. It doesn't just back JWR's allegations, it proves that everything she stated in her initial testimony was factual. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 29, 2019 • 8min
The Man Behind the GoFundMe Campaign for Vice-Admiral Mark Norman
Joining Alex Pierson for ON Point is Colonel Lee Hammond, the man behind the GoFundMe page for Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Norman is facing a David vs. Goliath fight against the government to defend himself. To fight the seemingly endless funds of the government, Norman is dealing with massive legal fees. To help Vice-Admiral Norman, Colonel Hammond started a GoFundMe page to raise $500,000 to help pay for legal counsel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 28, 2019 • 3min
Point ON Point - Thursday, March 28th, 2019
First Nations people are drinking poisonous water, but apparently Trudeau can find a good punch line out of it. The very people that Prime Minister Trudeau built his political campaign around are the ones he's now mocking. If this is how he talks in his personal life, can we really trust what he says in his public life? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices


