

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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Jan 26, 2019 • 15min
The Anti-Pipeline Project And Where The Money Is Coming From
Alex is joined by Vivian Krauss, researcher and writer @FairQuestions, to talk about her latest findings. Over the last decade Krauss has been investigating foreign-funded activism projects that are landlocking Canada's oil. These projects have helped put a stop to every pipeline project over the last decade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 26, 2019 • 9min
Is Canada’s New Food Guide Trying To Curb Eating Meat?
Alex Pierson is joined by Rubina Ahmed-Haq, Global News Radio Personal Finance Expert, to discuss Canada's newly-released food guide. The food guide said to eat less meat, so how will that affect Canada's economics. With beef being one of Canada's biggest exports, how will this food guide effect Canada's ranchers? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 26, 2019 • 19min
Counterpoint: Friday, January 25th, 2019
Alex is joined by Bob Richardson, Senior Counsel at NATIONAL Public Relations, and Anthony Furey, Sun / Postmedia columnist & national comment editor.
Topics include: the RCMP being tight-lipped when it comes to the attack in Kingston, Ontario this week, Trudeau's comments saying Canadians will not tolerate hateful comments, John McCallum's comments on the extradition of Meng Wanzhou and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 26, 2019 • 12min
RCMP Say Kingston, Ontario Youth Charged In ‘Attack Plot’ With Explosives; 2nd Man Arrested, Not Charged
Joining Alex for On Point is Tom Quiggin, former military intelligence officer, RCMP advisor and a court appointed expert on jihadist terrorism in the federal and criminal courts, to talk about the attack in Kingston this week. One Kingston, Ontario youth has been charge but the RCMP is very tight-lipped about the whole situation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 26, 2019 • 4min
Monologue: The Pipeline Warrior! Why Vivian Krause's Important Voice Is Finally Being Heard
If Canadian oil and gas can be saved it will be in large part thanks to Vivian Krause. She combed through thousands of secret foreign documents to expose the real imposters behind the campaign to landlock our oil. These campaigns have managed to successfully derail every pipeline project over the last decade, so it's about time the mainstream is catching on to Krause's decade of work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 25, 2019 • 10min
Trudeau shys away calls to fire Canada's envoy to China following some off-the-script comments
Alex is joined by Erin O'Toole, Conservative MP for Durham, Shadow Minister, Foreign Affairs and International Development to discuss where the Liberal government will take things from after Canadian Ambassador John McCallum make some eye-widening remarks over the on-going investigation involving Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 25, 2019 • 14min
Anatomy of a Crime - Thursday, January 24th, 2019
Alex is joined by David Perry, Global News Radio's Crime and Security Analyst, to discuss how the cold weather has slowed down the city's ever-increasing gun crime and why the delays of Ontario's Special Investigation's Unit are simply unacceptable in 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 25, 2019 • 10min
Judge finds editor, publisher of Your Ward News guilty of peddling hate against women and Jews
Alex is joined by Lorne Honickman, Global News Radio Legal Expert, to talk about a free Toronto-area newspaper and the two men behind it, who were found guilty of using the publication to promote hatred against women and Jews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 25, 2019 • 17min
Counterpoint - Thursday, January 24th, 2019
Alex is joined by Dennis Matthews, Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Enterprise Canada, and Omar Khan, Vice President, Public Affairs, Hill + Knowlton Strategies for this edition of Counterpoint.
Topics include: The Ontario government is looking to potentially remove the cap on class sizes in the province's grade schools, Justin Trudeau waves away calls to fire Canada's Ambassador to China, Patrick Brown left provincial politics one year ago today and Venezuela's new Interim leader responds to comments by Canadian and U.S. officials as the South American nation verges on collapse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 25, 2019 • 13min
Ontario considers removing kindergarten, primary class size caps
Alex is joined by Doretta Wilson, education policy consultant, former Executive Director, SQE-Canada, to talk about the recent announcement by Ontario Education Minister, Lisa Thompson. According to Thompson, consultations are underway to examine the province's classroom sizes and possibly removing caps on class sizes for kindergarten as well as in Grades 1 to 3. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices


