The Alex Pierson Show

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Warren Kinsella, the President of the Daisy Group & Adrienne Batra, the Editor-in-Chief of the Toronto Sun to talk about how Canada's current government could hold its own against a Trump Presidency, and if the President-Elect "51st State" comment was a joke, or something more serious. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Calvin Lakhan, the co-creator of the “Waste Wiki” project at York University’s Faculty of environment and Urban Change to talk about a major problem not only for the City of Toronto, but the entire province...where are we going to keep putting our garbage when our landfills fill up in the next decade? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Tom Korski, the managing editor of Blacklock's Reporter to talk about why House Speaker Fergus ruled that the parliamentary standoff had to be paused after months of a stalemate, why the feds are looking into banning kids food advertisements and why our ambassador for Climate Change prefers to fly instead of ANY other greener travel method. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Livio Di Matteo a professor of economics at Lakehead University and Sr. Fellow at the Fraser Institute about a new report that shows crimes in except for homicides his report finds Canadian crime rates have surpassed the U.S! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex has an interesting conversation with Vaughn's city councillor for Maple & Kleinburg Marilyn Iafrate a resolution she plans to put forward to support a provincial feasibility study into buying back the highway and a 1-year pilot project to free up/subsidize truck lanes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After learning that Canada Post is laying off all of its striking workforce, Alex speaks with the regional grievance officer for the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) Atlantic Region, Jim Gallant about the union's next steps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Tom Korski the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter to talk about what "March Madness" means for ministers in Ottawa and how it can involve spending hundreds of thousands on things like cigars and furniture. They also touch on what's coming up for the now-infamous Randy Boissonnault and his "other Randy"...and even more from behind the Parliamentary veil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Laura M. Carlson the Host & Executive Producer of “The Feast Podcast” to talk about a brutally honest and sad post by a famous Toronto Restauranteur who is begging patrons to visit their favourite restaurants this holiday season, or we could see a devastating wave of closures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Taylor McKee the Assistant Professor in Sports Management at Brock University about the revelation that Toronto City Council made financial commitments on the FIFA World Cup coming to Toronto...BEFORE the games were awarded to us...is that a good investment? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Jim Gallant the regional grievance officer for the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) Atlantic Region to discuss why the negotiations between his union and Canada Post have stalled, and why he believes Canada Post is manipulating the facts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices