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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Nov 28, 2023 • 9min
Blacklocks Check-In: Liberal MP'S opposed public disclosure on electric auto battery manufacturers
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the Liberal MP's on the Commons government operations committee yesterday opposed to public disclosure of federal contracts with electric auto battery manufacturers, the government should provide a home to every person who cannot work, says Housing Minister Sean Fraser, and Attorney General Arif Virani has rejected a standalone registry of foreign agents despite repeated appeals by MP's from all parties. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 28, 2023 • 8min
Do parents have the right to know if hateful incidents take place at their child's school?
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Rachel Cooper, elected co-chair of the parent council at Toronto’s McMurrich Junior Public School. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 28, 2023 • 11min
Warning to parents after suicide of B.C. boy linked to sextortion
Alex Pierson speaks with Carol Todd, Mother of Amanda Todd, the BC teen who took her own life after years of cyberbullying and sextortion by a man from the Netherlands. Learn more via Amanda Todd Legacy Society Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 28, 2023 • 7min
"Important time for humanity": Decisions needed now to empower our future with AI
Alex Pierson speaks with Mark Daley, Chief AI Officer at Western University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 27, 2023 • 8min
Can the conflict of war affect you in the work place?
How do you make things work when people you work with have opposite views about the war with Israel and Hamas? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Howard Levitt, Employment Lawyer and Partner at Levitt Sheikh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 27, 2023 • 10min
Hunger Report: Ontario food bank usage up 38% from year previous
Alex Pierson speaks with Carolyn Stewart, CEO of Feed Ontario, about the 2023 Hunger Report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 27, 2023 • 9min
Breaking down Toronto's new deal with the province, including uploading the DVP, Gardiner and Ontario Place
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jay Goldberg, Ontario Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 27, 2023 • 16min
Do Gazans need a ceasefire - or to be freed from Hamas altogether?
Alex Pierson speaks with Bassem Eid, a Jerusalem-based political analyst, leading Palestinian human rights activist, and expert commentator in Arab and Palestinian affairs, who founded the Jerusalem-based Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 24, 2023 • 9min
'Where will residents go?': City of Toronto to begin removal of Kensington Market encampment
Alex Pierson speaks with Andrew Neelands, long-time volunteer with St. Stephen’s in the Fields Church in Kensington Market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 24, 2023 • 10min
'Politics aside': Why this Toronto Rabbi feels it's important to unite with Muslim community in condemning hate
Alex Pierson speaks with Rabbi Shaanan Scherer, who teaches at a local Jewish school that has recently been the subject of two bomb threats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
