On Point With Alex Pierson

There are as many as 50 elected officials and staff that have unwillingly or willingly infiltrated our Federal Government to work against our interests. How are we supposed to vote in any election? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Duff Conacher, Co-founder of Democracy Watch & Democracy Education Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Montreal dockworkers have walked off the job for a 3 day strike. It comes just hours before tens of thousands of US longshoreman walk off the job crippling 36 port along the east coast from Texas to Maine. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Marvin Ryder, Associate Professor, Marketing and Entrepreneurship at McMaster University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Days after an ill-advised fieldtrip, the Toronto District School Board is still dealing with growing fallout from the public. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Joseph Neuberger, a Criminal Justice Attorney with Neuberger & Partners LLP. Joseph tells Alex just what kind of lawsuits members of the TDSB COULD see in the coming weeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter about emails obtained from Minister Guilbeault's department reveals discussions to ''cancel planned burns in Western Canada,' months before the devastating wildfire in Jasper, Cabinet yesterday survived a non-confidence vote by a margin of 211 to 120 on a warning it may be a short reprieve. All this and more! GUEST: Tom Korski - Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter X(formerly Twitter): @mindingottawa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President and CEO of the Toronto Region Board of Trade Giles Gherson joins Alex Pierson to talk about Premier Ford's announcement to explore digging a tunnel underneath one of the busiest highways in the entire world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with "Sarah", a mother of a student who was one of the many who the TDSB took on a field trip that quickly turned into a protest. "Sarah" tells Alex just how this has damaged her trust in the school board and why the board not only failed the students but the community as a whole. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Warren Kinsella, the President of Daisy Group and former political strategist for Jean Chretien about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joining Stephen Colbert on "The Late Show". Warren and Alex discuss why the PM would choose to go on this show, and also touch on the former Premier of Ontario accusing Don Valley West by-election candidate Anthony Furey a "bigot". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson asks the question on many people's minds in light of the pager and walkie-talkie explosions...just what is the Mossad? To answer that Alex speaks with Dr. Eyal Pinko, a former senior intelligence officer and professor at Bar-Ilan University who breaks down the origins of the organization, and how it compares to other global intelligence agencies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of The Alex Pierson Podcast, we'll start off talking about the feds change of direction for international students, exploring just what the Mossad is and why they are considered so dangerous to some. Alex Speaks With: Guidy Mamann, an immigration lawyer with Mamann, Sandaluk & Kingwell LLP about the federal government extending cuts to international students and work permits. Eyal Pinko, a Sr research fellow at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies who helps explain just what Israel's intelligence agency, the Mossad, are all about.  Peter Shirer the Vice Chair Toronto Paramedic Services Unit Local TCEU Local 416 on a new pilot program that will see police officer stationed in select ER's to help expedite safe patient transfers under the mental health act. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabniet knowingly misdirected investigations of foriegn interference under a ''mountain of process,'' Cabinet confirms hundreds of church burnings nationwide with a sharp rise in arson attacks following claims that skeletal remains were discovered at and Indian Residential School. All this and more! GUEST: Tom Korski - Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter X(formerly Twitter): @mindingottawa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of The Alex Pierson Podcast, we go from the shady underbelly of Hollywood to explosive strikes in Lebanon and then talk about the safety of scrolling on your phone. Alex speaks with: Gloria Allred of Allred, Maroko & Goldberg about Sean "Diddy" Combs and the startling allegations and charges in his most recent case, and if we could see other celebrities drawn into the fray. David Shiply the CEO of Beauceron CyberSecurity about the pagers which were used to attack and kill members of Hezbollah and how it could've even happened. Paul Davis the Founder of Social Network Safety on META's new "teen friendly" Facebook and Instagram accounts that are being rolled out, and if they are worth it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson reads about a recently built provincial courthouse that cost over $949 Million dollars to construct has persistent and easily avoidable accessibility issues. So Alex brings on David Lepofsky the chair of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance who also recently penned a report on the many issues and what needs to be done to make public land accessible to all the public. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter about anyone hoping to learn names of those MP's and political players suspected of participating in foreign interference schemes. Not going to happen, Canadians report an epidemic of gangland crime despite millions in federal grants under a Guns and Gang Violence Action Fund. All this and more! GUEST: Tom Korski - Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter X(formerly Twitter): @mindingottawa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is honoured to speak with the former chief of the defence staff, General (retired) Rick Hillier. Gen. Hillier and Alex talk about his new group of non-Jewish members who are advocating for the end of surging anti-semitism in Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex closes in on the 2nd assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump by speaking with someone who knows just how difficult it can be to be security to upper levels of government, Wayne Black. Wayne is the President of Wayne Black and Associates and previously provided security to former Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and explains why protecting high officials is a tricky business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the overdose death of 13-year-old Brianna MacDonald in an Abbotsford encampment, her mother Sarah MacDonald has come forward to share her story in the hopes that it could lead to meaningful change. Sarah and Alex talk about how this all got started for her young daughter, what she did to try and protect her, and how the system ultimately failed her young daughter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Alex Pierson Podcast where our host Alex Pierson dives into the big stories of the day and does all the heavy lifting for you. In this episode Alex first closes in on the 2nd assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump by speaking with someone who knows just how difficult it can be to be security to upper levels of government, Wayne Black. Wayne is the President of Wayne Black and Associates and previously provided security to former Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and explains why protecting high officials is a tricky business. Next, Alex is honoured to speak with the former chief of the defence staff, General (retired) Rick Hillier. Gen. Hillier and Alex talk about his new group of non-Jewish members who are advocating for the end of surging anti-semitism in Canada. And finally, our host takes a trip down memory lane and returns to her hometown of Hamilton with local historian Robin McKee. Robin and Alex look into the long-abandoned Century Manor, one of the last standing remains

Host Alex Pierson is joined by an old friend, Joseph Neuberger who's a criminal justice attorney with Neuberger & Partners LLP to talk about an EXTREMELY unusual case. Alex and Joe talk about how a Superior Court Justice has admitted to reading the wrong sentence for a defendant over 14 months ago...and just recently decided to reveal this information. Joe talks about how damaging this is to the perception of our judicial institution, and what widespread ripple effects this could have. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter about pre-election findings follow Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's statement that ''Canadians need to have faith in their government's honesty,'' Internal emails show Parks Canada executives feared ''public and political perception'' in managing fire hazards at Jasper, Alta, Parks Canada blames former Deputy Prime Minister Sheila Copps for ordering staff to put a smile on the agency's beaver mascot. All this and more! GUEST: Tom Korski - Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter X(formerly Twitter): @mindingottawa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After finally receiving news that the recent terrorist suspect who was planning an attack in New York City was on a Canadian student visa, Alex turns to an expert for some answers. Casey Babb is a Senior Fellow with the Macdonald Laurier Institute who also teaches Terrorism and International Security at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. Casey and Alex talk about our broken immigration system, what reforms we could see coming, and how it's being used by bad actors to gain access to North America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices