The Alex Pierson Show

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Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield brought to you by Vacuman Sep 29, 2023

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This is Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield brought to you by Vacuman. On today's episode, learn about agility robots which are mass producing robots in Salem, Oregon, there's a new nursing robot in Austin, Texas and learn about Youtube's AI-Driven video creation tools. All this and more!

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New Justice Minister says he's confident the Liberals bail reform package safer; but how? Sep 28, 2023

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How will the new Justice Minister make the country safer? He can't say how this will get done but he's confident the Liberals reform package will do just this. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association.

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Nazi honoured in Canada's Parliament a 'disinformation jackpot' for Russia Sep 28, 2023

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Marcus Kolga, Director of DisinfoWatch and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Centre for Advancing Canada’s Interests Abroad.

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New polling finds Canadians want to see mental health supports improved before expanding medical assistance in dying Sep 28, 2023

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Roe, Research Associate at the Angus Reid Institute.

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Blacklocks Check-In: Better chance of getting a Nazi in the house than building houses Sep 28, 2023

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Minister Chrystia Freeland being disconnected from economic realities on inflation and housing, contractors don't have to build affordable apartments to qualify for a GST break because cabinet does ''not want to be building cheap homes in a bad part of town.'' All this and more!

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Does a carefully crafted apology on behalf of Canadians for Trudeau's Nazi scandal make it go away? Sep 28, 2023

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Steve Paikin, broadcaster, author and 640 contributor.

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'Give us something': Businesses fed up with Metrolinx delays in delivering Eglinton Crosstown LRT Sep 28, 2023

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Alex Pierson speaks with John Kiru, Executive Director of the Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas.

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Will anyone have a ticket to ride the Eglinton Crosstown? Sep 27, 2023

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There's been so many issues with building the Eglinton Crosstown, like track problems, supply chain issues. Do they have that finish date? We spend billions and billion of dollars and we are getting nowhere. Hopefully today, we will get a finishing date. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Murtaza Haider, Professor with the Ted Rogers School of Management at Toronto Metropolitan University.

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''The spending party is over'', David Dodge sends out a warning Sep 27, 2023

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''The country has no growth, no productivity, higher interest rates and way too much debt,'' David Dodge says. Tiff Macklem says interest rates will not go down until next fall. Many Canadians cannot live like this. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ron Butler, Mortgage Broker with Butler Mortgage. How is this affecting all the markets?

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'Never too late': Jewish organizations call for reflection, public hearing so Nazi's never honoured again in Canada Sep 27, 2023

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Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Levitt, President and CEO of Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center.

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