The Alex Pierson Show

Latest Episodes:

Olivia Chow; New Day, New Mayor of Toronto Jun 27, 2023

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The city of Toronto has a new mayor. Her name is Olivia Chow! Host Alex Pierson speaks on site at City Hall with Olivia Chow, about what her first order of business would be, what would be her property tax be and how she plans to work together and build relationships with Doug Ford.

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'Things will change quickly': Reaction to Olivia Chow's mayoral win Jun 27, 2023

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Myer Siemiatycki, professor emeritus of politics at Toronto Metropolitan University, about Olivia Chow becoming the 66th Mayor of Toronto.

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Local news is national news; Bell asking CRTC to drop local news Jun 26, 2023

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Bell is asking the CRTC to drop local news. All stories start small. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Peter Menzies, former CRTC Vice-Chair, about Bell pushing to CRTC to drop all local news.

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Tomken Road Middle School; A letter from the techers Jun 26, 2023

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Uncontrollable violence, chaos, and the incapacity to manage behaviour happening at Tomken Road Middle School in Mississauga. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Paul Bennett, founding director of the education consultancy Schoolhouse Institute, adjunct professor of education at Saint Mary's University in Halifax and a former high school principle, about the entire approach of discipline within the school board.

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Blacklocks Check-In: ''Messy reporting'' & ''Smearing'' Jun 26, 2023

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the $7 billion Strategic Innovation Fund that was launched six years ago by then Indistry Minister Navdeep Bains on a falso claim it would create $56,000 jobs, Canadian Senator says he wants Chinese Canadians to set up a national foundation that would focus on raising money to fund lawsuits against ''messy reporters'' and reporters who ''try to smear'' the community. All this and more!

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Cursive writing to be reintroduced in Ontario schools this fall Jun 23, 2023

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Perry Douglas Klein, Professor at Western University with the faculty of education, who researches the psychology of writing and writing instruction.

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'System was designed for offenders': Rights advocate on murderer Mark Smich's move to medium security Jun 23, 2023

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Lisa Freeman, a Victim Rights Advocate who's father was murdered in 1991. Lisa weighs in on the transfer of murderer Mark Smich's move to a medium-security prison as well as the latest on her Victim Rights Bill that's been stalled as Parliament's adjourned for summer.

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Investigative journalist defends reporting on foreign interference, calls for public inquiry Jun 21, 2023

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Sam Cooper, investigative reporter and Founder of The Bureau, about defending his reporting on foreign interference before a committee of MPs.

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Bowmanville mother able to access MAiD before disability supports Jun 21, 2023

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Rose Finlay, mother of three who became a quadriplegic after an accident at age 17.

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'Time is not on their side': Race to find missing Titanic submersible has crews working around the clock Jun 21, 2023

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Former Vice Admiral Mark Norman.

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