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**The Alex Pierson Show**

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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Can TO's Next Mayor Deliver Affordable Housing With a Giant Budget Deficit? May 25, 2023

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Eric Lombardi, Founder of More Neighbours Toronto.

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Advocates Demand Justice; Barrie City Council Imposes Ban on Donations May 24, 2023

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Barrie city staff are empowered to explore solutions for homelessness. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Alex Nuttall, Mayor of Barrie, about Barrie's crackdown on controversial policies that criminalize compassion. Staff were asked to think of new ways that will ban handing out money to panhandlers on streets, intersections...ect.

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Learning The Candidates:Anthony Perruzza and Celina Caesar Chavannes May 24, 2023

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Host, Alex Pierson speaks with two Mayoral Candidates; Anthony Perruzza and Celina Caesar Chavannes, about how to make Toronto a safer city, the city's finances, and what they'll do about gridlock and what takes priority. Transit? Roads? How will you pay for your solutions?

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Conservative Leader Calls Out PM Trudeau's 'Ski Buddy' David Johnston On No Foreign Interference Inquiry May 24, 2023

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.

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Canada doesn’t need foreign interference inquiry, but public hearings warranted: Johnston May 24, 2023

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, a former senior government official who worked on China issues and now Senior Fellow at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa.

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Who's Running Tomken Road Middle School? Students or Staff? May 23, 2023

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Teper, community education critic, involved in analyzing recent school-trustee misconduct, appeared frequently as a delegate at school board meetings in Toronto, Waterloo and Ottawa.

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Advocates Raise Their Voices: Ban on Donations to Homeless Sparks Outrage May 23, 2023

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The City of Barrie is taking a stand against homelessness. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Keenan Aylwin, former Barrie City Councillor and current service worker, about City Council's controversial crackdown on homelessness, which consists of banning tents, tarps and a ton of compassion.

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Blacklocks Check-In: Election Fraud, Allegations, Public Inquiry; Oh My! May 23, 2023

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about David Johnston ''rapporteur'' inquiry and what he thinks about election fraud and allegations in the 2021 votes, Liberal-appointed Senator, Yuen Pao Woo published more than a week after the expulsion of a Chinese spy complained of “extreme anti-China sentiment” in Canada, Attorney David Lametti says he will review changes in federal law to allow postal inspectors to open suspicious letters. The Canada Post Corporation Act states inspectors may only open larger packages suspected of carrying contraband.

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'Just show up and vote': Why tenants need to have their say in the TO election May 23, 2023

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Alex Pierson speaks with Chiara Padovani, a York South—Weston tenant union leader who ran for Toronto city council last fall.

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Organized Crime Suspected in Woman's Fatal Encounter May 18, 2023

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Organized crime violates its own rules by targeting women. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Stephen Metelsky, criminal psychology professor at Mohawk College, lectures about organized crime at Queen's University and author of 'Undercover: stories from the underworld of law enforcement, about the suspected organized crime-linked shooting that makes this the first targeting of a woman in Montreal's history.

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