The Alex Pierson Show

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Car thefts drop around 38% in Brampton; A pilot project seeing success Mar 21, 2024

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Brampton is seeing positive results from the auto theft reduction pilot. Car thefts have dropped around 38% in areas. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Patrick Brown, Mayor of Brampton.

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Blacklocks Check: ''I have been told the Government is corrupt,'' Liberal MP compares Canada to Afghanistan Mar 21, 2024

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Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter joined Alex Pierson to discuss Cabinet spending more money collecting an equity tax on vacant, foreign-owned property than it raises in tax revenue, records show, it's ''fairly common'' for federal employees to moonlight as contractors, says a former Department of National Defense employee who worked as ArriveCan supplier, Canadians who think Ottawa's corrupt should ''take a look at Afghanistan,'' the parliamentary secretary for foreign affairs says.

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Meet Toronto's modern-day Barbie Girl Mar 20, 2024

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Alex Pierson speaks with Léah Fugère, a Toronto woman who’s turned her apartment into a Barbie dreamhouse.

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'I'm taking time': MP Anthony Housefather reflecting on future with Liberals after Middle East motion Mar 20, 2024

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Alex Pierson speaks with Anthony Housefather, Liberal MP for Mont Royal in Montreal, about his future with the Liberal Party.

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'It's not right': Hamilton theatre postpones Jewish film festival due to security concerns Mar 20, 2024

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Alex Pierson speaks with Gustavo Rymberg, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Hamilton, about Playhouse Cinema postponing the Hamilton Jewish Federation due to 'security concerns'.

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'Where are the politicians?': Why police are not to blame for rise in carjackings Mar 19, 2024

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Alex Pierson speaks with Calvin Chrustie, senior partner with the security and intelligence advisory firm Critical Risk Team, who 32 years with the RCMP in the intelligence and investigational world of transnational national organized crime, specializing in kidnaps, extortion, money laundering, and other forms of ‘crimes in action’

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Blacklocks Check: "Our cell phone bills are getting cheaper" Mar 19, 2024

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Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter joined Alex Pierson to discuss our cell phone bills. Apparently, they are getting cheaper! That’s what we are supposed to believe according to the CEO of Rogers who, along with other telecom bosses, were called to testify at a house of commons committee to explain why the prices are going up. All this and more!

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Ontario woman seeks justice in brutal slaying of pet emu, worries for family’s safety Mar 19, 2024

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Alex Pierson speaks with Shannon McCarrell, Fisherville, Ontario woman whose pet emu McTavish was killed overnight.

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Canada's inflation rate down but what does that mean for interest rates? Mar 19, 2024

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Alex Pierson speaks with Ron Butler, Mortgage Broker with Butler Mortgage, to break down the latest inflation numbers.

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'Congestion ruins our chances': Stretch of Gardiner Expressway reducing to 2 lanes in both directions for 3 years Mar 19, 2024

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Alex Pierson speaks with Giles Gherson, President and CEO of Toronto Region Board of Trade, about the cost of construction has on Toronto's downtown recovery.

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