The Alex Pierson Show

Latest Episodes:

Blacklocks Check: Who recieved a quarter of a billion dollars to do no work? Feb 15, 2024

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Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter joined Alex Pierson to discuss Federal departments suspending all work with an Ontario contractor implicated in ArriveCan irregularities, the Government Leader in the Senate said yesterday, Canada Border Services Agency President can't account for the disappearance of federal documents used in sweetheart contracting under the $59.5 million ArriveCan program. All this and more!

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Loblaws goes after Toronto-based artist for his 'Roblaw$' t-shirts Feb 15, 2024

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Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Christopher Lambe, Toronto-based artist behind parody shirts targeting large corporations, including Loblaws.

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Mayor Chow, City Council approve Toronto police $20M budget increase Feb 15, 2024

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Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw following City Council approving Toronto Police's $20-million boost for its 2024 operating budget.

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'I lost it': Quebec father considering legal action against teacher who listed his son's artwork for sale Feb 14, 2024

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Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Joel DeBellefeuille, Quebec father whose son’s artwork was listed for sale online by his teacher.

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''My car was shaking, sputtering and within 15 mins, it died.'' Fuel diluted with water Feb 13, 2024

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Laci Frazier, a Guelph woman, who filled her car up at a Guelph gas station only to find out the gas had been diluted with water. A class action lawsuit could be in the works. How prevalent is this?

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Blacklocks Check: Sweetheart agreements with Arrivecan Feb 13, 2024

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Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter joined Alex Pierson to discuss Arrivecan. MP's will issue subpoenas compelling committee from reluctant Arrivecan witness, the commons yesterday by a 173 to 150 vote demanded cabinet revise current record immigration quotas within 100 days, Catherine Tait, $497,000-a year CEO of the CBC, ran up more than $119,000 in expenses at the same time the network complained of ''immense pressure'' on its finances. All this and more!

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Why this doctor says Alberta's right to prohibit transgender procedures for children Feb 12, 2024

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Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with endocrinologist Dr. Roy Eappen about Alberta moving to prohibit transgender procedures for children.

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Is Taylor Swift behind the boost in NFL viewership? Feb 12, 2024

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Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Eric Smallwood, President of Apex Marketing Group, Inc., about the 'Taylor Swift Effect' on NFL ratings.

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'I'm in the dark': antisemitic graffiti found in TDSB school, parents not notified Feb 08, 2024

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Alex Pierson speaks with Carly Cohen, a Toronto parent whose daughter discovered antisemitic graffiti in her school's bathroom in December. Cohen's concerned with the rise in hate in TDSB schools and the school board's new policy that doesn't notify parents when hate happens.

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Government records show ArriveCAN execs got $340,000 in bonuses Feb 08, 2024

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Alex Pierson speaks with Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) about how federal health executives responsible for the ArriveCAN app received $340,000 in bonuses.

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