The Alex Pierson Show

Alex Pierson is joined by Terry Yaldo, Owner of Midway Convenience and Chair of the Ontario Convenience Store Association (OCSA) about how the sale of booze in convenience stores has been going, and if its increased or hurt their bottom line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This discussion delves into the troubling issues surrounding fund mismanagement in Indigenous grave investigations, criticizing excessive consultant spending. It also scrutinizes the RCMP's outdated air service and border security lapses, revealing a concerning lack of preparedness. The podcast raises alarms over a delayed surveillance warrant amid Chinese interference in politics, highlighting accountability failures in a humorous light. With a blend of serious topics and wit, the conversation paints a vivid picture of Canada's current political climate.

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Sam Cooper, the Founder of The Bureau & Author of Wilful Blindness: How A Network of Narcos, Tycoons and CCP Agents Infiltrated The West about why the Honourable Marie-Josée Hogue doesn't believe any MP's aided foreign governments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After Premier Ford announced that his government and First Nations groups had signed an agreement to build infrastructure and roads into the Ring of Fire, host Alex Pierson needed to know if this was actually going to happen....or just more of what we've heard over the past 3 decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by the Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Franco Terrazzano about why the CTF is suing the Canadian Revenue Agency for trying to collect on the capital gains tax when it hasn't even achieved its royal assent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the 80th anniversary of the allied liberation of the most infamous concentration camp in the entire second world war, Auschwitz, host Alex Pierson is joined by the founder of Liberation 75, Marilyn Sinclair. Alex and Marilyn talk about why it's more important than ever for the youth to be taught this dark chapter in human history, especially if we don't want it to be a repeat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with The retail reporter for The Globe and Mail, Susan Krashinsky Robertson about a new investigative piece she penned that highlights how retailers right across the country are losing roughly $9.1 billion annually to increased organized crime and coordinated thefts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with the Honourable Mayor of Sault. Ste. Marie, Mayor Matthew Shoemaker, about why and his fellow border mayors in Canada have created the "Border Mayor Alliance" and how they plan to have this help address the expected wave of immigrants and Trump tariffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by the leader of the Ontario NDP & The MPP for Davenport, Marit Stiles. In light of Premier Ford likely calling a snap election in the next few days, Alex and Marit talk about how prepared the NDP are for this election, and how many ridings they will have candidates running in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Leon and Susan Turner, the parents of Rachel Turner, who was strucked and killed by a school bus last year, and their law Michael Smitiuch. Alex speaks with Leon and Susan about why this family has launched a $9.5 million lawsuit against the driver, and the school bus company for many avoidable failures that led to Rachel's untimely death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices