The Alex Pierson Show

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Henry Wolfond - Chairman and CEO of Bayshore Capital Inc. and the Chair of UJA of Greater Toronto’s Countering Antisemitism Committee about what is was like to fly in Blue Origin's recent space flight, and how being over 100 km above the earth changed his perspective on humanity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with John Oakey, the VP of taxation with the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada to talk about the coming Liberal GST 2-month tax break, and how businesses (large and small) are scrambling to prepare for it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Rabbi Adam Scheier, the Sr Rabbi of the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, the largest Conservative Jewish congregation in Montreal about horrible, dangerous and ultimately hate-fueled protests in Montreal over the weekend. Rabbi Scheier talks about how an outing with his daughters brought him face-to-face with antisemitism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that he would arrest Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu if he set foot in Canada, host Alex Pierson is joined by the former spokesperson for the state of Israel & international media advisor to the president of Israel, Eylon Levy. They discuss why this move from the ICC is political at its core and this is a bad move for Canada on the international stage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Irwin Cotler, the former Liberal justice minister and Attorney General of Canada, founder and chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, joins host Alex Pierson to talk about how he was the target of an alleged foiled assassination plot by agents of Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter about the Immigration Minister Marc Miller yesterday enacted new regulations he acknowkledged will cost Canadian jobs, a first for any federal cabinet, Cabniet proposes to send $46 million this winter on preparations to host soccer' 2026 World Cup with more funding due next year, hundreds of criminal gangs have turned to wholesale production of fentanyl, says a confidential federal memo. All this and more!GUEST: Tom Korski - Managing Editor of Blacklock's ReporterX(formerly Twitter): @mindingottawa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter about the Trans Mountain Pipeline despite cabinet assurances it would make money. Budget Officer Yves Giroux warning billions' in overruns. Addictions Minister Ya'ara Saks yesterday said families across Canada often ask her for parenting advice, meanwhile an NDP MP has been cautioned for wearing a beaded watermelon pin in parliament, Watermelon imagery has long been used as a stand-in symbol for the Palestine flag, McPherson defends that it is just a poppy. All this and more!GUEST: Tom Korski - Managing Editor of Blacklock's ReporterX(formerly Twitter): @mindingottawa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of The Alex Pierson Podcast, our host Alex Pierson takes on the major stories of the day, in her own unique way.In this episode, Alex speaks with:Mark Weber, National President of Customs and Immigration Union (CIU) about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal party flipping their position when it comes to immigration in this country and the major holes that exist within our own border security.Marvin Alfred - President of ATU Local 113 about a major collision with a TTC bus and a stolen BMW that was speeding in the intersection of Bathurst and Wilson in Toronto.Lily Cheng - Toronto Councillor for Ward 18- Willowdale about a very heated and emotional debate in Toronto city council about including a Christian Heritage Month for the city to celebrate in December, and why certain Councillors are against the idea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by the Legislative and Policy Director with SecondStreet.org, Harrison Fleming to talk about their new report highlighting how long Ontarians on average have to wait for important cardiac surgeries, while other places wait way less than we do and how many deaths will happen while people are stuck waiting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson talks to Dr. Kelly Sunberg, a Professor of Criminology at Calgary’s Mount Royal University & Former Canada Border Service Agency Officer about the issues that Canada has with immigration. Have we reached rock bottom or are we just at the tip of the iceberg? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices