

The Alex Pierson Show
640 Toronto / Curiouscast
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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Jun 25, 2024 • 8min
Is TikTok The Therapist Couch For Gen Z?
Guest host Anthony Furey is joined by Performance Coach & Therapist, Host Of “At Your Best” On 640Toronto Yonah Budd. They break down how important TikTok has become for Gen Z when it comes to mental health issues. But as Yonah says, it is a useful tool, but all of it should be taken with a very big grain of salt.GUEST: Yonah Budd - Performance Coach & Therapist, Host Of “At Your Best” On 640TorontoX(Twitter): @YonahBudd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 25, 2024 • 8min
How Is Capital Gains Hurting Businesses And Individuals
The contentious Capital Gains Tax has been finally brought into effect and has left a lot of people in less-than-desirable conditions. In light of this, guest host Anthony Furey is joined by Mark Borkowski, the co-founder and president of Mercantile Mergers & Acquisition Corp about how this new tax is hurting everyone from multimillion-dollar businesses to the average household. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 25, 2024 • 8min
Blacklock's Check-In: Resentment of Rich & Telling Tales about Trees
Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Tom Korski, the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter about what a new poll shows about Canadians brewing resentment towards the "rich", why the liberal government lied when they said they would plant two billion trees and even more! So tune in to hear the news you might've missed with Tom and Anthony!GUEST: Tom Korski - Managing Editor of Blacklock's ReporterX(formerly Twitter): @mindingottawa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 24, 2024 • 15min
The Roof...The Roof...The Roof Is Collapsing?
After the Ford government announced with no warning the Ontario Science Centre would be closed immediately due to an engineering report, critics, families and community members alike have come forward. These groups are demanding the Ford government fix the roof and let the Centre remain open until at least the summer. One of these voices belongs to Floyd Ruskin, the Co-Chair of "Save The Ontario Science Centre" who joined guest host Anthony Furey to talk about the weekend rally, and why he believes the province owes all Ontarians better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 24, 2024 • 11min
Record Unpaid Taxes Going To Affect Canadian Businesses
The Canadian Revenue Agency is reporting that there is over $19.4 billion in unpaid business sales taxes! But aside from being the first time the debt is that high, what does this mean? How could it affect you? Well, the CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, Dan Kelly joins guest host Anthony Furey to explain that this means many small and medium sized businesses could be in danger of shuttering their doors. And when that happens, average Canadians suffer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 24, 2024 • 12min
Is Building Bridges Necessary?
Guest host Anthony Furey is joined by Toronto City Councillor Jon Burnside to talk about his new motion being put forward Toronto City Council to explore the cost a bridge connecting the east end to Centre Island. Jon and Anthony talk about why this is being investigated now, what benefits it could have and if this would mean the city is shifting away from its ferry service.GUEST: Jon Burnside - City Councillor for Ward 16 (Don Valley East)SOCIAL MEDIA: @JonBurnside_DVE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 21, 2024 • 10min
With Leary Out What's Next For The TTC?
One of the most infamous bureaucrats in The City of Toronto just resigned from his position as the CEO of the TTC...Rick Leary! But was he actually good for the TTC and is just remembered wrong...or are we better off with him on the out? Our guest host Anthony Furey sat down with Toronto City Councillor Jon Burnside about what the TTC was like before, and after Leary, and what else the transit system needs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 20, 2024 • 10min
Suspicious Senators & Concerning Connections
We have at least 2 Senators in Canada who have questionable ties to the Chinese government, and how are rumoured to be some of the names mentioned in the NSICOP report on foreign interference. So if that's the case, why is a group of concerned activists warning the federal government to approach this investigation with a level of caution? Alex Pierson had the same question, so we went to the source. She speaks with Cheuk Kwan, the co-chair of the Toronto Association for Democracy in Canada about why he and his colleagues and associates in other organizations wrote this letter to the Foreign Interference Commissioner, and what it really means. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 20, 2024 • 29min
IRGC Listed As Terrorists, Mortgage Frauds & Chinese Tariffs
On this episode of the Alex Pierson Show Podcast we first get to celebrate the fact that after almost a decade, the federal government has FINALLY designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. But why now? Could there be an alternative motive? Alex turns to Kaveh Shahrooz, a human rights lawyer and Iranian-Canadian on why this change is so important, but why he believes the liberals decided to do it now.GUEST: Kaveh Shahrooz, Human Rights Lawyer X(Formerly Twitter): @kshahroozNext, more information has come to light in a case that involved a double murder/suicide...but it turns out to be much more sensational and sinister in nature. Reports suggest that the shooter was the victim of mortgage fraud that left his life savings decimated, and he lashed out on the people who committed the scam. Just how common is mortgage fraud and why didn't the police arrest the known fraudster? Ron Butler is a broker with Butler Mortgage and exposes the seedy underbelly of the mortgage world, and how this crime sadly was able to happen.GUEST: Ron Butler, Broker with Butler MortgageX(Formerly Twitter): @ronmortgageguyFinally, after Premier Ford tweeted that he's urging the federal government to impose tariffs on Chinese vehicles, Alex gets a leader in Canada's automotive world, Flavio Volpe who is also the President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturer's Association on what this actually means and how it could be done.GUEST: Flavio Volpe, President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturer's AssociationX(Formerly Twitter): @FlavioVolpe1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 20, 2024 • 11min
Blacklocks Check: ''Hopes and dreams,'' Liberal MP's will spend the summer talking to voters
Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter joined Alex Pierson to discuss Liberal MP's will spend the summer talking to voters ''about their hopes and dreams,'' Government House Leader Steven Mackinnon said yesterday, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says she routinely shares password-protected news stories. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices


