The Alex Pierson Show

The city of Toronto has announced that it will be looking into "shipping" refugees from the city core to Vaughn when our shelters become more full...but is this really a good move...and how much will it cost taxpayers. To answer these questions and more, host Alex Pierson is joined by Toronto City Councillor Parthi Kandavel who helps to make sense of why the city is pushing for this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Israel Defense Force has moved for a ground invasion of Rafah, driving hundreds of thousands out of the region, but we know that it has become increasingly difficult to see through this new fog of war. So to help make sense of what's actually happening, host Alex Pierson is joined by Dan O'Shea a retired Navy SEAL. He established and served as the Coordinator of the Hostage Working Group US Embassy. Dan helps to explain why Israel has taken this new offensive, what it could mean for the wider conflict and how Israel's allies are responding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter joined Alex Pierson to discuss Federal agencies from the Privy Council to the RCMP have used Chinese surveillance cameras banned in the U.S as a security risk, Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault yesterday under heated questioning refused to say how much he has collected from and Alberta holding company while serving in Cabinet, room and board for illegal immigrants is costing an average $224 per day, new data shows. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After months of uncertainty, the RCMP recently arrested three suspects on a student visa for their participation of the assassination of Canadian-Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dan Stanton, the former executive manager in CSIS & current Director of the National Security Program at UofOttawa, who elaborates that this may not be the last arrests we see like this, and how serious foreign agents in Canada really is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Yom HaShoah, or the Jewish Holocaust Remembrance Day, and in light of still growing levels of anti-semitism in this country host Alex Pierson feels it's more important than almost any time in history. To help explain why this day is so important, Alex is joined by Marilyn Sinclair, the founder of Liberation75, a holocaust education organization who easily helps breakdown what's happening around the world, and why it's reminiscent of a time we promised would happen "Never again" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A report on foreign interference was released, but did it actually reveal anything? Did it answer why the Liberals chose not to warn MPs they were targeted? To help make sense of this dense and highly important report, host Alex Pierson is joined by the founder of "The Bureau" Sam Cooper, who's been following this situation since it was first reported on. Sam helps dissect what was in the report, what it highlights and once again, what questions remain unanswered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A viral video from a recent Toronto Police Board meeting shows a citizen saying that members of his community are buying more guns than ever, but is this really the case? To get to the bottom of this, host Alex Pierson is joined by the VP of Public Relations for the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights, Tracy Wilson, who not only says this is actually happening, but that the CCFR is seeing record numbers of new PAL licenses and gun purchases. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As more and more post-secondary institutions are seeing protests and encampments increase, host Alex Pierson is joined by a former CSIS intelligence officer, Michel Juneau-Katsuya. Michel and Alex discuss the worries that come with these protests, and why Michel says the intelligence community is on the alert for what they consider the "lone wolf" which could bring these encampments to even more dangerous levels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by Tom Korski, the managing editor of Blacklock's Reporter for his regular feature segment to explore the stories that may slip under the radar, but are extremely important to this country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson is joined by John Gradek, head of McGill University's aviation management program to talk about Air Canada suspending a new fee for seat selection only days after rolling it out. Why, well it looks like we complained enough, but is it going to make air travel any cheaper. Listen in to find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices