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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Feb 20, 2024 • 12min
Blacklocks Check: ''Where is this phantom 10 dollar daycare?''
Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter joined Alex Pierson to discuss Finance Minster Chrystia Freeland by cabinet order has granted herself authority to increase federal borrowing this fiscal year to a record $517 billion, the Commons government operations committee has ordered a ten-year audit of all federal payments to a contractor implicated in ArriveCan irregularities. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 20, 2024 • 9min
Inflation slowed sharply to 2.9% in January thanks to gas prices
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Moshe Lander, Economist with Concordia University, about how the annual rate of inflation across the country eased half a percentage point in January thanks largely to lower gas prices, according to Statistics Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 16, 2024 • 9min
Canadians are relocating to Alberta - what's behind the movement?
Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Nadine Faule, a realtor who specializes in helping clients relocate to Calgary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 16, 2024 • 11min
Do diversity workshops reduce prejudice? One researcher finds they make increase it
Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Mike Ramsay, Trustee with the Waterloo Region District School Board, who’s worked on government DEI initiatives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 16, 2024 • 10min
Alexei Navalny, fierce Putin critic and jailed opposition leader, has died.
Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Marcus Kolga, Senior Fellow Macdonald-Laurier Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad, about Alexei Navalny, the fiercest critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Navalny died in prison Friday, according to international media reports citing Russian prison officials. Navalny's allies decried his December prison transfer to the Arctic Circle as yet another attempt to force him into silence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 15, 2024 • 11min
Blacklocks Check: Who recieved a quarter of a billion dollars to do no work?
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 $59.5 million ArriveCan program. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 15, 2024 • 9min
Loblaws goes after Toronto-based artist for his 'Roblaw$' t-shirts
Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Christopher Lambe, Toronto-based artist behind parody shirts targeting large corporations, including Loblaws. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 15, 2024 • 11min
Mayor Chow, City Council approve Toronto police $20M budget increase
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 14, 2024 • 10min
'I lost it': Quebec father considering legal action against teacher who listed his son's artwork for sale
Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Joel DeBellefeuille, Quebec father whose son’s artwork was listed for sale online by his teacher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 13, 2024 • 8min
''My car was shaking, sputtering and within 15 mins, it died.'' Fuel diluted with water
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? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
