On Point With Alex Pierson

Tom Korski is the managing editor at Blacklock's Reporting. He joined to clear up the information around a controversial study commissioned by the federal Liberals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Charity Intelligence's managing director Kate Bahen to get a better idea of why industry experts have been concerned about the WE Charity for a while. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prominent environmentalist Michael Shellenberger wrote a controversial piece that has upset some of his colleagues where he apologizes for a "climate scare". He joins Alex to talk about the piece, and the response it has received. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex gets an inside look at the goings-on in Ottawa from the managing editor at Blacklocks Reporting, Tom Korski. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Canadian theatre star has passed away after his months-long battle with the coronavirus. Alex speaks with his old friend and co-worker Kristen Peace about his life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben Brubaker is an executive director at White Bird Clinic CAHOOTS (Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets). He joins Alex to talk about the model and its successes so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global News BC Correspondent Robin Gill joins Global News Radio's Alex Pierson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did the Chinese government kill Canada’s greatest tech company Nortel? A new bombshell report shows the death of the company may have been the Chinese paving the way for Huawei. Alex is joined by Christian Leuprecht,  Professor at the Royal Military College of Canada and Queen's University Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute for the details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex gets an update from one Charles Khabouth, the CEO of Ink Entertainment, one of the country's largest entertainment companies with multiple businesses in Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duff Conacher from Democracy Watch joins Alex to talk about the ethics issues being raised about the grant given Trudeau's ties to the charity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arlene Bynon fills in for Alex interview Chantelle Krupka a black woman from Mississauga who shot by police at her home on Mother's Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Dan Kelly, the president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business to talk about the delay of the program that was supposed to launch today, and what it means for businesses.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Cathy Parkes who lost her father to COVID-19 at the  Pickering’s Orchard Villa long-term care home, and her lawyer, Melissa Miller to talk about the lawsuit they've opened against the home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex speaks with Stephen Maher, a contributing editor at Maclean's to talk about the Nova Scotia killer, and the red flags police missed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Korski is the managing editor Blacklock's Reporter. He joins Alex to discuss some of the stories from Ottawa dug up by Blacklock's that deserve more attention.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shahin Meghaddam lost his wife and son in Iran’s accidental shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752. Six months later, he and other family members of victims are still looking for answers. He joined Alex to share his story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The pandemic has had a devastating impact on restaurants in the province, but as closures continue and the government gives no definite direction about reopening, can the industry survive? Charles Khabouthis the CEO of INK Entertainment, he joins Alex to talk about the dire situation most restaurants are currently in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Loretta Ross is an expert on women’s issues, racism, and human rights, and is a founder of the reproductive justice theory. She joins Alex to discuss call-out culture, and how we should really be addressing issues in media and society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wednesday the opposition parties will get a look at the fiscal situation from the federal government. The parties will have just four hours. Yves Giroux is the Parliamentary Budget Officer, he's asking for more transparency from Trudeau. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Protestors have claimed a neighbourhood in Seattle as an autonomous zone without police presence. What are they asking for? And what's it like on the inside? Robert Evans is an investigative journalist at Bellingcat who has been to the zone. He joined Alex today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices