On Point With Alex Pierson

Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter joined Alex Pierson to discuss Liberal MP Iqra Khalid (Mississauga-Erin Mills, Ont.) yesterday told the Commons public accounts committee, Interest rates are high enough, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem said yesterday, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's current deficit will be 16 percent higher than forecast, the Budget Office says. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Mike Doiron, pilot and president of Doiron Aviation Consulting, about the single-engine plane that crashed alongside a highway west of downtown Nashville on Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with James Cowan, life-long Toronto resident with a passion for history, and volunteer with the Canadian Institute for Historical Education. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Frank Caputo, MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo. Associate Shadow Minister of Justice & Attorney General. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter joined Alex Pierson to discuss the Liberal and New Democrat MP's yesterday by a 6 to 4 vote blocked and ethics committee probe of why cabinet concealed a report into Chinese securty breaches at the National Microbiology Laboratory, Corporate landlords have ''made rent more expensive,'' a federal auditors are investigating millions in payments through a Crown bank, Export Development Canada, to manage a pandemic relief program. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, Professor and distinguished global advocate for women's rights, and she can speak to the horrific acts of sexual and gender-based violence inflicted by Hamas on October 7th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Bruce Winder, Retail Analyst and author ‘RETAIL Before, During & After COVID-19’, about the Body Shop Canada closing 33 of its stores and halting its e-commerce operations as it seeks to restructure under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with mortgage broker Run Butler about Canada’s housing agency ending the first-time homebuyer incentive program. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the deadline for new or updated submissions to the program is midnight eastern time on March 21. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Varun Sriskanda, Member of the board of directors for the small ownership landlords of Ontario and Real Estate law expert. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Martin Reis, a Toronto-based multi-media artist behind the LEGO-pole project in Harbord Village. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter joined Alex Pierson to discuss the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg and all the security risks, Treasury Board President Anita Anand yesterday said ArriveCan contracts ''did not cross my desk'' when she was Minister of Public Works responsible for federal contracting, the Freedom Convoy posed a ''risk of serous violence''that justified emergency measures, says Attorney General Arif Virani. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with David Soberman, Professor of Marketing and the Canadian National Chair of Strategic Marketing with the Rotman School of Management, about Wendy's preparing to test 'dynamic pricing' in 2025 - this is when the price of a product fluctuates according to demand - like we've seen with Uber prices in rush hour or when there's transit outages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Daniel Trombetta, Local business owner, about what led to Hamilton city council's decision to reject a plan to build 67 new affordable units on two city-owned parking lots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter joined Alex Pierson to discuss the Canadian Human Rights Commission faces international naming and shaming after mistreating Black employees, Conservative MP Kelly McCauley (Edmonton West) has obtained a rare House order compelling two reluctant ArriveCan witnesses to testify or to be taken into custody. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with online safety and social media educator Paul Davis about the Liberals online harms bill, which proposes sweeping reforms focused on protecting children online - but will it work? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Dan Arnold, chief strategy officer at Pollara, about new polling that found Ontarians are VERY confident in their driving abilities. However, data from the OPP say driving in the province has only gotten more dangerous. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Brett Caraway, Associate Professor with the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology at the University of Toronto, about the long-promised online harms legislation, which the Liberals say is focused on primarily protecting children on the internet and not focused on restricting expression. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Kristen Watt, Pharmacist and owner of Kristen’s Pharmacy in Southampton, Ontario, about her concerns with the pharmacare deal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Nicole Blanchett, an associate professor at Toronto Metropolitan University's School of Journalism and a former producer with CityTV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Kizito Musabimana, executive director of the Rwandan Canadian Healing Centre, about the tragic passing of another African migrant seeking shelter in Peel Region. Ms. Delphina Ngigi was a refugee claimant and widow with four children, who are back home in Kenya. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices