On Point With Alex Pierson

Alex Pierson speaks with Duncan Dee, Former Air Canada chief operating officer, responsible for the safety system at Air Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Steve Chase, Senior Parliament Reporter for the Globe and Mail about the warnings we've been given with interference. We need to get our cyber securities on track. How will this affect our election? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with John Keogh, Founder and Managing Principal of Shantalla, McGill Center for the Convergence of Health and Economics, about the annual food price report and how Canadians are reducing how much they spend on groceries, either by reducing the quantity or quality of food they purchase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Cabinet must establish a federal task force to protect religious freedoms, the Commons justice committee yesterday wrote in a report to Parliament, Cabinet has no plan to solve the housing crisis, the CEO of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation said yesterday. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Mike Medeiros, co-owner of Carleton Mushroom Farms in south Ottawa, about the financial impact the carbon tax has on his business - and how those costs trickle down to the consumer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Colin Craig, President of SecondStreet.org, about the number of Canadians dying on health care waiting lists for surgery or diagnostic scans is at a five-year high, according to new research from Second Street. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Warren Kinsella, was special assistant to Jean Chretien, and currently CEO of Daisy Group crisis communications frim, about the major wedge when it comes to Peel Region. What does Bonnie Crombie do now? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Colin Craig, President of Second Street dot org, about the number of Canadians dying on health care waiting lists for surgeries and diagnostics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown about how the dismantling of Peel Region could leave that whole area with a shortage of paramedics.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Sheryl Genser, who’s dubbed herself the last vendor on Queen Street. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Giles Gherson, President and CEO of Toronto Region Board of Trade, about ridesharing giant Uber asking an Ontario court to throw out a bylaw that capped the number of its drivers allowed to operate in Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Camille Labchuk, Lawyer, Executive Director of Animal Rights Justice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Greg Fergus facing censure with only nine weeks on the job since he admitted to participating in a Liberal Party function in a breach of a rule that he remains impartial while holding the $287,400 - a year speakership, Independent MP Han Dong says allegations have made him ''the face of Chinese interference'' in federal elections. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Dorota Mani, a New Jersey woman and mother to 14-year-old Francesca who fell victim to deepfake images. Dorota's daughter has created a website and set up a charity aiming to help AI victims. Learn more here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Camille Labchuk, lawyer and executive director of Animal Rights Justice, about Ontario introducing new rules that will supposedly crack down on large and unethical dog breeding operations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are nothing but uncertainties in real estate and in the condo market. Investors own more than 50% of Toronto's condo's, which drive up costs. Host Alex Pierson speaks with John Pasalis, president of real estate brokerage Realosophy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Jeffrey Dvorkin, Author of "Trusting the News in a Digital Age" former journalism director at the University of Toronto-Scarborough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Chris Keefer, President of Canadians for Nuclear Energy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Abram Benedict, Grand Chief for the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, a Haudenosaunee community located on the Canada-U.S. border, about why Canada needs to fix what they call a “discriminatory” carbon price system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Noah Shack, Vice President of Countering Antisemitism & Hate at UJA Federation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices