On Point With Alex Pierson

Alex Pierson speaks with Tara, a former staff member at the South Riverdale Community Health Centre and Derek Finkle, an independent journalist who lives beside the South Riverdale Community Health Centre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre about a number of issues - including GDP numbers, concerns of high food costs ahead of the holiday season and bail reform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Eric Alper, freelance music publicist and lifelong musicaholic about the passing of Shane MacGowan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Aharon Brodutch, Toronto man whose family was held hostage by Hamas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with criminal defence lawyer Joseph Neuberger about new legislation that would make it easier for victims of crime to sue their offenders for emotional distress,. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Allison Crawford, Chief Medical Officer of 9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline and a psychiatrist at CAMH. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the Commons committee yesterday acknowledged the Chinese Communist Party operated ''police service stations'' in Canada, the House Affairs committee yesterday rejected an investigation of Liberal Party records concerning Independent MP Han Dong (Don Valley North, Ont), Parliament must protect Canadian Jews from hatemongers, Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet said yesterday. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Phil Gurski, President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, former CSIS Analyst, about an Indian national facing murder-for-hire charges in a case of what American law enforcement are calling an attempt “to assassinate a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil,” with an alleged connection to an employee of the Indian government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Ian Lee, Associate Professor at the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University, about the latest GDP numbers and how it impacts you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

640 Toronto host Alex Pierson speaks with Noy Leyb, Canadian man, NYC tech company owner, who returned to Israel to fight against Hamas in Gaza. Visit Noy's Instagram to learn more. Click here to donate to Noy's unit - your contributions will go directly to his unit for combat gear. 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 Online News Act - and what this deal means for consumers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Paul Bennett, director of the Schoolhouse Institute and adjunct professor of education at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Eddie Sheppard, Vice President of Abacus Data, about new polling that suggests shifting attitudes on Canada's immigration policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Lt. Col Peter Lerner, an Israel Defence Forces Spokesperson for the latest on the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and whether there's any truth to Hamas claims of the Bibas family (10-month old Kfir, 4-year-old Ariel and their mother Shiri) are dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Jim Jessop, Deputy Fire Chief for Toronto Fire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the Liberal MP's on the Commons government operations committee yesterday opposed to public disclosure of federal contracts with electric auto battery manufacturers, the government should provide a home to every person who cannot work, says Housing Minister Sean Fraser, and Attorney General Arif Virani has rejected a standalone registry of foreign agents despite repeated appeals by MP's from all parties. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with  Rachel Cooper, elected co-chair of the parent council at Toronto’s McMurrich Junior Public School. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Carol Todd, Mother of Amanda Todd, the BC teen who took her own life after years of cyberbullying and sextortion by a man from the Netherlands. Learn more via Amanda Todd Legacy Society Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Mark Daley, Chief AI Officer at Western University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you make things work when people you work with have opposite views about the war with Israel and Hamas? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Howard Levitt, Employment Lawyer and Partner at Levitt Sheikh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices