On Point With Alex Pierson

Since Halloween, Police have been out with warnings to inspect Halloween treats. Over the weekend, reports of someone biting into a candy bar with a needle in it made headlines. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Joel Best, a University Delaware sociology and Criminal Justice Professor. How often does this happen? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How many more mistakes will be made rushing out MZO's. The builders got permissions to build a sky scraper in the way of a flight path at Toronto Pearson. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Isaac Callan, Online Digital Broadcast Journalist for Global News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s 1986 and Michael Morrison is offered the opportunity of a lifetime. A chance to leave his life of poverty in Newark and start afresh. It’s a job offer he can’t afford to refuse. Michael has no idea what this new job has in store. But he soon realizes: he’s just joined ‘the biggest gang in America’. Join Seren Jones to hear Michael’s story and find out what it means to be both Black and Blue. Want to hear more? You can follow along on your favourite podcast app here: https://link.chtbl.com/blackandblue-rssdrop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Holocaust education will now be mandatory for elementary and high school kids. Polling across North America shows that a huge portion of kids have no clue about the Holocaust. We can educate people but it won't go away. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Rahim Mohamed, political columnist for the National Post, The Line, and the Calgary Herald. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with tech expert Adam Oldfield about Apple's ''Scary Fast'' events which includes M3 chips, Facebook and Instagram paid subscriptions, and Spotify's AI powered translation. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about a possible carbon tax election. There will be a vote in the motion to suspend the carbon tax on all home heating, especially Canadians who heat their homes with natural gas. Bill Blair talks about our Armed Forces shrinking, they won't disclose figures. This is the only branch of government getting smaller. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Michael McCarty, the CEO of Kilometre Music Group, a music publishing company based in Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Frank Leo, Real Estate Broker, Frank Leo & Associates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Harel Lapidot, Canadian uncle of Tiferet Lapidot, 22, who was killed while at a music festival near the Gaza Strip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Pastor Eddie Jjumba of Dominion International Church on in Toronto. Pastor Eddie's church has sheltered hundreds of refugees since July 17th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a severe homeless crisis but what is the solution for Toronto? None of the affordable housing solutions will come immediately. We need new ideas and it's whether or not it can work. Host Alex Pierson speaks with John Van Nostrand, The founder of non-profit Two Steps Homes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many Canadians are worried about renewing their mortgages. In the next three years, millions of people could be paying 50% higher of monthly costs. Who will qualify? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ian Lee, Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with immigration lawyer Guidy Mamann. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Mostyn, CEO of B’Nai Brith Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Colin Craig, President of Second Street about new polling that shows Canadians are overwhelmingly in favour (74%) of provincial governments reimbursing patients for their surgical bills in other countries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the privy council looking at issues of Muslims when it comes to equity in their religion. Why would our PM ask of this? The Privy council will poll on anything, Buffy Sainte-Marie causes controversy based on whether or not she was born indigenous, all this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ian Tostenson, one of the Save Our Street’s leading representatives, president of the BC Restaurant and Foodservices Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Camille Labchuk, Executive Director of Animal Justice, the lead plaintiff in this court case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Kevin Vuong, Independent MP for Spadina - Fort York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with tech expert Adam Oldfield about Apple's new $160 charger, new tech to combat turbulence, streaming for radio in cars, Amazon Prime Air's 60-minute prescription delivery and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices