On Point With Alex Pierson

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Sinopse

A new voice and a fresh perspective. Join the conversation, with ON Point with Alex Pierson on 640 Toronto.With 20 years in the field, and behind an anchor desk, Alex is known and respected for her tough reporting style and accountability. An in-depth, no-nonsense look at the stories making headlines.ON Point with Alex Pierson airs weeknights from 7 to 10 p.m. on 640 Toronto.

Episódios

  • Fed up and wanting answers: When will a review into the South Riverdale safe injection site be completed?

    05/10/2023 Duração: 10min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Derek Finkle, South Riverdale Resident who's been speaking out against the harms caused by the safe injection site in the community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Ambulance shortage in Toronto prompts calls to nearby municipalities for help: union

    05/10/2023 Duração: 08min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Mike Merriman, paramedic services unit services chair for CUPE Local 416. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Why were Nazi's let into Canada? And why was it made to be a secret?

    05/10/2023 Duração: 10min

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

  • Lack of priority to the Armed Forces; You don't need defense, until you need it

    04/10/2023 Duração: 10min

    Chief of Defense Staff says it's impossible to cut a billion more dollars from our defense budget. We are short 15,000 solder's and have no ammunition. This is a time when Canadians want more spending. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Andrew Leslie, Former member of Parliament for Orleans and retired Lieutenant-General of the Canadian Forces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Family of woman who died following mask dispute at Toronto hospital suing UHN, hoping for accountability

    04/10/2023 Duração: 09min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Denise Warriner-Smith, sister of Stephanie Warriner, the woman who died following a mask dispute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • PM Trudeau won't escalate, retaliate after India to expel 41 Canadian diplomats

    04/10/2023 Duração: 08min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Peter MacKay, lawyer and former federal Minister of Justice, Foreign Affairs and National Defence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • When will the Eglinton Crosstown LRT open? New scoop suggests late 2024

    04/10/2023 Duração: 09min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Sabrina Nanji, Journalist and Founder of Queen’s Park Observer, about when Metrolinx plans on opening the Eglinton LRT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Google will be blocking Canadian news. Too little too late to negotiate

    03/10/2023 Duração: 11min

    Trudeau Government is destroying Canadian media and now we learn podcasts will be regulated and Google will now be blocking Canadian news. This is absolutely devasting to numerous industries. Could the government have mucked this up worse? Lots of people tried to point this mess out to them. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Peter Menzies, Former CRTC Vice Chair. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • ''Common Sense'' course to help build the education we need

    03/10/2023 Duração: 11min

    Old school learning may be the best lesson for succuss, but it does not get better at the University level. Critical thinking isn't really welcome. Progressive cancel culture is destroying the well rounded education that we need. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Erik Kaufmann, Professor launching a new course at the University of Buckingham in January, where he will lead the Centre for Heterodox Social Science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Ex-RCMP official accused of leaking secrets acted with ‘authority,’ defence to argue

    03/10/2023 Duração: 10min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Phil Gurski, President and CEO of Borealis Threat & Risk Consulting, former CSIS analyst about the espionage trial for a former top RCMP agent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Blacklocks Check-In: Will we have a new House speaker today?

    03/10/2023 Duração: 09min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the Canadian Revenue Agency polling accountants and tax lawyer on whether to grant amnesty to scofflaws who confess not paying their taxes, Attorney General Arif Virani will not commit to disclosing a confidential list of 20 suspected Nazi fugitives who immigrated to postwar Canada. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Transparency, truth and accountability; What will these 40 year old documents reveal?

    02/10/2023 Duração: 10min

    Jewish groups have been asking for is the release of 40 year old documents that have been kept sealed up by numerous governments that hold suspicions on war criminals living in Canada. Will these paper ever be released? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Irwin Cotler, former Minister of Justice and International Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre. He is also Canada’s Special Envoy for Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Canadian government to cut $1 billion from National Defence budget

    02/10/2023 Duração: 09min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Richard Shimooka, Defence Expert and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • 'They're nodding': Mayor Chow on possible deal with federal government to address budget shortfall

    02/10/2023 Duração: 09min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • A Nazi from a small town was honoured in the House of Commons - residents had 'no idea' about his past.

    02/10/2023 Duração: 10min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Larry Fuld, North Bay Resident, member of the town’s small Jewish community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield brought to you by Vacuman

    29/09/2023 Duração: 17min

    This is Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield brought to you by Vacuman. On today's episode, learn about agility robots which are mass producing robots in Salem, Oregon, there's a new nursing robot in Austin, Texas and learn about Youtube's AI-Driven video creation tools. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • New Justice Minister says he's confident the Liberals bail reform package safer; but how?

    28/09/2023 Duração: 09min

    How will the new Justice Minister make the country safer? He can't say how this will get done but he's confident the Liberals reform package will do just this. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Nazi honoured in Canada's Parliament a 'disinformation jackpot' for Russia

    28/09/2023 Duração: 09min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Marcus Kolga, Director of DisinfoWatch and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Centre for Advancing Canada’s Interests Abroad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • New polling finds Canadians want to see mental health supports improved before expanding medical assistance in dying

    28/09/2023 Duração: 09min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Roe, Research Associate at the Angus Reid Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Blacklocks Check-In: Better chance of getting a Nazi in the house than building houses

    28/09/2023 Duração: 09min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Minister Chrystia Freeland being disconnected from economic realities on inflation and housing, contractors don't have to build affordable apartments to qualify for a GST break because cabinet does ''not want to be building cheap homes in a bad part of town.'' All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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