On Point With Alex Pierson

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Steve Paikin, broadcaster, author and 640 contributor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with John Kiru, Executive Director of the Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's been so many issues with building the Eglinton Crosstown, like track problems, supply chain issues. Do they have that finish date? We spend billions and billion of dollars and we are getting nowhere. Hopefully today, we will get a finishing date. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Murtaza Haider, Professor with the Ted Rogers School of Management at Toronto Metropolitan University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

''The country has no growth, no productivity, higher interest rates and way too much debt,'' David Dodge says. Tiff Macklem says interest rates will not go down until next fall. Many Canadians cannot live like this. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ron Butler, Mortgage Broker with Butler Mortgage. How is this affecting all the markets? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Levitt, President and CEO of Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Holocaust survivor Eva Meisels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Steve Rambam, founder and CEO of Pallorium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the PM having the massive security apparatus of the state at his disposal and yet a Nazi was honoured in this place, Canadians face the ''terrible job'' of choosing between higher taxes or fewer services due to mounting federal debt, former governor David Dodge. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Avi Benlolo, Founding Chairman and CEO of The Abraham Global Peace Initiative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2018 Thai cave rescue quickly became an international spectacle that captured the attention of people all around the world. Twelve boys and their soccer coach were exploring the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai when the cave suddenly flooded, trapping the team. Monsoon season came early that year, and the cave became blocked by heavy rainwater. On this episode of What happened to…? Erica Vella revisits the incredible Thai Cave rescue mission. She speaks with diver Rick Stanton about the wins, the challenges and ultimately, how it was pulled off. She also speaks to water management expert Thanet Natisri to find out how the cave was made safe enough for divers to enter. Find out more at https://globalnews.ca/news/9733417/what-happened-to-thai-cave-rescue-part-1/ Contact: Email: erica.vella@globalnews.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield brought to you by Vacuman. On today's episode, learn about a hydrogen-powered planes that can fly you to London to San Francisco without a refuel, the TransUnion data breached, Elon Musks' Neuralink get a thumbs up, and a CEO robot that's shaking things up in the drink industry. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why is Justin Trudeau acting on this threat when he hasn't even come close to address Chinese Interference? Indo Canadians are now caught in the middle because of Trudeau's allegations. Was this announcement appropriate to bring up in Parliament? It's a serious accusation. Host Alex Pierson speak with Peter MacKay, lawyer and former federal Minister of Justice, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ann Cavoukian, Executive Director at the Global Privacy and Security by Design Centre, former three-term privacy commissioner of Ontario. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

India suspends Visa services in Canada , which is retaliation to Trudeau's bombshell he delivered on Monday. What does this mean for families, travel and students here? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Guidy Mamann, Immigration Lawyer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Bank of Canada management including Tiff Macklem would face tighter public scrutiny under a private bill yesterday introduced the Senate, David Johnston in three months as cabinet ''rapporteur'' on Chinese Interference awarded millions in sole-sourced contracts to favoured consultants, records show. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jamie Ellerton, Strategist and Founding Partner of Conaptus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Information isn't something the Trudeau Government is offering. We are learning that CSIS planned an intervention in 2017 to shut down an Indian Intelligence Network. They were targeting a Sikh community in Vancouver. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Sam Cooper, The Bureau and Author of ''Willful Blindness.'' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bad news from Stats Can. We are headed in the wrong direction. We're getting another interest rate announcement on October 26th. For mortgage holders, what do you do? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ron Butler, from Butler Mortgage. ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For now, Unifor has reached a tentative deal and it stops the auto strike here. It's good news for Canada, but what does this mean for the States? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Greg Layson, Auto News Canada Digital and Mobile Editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices