On Point With Alex Pierson

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

Protests are underway across our country. Organized labour groups and activist groups categorized this as a ''hate fest'' and fascism. They are counter protesting. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Bahira Abdulsalam, Organizer for Toronto protest ''hands off our kids.'' Why do parents feel the need to speak up? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A fourteen year old girl is in custody after Whitby school stabbing, two thirteen year old girls charged after a stabbing in Vaughan, and now a 12 year old girl is accused of assault at a school in Oshawa. What is going on with our youth? It was never like this before. Teachers are beginning to leave their jobs. Violence is unacceptable. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ari Goldkind, Criminal Defense Lawyer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Relations with India were strained before this latest news and it certainty won't get any better. What's the cost of this? Singh blasts the Modi government over allegation of the killing of B.C Sikh leader. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ujjal Dosanji, former BC premier and Liberal MP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

''Canada has declared deep concerns to the top intelligence and security officials of the Indian Government'' Justin Trudeau dropping a bombshell on opening day in Parliament. India is calling all allegations ''absurd''. What's been the biggest reaction? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Steve Chase, columnist for the Globe and Mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the India controversy ''this is really devastating...if true,'' said by Melanie Joly. the PM recently said that home prices cannot go up higher and maybe he got that talking point from the CHMC which conducted a study with generation squeeze, about 15 percent of Canadians are conspiracy theorists and the Canadian Anti-Hate Network says it requires more subsidies to counter those who would ''do away with our liberal democracy.'' All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why has there been an escalation of youth violence? Is the pandemic responsible for their actions? Mental health crisis in kids 10-18 surged. Girls seem to have been more affected than boys. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Natasha Saunders, a pediatrician at the Hospital for Sick Children and senior author of the second study published in the CMAJ. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

''We are going to be removing the federal GST for construction of new buildings.'' Justin Trudeau promised this back in 2015 and the province has been asking for months for the province to do this. We need a ton of homes built by 2030. This may be too little too late. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ana Bailou, former Mayor candidate and former deputy mayor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's a historical strike involving all three auto unions, but Canada is hours away from our own strike. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Stephanie Wallcraft, writer for driving.ca. Where do negotiations stand in Canada? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doug Ford and Olivia Chow are meeting up this afternoon. What will come out of this? Will anything be announced? All this and more! Host Alex Pierson speaks with Karen Stintz, Former TTC Chair, current CEO of Variety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do we really want our politicians meddling with private business? Trudeau decides to pick a fight with grocers if prices aren't stabilized by Thanksgiving. Host Alex Pierson speaks with John Keough, Founder and Managing Principle with Shantalla & Professor of Practice at McGill University. 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 the new apple phone, AI will be entering Zoom and how this will work, and what's going on with toilets? All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to record profits, grocery CEO's are an easy punching bag and Trudeau wants a solution to bring down groceries. But, do we really want the Government meddling in the free market and punishing those who make profits to save themselves? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Sylvain Charlebois, Canadian Researcher and and professor in the food distribution and policy at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The idea of removing GST from new construction units is a great idea but it's too little too late. A total cost of 20% for a rental project is fees. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jennifer Keesmaat, Canadian Urban Planner, former Chief City Planner of Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trudeau gave an reannouncement in London about a housing plan. He stated this 18 months ago during an election and that promise didn't happen. 18 months later and finally the Liberals sign the first agreement under the 4 billion housing accelerator which will give London 74 million dollars to fast track the construction of two thousand homes over 3 years. Host Alex Pierson speaks with John Pasalis, President and Broker at Realosophy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ben Loewith, Summit Station Dairy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices