Episodes

  • Brad Smith with Blacklocks reporter Tom Korski

    Brad Smith with Blacklocks reporter Tom Korski
    Nov 25 2025
    Brad Smith discusses hazing in Canadian sports and land acknowledgement issues in Canada with Blacklocks reporter Tom Korski Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    12 mins
  • Alex Pierson with Rowena Santos discuss Housing Enforcement Reforms in Brampton

    Alex Pierson with Rowena Santos discuss Housing Enforcement Reforms in Brampton
    Nov 20 2025
    Alex Pierson with Rowena Santos discuss Housing Enforcement Reforms in Brampton. Residential Rental Licensing Program and Lodging House Plan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    13 mins
  • Alex Pierson with Blacklocks reporter Tom Korski : Why Prime Minister Mark Carney did not sell his shares in Brookfield

    Alex Pierson with Blacklocks reporter Tom Korski : Why Prime Minister Mark Carney did not sell his shares in Brookfield
    Nov 20 2025
    Blacklock’s Reporter’s Tom Korski joins Alex Pierson to discuss Carney's Conflict of interest with Brookfield, the end of medical exam requirement for immigrants and why Ontario government hired $1 million-a month American trade lawyers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    13 mins
  • Alex Pierson with Blacklocks reporter Tom Korski

    Alex Pierson with Blacklocks reporter Tom Korski
    Nov 20 2025
    Blacklocks reporter Tom Korski joins Alex Pierson to talk about the 2025 Liberal budget Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    13 mins
  • Permanent Residency For Foreigners: Tom Korski with Blacklocks Reporter

    Permanent Residency For Foreigners: Tom Korski with Blacklocks Reporter
    Nov 13 2025
    Blacklock’s Reporter’s Tom Korski joins Alex Pierson to discuss permanent residency for foreigners, a climate program that became a "tick box exercise" and costed billions, and surveillance cameras being installed in the department of employment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 mins
  • Ethics Under Fire: Mark Carney’s Stock Holdings, Ottawa Corruption, and the Push to Ban the Swastika

    Ethics Under Fire: Mark Carney’s Stock Holdings, Ottawa Corruption, and the Push to Ban the Swastika
    Oct 30 2025
    In this conversation with Blacklock’s Reporter managing editor Tom Korski, Alex Pierson digs into the growing list of ethical and governance crises facing Ottawa. Korski breaks down the Commons vote ordering hearings into Prime Minister Mark Carney’s extensive stock holdings — a portfolio spanning hundreds of companies, including Brookfield’s Westinghouse subsidiary, which has received federal funding. The discussion questions whether Canada’s top office can truly separate public duty from private interest. They then turn to a surge in federal whistleblower complaints, as the Integrity Commissioner warns Parliament that her office is overwhelmed with serious allegations of corruption, nepotism, and misuse of funds — calling it evidence of a “petty, and sometimes not-so-petty” corruption problem in Ottawa. Finally, the pair debate the proposed federal ban on public displays of the swastika, which the Canadian Civil Liberties Association calls government overreach. Korski argues that while consistency matters, Ottawa’s selective outrage reveals deep contradictions in how Charter rights are defended. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    12 mins
  • From Carney’s China Gamble to Canada’s Growing Bureaucracy — The Panel Breaks It Down

    From Carney’s China Gamble to Canada’s Growing Bureaucracy — The Panel Breaks It Down
    Oct 30 2025
    Alex Pierson is joined by former Conservative MP Michelle Ferreri and Toronto Sun national political reporter Brian Passafiume for a sharp-edged panel on the week’s biggest headlines. Mark Carney’s Asia Trip: Is Canada cozying up to China at the expense of its U.S. alliance? The panel debates the risks of opening the floodgates to Chinese EVs and the mixed messages on trade and security. BC Land-Claims Fallout: A Supreme Court ruling leaves homeowners caught in reconciliation crossfire — could this set a national precedent? Bloated Bureaucracy: Despite a 40 percent jump in federal public-service jobs since 2015, Canadians report worse service than ever. O Canada Controversy: After Rufus Wainwright’s creative take on the anthem, the panel weighs in on whether singers should be required to stick to the actual lyrics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    20 mins
  • Brazilian Walnut Furniture, Foreign Fugitives, & CRA Success Rate

    Brazilian Walnut Furniture, Foreign Fugitives, & CRA Success Rate
    Oct 28 2025
    Blacklocks Reporter Tom Korski joins guest host Ben O' Hara Byrne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 mins