Hate Leading Our Human Rights, Looking For Love in ISIS, & The Secret Life of Alice Munro

On this episode of The Alex Pierson Podcast, our host first speaks with the Deputy Leader of the Federal Conservative Party, Melissa Lantsman. Melissa and Alex talk about the disturbing rise in holocaust deniers in younger generations, and why the Liberal party is defending the decision to appoint Birju Dattani as the new commissioner of the Human Rights Commission...even though he has a known history of public anti-semitism.

Next, a B.C. woman who previously moved to Syria and was involved with ISIS has returned to Canada...and charged with acts of terrorism by the RCMP. But what took so long, and what exactly could this woman have done? Phil Gurski is a former CSIS St. Strategic analyst on terrorism and joined Alex to help explain why the RCMP took over 2 years to lay these charges, and if this is serious problem within our borders.

And finally, Alex speaks with the Opinions Editor of The Toronto Star Deborah Dundas on an extremely sensitive and important investigative piece. The legacy of one of Canada's more respected authors, Alice Munro, is being questioned after her youngest daughter broke years of silence and told the world she was molested multiple times by her step-father...and her mother, Alice Munro, not only knew...but remained with her husband!

GUEST: Melissa Lantsman - Deputy Leader of the Federal Conservative Party

GUEST: Phil Gurski - CEO of Borealis Threat & Risk & Former CSIS Sr. Strategic Analyst on Terrorism

GUEST: Deborah Dundas - Opinions Editor of The Toronto Star

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