The Corner Booth
A weekly video podcast from the Montreal Gazette exploring the topic du moment in Montreal and Quebec. Recorded at the iconic Snowdon Deli, hosts Bill Brownstein and Aaron Rand meet up with a new guest each episode. The Corner Booth is available in video format on montrealgazette.com and www.youtube.com/@mtlgazette.
Episodes
Quebec retailers are bracing themselves for sweeping new French-language rules that take effect on June 1. Michel Rochette, Quebec president of the Retail Council of Canada, and Matt Coburn, regional district manager at music retailer Long & McQuade, joined this week’s episode of The Corner Booth with hosts Bill Brownstein and Aaron Rand at Snowdon Deli.
Doctors in Quebec say they’re already stretched beyond their limits. Now, as Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé is tabling Bill 106, our province’s physicians are once again sounding the alarm over the disconnect between the CAQ government and those on the front lines on how to improve access to health care in this province.Family physicians Laura Sang and Christina Bianchini joined The Corner Booth with hosts Bill Brownstein an...
The Michelin Guide has finally arrived in Quebec and Montrealers reacted with shock to see only three restaurants get stars. Even Quebec City received more stars, with four one-star selections and the only two-star restaurant in the province.Who better to react to the controversial Michelin list than Dustin Gilman, the man known on the internet as Food Guy Montreal? He joined hosts hosts Bill Brownstein and Aaron Rand for a spicy e...
Former Montreal Canadiens star Chris Nilan Knucks joined this week’s episode of The Corner Booth with hosts Aaron Rand and Bill Brownstein at Snowdon Deli to talk about his theatre debut in Knuckles: The Chris Nilan Story and what compelled him to lay bare his mental and physical struggles in such an intimate setting.
The typical lifespan for a minority government in Canada is around 18 to 24 months. Will Mark Carney’s Liberals be able to buck the trend and outlast those grim odds? That’s the question put to former Quebec MNA and cabinet minister David Heurtel on this week’s episode of The Corner Booth, hosted by CJAD’s Aaron Rand and The Gazette’s Bill Brownstein at Snowdon Deli.
The Montreal Canadiens surprised just about everyone this year by making the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in four years, including legendary Habs play-by-play announcer Pierre Houde. But on this week’s episode of The Corner Booth with hosts Aaron Rand and Bill Brownstein, back on home ice at Snowdon Deli, the French-language voice of the Habs on RDS since 1989 said the signs were there that this young team was primed to ...
On this week’s episode of The Corner Booth, filmed at Maison Boulud at the Ritz-Carlton, hosts Aaron Rand and Bill Brownstein were joined by former Quebec MNA David Heurtel and political analyst Raphaël Melançon.
Liberal Anthony Housefather and Conservative Neil Oberman make a rare appearance together on this week’s episode at Snowdon Deli.
Aaron Rand and Bill Brownstein chat with veteran business writer Paul Delean and Julian Karaguesian, visiting McGill economics professor and former special adviser to Finance Canada in Ottawa, on The Corner Booth at the Snowdon Deli in Montreal
Sébastien Dallaire, Executive Vice-President at Léger and Raphaël Melançon, political analyst, join hosts Bill Brownstein and Aaron Rand on this week's The Corner Booth at the Snowdon Deli in Montreal. In this week's episode, they discuss the first week of the Federal Election campaign, Liberal leader Mark Carney's fast start and what Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre needs to do to swing momentum back in his directi...
Peter Trent thinks that if President Donald Trump wants to display economic force against his Canadian allies, then Canada should look elsewhere, like Europe and Asia, to do business.
Quebec Liberal Party leadership candidate Charles Milliard discusses his vision for the future of the party and the province.
Mayoral hopeful Soraya Martínez Ferrada shares her vision for Montreal, discussing construction, mobility, and decentralization of th municipal government.
Housing Hotline's Arnold Bennett discusses this year's guidelines from Tribunal administratif du logement, which estimates a rent increase of 5.9% across Quebec.
Former MPs Marc Garneau and David Lametti discuss Trudeau's resignation, the looming threat of Trump's tariffs, and whether Pierre Poilievre can rise to the challenge.
Frank Baylis, a former Liberal MP from 2015-2019, wants to get back into politics and is running for Liberal leadership.
Hosts Bill Brownstein and Aaron Rand look back on an eventful year in Montreal and beyond.
There was much hubbub last month when the city unveiled its plan to pedestrianize parts of Ste-Catherine St. — a plan that merchants say they weren't consulted on. Glenn Castanheira of Montréal Centre-Ville and Federico Sanchez of Le Pois Penché discuss.
Benoît Dubreuil, Quebec's French language commissioner, discusses his report suggesting that 85% of university instruction in the province be conducted in French.
TSN 690 host Mitch Melnick and Gazette columnist Stu Cowan have some advice for Montreal Canadiens fans: patience, patience, patience.
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