The Big Five Podcast

Elias Makos is joined by Catherine Hogan, high school teacher at Westwood Senior High in Hudson, and Neil Drabkin, is a lawyer who served as federal prosecutor and a political commentator who was a chief of staff in the Harper government.

• Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist and founder of the student-focused political group Turning Point USA was shot and killed at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.
• Franc...

Elias Makos is joined by Raphaël Melançon, political analyst for CTV Montreal and CJAD 800, columnist for the Montreal Gazette, and president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies, and Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy.

• It is cabinet shuffle day for the CAQ. 
• A fascinating side of the language debate exposed this morning by the Montreal Gaz...

Elias Makos is joined by Political analyst Karim Boulos, and Akil Alleyne, Reporter and commentator with extensive experience analysing legal, political, and social issues and Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program.

• Three-quarters of downtown Montreal workers believe the city's core has deteriorated.
• A new poll from the Brotherhood of Montreal Police officers says one in four Montrealers does not ...

Elias Makos kicks the week off with Sue Smith is a Montreal journalist and broadcaster, and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia.

• We lost Habs legend Ken Dryden over the weekend. Should we name a street after him? 
• The City of Montreal has given its frontline workers a rulebook on dealing with English-speaking citizens — complete w...

Elias Makos is joined by Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for Noovo and CTV Montreal News at 5. He is also the president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies, and Akil Alleyne, Reporter and commentator with extensive experience analysing legal, political, and social issues and Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program.

• Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberal gov...

In a supersized edition of the Big 5...Elias Makos is joined by Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the content marketing firm TNKR Media and co-host of the podcast Inspiring Entrepreneurs Canada and Neil Drabkin, Neil is a former Federal Prosecutor and served as a Chief of Staff in the Harper government.

• Premier Francois Legault sat in the hot seat yesterday and was interrogated by the Gallant Commission about his involvement in the SA...

Sue Smith is joined by Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor, and Meeker Guerrier, Commentator at Noovo and RDS.

•  Premier Francois Legault is set to speak at the Gallant Commission today
• The bill for eight construction projects at hospitals across the province are already more than $1.2 billion 
• The CAQ has turned down federal funding aimed at addressing systemic racism in the courts
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Trudie Mason, in for Elias Makos, is joined by Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia and Political analyst Karim Boulos on The Big 5.

• The Labour vote has split across different political parties… The NDP isn’t the only one supporting worker rights anymore.
• People are headed to the street today to call for a general election in Que...

Trudie Mason closes the week with Bonnie Feigenbaum, Conservative Party of Quebec candidate in last provincial election and a lecturer at Concordia & McGill University, media & government relations consultant, and Akil Alleyne, Reporter and commentator with extensive experience analysing legal, political, and social issues and Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program.

• The CAQ is continuing w...

Trudie Mason welcomes in Victor Henriquez, Public affairs and crisis management specialist at Public Strategy and Conseil, and Jonathan Kalles, Vice President at McMillan Vantage, a national public affairs firm, and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

• Ottawa is open to negotiate with Quebec about judge nominations come September. Are we slowly but surely becoming independent from Canada in everything but name...

Trudie Mason is joined by Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor, and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia.

• Premier Francois Legault has officially been called to testify before the public inquiry into the SAAQclic scandal
• A Quebec committee says the government should extend religious symbols ban to daycares
• The Isr...

Trudie Mason is joined by Political analyst Karim Boulos, and Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy.

• A new report from the auditor general finds that Montreal roadwork is poorly planned and coordinated.
• Students are banned from using their cell phones in class….should teachers lead by example?
•  Mayoral candidate and Projet Montreal leader Luc Rabo...

Trudie Mason kicks the week off with Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor, and Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for Noovo and CTV Montreal News at 5. He is also the president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies.

• Projet Montreal has back tracked their plan to have biweekly trash pick-ups in Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve during the summertime after residents complained of the smell and garbage pile-u...

Sue Smith ends the week with Christina Chough, Spanish teacher and Chair of the modern languages department at Dawson College, and Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the content marketing firm TNKR Media and co-host of the podcast Inspiring Entrepreneurs Canada.

• We have an update for you on the SAQ’s proposed destruction of $300,000 worth of American alcohol.
• Half of Canadians would be ‘ashamed’ to call Conservat...

Trudie Mason is joined by Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance, and Akil Alleyne, Reporter and commentator with extensive experience analysing legal, political, and social issues and Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program.

• Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Mayor Valerrie Plante yesterday. They spoke about housing and tariffs- all in French.
• According to a new L...

Elias Makos ends the week with Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor, and Meeker Guerrier, Commentator at Noovo and RDS 

• According to a new Leger poll: The Parti Quebecois victory in the Arthabaska is reflective of the changing political landscape in the province
• Mark Carney is meeting with Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante and Quebec Premier François Legault today
• Five members of the...

Political analyst Karim Boulos, and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia.

• Air Canada flights are slowly taking off again today as a tentative agreement has been made with the AC flight attendant Union.
• Should Montreal double its number of bike paths? A micro-mobility study out of McGill University found suggests that more space for bikes are ...

Robyn Flynn starts the week off with Jonathan Kalles, Vice President at McMillan Vantage, a national public affairs firm, and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor.

• Air Canada flight attendants refused their back to work order despite the federal government ordering binding arbitration, and continued to strike.
• The commission of inquiry into the management of the SAAQ&...