The Big Five Podcast

Trudie Mason is joined by Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance, and Neil Drabkin, a political commentator who was a chief of staff in the Harper government.

• Vacationing PM is accosted on a beach in BC by the editor of a right-leaning website
• Citizen outcry looks to sink plans to move a shelter for homeless people from Verdun to Ahuntsic-Cartierville
• Japan, France issue travel advisories for M...

Trudie Mason is joined by Jonathan Kalles, Senior Director at McMillan Vantage and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. and Political analyst Karim Boulos.

• The OQLF is keeping a close eye on hospitals. They want to make sure that Bill 96 is being respected in hospitals
• The Quebec government has invested another $413 million into Airbus A220 commercial jet program
• Head of US Secret Service steps down
• Cows flee enclo...

Trudie Mason was joined by Concordia Journalism Professor Paul Gott and Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy. Among the topics discussed...

• President Joe Biden drops his re-election bid
• Vice President Kamala Harris is the leading contender to replace President Biden as the nominee for the Democratic Party
• a record number of ...

Trudie Mason welcomes in Akil Alleyne, Reporter, commentator and Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program, and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor.

• A faulty Windows update has caused a worldwide IT outage
• Immigration Minister Marc Miller’s Montreal office was vandalised by protestors
• One Montrealer was met with a nasty shock after getting a $2,000 dollar bill from Hydro-Quebec because they had be...

Trudie Mason is joined by Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance, and Neil Drabkin, political commentator who was a chief of staff in the Harper government.

• More Americans are searching online about coming to Canada
• A Quebec judge has rejected Concordia’s request for a temporary suspension of incoming tuition hikes
• Ancienne Lorette tells kids using a soccer field they have to pipe down for the ...

Trudie Mason was joined by political analyst Anne Lagace-Dowson and Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy. Among the topics discussed...

• Francois Legault corrected his comments about the lack of political violence in Quebec.
• Donald Trump chose Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate
• Canadians think Quebec gets more than i...

Trudie Mason is joined by Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia on The Big 5,

• Over the weekend Donald Trump was faced with an assassination attempt while at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
• An investigation has revealed lavish spending by the former CEO of the Port of Montreal.
• Four y...

Dan Delmar is joined by Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor and Meeker Guerrier, Weekend News Anchor at Noovo and a commentator at RDS on The Big 5.

• Justin Trudeau admits he's trying to recruit Carney for FM. Ouch! Trying? Do you think Mark Carney needs to be convinced?
• Craig Sauvé is waiting, and waiting… The city councillor is the NDP nominee for former Justice Minister David Lametti’s riding, LaSalle-Émard-Verdun, b...

David Heurtel is joined by Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance and Anthony Koch, Former National Spokesperson for Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and current managing principal at AK Strategies on The Big 5.

• Under pounding rain, pro-Palestinian protesters carried their belongings off McGill University's downtown Montreal campus on yesterday.
• About 15% of Montreal's tenants report in 202...

David Heurtel is joined by Neil Drabkin, is a lawyer who served as federal prosecutor and a political commentator who was a chief of staff in the Harper government and Anne Lagace-Dowson, political analyst on The Big 5.

• McGill’s downtown University campus is closed as the Pro-Palestinian encampment is being dismantled.
• Several boroughs of Montreal discourage their employees, even those trained in first aid, from administering ...

David Heurtel is joined by Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia and Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy. He was previously a diplomat, ministerial advisor and broadcast journalist on The Big 5.

• At the height of the homelessness crisis in Montre...

David Heurtel is joined by Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media and Justine McIntyre, Strategic Consultant and former City Councillor on The Big 5.

• Montreal police made 1 arrest of a (66 year old man) and deployed tear gas after some pro-Palestinian proterstores smashed windows at McGill on Friday evening.
• The City of Montreal dismantled the encampment set up by pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Victoria...

• Here in Montreal this morning the City seems to finally be making moves to dismantle the encampment over at Square Victoria.
• Britain's Labour Party has won in a landslide victory today. With Keir Stamer now elected as the new Prime minister and Rishi Sunak conceding defeat.
• An advertisement on the windows of about fifteen SAQ branches in Quebec praising "proudly Quebec" products, when they were only bottled in Quebec, has arou...

David Heurtel is joined by Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance 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 on The Big 5.

• The Minister of Public Safety, François Bonnardel, has denounced the inaction of the City of Montreal in the face of the multiplication of encampments.
• The sanctions and fines ...

David Heurtel is joined by Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia 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 on The Big 5.

• A flashy advertising campaign created by mobile phone company Koodo has attracted the wr...

David Heurtel is joined by Political analyst Karim Boulos and Anthony Koch, Former National Spokesperson for Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and current managing principal at AK Strategies.

• More than 1,300 households are still without housing as of July 1st, according to a compilation from the Société d’habitation du Québec (SHQ).
• The retail council of Quebec is seeking financial help to meet signage ru...

David Heurtel  starts the week off with Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media, and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor.

• During the first round of legislative elections, more French people than ever supported the Rassemblement National, previously confined to the margins
• The greatest public service that Joe Biden can give the US right now is to step down
• The recent defeat of the Liberal Party of C...