The Big Five Podcast

Elias is joined in studio by David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister, Council at Fasken and political analyst and Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media

• Big news on the immigration file. Under Quebec’s new plan, the province could increase the number of immigrants who arrive here to 60,000 a year by 2027.
• Faced with community pushback, Francis Scarpaleggia has taken to the pages of the Mo...

Elias is joined by Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact and Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance. Plus...A surprise appearance from CJAD 800's Traffic expert Ricker Leckner.

• Quebec is seeing its strongest population growth in 50 years, thanks to immigration.
• Tucked away in those population numbers: Quebec’s fertility rate is now at 1.49 children per woman, falling ...

Elias Makos is joined by Trudie Mason, veteran newscaster here at CJAD 800 and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia.

• Canada’s Special Rapporteur, David Johnston, has made his decision. No public inquiry into foreign interference but public hearings
• A week after saying it takes courage to take a 30% pay increase, François Legault’s musings on MN...

Sue Montgomery, former journalist and former mayor of CDN-NDG & Lionel Perez, Former city councilor and leader of the Official Opposition at Montreal City Hall join David Heurtel to discuss:

• Two proposals by Bloc Québécois activists being put to a vote at the national political party convention this weekend
• The Globe and Mail revealed the content of Canadian intelligence documents reporting on the "Chinese strategy" to ...

David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister, Council at Fasken and political analyst & Justine McIntyre, consultant and former city councilor join Elias Makos to discuss:

• The City of Outremont wants you to have less babies
• Quebec is delaying plans to extend recycling programs and install a deposit system for water and wine bottles
• Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has declined a meeting with David Johnston
...

Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media and Christina Chough, Spanish teacher and Chair of the modern languages department at Dawson College join Elias Makos on The Big Five to discuss:

• Remax firing two real estate agents who were using bogus offers with the help of family members to artificially boost the price of homes.
• The first phase of the REM has been delayed again.At what point do we get to start...

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 Catherine Hogan, high school teacher at Westwood Senior High in Hudson.

• Public Opinion firm Nanos Research’s latest polls show a widening gap in Canadian politics
• Justice Minister David Lametti has unveiled new legislation aimed at making it harder for repeat offenders to be gran...

Elias Makos is joined by Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community and Anne Lagace-Dowson, political analyst.

• The House of Commons has passed the official languages bill.  If approved by the Senate, it would recognize French as the only language under threat in Canada
• Anna Gainey has been picked by the Liberal Party as the candidate to succeed Marc Garneau in NDG-Westmount
• Montreal might soon be unable to pay t...

Elias Makos starts the week off with Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor and
Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for CTV Montreal News and president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies.

• CAQ leader Francois Legault scored a 98.61% confidence vote as his party met over the weekend
• François Legault is sending signals that he doesn’t want to raise Hydro rates, but he wants Hydro to lower them for those willing to s...

Elias Makos is joined by Justine McIntyre, consultant and former city councillor and David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister, Council at Fasken and political analyst

• Jean-François Roberge says he’s counting on ‘good faith’ from Anglos seeking English services, and there won't be any type of verification check for government services.
• The CAQ government has officially tabled a bill set to increase salaries of M...

Elias Makos is joined by Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media and Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance.

• Canada unveiled its redesigned passport on Wednesday, and it pretty much removes all references to the country’s history. Forget social media, the response in real life to the redesign has been less than kind.
• Donald Trump made his return to CNN last night. And th...

Elias Makos welcomes in Lionel Perez, Former city councillor and leader of the Official Opposition at Montreal City Hall and Sue Montgomery, former journalist and former mayor of CDN-NDG 

• Valerie Plante wants to turn Old Montreal into a pedestrian kingdom. She wants to make it car free as early as 2024
• A school in Quebec City sent parents a note announcing the cancellation of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day celebrations due t...

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 Anne Lagace-Dowson, political analyst.

• Canada has finally expelled a Chinese diplomat after threats to Conservative MP Michael Chong and his family
• A woman in St-Jerome is trying to keep the dog from getting booted out of her condo
• After 50 years The Main Deli has closed its doo...

Elias Makos begins the week with Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor.

• Can Canada have its largest population boom ever while protecting French in Quebec?
• A building purchased by the City of Montreal is causing concern: it has burned down five times in the past five years
• Axe throwing and alcohol? Do you think the two make a good mix? The SPVM surely ...

Elias Makos welcomes in Sue Montgomery, former journalist and former mayor of CDN-NDG and Anne Lagace-Dowson, political analyst.

• A new poll shows a drop in support by 4% and a second-place result in the Quebec City region, behind François Legault’s nemesis, the PQ
• Should we start charging people different parking prices depending on the size and weight of their vehicle?
• Despite recent opposition to the plan, the Quebec gov...

Elias Makos is joined by Trudie Mason, Veteran Newscaster here at CJAD 800
and Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact.

• Have you signed the back of your medicare card? It might not matter. Quebec is moving towards an opt-out organ donation system
• Members of the CAQ will put forward the idea of ending the SAQ’s monopoly when the party meets in a couple of weeks
• Two Montreal-area community groups und...