The Big Five Podcast

Elias Makos goes national with David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister and political analyst and Amanda Galbraith, host of Free for All Friday 1-2PM on @IHeartRadio, and host of Political Traction podcast talk about whether or not the Emergencies Act was effective, could the conservatives be morphing into a Trump-like party, and MPs getting a third pandemic pay raise.

Elias Makos is joi8ned by David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister and political analyst and Dan Delmar, Quebec-based political commentator, a former journalist and newspaper columnist, and the co-founder of TNKR Media to discuss Éric Duhaime and the Conservative Party unveiling two new controversial candidates, Dominique Anglade is finally standing up… for Jean Charest, and the police slowly clearing out the freedom convoy protestors.

Elias Makos is welcomes in by Justine McIntyre, former Montreal City Councillor and Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance to talk about social conservatives tripping over themselves to endorse Pierre Poilievre, protestors still not taking the latest warnings seriously, and the ongoing labour crisis in the restaurant industry.

Elias Makos is joined by Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor, and Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact to weigh in on a new poll that has good news for Eric Duhaime and his Conservative Party of Quebec, vaccination passports being phased out, and Gabriel Nadeau Dubois' attack on Jean Charest.

Elias Makos welcomes back Meeker Guerrier, Weekend News Anchor at Noovo and a commentator at RDS and Political analyst Karim Boulos to talk about Ottawa invoking the Emergencies Act and going after the financing of the protestors, and and poll showing 93 percent of Canadians support some sort of action to remove them, and 7 in 10 are OK with military action.

Elias Makos is joined by Richard "Bugs" Burnett, journalist and columnist and Jonathan Kalles, Senior Consultant at McMillan Vantage Policy Group, and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss PM Trudeau meeting with the premiers this morning and what may come next for the trucker convoy, the Jean Charest rumor mill showing no signs of stopping, and whether or not we saw the best Halftime Show ever.

Elias Makos is joined by David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister and analyst and Justine McIntyre, former Montreal City Councillor to weigh in on Candace Bergen changing her tune slightly and asking people blocking borders to go home, the tourism industry calling for an end to extraneous testing, and the 10th anniversary of one of Quebec’s largest protests.

Elias Makos is joined by Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance and Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact to talk about the Montreal cops who tackled a Black man buying milk getting suspended for 30 days without pay, a second Liberal MP breaking ranks with his party over the handling of the pandemic, and the Habs dumping Domenic Ducharme and picking up Martin St. Louis.

Elias Makos welcomes Lionel Perez, Former city councilor and leader of the Official Opposition at Montreal city Hall and Meeker Guerrier, Bell Media host and commentator to discuss almost every restriction in Quebec being lifted by March 14th, calls for Joël Lightbound to be ousted after he criticized Trudeau’s management of Covid, and Valérie Plante making peace with real estate developers.

Elias Makos welcomes back Alex Tyrrell, leader of the Green Party of Quebec and Political analyst Karim Boulos to weigh in on Vince Guzzo considering a run for the Conservative Party leadership and Premier Legault about to announce reopening measures.