The Big Five Podcast

Elias Makos is joined by Jonathan Kalles, Senior Consultant at McMillan Vantage Policy Group and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Dr. Vardit Ravitsky, Professor of Bioethics at the University of Montreal to talk about Mayor Plante and others making the case for the great Quebec reopening, La Presse and Le Devoir publishing pieces questioning the CAQ government’s abandonment of Dawson College, and Quebec Conservative MPs being forced to help push out O’Toole or face opposition to Bill 21.

Elias Makos welcomes back David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister and counsel at Fasken and Dan Delmar, Quebec-based political commentator, a former journalist and newspaper columnist, and the co-founder of TNKR Media to talk about the jockeying already beginning to find the next leader of the Conservative party, The Quebec Liberals striking back at Premier Legault, and the trucking convoy finally arriving in Quebec City yesterday.

Trudie Mason steps in for Elias Makos and is joined by Justine McIntyre, former Montreal City Councilor and Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance to talk about Erin O’Toole losing the leadership of the Tories, outrage over a racist depiction of criminals in a school text book, and whether or not Military aid and a court order might be needed to end the Trucker Convoy protests in Ottawa.

Elias Makos is joined by Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor and Richard "Bugs" Burnett, journalist and columnist to discuss The mayor’s SUV getting stolen, Premier Legault scrapping the Vax Tax, and another trucking convoy making its way to Quebec City.

Elias Makos welcomes back Jonathan Kalles, Senior Consultant at McMillan Vantage Policy Group and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Meeker Guerrier, Bell Media host and commentator to talk about Erin O’Toole facing a caucus revolt, the Legault government putting Dawson College’s infrastructure project on hold, and Gilles Vigneault also pulling his music from Spotify.

Elias Makos is joined by Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community and Political analyst Karim Boulos to weigh in on whether or not the protesters accomplished anything over the weekend, the CAQ’s  new candidate in the Marie-Victorin by-election, and some of the province's COVID restrictions being lifted today.

Elias Makos is joined by David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister and Political analyst Karim Boulos to discuss what to expectfrom the Truckers Convoy this weekend, Erin O’Toole saying he will meet with the group, and what we need to hear from Justin Trudeau.

Elias Makos welcomes in Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance and Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact to discuss Jagmeet Singh’s brother-in-law donating $13,000 to the trucker convoy,  Quebec Solidaire saying that if elected, they would amend Bill 21, and Trudeau asking for a Canada-wide handgun ban.

Elias Makos is joined by Robert Libman, architect and building planning consultant, former Equality Party leader and MNA, former mayor of Côte-St-Luc and member of the Montreal executive committee, and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor to discuss whether or not the "Truckers Convoy" will be affecting our access to essential goods, Dominique Anglade's new political strategy, and Quebec investing in access to mental health services and resources.

Elias Makos is joined by Meeker Guerrier, Noovo weekend anchor and RDS commentator and Justine McIntyre, former Montreal City Councilor to talk about youth sports and dining in restaurants possibly being back by Monday, whether or not the hockey world is handling racism well, and Blue Dog Motel bar receiving a notice from the OQLF for unilingual social media posts.