The Big Five Podcast

Elias Makos is joined by Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer of Women in Governance and Justine McIntyre, former Montreal City Councillor to weigh in on Dominique Anglade's comments on Bill 21, the rise of Omicron cases, and the ongoing discussion around the Air Canada CEO,

Elias Makos is joined by Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact, and Jonathan Kalles, Senior Consultant at McMillan Vantage Policy Group, to dicuss whether universities are safe sapces, Trudeau's stance on minority rights and re-election, and rising COVID cases in Montreal.

Elias Makos is joined by Richard "Bugs" Burnett, journalist and columnist and Alex Tyrrell, leader of the Green Party of Quebec to weigh in on the CAQ caucus being divided on Bill 96, TIME's Person of the Year, and Trudeau not ruling out federal intervention in a legal challenge to Bill 21.

Elias Makos welcomes in Political analyst Karim Boulos and 
Meeker Guerrier, Bell Media host and commentator to discuss what can be done to protect kids at school, the Canadian Armed Forces wanting to clean up chaplaincy service and Robert Libman suggesting that the younger generation is less likely to support sovereignty.

Elias Makos is joined by David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister and analyst  and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia to weigh in on whether or not the federal government should intervene on Bill 21 and the Quebec government claiming its making progress in fighting racism and discrimination.

Elias Makos is joined by Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor to discuss a teacher  in Chelsea being removed for refusing to follow Bill 21, New Zealand's new unique cigarette laws and a Quebec committee endorsing Alzheimer patients' advanced requests for medical aid in dying.

Elias Makos is joined by Dave Kaufman, CJAD 800 host, Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact to talk about a 73-year-old man who says he was beaten to a pulp by police officers and dragged out of his car, the opposition parties teaming up to pressure the Legault government to push for a full inquiry of our CHSLDs and whether or not we need to have more kids.

Elias Makos welcomes in Justine McIntyre, former Montreal City Councillor and Jonathan Kalles, Senior Consultant at McMillan Vantage Policy Group, a national public affairs firm, and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to talk about the growing income inequality in Canada, Groupe Baseball Montréal asking the Legault government to contribute a few hundred million dollars and whether or not Canada stage a diplomatic boycott of the Olympics.

Elias Makos is joined by Meeker Guerrier, Bell Media host and commentator and Political analyst Karim Boulos to talk about why more Montrealers are choosing to arm themselves, the federal Liberals will be introducing an amendment the Criminal Code and federal drug laws and the Parti Quebecois' new logo.

Elias Makos is joined by David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister and analyst and Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact to discuss the Quebec coroner's office investigating the death of Richard Genest, another video of SPVQ officers behaving violently and an anti-vaxxer who was verbally harassing kids in the metro.