The Big Five Podcast

Elias Makos is joined by David Heurtel, former provincial Liberal cabinet minister and counsel at Faskin and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia to discuss Christian Dube announcing a vaccination lottery this morning, unvaccinated healthcare workers coming out ahead and Bar owners asking the Legault government to be able to sell alcohol until 3am.

Elias Makos is joined by Jonathan Kalles, Senior Consultant at McMillan Vantage Policy Group and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact to discuss A Montrealer's decade-long battle for a wheelchair lift, Mamadi Camara filing a $1.2 million lawsuit over his wrongful arrest and Green Party executives looking to revoke leader Annamie Paul’s membership.

Elias Makos is joined by Jonathan Kalles, Senior Consultant at McMillan Vantage Policy Group and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact to discuss A Montrealer's decade-long battle for a wheelchair lift, Mamadi Camara filing a $1.2 million lawsuit over his wrongful arrest and Green Party executives looking to revoke leader Annamie Paul’s membership.

Elias Makos is joined by Anne-France Goldwater, Founder of Goldwater, Dubé and political commentator, and Caroline Codsi, Chief Equality Officer, Women in Governance to talk about Loto-Quebec pulling a lottery that featured a “Heat Record” theme, the number of new marriages in Quebec dropping by 49% during the pandemic and researchers coming up with an interactive map that will allow Montrealers to log their police stops.

Elias Makos is joined by Anne-France Goldwater, Founder of Goldwater, Dubé and political commentator, and Caroline Codsi, Chief Equality Officer, Women in Governance to talk about Loto-Quebec pulling a lottery that featured a “Heat Record” theme, the number of new marriages in Quebec dropping by 49% during the pandemic and researchers coming up with an interactive map that will allow Montrealers to log their police stops.

Elias Makos welcomes in Dr. Vardit Ravitsky, Professor of Bioethics, University of Montreal and Chair of the COVID 19 Impact Committee of Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation and Richard "Bugs" Burnett, journalist and columnist to weigh in on the City of Montreal reaching a $3 million settlement with the organizers of Formula E, a Mayoral candidate Marc-Antoine Desjardins says that he wants to impose a toll on Mont Royal Park for cars and whether we should be considering international travel again.

Elias Makos welcomes in Dr. Vardit Ravitsky, Professor of Bioethics, University of Montreal and Chair of the COVID 19 Impact Committee of Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation and Richard "Bugs" Burnett, journalist and columnist to weigh in on the City of Montreal reaching a $3 million settlement with the organizers of Formula E, a Mayoral candidate Marc-Antoine Desjardins says that he wants to impose a toll on Mont Royal Park for cars and whether we should be considering international travel again.

Elias Makos is joined by Justine McIntyre, former Montreal City Councillor and Political analyst Karim Boulos to discuss more restrictions being lifted in Quebec today, Quebecers reducing the amount of alcohol and tobacco they have been using during the pandemic and a study saying that giving employees more vacation days significantly reduces the chances of them leaving their jobs.

Elias Makos is joined by Justine McIntyre, former Montreal City Councillor and Political analyst Karim Boulos to discuss more restrictions being lifted in Quebec today, Quebecers reducing the amount of alcohol and tobacco they have been using during the pandemic and a study saying that giving employees more vacation days significantly reduces the chances of them leaving their jobs.

Elias Makos is joined by David Heurtel, former provincial Liberal cabinet minister and counsel at Faskin and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia to weigh in on the announcement on vaccine passports by the Quebec government, CF Montreal trading one of their players because he wasn’t vaccinated and Balarama Holness saying he wants to have a referendum on the city’s official language.