The Big Five Podcast

Elias Makos is joined by Political analyst Karim Boulos and Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact to discuss Premier Legault announcing that the curfew in the red zone will move to 9:30 pm and two nurses getting suspended without pay for allegedly mocking an Indigenous woman.

Elias Makos welcomes in Dr. Vardit Ravitsky, Professor of Bioethics, School of Public Health, University of Montreal and Jonathan Kalles, Senior Consultant at McMillan Vantage Policy Group and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to talk about people leasving vaccine appointments because they didn’t like the brand and whether a federal election should be called.

Elias Makos is joined by David Heurtel, former provincial Liberal cabinet minister and counsel at Faskin and Balarama Holness, human rights advocate and co-founder of Montreal in Action to discuss Mayor Valerie Plante's fighting words for Denis Coderre and what is one Montreal thing they could complain about in detail for 30 minutes.

Elias Makos speaks with Chief Equality Officer at Women in Governance Caroline Codsi and Founder and Editor of Montreal Community Contact Egbert Gaye about honoring Quebec's COVID-19 victims, Denis Coderre gearing up for this year’s municipal election, and whether a judges' bilingualism is  a question of judicial independence.

Elias Makos is joined by CJAD Host Dave Kaufman, CJAD host and Special Advisor to the Mayor Jimmy Zoubris to talk about Frank Cavallaro kicking off his Canadian political career... from Florida, and Pornhub telling the RCMP that they don't have to obey federal law.

Elias Makos is joined by Concordia journalism professor Paul Gott and political analyst Karim Boulos to discuss whether Quebec and federal court judges should be bilingual, the controversy surrounding the British Monarchy, and the S.W. Welch bookstore in the Mile End finally being able to stay open for another two years.

Elias Makos is joined by Vardit Ravitsky, Professor of Bioethics, School of Public Health, University of Montreal and Chair of the COVID 19 Impact Committee of Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation and Lea Streliski, Comedian and columnist for L’actualité to discuss A new poll suggesting most Canadians believe there's still a long way to go to achieve gender equality,  Facebook communities pushing misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and Switzerland voting in favour of banning face coverings in public.

Elias Makos is joined by David Heurtel, former provincial Liberal cabinet minister and counsel at Faskin and Richard "Bugs" Burnett, journalist and columnist to discuss the provinces plead for more healthcare funding and the number of complaints to the OQLF about lack of service in French is "exploding".

Elias Makos is joined by Balarama Holness, human rights advocate and co-founder of Montreal in Action and Caroline Codsi, Chief Equality Officer, Women in Governance to weigh in on Premier Legault's address to Quebec men and asking them to do their part to help stop domestic violence and whether common-law couples should have the same rights as those who are married.

Elias Makos is joined by Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor, and Lea Streliski, Comedian and columnist for L’Actualité to discuss the prices of homes in Montreal jumping up by $100,000 in one year, a federal bill that would have seen Quebecers file a single tax return bill getting shot down, and a Montreal dentist asking the government to require those claiming to have a mask-wearing medical exemption to prove it.