The Big Five Podcast

Elias Makos welcomes in Political analyst Karim Boulos and Jonathan Kalles, Senior Consultant at McMillan Vantage Policy Group and former advisor to Prime Minister to discuss massive lineups yesterday at the Big O for vaccines, whether it's time to get rid of the 8 pm curfew and whether we should take Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s name off the airport.

Elias Makos is joined by Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact, and Dr. Vardit Ravitsky, Professor of Bioethics, School of Public Health, University of Montreal, to weigh in on Canada's top COVID jerks of the past year and Quebec expanding Covid vaccine access with plenty of slots open for appointments.

Elias Makos is joined by Lea Streliski, Comedian and columnist for L’actualité and David Heurtel, former provincial Liberal cabinet minister and counsel at Faskin to discuss whether Denis Coderre got special vaccine website treatment, whether Quebec should have a wealth tax and implementing a vaccination passport for traveling in Quebec.

Elias Makos welcomes Caroline Codsi, Chief Equality Officer, Women in Governance and Balarama Holness, human rights advocate and co-founder of Montreal in Action to discuss today's vaccine rollout for Quebecers 85 and up, alleged cases of sexual assault at government quarantine facilities, and Premier Legault's expected announcement that kids in elementary school will have to wear a mask at all times while in class when they come back from Spring Break.

Jonathan Kalles, Senior Consultant at McMillan Vantage Policy Group, a national public affairs firm, and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and CJAD host Dave Kaufman to talk about Premier Legault announcing that seniors aged 85 and over will be able to register for their first dose of the vaccine and Justin Trudeau and Joe Biden's shared mutual admiration and compliments.

Elias Makos is joined by Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor and Paul Gott, journalism professor at Concordia to discuss Premier Legault announcing the next phase of the vaccine roll out, whether Montreal is ready for the transition to the orange zone and The City of Montreal saying that they will be unveiling their own plan for the French language.

Elias Makos is joined by Vardit Ravitsky, Professor of Bioethics at University of Montreal and Chair of the COVID 19 Impact Committee of Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, and Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact to talk about Jean-François Cloutier wanting to transform Montreal, and not just downtown, into a Dix30 or a Carrefour Laval, a woman who was murdered two days after reporting death threats made against her to the police and the first day travellers must quarantine in hotels once they arrive back in Canada.

Elias Makos welcomes in David Heurtel, former provincial Liberal cabinet minister and counsel at Faskin and Jonathan Kalles, Senior Consultant at McMillan Vantage Policy Group and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss A Montreal borough who spent $63,000 on snowmaking, Mélanie Joly presenting a series of measures today to protect French across Canada and Premier Legault saying that limiting the amount of spots in English CEGEPs might be part of the plan to strengthen Bill 101.

Elias Makos is joined by Caroline Codsi, Chief Equality Officer, Women in Governance and Richard "Bugs" Burnett, journalist and columnist to discuss French declining at a never-before seen rate in the province, the PQ claiming the government is not moving quick enough on the reform of Bill 101 and Legault’s Facebook sike!

Elias Makos is joined by CJAD host Dave Kaufman and Dr. Vardit Ravitsky, Professor of Bioethics, University of Montreal and Chair of the COVID 19 Impact Committee of Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation to talk about whether Trudeau’s new gun bill has no teeth, health experts saying the measures announced by Legault are a risky bet and Cinemas being prohibited from opening their concession stands.