The Big Five Podcast

Elias Makos is joined by Political analyst Karim Boulos snd Paul Gott, journalism professor at Concordia to weigh in on Premier Legault holding a press conference today to announce some reopenings, Quebec upping its vaccine efforts in Montreal by cutting 6% of the doses intended for the province and a petition being filed at the National Assembly calling for the guaranteeing of professors' intellectual freedom.

Elias Makos welcomes in Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor and Lea Streliski, Comedian and columnist for L’actualité to discuss Premier Legault taking to Facebook this weekend to defend freedom of expression, Mamadi Camara speaking to the media for the first time and a congregation in St. Leonard openly defying health protocols.

Elias Makos is joined by David Heurtel, former provincial Liberal cabinet minister and counsel at Faskin and Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact to discuss A new poll confirming that the CAQ would completely crush everyone in the next election, whether it's time we elected a mayor who is not Plante or Coderre and countries Cuba and Dubai offering vaccines to tourists who stay at their resorts.

Elias Welcomes in Caroline Codsi, Chief Equality Officer of Women in Governance and Balarama Holness, human rights advocate and co-founder of Montreal in Action to talk about the CAQ government legislating to expand mail-in voting for the November elections, whether it’s a mistake for Trudeau to go to a country like India for vaccine help and a Houston doctor who gave a vaccine that was about to expire to people with medical conditions, including his wife. And then he was fired.

Elias Makos is joined by Political analyst Karim Boulos and Lea Streliski, Comedian and columnist for L’actualité to discuss whether the situation would have been the same if it Mamadi Camara was a white, whether we need roadblocks during March break and should we be worried about gun violence in Montreal.

Elias Makos welcomes in Richard "Bugs" Burnett, journalist and columnist and

Jonathan Kalles, Senior Consultant at McMillan Vantage Policy Group and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to talk about Justin Trudeau’s ambivalence towards Pharmaceutical companies, what’s the point of the new travel regulations and the Quebec Superior Court's ruling that the government doesn’t have to offer remote learning to elementary and high school students.

Elias Makos is joined by Vardit Ravitsky, Professor of Bioethics, School of Public Health, University of Montreal and Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact to discuss whether we are being too strict when it comes to restrictions in Quebec and Ensemble Montreal filing a motion today to demand that SPVM officers wear body cameras while they are on patrol.

Elias Makos is joined by Caroline Codsi, Chief Equality Officer of Women in Governance and David Heurtel, former provincial Liberal cabinet minister to discuss Mayor Plante and the SPVM not being on the same page in the Camara case and President Joe Biden shutting the door on vaccine shipments to Canada.

Elias Makos welcomes in Lea Streliski, Comedian and columnist for L’actualité and CJAD 800 host Dave Kaufman to talk about the Quebec government not setting up roadblocks to stop people from red zones going to orange zones, Economic experts saying that the federal government’s vaccination plan is unrealistic and the chief of staff for Quebec’s Minister of Culture receiving almost $400,000 in grants.

Elias Makos is joined by 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 Trudeau to discuss Premier Legault preparing to lift some restrictions, the Education Minister announcing that kids will get a March Break this year and a report that says only 141 tickets have been given to Canadian travellers.