The Big Five Podcast

Elias welcomes in Christina Chough, Spanish teacher and Chair of the modern languages department at Dawson College and Trudie Mason, Veteran Newscaster here at CJAD 800. 

- McGill University has announced a bold move to lessen the impact of Quebec’s tuition hikes on out-of-province students. 

- Christian Dubé wants you to avoid using the ER this holiday season

The Quebec government has brought forth a new counter-offer to the public sector unions. 

Joining Elias on The Big 5 this morning were 

• Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band The Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia University and
• Political analyst Karim Boulos

The subjects discussed were

• Ottawa teen facing terrorism and explosive-related charges targeting Jewish people
• Loto Quebec building a luxury hotel on the grounds of the Montreal Casino
• the never ending teachers strike
• the rise of electric vehicle sales in Canada

Joining Elias on The Big 5 this morning were 

• David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister, Council at Fasken and political analyst, and 
• Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy.

The subjects discussed were

• the failing health care system
• China posing a security risk
• the never ending teachers strike
• the never ending Cavendish extension

Joining David Heurtel on The Big 5 this morning were Akil Alleyne, reporter and  Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to Mayor Valerie Plante.

The topics discussed

-the continuing controversy regarding the provincial government's tuition fees increase

-five Liberal MP's sending a letter to 25 Canadian Universities asking whether or not calling for a genocide against Jewish people violates institution policy.

Elias Makos is joined by Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia, and Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance.

• English universities are reacting to the Quebec government’s proposal that 80% of foreign students will need intermediate French by graduation
• Quebec tourism minister Caroline Proulx told reporters that the stadium roof has 20,000 tears, and therefore the stadium is not up to the standards required for such a world class event
• Ontario is finally going to get the right to buy beer and wine at corner stores

Elias Makos welcomes in Christina Chough, Spanish teacher and Chair of the modern languages department at Dawson College, and Meeker Guerrier, Weekend News Anchor at Noovo and a commentator at RDS.

• While Quebec looks to increase tuition fees for out-of-province Canadians who want to study at anglo universities, it seems they’re looking to majorly reduce tuition for French & Belgian students
• Some CEGEP students are holding a “strike” of their own
• The Olympic Stadium will be closed indefinitely as the Olympic Park begins exploratory work for the replacement of the roof

Elias Makos is joined by Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor, and Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy.

• Are Quebec’s Anglo institutions slowly losing their… English? The McGill University Health Centre now holds its monthly board meetings in French only
• Municipal elected officials say that they have to make political donations to the CAQ solely for the purpose of being able to meet government ministers
• Ottawa has launched a $13 billion dollar dental-care program with kid and seniors first up for coverage

Elias Makos begins the week with David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister and Council at Fasken, and Akil Alleyne, Reporter, commentator and Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program.

• Quebec's public sector is criticising the province’s lack of urgency when it comes to finding a solution for the strike
• Do our elected municipal officials make too much money? Or not enough?
• Bill 15 was adopted in the wee hours of Saturday - and Quebec health minister Christian Dubé has a message for Quebecers

Elias Makos caps off the week with Political analyst Karim Boulos, and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor.

• Justin Trudeau met with La Presse’s Editorial Board in a year-end review and made it clear: He’s not going anywhere, and we’re not going to the polls before 2025
• Canada’s financial intelligence agency, Fintrac, has handed down a $1.3-million fine against CIBC for non-compliance with money laundering and terrorist financing measures
• McGill says they won’t rule out the possibility of moving some of their operations to another province

Elias Makos is joined by Bonnie Feigenbaum, Conservative Party of Quebec candidate in last provincial election and a lecturer at Concordia & McGill University, and Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance. 

• Food prices will continue to go up next year, according to an annual report on grocery prices. 
• Naughty words – en anglais – in the National Assembly on Wednesday. 
• François Legault’s government has reached an ‘amicable’ agreement on bilingual judges.
• Don’t be surprised if your local police officer looks a little different