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September 13, 2023The culture war debate on gender comes to Quebec. Plus: Is Valerie Plante about to get her White Whale?
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 Catherine Hogan, high school teacher at Westwood Senior High in Hudson.
Education Minister Bernard Drainville voiced his objection to mixed bathrooms in Quebec schools, as one school in Rouyn-Noranda was implementing, and instead wants separate bathrooms for boys and girls
It looks like Valerie Plante will announce the banning of cars from Camillien-Houde Way this morning
SNC-Lavalin is changing its name. The rebrand comes 112 years after it was first established and is claimed to be happening as a result of an ‘inflection point’
23 min
September 12, 2023No home, no wife, no plane, bad polls. Should we feel sorry for Justin Trudeau? Plus: Are facial piercings a fundamental right?
Elias Makos is joined by Sue Montgomery, former journalist and former mayor of CDN-NDG, and Anne Lagace-Dowson, political analyst.
He doesn’t have a home. He doesn’t have a wife. He doesn’t have a decent plane. Nobody likes him anymore. Do you feel bad for Justin Trudeau?
It was a great job with a great salary, but a Quebec woman says she had to refuse it after the company insisted she had to remove all of her facial piercings
The gynecologist who made a sexual comment should be banned for 7 years and fined $12,500
25 min
September 11, 2023The surging Conservatives held their policy convention over the weekend, where Pierre Poilievre presented a message of hope
Elias Makos kicks the week off with Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for CTV Montreal News at 5 and president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies, and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor.
Was this a successful weekend for the conservatives?
Housing minister Sean Fraser, says the government won’t rule out changes to its immigration targets to help deal with housing
Two people have been critically injured after a driver hit pedestrians and a street lamp in St. Laurent
27 min
September 07, 2023To help or not to help with the cost of living crisis!?!? Plus: The long walk to Trudeau airport
Elias Makos is joined by Karim Boulos, Political analyst and Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance.
A day after Finance Minister Eric Girard said no more cheques are coming to help Quebecers with inflation the premier is singing a different tune
Speaking at a Town Hall meeting last night, the city’s Mayor, Eric Adams, made his strongest comments yet on the migrant crisis
Traffic has become so bad at Trudeau International Airport people are actually just getting out of their cars and walking to the terminal
23 min
September 06, 2023François Legault is done with sending you cheques. Plus: Coney Island – as another Montreal motorist falls down over a construction zone
Elias Makos welcomes in Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia, and Meeker Guerrier, Weekend News Anchor at Noovo and a commentator at RDS.
Premier Francois Legault is not joining his counterparts in Ontario and British Columbia in asking the Bank of Canada to stop the rise in interest rates
The Legault government believes it has done enough to help Quebecers cope with the cost of living crisis
It was just about a month ago when a vigilante anti-cone warrior made headlines for his cone chucking display in the West Island. We now have a sequel to that episode, with a man in St. Henri getting so enraged
24 min
September 05, 2023The Air Canada flight from hell. Plus: Quebec’s Liberals get ready for the fall.
Elias Makos is joined by Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy, and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor.
The convergence of a heat wave and back to school is creating headlines. In Gatineau, one school service centre will shut down all their schools today
Ahead of the new parliamentary session, Quebec’s Liberal Party finds itself near or at the bottom of the polls
Air Canada is apologising to customers after seats were reportedly soiled with vomit on flight to Montreal
24 min
September 04, 2023François Legault's fall season of parliamentary work is set to begin
David Heurtel in on a Labour Day edition featuring Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor, and Anne Lagace-Dowson, political analyst.
A year after his re-election with a strong majority government… a heavy and trying start awaits François Legault as the fall season of parliamentary work is set to begin
Insecurity in the Village, in Montreal, and now terrasses have begun closing early
Efforts to save the residence of the Canadian Prime Minister, 24 Sussex, are not done yet
23 min
September 01, 2023Are Interest Hikes hurting the economy? Plus: What is this big announcement that will be made by Valerie Plante and Jean-Francois Roberge?
On this edition of the Big 5...Elias is joined by David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister, Council at Fasken and political analyst and Justine McIntyre, consultant and former city councilor.
B.C.’s Premier David Eby (EE-BEE) has sent a letter to the Governor of the Bank of Canada urging him to reconsider a possible interest rate hike in September, and pleading that “people in B.C. are hurting,” and that the bank should “consider the full human impact of rate increases.”
Asian supermarket chain T&T is the OQLF’s new target for non compliance with French labelling rules. The Vancouver founded store has been around for 30 years and only entered Quebec in December.
Any idea what Jean-François Roberge and Valerie Plante have in store for us at 1:30 when they make a big announcement about promoting French in Montreal?
25 min
August 31, 2023Does anyone want the Quebec Liberal Leader Job? Plus: why size matters at Burger King
Christina Chough, Spanish teacher and Chair of the modern languages department at Dawson College, and Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance.
Quebec Liberal Party interim leader Marc Tanguay says he doesn’t want the job
Looks like Burger King won’t be having it their way when it comes to a lawsuit over the size of their whoppers
Should it be harder for children to access pornography online?
25 min
August 30, 2023The fate of the Sir John A. Macdonald statue. Plus: The student handbook that goes too far.
Elias Makos is joined by Justine McIntyre, consultant and former city councillor, and
Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media.
The City of Montreal is set to reveal the future of the Sir John A. Macdonald statue today
A climate protester splashed paint on a painting in the National Gallery of Canada Tuesday as part of escalating activities demanding “urgent action on the climate crisis.”
The school year agenda given by the student union at Cégep du Vieux Montréal has caused some controversy
22 min

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