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July 18, 2023Should Quebecs hospital cafeterias offer what you want to eat, or whats good for you? Plus, Could extreme weather derail the REM?
Karim Boulos, Political analyst and Christina Chough, Chair of the modern languages department at Dawson College join Elias Makos on The Big Five to disucss:
The Health Minister reads the Journal de Quebec
A 28-year old and her 35-pound Husky mix will move out of their St-Jérôme condo
The city now wants the 265 homes residents that will benefit the most from this sound barrier to pay for the additional costs themselves
The REM has already had its first weather-related delays
25 min
July 17, 2023Shaming shoplifters in Montreal. Plus: Why is Sir Wilfred Laurier still on the 5-dollar bill?
On this edition of the Big 5...Elias is joined Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor and Jonathan Kalles, Senior Consultant at McMillan Vantage, a national public affairs firm, and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Faced with a huge increase in shoplifting and thefts every day, grocery stores are fighting back. Some are posting photos of shoplifters at entrances. Is it OK to publicly shame shoplifters?
Barely a third of Montrealers who can compost do so regularly. The city wants 60% of residents to compost by 2025. Is this another example of mismanagement at City Hall? How do we reach that goal?
The effort to swap out the first French-Canadian Prime Minister, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, from the $5 bill has stalled. A list of hundreds was winnowed down and presented to Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland. Why do you think this plan has not moved forward yet?
26 min
July 15, 2023A major storm & tornado, the sad state of social housing, and the greatest speed trap of all time.
Elias Makos caps the week off with guest David Heurtel, former Quebec liberal cabinet minister, Council at Fasken and political analyst.
A powerful storm swept through the province causing branches to be ripped and streets to be flooded in the city. We even had the confirmation that a tornado landed in Mirabel. Should we be concerned that events like this could happen more frequently?
There are over 3,200 vacant social housing units in Quebec’s big cities, with 2,300 of them in Montreal
There is a highway whose photo radar has caught over 31 thousand drivers in just half a year. That is the equivalent of over 4.7 million dollars
23 min
July 13, 2023Magic Mushrooms and civil disobedience. Plus: Free WiFi for all!
Elias Makos is joined by Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance and Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media.
Centre Ice Canadians have released a progress report as they explore starting a new federal political party
Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party of Canada are still buying ads off of Facebook and Instagram even after the federal government stopped doing so
The Magic Mushroom shop that was raided on Tuesday will reopen today. That’s according to the owner, who broke the news on this program yesterday. Should the police raid it and shut it down once again?
24 min
July 12, 2023Is Quebec less racist than you think? Plus: Magic mushrooms, multiple arrests.
Elias Makos is joined by Catherine Hogan, high school teacher at Westwood Senior High in Hudson and Christina Chough, Spanish teacher and Chair of the modern languages department at Dawson College.
Montreal Alouettes Coach Tyrell Sutton has decided to make it a priority to learn French and become a Quebecer saying, “You don’t go into somebody’s house without learning the rules and their ways.” Should more people have this type of mentality in Quebec?
Funguyz opened its doors yesterday selling hallucinogenic mushrooms that are deemed illegal in the country
There is a recommendation for people in this country to go get a Covid-19 booster shot this fall
24 min
July 11, 2023The very illegal store that is very much opening in Montreal. Plus: Do you have more money in your bank account this week?
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.
The Quebec Liberal Party is continuing its soul-searching tour of the province
There is a new store set to open in Montreal. Only issue? It's selling illegal hallucinogenic mushrooms
Did you look at your paycheck last week? You might have noticed there was more money than the last time. The Quebec government’s promised income tax cut is now in effect
26 min
July 10, 2023Waiting for healthcare and daycare in Quebec. Plus: Should the government end the cemetery strike?
Elias Makos kicks off the week with Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor and Sue Montgomery, former journalist and former mayor of CDN-NDG.
A 20-year-old Concordia University student says he waited for 15 hours in the ER at Montreal’s Royal Victoria Hospital before heading to Kingston Ontario to get his appendicitis diagnosis
10-month-old Enzo Levesque still doesn't have a place in daycare despite being placed on waiting lists when he was an embryo
We are two days away from it being seven months of striking from workers at Montreal's Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery
26 min
July 07, 2023Montreal’s “crack alley.” Plus: Quebec TikToker gets arrested after trying to get arrested.
Elias is joined on this Friday edition by Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia and David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister, Council at Fasken and political analyst
Montreal now has a crack alley and residents on Charlotte and Berger streets downtown say their buildings are invaded by drug users every day.
Has NIMBYism created the housing crisis? La Presse tells the tale of a project to build 111 units of housing next to the Sunnybrooke REM station on land currently occupied by a derelict garage - blocked by 26 residents that forced a referendum.
Gatineau Police have arrested and charged a 27-year-old social media influencer from Quebec after he allegedly posted videos of fake crimes online in an effort to boost his following.
26 min
July 06, 2023Do Quebec’s Crown Corporation CEOs make too much money? Plus: Lac-Megantic, ten years later.
Elias Makos is joined by Political Analyst Anne Lagace-Dowson and Sue Montgomery, former journalist and former mayor of CDN-NDG.
Is it ever appropriate to make a comment about what a colleague is wearing in the office?
The new President and CEO of the SAQ will get a salary of over half a million dollars.
And Today marks 10 years since the Lac-Megantic Disaster. What do you remember from that day? Why hasn't the government acted fast enough to prevent this from happening again?
25 min
July 05, 2023The decline of the Valerie Plante Empire. Plus: The wealth gap widens in Canada
Elias is joined by Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance and Trudie Mason - Veteran Newscaster here at CJAD 800.
We saw the rise of the average law-abiding, tax-paying citizen on Tuesday night in Montreal.
The gap between the rich and the poor in Canada continues to widen. The top 20% of Canadians held 67.8% of the country’s net worth in the first quarter of this year, The bottom 40% of Canadians holding 2.7 per cent.
The latest in the Bill C-18 saga. Quebecor has removed all their ads from Meta’s Facebook and Instagram to protest the company’s latest pressure tactics regarding the new bill looking to regulate how publishers are compensated for online news.
25 min

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The Big Five is the quintessential Montreal podcast, and the best way to get caught up on the top stories impacting the city. Every weekday, host Elias Makos and a roster of Montreal thought…