The Big Five Podcast

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The Big Five Podcast episodes

May 09, 2023We say farewell to ‘The Main.’ Plus: Is your condo board too powerful?
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 Anne Lagace-Dowson, political analyst.
Canada has finally expelled a Chinese diplomat after threats to Conservative MP Michael Chong and his family
A woman in St-Jerome is trying to keep the dog from getting booted out of her condo
After 50 years The Main Deli has closed its doors for good
25 min
May 08, 2023100 million Canadians by 2100. Plus: Does alcohol mix with Axe throwing?
Elias Makos begins the week with Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor.
Can Canada have its largest population boom ever while protecting French in Quebec?
A building purchased by the City of Montreal is causing concern: it has burned down five times in the past five years
Axe throwing and alcohol? Do you think the two make a good mix? The SPVM surely doesn’t think so
25 min
May 05, 2023 Canada’s ever-polarizing politics and Montreal teens take in $200,000 in stock and crypto scheme
David Heurtel & Christina Chough join Elias Makos on the Big Five to discuss political drama, a $200,000 Crypto scheme, Fox News getting banned on Canadian television, and much more!
25 min
May 04, 2023 Apologies everywhere all at once: The Geneviève Guilbault and P.K. Subban story
Caroline Codsi & Justine McIntyre join Elias Makos on The Big Five to discuss Geneviève Guilbault's apology for playing a word game during the Quebec budget hearing, PK Subban fat shaming Lizzo, King Charles and more!
24 min
May 03, 2023François Legault’s worst poll in four years. Plus: Should heavier vehicles pay more for parking?
Elias Makos welcomes in Sue Montgomery, former journalist and former mayor of CDN-NDG and Anne Lagace-Dowson, political analyst.
A new poll shows a drop in support by 4% and a second-place result in the Quebec City region, behind François Legault’s nemesis, the PQ
Should we start charging people different parking prices depending on the size and weight of their vehicle?
Despite recent opposition to the plan, the Quebec government continues to move ahead with its plan for Loto-Quebec to install a gambling parlour at the Bell Centre
24 min
May 02, 2023Should organ donation be opt-in, or opt-out? Plus: Ending the SAQ’s monopoly
Elias Makos is joined by Trudie Mason, Veteran Newscaster here at CJAD 800
and Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact.
Have you signed the back of your medicare card? It might not matter. Quebec is moving towards an opt-out organ donation system
Members of the CAQ will put forward the idea of ending the SAQ’s monopoly when the party meets in a couple of weeks
Two Montreal-area community groups under investigation for allegedly hosting secret Chinese government police stations say they are operating normally
24 min
May 01, 2023Anglos wanted in Quebec’s public service! Plus: Valérie Plante’s unannounced & excellent European adventure
Elias Makos starts the week off with Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor and Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media.
Of the 57,000 thousand public service employees in Quebec, 518 are mother-tongue English-speakers. The minister responsible for relations with English-speaking Quebecers, Eric Girard, wants to change that
You were probably didn't know this, but Mayor Valerie Plante was on a European mission to meet her counterparts in London and Paris
Following the Old Montreal fire, inspectors have now gone to visit three more of Emile H. Benamor’s properties
24 min
April 28, 2023The Minister of the French Language, Jean-François Roberge wants english speaking communities to speak french more. Plus: Are we blowing things out of proportion or was the reaction this week with the teacher screaming justified?
David Heurtel is joined by Justine McIntyre, consultant and former city councillor and Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact.
The Minister of the French Language, Jean-François Roberge, has asked that the $137.5 million provided by the federal plan on official languages for English-speaking communities be used for francization.
Resales, house prices, rental vacancy rates: prices on these will drop in the Montreal area this year, except rent,
Cases of teachers committing obvious professional misconduct shook Quebec this week.
24 min
April 27, 2023Mo Problems? Don’t worry, Justin Trudeau will give you Mo Money! Plus: Should the word “women” be removed from Quebec’s laws?
Elias Makos is joined by Caroline Codsi,Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance, and Sue Montgomery, former journalist and former mayor of CDN-NDG.
Leaders of Quebec’s English-speaking community were quick to denounce the new Action Plan for Official Languages unveiled by the federal government yesterday.
The Quebec Liberal Party tried to have the word “women” removed in the government’s bill that will reform family law in the Province.
Just when you thought that Montreal’s metro system couldn’t get any *better*. Now the STM is going to ask us to pay MORE to take shaky rides through tunnels with cracks.
25 min
April 26, 2023François Legault doesn’t do apologies. Plus: Quebec’s “Amazon-killer” is really bad at selling Quebec products
Elias Makos is joined by CJAD 800's Trudie Mason and Political analyst Anne Lagace-Dowson.
François Legault stands by the decision to cancel the plan to link Quebec City and Lévis with a tunnel.
Le Panier Bleu, created by the government to sell Quebec-made products, hardly sells any Quebec-made products.
Winning the lottery jackpot is the “most terrifying thing you could imagine,”
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…