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April 25, 2023‘The two solitudes’ is still a thing. Plus: Cracks in the metro, cracks in politics
Elias Makos is joined by Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media and Meeker Guerrier, Weekend News Anchor at Noovo and a commentator at RDS.
New polling from the Association for Canadian Studies suggests Anglos and Francos are still divided on their attachment to Canada and/or Quebec
The STM shut down a part of the Green Line Métro yesterday after they discovered cracks in a tunnel
François Legault is expected to offer an apology this morning to Quebec City area MNAs who were blindsided by the Third Link Flip-Flop
24 min
April 24, 2023From minister of cell phone bills to cell phone executive, a Canadian success story. Plus: The Great (Third) Link
Elias Makos begins the week with Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia, and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor.
Navdeep Bains has gone from federal Industry Minister to Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Rogers. If there was a sniff test for this, what would you be smelling?
After an access to information request by La Presse, there’s direct evidence that the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation was holding meetings around the corner from the Prime Minister’s officedespite the PM's claim that there is no undue influence between him and the organization
Eric Duhaime had a lot to say in an open letter to CAQ MNAs as he attempted to woo them after the third link betrayal
25 min
April 21, 2023 Tunnels and tears in Quebec City, Plus: Are we too tough on Montreal?
26 min
April 20, 2023 Trudeau to NATO: You’re Never Gonna Get It. Plus: Trouble down by the passport office
25 min
April 19, 2023Poilievre to Trudeau: Jamaican me crazy! Plus: You cannot strike in pyjamas
Elias Makos welcomes in Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media and Justine McIntyre, consultant and former city councillor.
The tale of the Prime Minister’s excellent Jamaican vacation made its way into the House of Commons on Tuesday, leading to fireworks between Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre
155,000 federal public servants have begun striking today
Vapes with flavours other than tobacco will soon be banned in Quebec
23 min
April 18, 2023Quebec smashes its immigration record. Plus: Montreal will finally crack down on… tour guides?
Elias Makos is joined by Bonnie Feigenbaum, Conservative Party of Quebec candidate and lecturer at Concordia & McGill University and Jonathan Kalles, Senior Consultant at McMillan Vantage, and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The number of immigrants arriving in Quebec increased by nearly 150,000, the largest increase in the province's history
After a La Presse exposé on tour guides operating in Montreal without the appropriate permits, the city has announced it will crack down on the practice
The CBC is pausing its use of Twitter. This follows the government-funded broadcaster being given a “government-funded media” label on the social media site
26 min
April 17, 2023Montreal’s plan to ruin your night downtown. Plus: The end of freedom comes to Laval
Elias Makos kicks off the week with Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor and Trudie Mason - Veteran Newscaster here at CJAD 800.
Montreal has put a hold on their plan to extend paid parking hours downtown. Without any warning, new stickers appeared on meters. The extension require drivers to pay until 11pm six nights a week
Laval has become the first municipality in Quebec to ban natural gas appliances
Right before the weekend, a win for the Quebec Government at Canada’s Supreme Court. The province’s ban on growing your own pot was upheld, to the dismay of the cannabis community
25 min
April 14, 2023One town, three weeks, two mayors, and plenty of threats. Plus: Airing the dirty laundry of Chinese election interference
Elias Makos ends the week with Sue Montgomery, former journalist and former mayor of CDN-NDG and David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister, Council at Fasken and political analyst.
Katie Telford will appear before a parliamentary committee today to testify on the issue of foreign interference in Canadian elections
More Trudeau Foundation dirty laundry being aired through leaks to the media: An association overseen by Beijing and the Chinese Communist Party is behind the $200,000 check to the Foundation, which was linked to a Chinese billionaire
More threats against Quebec politicians, this time in the sleepy town of Wickham
24 min
April 13, 2023Should McGill University drop the “McGill?” Plus: Speak English, or get off the plane
Elias Makos is joined by Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance, and Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact.
The McGill Tribune has dropped “McGill” from its name
A Quebec City man is outraged because he was not able to get service in French when on a flight headed to Florida from Jean-Lesage International airport
After a man responsible for a brutal killing in 2021 plead guilty to manslaughter, critics say allowing murderers to plead guilty for reduced charges in femicide cases sends the wrong message to victims of domestic violence
25 min
April 12, 2023Fed up with not feeling safe on Montreal public transit Plus: The Trudeau Foundation scandal gets even stinkier
Elias Makos is joined by Trudie Mason, Veteran Newscaster here at CJAD 800
and political analyst Karim Boulos.
A post on the Montreal forum over at Reddit entitled “I’m fed up with not feeling safe on public transit”, is creating a commotion
The head of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation and its board of directors resigned en masse on Tuesday
Muslim women who took to the pages of La Presse to share their outrage over a ban on prayer rooms in public schools - outrage that anyone could think is a good idea
25 min

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