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February 13, 2023A sexy scandal forces us to talk about Toronto. Plus: Gabriel-Nadeau Dubois tells his party to get out of the echo chamber
Elias Makos kicks off the wee with the return of Trudie Mason, Veteran Newscaster here at CJAD 800 and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor.
Toronto Mayor John Tory resigned over the weekend, after the Toronto Star published a story on an “inappropriate relationship”
Have you lost track of the number of flying objects down by the U.S. military and NORAD? For those scoring at home, we’re up to four objects since February 4
At a party meeting over the weekend, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois urged Quebec solidaire members to get out of the echo chamber and do more to court Quebecers in the regions
25 min
February 10, 2023Is criminal justice reform leading to more violent crime? Plus: U.S. agents offering carpools to Roxham Road
Elias Makos ends the week that was with Justine McIntyre, consultant and former city councillor and David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister, Council at Fasken and political analyst.
The man who shot and killed an Ontario Provincial Police officer was out on bail primarily because he is Indigenous, the Globe and Mail reported on Thursday
First it was the free bus tickets, now it’s the free carpooling from Federal U.S. agents
Montreal Bus drivers are sounding the alarm over fare evasion on STM buses
26 min
February 09, 2023The Laval daycare tragedy. Plus: Raising the retirement age
Elias Makos welcomes in Lionel Perez, Former city councilor and leader of the Official Opposition at Montreal City Hall and Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance.
Tragedy on Wednesday morning at one Laval daycare. What questions are you asking yourself this morning over this tragedy?
The community of Lac-Megantic is divided over a new TV series that dramatises the events of the 2013 rail disaster
Quebec is considering raising the retirement age to 62…
24 min
February 08, 2023Playing the Donald Trump card at Roxham Road. Plus: Tales and facts about Quebec healthcare
Elias Makos is joined by Meeker Guerrier, Weekend News Anchor at Noovo and a commentator at RDS and Anne Lagace-Dowson, political analyst.
Quebec’s Liberals are making some heavy accusations, saying that the Parti Quebecois is behaving like Donald Trump over the current situation at Roxham Road
Liberal MP Emmanuella Lambropoulos is facing the wrath of language hawks once again, this time for telling a constituent’s story of being unable to get healthcare in English
Montreal’s opposition says the city is infested by our favourite furry friends… Rats!
24 min
February 07, 2023New York City’s free bus tickets to Roxham Road. Plus: Is Montreal the new Toronto?
Elias Makos is joined by Jonathan Kalles, Senior Consultant at McMillan Vantage Policy Group and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR & content firm TNKR Media, Quebec-based political commentator.
A swift response to this New York Post Story - Quebec’s minister of immigration Christine Fréchette was ‘surprised’ to find out that asylum seekers were being given free bus tickets from New York City
Emanuella Lambropoulos doesn’t regret a thing. Stating that she is always happy to stand up for her constituents - Lambropoulos is not walking back her comments on Bill 96
A Gazette opinion piece makes the case that Montreal is following the same path as Toronto and Vancouver in becoming unaffordable to many
24 min
February 06, 2023Is Canada broken? Plus: Tracking shoplifters with AI
Elias Makos welcomes first timer 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.
“Canada is broken.” A whopping two–thirds of Canadians would agree at some level with that statement
Premier Francois Legault has set the date for the by-election in Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne - it’s March 13 and it will be confirmed today - and the Liberals have found their man to run in the race
A new French technology which predicts shoplifting using artificial intelligence is coming to Quebec
24 min
February 03, 2023Should we give Amira Elghawaby a chance? (Spoiler Alert: No.) Plus: Pierre Fitzgibbon says “Big chill, no big deal!”
Elias Makos caps off the week with David Heurtel, former Quebec liberal cabinet minister, Council at Fasken and political analyst and Anne Lagace-Dowson, political analyst.
30 Quebecers, including one of our panelists, have signed a letter in support of Amira Elghawaby. The message: give her a chance. Why should or shouldn’t she get one?
As Hydro-Quebec expects record consumption, you might expect a message of reducing consumption during peak times. But that wasn’t exactly Pierre Fitzgibbon’s tune yesterday
Who’s to blame for the teacher shortage Quebec is facing? Education Minister Bernard Drainville laid the blame on previous Liberal governments yesterday
24 min
February 02, 2023Have we reached the level of Elghawaby-Gate? Plus: Hell on Earth, right here in Canada
Elias Makos welcomes in Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR & content firm TNKR Media and Quebec-based political commentator, and Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance.
Amira Elghawaby, Canada’s new special representative combating Islamophobia - has apologised for the words that hurt Quebecers
A day after B.C.’s grand experiment with decriminalizing hard drugs began, Pierre Poilievre came out swinging against it
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21 min
February 01, 2023Quebec’s polar vortex: Elghawaby, Hydro, and language
Elias Makos kicks off Wednesday with Political analyst Karim Boulos and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia.
Should she stay or should she go? Yesterday the CAQ, PLQ and PQ voted in favour of a motion to dismiss Justin Trudeau’s new special advisor on Islamophobia
Are you concerned about the independence of Hydro-Quebec as Pierre Fitzgibbon seems to be the one answering questions about Quebec’s electric future right now?
MPs have rejected Quebec’s first two requested amendments on the official languages act
25 min
January 31, 2023Person hired by government to build bridges likes to burn bridges Plus: Are McGill and Concordia helping the Chinese military?
Elias Makos is joined by Justine McIntyre, consultant and former city councillor and Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact.
Massive blowback in Quebec over the appointment of Amira Elghawaby as Canada’s new representative on combating Islamophobia
McGill and Concordia are working with a Chinese military school
When you’re headed to the emergency rooms Quebecers will finally know ahead of time how much wait time there is
26 min

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