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December 27, 2022Do you need family connections to get ahead in the world?
As of this morning, 40 homicides have been committed this year in Montreal, as of December 26. We have to go back 15 years to find an even heavier toll, that is 42 murders that occurred in 2007….. Has our city become a dangerous and unsafe one?
Do you need family connections to get ahead in the world? How are Nepo babies taking over?
How do healthy siblings of special-needs children cope at home when attention is often given more to the other siblings?
26 min
December 26, 2022Breaking down Francois Legaults holiday promises to the province of Quebec
Urgences-santé has added its voice to those of the public health department and Health Minister Christian Dubé in asking the public to call Quebec’s 811 medical information line when faced with a non-urgent medical situation.
It seems that Quebec’s bells are disappearing with the churches. They marked time, prevented fires etc… Do you miss hearing them?
Women clean and men don’t notice. Philosophers believe they have found why women continue to shoulder a disproportionate amount of housework and childcare in the modern era.
25 min
December 23, 2022Fines for 'no shows' at restaurants? Plus: Legault urges caution as the holidays approach
Guest host David Heurtel is joined by Sue Montgomery, former journalist and former mayor of CDN-NDG and Political analyst Karim Boulos.
Should we be fining ‘no shows’? Customers who do not show up at the restaurant after reserving a table could be subject to a fine. The Association Restauration Québec (ARQ) wishes to be able to impose a “fine” on those who are conspicuous by their absence without having bothered to cancel.
Christmas begins now and as we enter the festive weekend Legault is asking for caution at holiday gatherings… this follows his visit to Ste-Justine Hospital. Quebec’s hospitals are overcrowded, particularly in paediatric wards.
Eric Girard recognizes that relations between the CAQ government and the English-speaking community "were not perfect in the first mandate”..... He says they want to do better moving forward. What do you think should be done to improve relations between Quebec and the anglo community?
21 min
December 22, 2022Breaking down Zelenskyy's address to congress and Overcrowding has reduced inside Quebec emergency rooms
David Heurtel is joined by Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia.
Zelenskyy to Congress: your money is not charity, it’s an investment. What did you think of his address?
ERs: more deadly this year than in 2021? (What will 2023 bring?) The new plan to reduce overcrowding in Quebec emergency rooms is paying off, the province's health minister said Wednesday, but a major nurses union said that while the measures are laudable, the situation remains critical.
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante will not commit to honouring the historic bilingual status of Pierrefonds-Roxboro, the lone borough in the city of Montreal with such a status.
23 min
December 21, 20229 caregivers from the emergency room of the Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital denounce 16-hour shifts of forced labor and the "schemes" to impose "compulsory overtime", plus 47 municipalities could lose their bilingual status
Guest host David Heurtel is joined by Jonathan Kalles,Senior, Consultant at McMillan Vantage Policy Group, a national public affairs firm, and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Also, Justine McIntyre, consultant and former city councilor joins the conversation.
9 caregivers from the emergency room of the Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital denounce 16-hour shifts of forced labor and the "schemes" to impose "compulsory overtime", which the Legault government seeks to eliminate.
47 municipalities could lose their bilingual status, warns Quebec language watchdog. Municipalities have 120 days to pass resolutions indicating they wish to retain status.
25 min
December 20, 2022Pietons Quebec calls for safer streets, Trudeau vs. Legault and Montreal's mayor wants bigger parking fines
Guest host David Heurtel is joined by political analyst Anne Lagace-Dowson and Egbert Gaye - the founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact - to tackle today's topics, which include:
One of the province's prominet pedestrian advocacy groups - Pietons Quebec - demands a meeting with Premier Francois Legault and Transportation Minister, Geneviève Guilbault.
What will come of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's rescheduled with Premier Legault today?
And Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante upset with opposition for shutting down pricier parking tickets
25 min
December 19, 2022A deal reached at COP15, trilingualism on the rise in Montreal and a new place for asylum seekers from Roxham Road
Guest host David Heurtel is joined by Dan Delmar - co-founder of the PR & content firm TNKR Media, Quebec-based political commentator, a former journalist and newspaper columnist, and the co-founder of TNKR Media, along with Jimmy Zoubris - special advisor to the Mayor - to discuss a variety of topics, uncluding:
The deal reached at the COP15 Summit
The spike in trilingual Montrealers
And the new 700 bed centre for Roxham Road asylum seekers
25 min
December 16, 2022 Making babies, a hardcore tobacco ban, Trudeau vs. Legault, saying Merry Christmas, and more!
Elias was joined on The Big 5 today by former Quebec liberal cabinet minister and analyst David Heurtel and Paul Gott, Concordia Professor and lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz.
Quebec’s council on tobacco and health says that Canada should adopt New Zealand’s policy on tobacco,
2022 has been a bad year for baby making in Quebec. Should we do something drastic to encourage boot-knocking baby-making? If so, what?
After teasing a MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT, we found out what Donald Trump was up to: Digital trading cards. Are we witnessing the end?
Leger/Postmedia survey suggests that Canadians who feel like wishing others Merry Christmas should go ahead - because very few people would take offense.
23 min
December 15, 2022More speeding tickets to make the streets safer? Dog attacks on the rise?
Elias was joined by Caroline Codsi, Chief Equite Officer for Women In Governance, and Dan Delmar, co-founder of TNKR Media.
With the city still mourning the death of a 7-year-old Ukrainian refugee as she went to school on Tuesday, should the police give out more tickets?
The number of dog attacks rose in Montreal in 2022. Should owners of “pandemic puppies” be forced to bring their dogs in for training?
Quebec’s Public Health Director Luc Boileau has a message for Quebecers ahead of holidays: Stay away from parties if you’re sick. How will you handle the holidays?
A new Mainstreet poll says Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives are favoured by 46.5 percent of decided voters between 18 and 34. The Liberals are twenty points behind. What’s happening here?
26 min
December 14, 2022The most important topic of all-time: Are white men the worst? Plus: More deaths on Montreal roads.
Elias Makos is joined by Justine McIntyre, former Montreal City Councilor and Consultant and Anne Lagace-Dowson, political analyst.
So… are white men the worst?
The mayor of Montreal is deploring an escalation of collisions involving pedestrians in recent weeks
An investigation by Le Soleil finds that Home Depot in Quebec destroys and throws out tools, light fixtures, doors, flooring, appliances, decorative items and more
25 min

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