Joining Elias on The Big 5 this morning were 

• David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister, Council at Fasken and political analyst, and 
• Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy.

The subjects discussed were

• the failing health care system
• China posing a security risk
• the never ending teachers strike
• the never ending Cavendish extension