• Why are Liberal Party staffers revolting? Plus: Do university degrees matter?
    Aug 29 2024

    Elias Makos is joined by Political analyst Karim Boulos and Anthony Koch, Former National Spokesperson for Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and current managing principal at AK Strategies on The Big 5.

    • Some Liberals staffers have had enough of Justin Trudeau.
    • Your electricity bills could increase significantly in 5 to 10 years.
    • Do degrees mean as much as they used to?
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    25 mins
  • Pierre Poilievre really really wants an election. Plus: Do Quebec’s schools need more discipline?
    Aug 30 2024

    Elias Makos is joined Christina Chough, Spanish teacher and Chair of the modern languages department at Dawson College and Neil Drabkin, is a lawyer who served as federal prosecutor and a political commentator who was a chief of staff in the Harper government on The Big 5.

    • Poilievre challenging NDP counterpart Jagmeet Singh to pull support for the Liberal government in order to prompt a fall election.
    • CNN’s much-hyped first interview of Kamala Harris as a presidential candidate aired last night. Sad to report that Westmount High School was not brought up a single time.
    • The CAQ’s youth wing wants new rules & more discipline in Quebec schools to stop the spread of violence and lack of civility in the classroom.
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    25 mins
  • The Quebec Liberal flip-flop on immigration. Plus: Westmount High School Graduate Kamala Harris says she’ll build the wall.
    Aug 28 2024

    Elias Makos is joined by Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor and Meeker Guerrier, Weekend News Anchor at Noovo and a commentator at RDS on The Big 5.

    • The Quebec Liberal Party now says that the province’s capacity to integrate immigrants and provide them with social services has been exceeded.
    • The arrival of Federal Minister Pablo Rodriguez in the race for the Quebec Liberal leadership race could change the game.
    • If elected President, Westmount High School graduate Kamala Harris is promising to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on the southern border wall
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    33 mins
  • The Liberals flip-flop on immigration. Plus: The longest ballot of all-time.
    Aug 27 2024

    Elias Makos welcomes political analyst Anne Lagace-Dowson and Akil Alleyne, Reporter and commentator with extensive experience analysing legal, political, and social issues and Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program.

    • Justin Trudeau's three-day retreat with his Liberal cabinet ends today, with a focus on U.S.-Canada relations.
    • Student housing in the city has gone up. And students are struggling to find affordable housing with some paying more than $1,500 dollars for a 3 1/2.
    • The Montreal by-election for LaSalle-Emard-Verdun is set to have the most candidates in federal election history.
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    24 mins
  • Would you pick U.S healthcare over Canadian healthcare? Plus: Justin Trudeau tries to save his political life.
    Aug 26 2024

    Elias Makos is joined by Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia on The Big 5.

    • Instead of dealing with Quebec emergency rooms or walk-in clinics that seemingly don’t take walk-ins, people drove to Plattsburgh. They waited 5 minutes to see a doctor.
    • Justin Trudeau is continuing a three-day meeting with his cabinet, with many behind the scenes saying that major changes are needed to save the party from election oblivion.
    • A new project is underway in the Villeray district to try and get drivers to park their vehicles better.
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    23 mins
  • Why won’t Kamala Harris talk about Montreal? Plus: Another day, another product banned by the government.
    Aug 23 2024

    Elias Makos is joined by Political Analyst Karim Boulos and Bonnie Feigenbaum, Conservative Party of Quebec candidate in last provincial election and a lecturer at Concordia & McGill University, media & government relations consultant on The Big 5.

    • Westmount High School graduate Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday.
    • Responding to criticism from many in the Anglo community over the idea, Charest says the Quebec Liberal Party's proposed project would allow anglophones to support a vision that includes them and secures their rights.
    • Nicotine packets will now be sold at pharmacy counters… A decision made by the federal government.
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    24 mins
  • A freeze on some temporary foreign workers. Plus: The trash is piling up on Montreal’s streets.
    Aug 21 2024

    Elias Makos is joined by Meeker Guerrier, Weekend News Anchor at Noovo and a commentator at RDS and Anthony Koch, Former National Spokesperson for Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and current managing principal at AK Strategies on The Big 5.

    • Montreal synagogue one of Canada-wide Jewish institutions that received threats. Montreal police (SPVM) says at least one synagogue in Montreal is on a list of more than 100 places of worship across Canada that received a threatening email Wednesday morning.
    • Quebec Premier Francois Legault announced a six-month freeze on some temporary foreign worker applications in Montreal.
    • The rising number of complaints about garbage in the city
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    24 mins
  • A crisis of Canadian leadership. Plus: More bad headlines for Denis Coderre.
    Aug 22 2024

    Elias Makos is joined by Neil Drabkin, is a lawyer who served as federal prosecutor and a political commentator who was a chief of staff in the Harper government and Akil Alleyne, Reporter and commentator with extensive experience analysing legal, political, and social issues and Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program on The Big 5.

    • The National freight rail shutdown has begun. The shutdown affecting tens of thousands of commuters including those who use Exo.
    • A meeting between Muslim leaders in Quebec and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, that was set to take place north of Montreal on Wednesday, was canceled.
    • Denis Coderre in trouble with the tax man.
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    32 mins