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The Big Five is the quintessential Montreal podcast, and the best way to get caught up on the top stories impacting the city. Every weekday, host Elias Makos and a roster of Montreal thought leaders debate and inform.

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The Big Five is the quintessential Montreal podcast, and the best way to get caught up on the top stories impacting the city. Every weekday, host Elias Makos and a roster of Montreal thought leaders debate and inform.

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English


Episodes
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Santa Clause delivers a GST holiday for Canada. Plus: The Canadian Navy changes its tune.

11/22/2024
Elias Makos is joined by Jonathan Kalles, Vice President at McMillan Vantage and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Neil Drabkin, is a lawyer who served as federal prosecutor and chief of staff in the Harper government.

Duration:00:23:58

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Justin Trudeau’s new plan is to axe the tax! Plus: PSPP goes after wokeism.

11/21/2024
Elias Makos welcomes back Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia, and Bonnie Feigenbaum, Conservative Party of Quebec candidate in last provincial election and a lecturer at Concordia & McGill University.

Duration:00:24:41

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Valerie Plante releases her final budget. Plus: The illegal tobacco industry keeps getting bigger.

11/20/2024
Elias Makos is joined by Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy, and Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for Noovo and CTV Montreal News at 5. He is also the president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies.

Duration:00:24:20

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Should religious schools get public funding? Plus: The curious case of Liberal MP Randy Boissonnault.

11/19/2024
Elias Makos is joined by Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media and host of the Inspiring Business Hour - Saturdays at noon on CJAD 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. Should Liberal MP Randy Boissonnault resign?

Duration:00:23:07

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Elias is back and he knows why Donald Trump won. Plus: Justin Trudeau heads to YouTube to explain his bad immigration policy.

11/18/2024
Elias Makos is back and kicks off the week with Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor, and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor.

Duration:00:33:27

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Despite polling showing only 37% support for Quebec sovereignty, Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon remains confident that he can win a third referendum if elected.

11/15/2024
Filling in for Elias Makos, Trudy Mason is joined by Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy, and Bonnie Feigenbaum, Conservative Party of Quebec candidate in last provincial election and a lecturer at Concordia & McGill University. Despite polling showing only 37% support for Quebec sovereignty, Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon remains confident that he can win a third referendum if elected. The Quebec government is considering extending the state's secularism law to private schools, following an investigation into 17 public schools for potential breaches of religious neutrality. Canada Post workers have gone on strike after failing to reach a new agreement with their employer, with approximately 55,000 workers involved.

Duration:00:22:47

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The Quebec Ministry of Education is sending inspectors to 17 schools where violations of the state's secularism law have been reported

11/14/2024
Trudie Mason is joined by Neil Drabkin, is a lawyer who served as federal prosecutor and former chief of staff in the Harper government, and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia.

Duration:00:22:40

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A recent Léger poll reveals that the CAQ is at its lowest approval rating in eight years

11/13/2024
Trudie Mason is joined by Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for Noovo and CTV Montreal News, president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies, and Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy.

Duration:00:20:59

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Survey on how children get selected to daycare. Plus: Léger on Quebecers forgoing healthcare

11/12/2024
Trudy Mason is joined by Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor 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.

Duration:00:21:32

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Pablo Rodriguez has garnered significant support, including from 40 former ministers. Plus: Illegal gadgets that allow drivers to hide their licence plates

11/11/2024
Trudie Mason kicks the week off with Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media and host of the Inspiring Business Hour - Saturdays at noon on CJAD, and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor.

Duration:00:24:08

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The RCMP is on high alert for a potential influx of migrants from the U.S. following Donald Trump's re-election

11/8/2024
Justine McIntyre is joined by Anne Lagace-Dowson, political analyst, and Anthony Kosh, Former National Spokesperson for Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and current managing principal at AK Strategies.

Duration:00:23:50

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Kamala’s concession speech Plus: Francois Legault is calling on the federal government to protect our borders

11/7/2024
Justine McIntyre welcomes back Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia, and Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy.

Duration:00:31:11

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Election night victory for Trump, and it wasn’t even close

11/6/2024
Justine McIntyre is joined by Jonathan Kalles, Vice President at McMillan Vantage and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Akil Alleyne, Reporter and Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program.

Duration:00:23:54

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It’s US election day…. How are we feeling?

11/5/2024
Filling in for Elias Makos, Justine McIntyre is joined by Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media and host of the Inspiring Business Hour, as well as Elias Makos, host of The Elias Makos Show on CJAD 800.

Duration:00:23:31

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Valerie Plante is convinced her party will remain in power! Montrealers might think otherwise

11/4/2024
Justine McIntyre kicks off the week with Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor, and Meeker Guerrier, Commentator at Noovo and RDS.

Duration:00:31:35

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Valerie Plante has spoken on the hijab controversy in the City Hall Welcome.

11/1/2024
Filling in for Elias Makos, Justine McIntyre is joined by Neil Drabkin, a lawyer who served as federal prosecutor and a political commentator, as well as Christina Chough (C-H-O), a Spanish teacher and Chair of the modern languages department at Dawson College.

Duration:00:24:07

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The Legault government is suspending two major permanent immigration programs to curb a higher-than-expected increase in the number of new arrivals next year.

10/31/2024
Filling in for Elias Makos, Justine McIntyre is joined by Paul Gott, Lead singer, guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia, as well as Anne Lagace-Dowson, a political analyst.

Duration:00:22:51

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The Bloc Québécois is ready to make good on a threat to work with other parties to bring down the minority government now that the Liberals have failed to meet their demands by the deadline.

10/30/2024
Filling in for Elias Makos, Justine McIntyre is joined by Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media and host of the Inspiring Business Hour, as well as Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for Noovo and CTV Montreal News at 5.

Duration:00:30:28

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Some Liberal MPs want a secret ballot vote to decide on Justin Trudeau’s leadership.

10/29/2024
Filling in for Elias Makos is Justine McIntyre, who is joined by Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, and Akil Alleyne, Reporter and commentator.

Duration:00:32:26

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Ensemble Montreal is asking Project Montreal for a more concrete plan to tackle homelessness. Trump went on more rants this Sunday against Kamala Harris, this time attacking Puerto Ricans and saying Harris has destroyed the country.

10/28/2024
Filling in for Elias Makos, Justine McIntyre is joined in studio by Meeker Guerrier, Weekend News Anchor at Noovo and a commentator at RDS and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor.

Duration:00:34:29