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The Big Five Podcast

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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24:50

Montreal’s snow removal struggle. Plus: All aboard...

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2025/02/19

Elias Makos is joined by Meeker Guerrier, Commentator at Noovo and RDS, andCaroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance. The latest poll numbers from Angus Reid show that the Liberals under him would be neck and neck with the Conservatives La Presse is reporting that the Trudeau government will announce this morning a $100-billion dollar plan for High-speed rail between Quebec City and Toronto Quebec Transport Minister Geneviève Guilbault is demanding that the

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32:05

Canada’s rapid decline in happiness. Plus: How...

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2025/02/18

Elias Makos is joined by Justine McIntyre, strategic consultant and former city councillor and Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media and host of the Inspiring Business Hour on CJAD. The C.D. Howe Institute is highlighting Canada’s rapid decline in happiness. The amount of snow we’ve received was record breaking. By some metrics you have to go back to 1898 to find more snow in such a short period. Each of the five people running for the Liberal leadership know at

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23:08

Montreal gets walloped by record snow and opens a new...

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2025/02/17

Elias Makos kicks the week off with Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia, andJimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor. A powerful blizzard hit Montreal yesterday, bringing up to 40 cm of snow and strong winds, reducing visibility to near zero The REM is down again this morning - a morning when we’re urging people not to be on the roads. Did we buy a lemon? La Ville annonce la création du Bureau de la

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24:58

Canada’s Premiers paid a lot of money for their White...

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2025/02/14

Elias makos caps off the week with Akil Alleyne, Reporter and Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program. andMeeker Guerrier, Commentator at Noovo and RDS. What is the most romantic spot in Montreal? How did Canada’s Premiers get a meeting at the White House on Wednesday? As it turns out, it was money. Quebec Premier François Legault defended his approach to protecting the province from US tariffs after facing criticism for his negotiations during a recent trade

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21:59

Are 24-hr Walmarts, oil and gas projects in Quebec’s...

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2025/02/13

Elias Makos is joined by Political analyst Karim Boulos, andAndrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy. As we get hit with the biggest snowstorm of the season, the Montreal Children Hospital’s Trauma Centre is warning parents against the dangers of sledding and snow forts Canadian Premiers and Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc have described their meetings with White House officials as constructive Economic Minister Christopher

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23:49

The Ex-PMs want you to fly Canada’s flag. Plus: How...

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2025/02/12

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, andPaul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia. All of Canada’s living former prime ministers are urging Canadians to “show the flag” on Flag Day At a launch event on Tuesday, former PM Stephen Harper said the following: “And if I was still

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24:13

Canadians hate Elon Musk and his DOGE. Plus: Your GST...

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2025/02/11

Elias Makos is joined by Justine McIntyre, strategic consultant and former city councillor and Sue Smith, a Montreal journalist and broadcaster on The Big 5, Jagmeet Singh's NDP wants to reinstate the $5,000 federal rebate for electric vehicle purchases and double it to $10,000 for models made in Canada. Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency’s campaign against wasteful spending is seemingly impacting foreign aid groups in Quebec. The temporary GST holiday in Canada, which has

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23:34

Donald Trump’s threats make a comeback at the Super...

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2025/02/10

Elias Makos starts the week 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 800, andJimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor. Donald Trump announced he will impose a new 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports, escalating his trade policy To add: Trump also doubled down on his suggestion that Canada should become the 51st state You see an Amazon delivery truck pull up outside your house only to see its

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23:53

Time to prove your loyalty to Canada and boycott the...

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2025/02/07

Elias Makos caps off the week with Neil Drabkin, lawyer who served as federal prosecutor and chief of staff in the Harper government, andMeeker Guerrier, Commentator at Noovo and RDS. François Legault hopes that hockey fans at the Bell Centre will not boo the US national anthem during Saturday’s Canadiens game Quebec's culture minister has introduced a bill to officially declare hockey as the province’s "national" sport Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney would do the best

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22:53

The Canadian War on Drugs. Plus: The Liberal brand...

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2025/02/06

Elias Makos welcomes back Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance, andAndrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy. Welcome to The Canadian War on Drugs. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre says he would impose life sentences for trafficking over 40 mg of fentanyl Donald Trump's recent threats have unexpectedly boosted the Liberal brand in both Ottawa and Quebec, as Quebecers rally against the US president For

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24:57

Trump’s “brutal economic attack” could cost 100,000...

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2025/02/05

Elias Makos is joined by Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia, andJonathan Kalles, Vice President at McMillan Vantage and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. François Legault has condemned Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs as a “brutal economic attack” on Canada and Quebec A new Leger poll finds that 83% of Quebecers fear that Donald Trump’s proposed 25% tariffs will harm

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23:15

Canada’s long Trade War nightmare is over… for now.

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2025/02/04

Elias Makos is joined by Akil Alleyne, Reporter and commentator with extensive experience analysing legal, political, and social issues and Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program and Justine McIntyre, strategic consultant and former city councillor on The Big 5. Donald Trump has paused tariffs on Canadian imports for 30 days after Justin Trudeau pledged $1.3 billion to strengthen northern border security, appoint a "Fentanyl Czar," and deploy 10,000 personnel. During

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23:34

The Great Canada-U.S. Trade War of 2025

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2025/02/03

Elias Makos begins the week with Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor, andSue Smith, a Montreal journalist and broadcaster. Donald Trump wasn’t bluffing after all… As his 25% tariffs on Canadian goods came into effect on Saturday. But Canada was quick to respond with Justin Trudeau announcing 25% tariffs on a range of US goods The new tariffs imposed by the Trump administration will have significant economic impacts on Canadians, including job losses, a declining Canadian

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32:14

Forget the United States, let’s join the European...

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2025/01/31

Elias Makos caps off the week with Meeker Guerrier, Commentator at Noovo and RDS, andDan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media and host of the Inspiring Business Hour - Saturdays at noon on CJAD 800. Donald Trump says tariffs against Canada are coming tomorrow Amid our tensions with the United States, some are floating the idea of crossing the Atlantic and joining the European Union. Is this an idea worth considering? Quebec’s new integration bill, tabled by Immigration

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22:51

Why don’t the Liberals want a woman Prime Minister?...

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2025/01/30

Elias Makos is joined by Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance, andChristina Chough, Spanish teacher and Chair of the modern languages department at Dawson College. Struggling to get support from her former cabinet colleagues, Chrystia Freeland is proposing a new policy: Capping the number of ministers at 20 (There are 38 right now) and slashing the size of the prime minister’s office How is Canada going to evade U.S. tariffs on February 1st? A man who led an

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25:07

All that Foreign Interference work and not a single...

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2025/01/29

Elias Makos is joined by Political analyst Karim Boulos, andAndrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy. Commissioner for the foreign interference inquiry Marie Josee Hogue released her final report yesterday Jagmeet Singh, who was going to bring down the Liberal government at the first chance - is now waffling at the idea, if it would help the Liberals pass COVID-19-like tariff-relief measures for Canadians A local book club has been told

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23:44

Quebec will table an ‘integration’ bill. Plus: Donald...

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2025/01/28

Elias Makos is joined by Justine McIntyre, strategic consultant and former city council and Sue Smith, a Montreal journalist and broadcaster on The Big 5. It was a key election promise for Donald Trump, and through week one of his second term, he has seemingly delivered. Mass arrests across the U.S. of undocumented immigrants There are plans for the Province of Quebec to table an integration bill Immigration Minister Jean-François Roberge announces. Parti Québécois leader Paul

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25:03

The Amazon layoffs are worse than you think. Plus:...

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2025/01/24

Elias Makos ends the week with Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy, andJonathan Kalles, Vice President at McMillan Vantage and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. It turns out that Amazon’s decision to cease its logistic operations in Quebec is even more devastating than first thought. Nearly 3,500 - double what was thought on Wednesday Mark Carney has locked up an impressive list of endorsements from Liberal

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34:16

Amazon retreats from Quebec. Plus: The gender...

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2025/01/23

Elias Makos welcomes back Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance, andDan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media. Yesterday Amazon announced that they would be pulling out of Quebec. Closing 7 warehouses and laying off 1,700 employees in Montreal, Laval and other cities Appearing on Toronto news station CP 24, Pierre Poilievre was asked about gender identity, and whether or not he would follow suit with Trump on the matter The Supreme Court of

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23:25

Amazon is pulling out of Quebec. Plus: Trump says...

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2025/01/22

Elias Makos is joined by Sue Smith is a Montreal journalist and broadcaster, andPaul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia. Amazon has just announced that it is ceasing its operations in Quebec Quebec’s rental board has approved a maximum rent increase of 5.9% for 2025…. the highest in 30 years Donald Trump says the tariffs he’s promising to hit Canada with have nothing to do with trade negotiations, but

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