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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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23:47

The threat of tariffs continues to loom large on...

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2025/01/21

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 Political analyst Karim Boulos on the Big 5. it’s official Donald Trump is the President of the United States. Shooting near the Canadian border results in the death of a US border patrol agent. Chrystia Freeland is making media appearances as she tries to drum up support for her Liberal

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23:00

Turns out Americans really don’t want Canada to...

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2025/01/20

Elias Makos kicks off the week with Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor, andJimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor. Officials here in Canada still don’t know what Trump will actually do when it comes to tariffs against this country A new Wall Street Journal poll finds two-thirds of Americans are opposed to Donald Trump’s idea of making Canada the 51st state A report by Radio-Canada says the RCMP rushed to buy border-surveillance drones when Donald

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23:18

Mark Carney and Chrystia Freeland make it official....

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2025/01/17

Elias Makos caps off the week with Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy, and Neil Drabkin, former chief of staff in the Harper government. It’s official - Mark Carney has officially entered the race for Liberal leadership at an event in Edmonton Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is warning the Trump administration against imposing tariffs against Canada - saying there will be retaliation A shockingly high percentage

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21:26

Chrystia Freeland will ‘axe the tax.’ Plus: The worst...

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2025/01/16

Elias Makos welcomes back Jonathan Kalles, Vice President at McMillan Vantage and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, andAkil Alleyne, Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program. Chrystia Freeland will dump the carbon tax if she becomes the next Liberal leader. A source close to Freeland says “she will not fight Canadians on a policy they have been clear, they do not support.” A report from the Globe and Mail reveals that nearly 50,000 international

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24:21

François Legault’s turn as “Captain Canada.” Plus:...

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2025/01/15

Elias Makos is joined by Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor, and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia. “The Hill,” a U.S. political publication centred on Capitol Hill and a must-read for those in policy-making, published an op-ed from Legault titled “A tariff on Canada would be self-inflicted damage for America Quebec says they’re ready to deploy another 300

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32:06

Mark Carney charms America. Plus: Should café...

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2025/01/14

Elias Makos is joined by Meeker Guerrier, commentator at Noovo and RDS and first time panelist Sue Smith is a Montreal journalist and broadcaster on the Big 5. Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney found time for an interview with the media yesterday south of the border with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland is set to announce her bid for Liberal Party leadership within the week. Starbucks is reversing its open-door policy, requiring customers to make a

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24:52

The Big 5 : Jean Chretien says the Liberal party must...

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2025/01/13

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 Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor. Former Prime Minister Jean Chretien suggests that the Liberals should move to the 'radical centre'. Is he correct? One SPVM police officer has been suspended for insulting a young offender. . The Quebec Bar is warning that AI cannot replace professional legal advice.

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32:26

Justin Trudeau heads to CNN and MSNBC. Plus: You’re...

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2025/01/10

Elias Makos is joined by Neil Drabkin, Lawyer who served as federal prosecutor and a political commentator who was a chief of staff in the Harper government and Jonathan Kalles, Vice President at McMillan Vantage, a national public affairs firm, and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on The Big 5. Is Trump using talk of Canada becoming the 51st state as a distraction from the real threat? Trudeau takes to U.S. media to discuss, A possible candidate for the Liberal leadership bows out

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22:35

Pick your poison: China, Russia, or the U.S. Plus:...

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2025/01/09

Elias Makos is joined by Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor and Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy on The Big 5. In light of all the talk of the U.S. taking over Greenland, the Panama Canal, and annexing us here in Canada - let’s talk empires for a second. Russia and China have massively outflanked the United States over the last 15 years. With this country being devoid of federal leadership

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23:33

Donald Trump ramps up his threats to Canada. Plus:...

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2025/01/08

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. Trump says he could use ‘economic force’ to acquire Canada. Voting procedures in the next Liberal leadership race and decide who will be Canada’s

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24:12

Justin Trudeau’s three-month walk in the snow. Plus:...

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2025/01/07

Elias Makos is joined by Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia on the Big 5. Although it may not have come as a shock to many…. Yesterday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that he would be stepping down as Liberal leader. Donald Trump’s instant reaction to the Trudeau resignation news? Major, sweeping changes at Meta, the owner of

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24:41

Justin Trudeau’s moment of truth. Plus: Should...

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2025/01/06

Elias Makos is joined by Trudie Mason - Veteran Newscaster here at CJAD 800 and Jimmy Zoubris, Special Advisor to the Mayor. Justin Trudeau’s resignation could come at any minute. When Justin Trudeau resigns, what song should we play on air. Have you hopped on the dry January trend? Dry January continues to grow in popularity in Quebec, with more peopleembracing sobriety for health and mindfulness.

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22:44

You can now take up to three sick days without a...

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2025/01/03

Robyn Flynn caps off the week with Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor andAndrew Caddell, president of the Task Force on Linguistic policy. Quebecers can now take up to 3 sick days without a doctor's note. The new law went into effect on January 1st, and is meant to reduce the burden on ERs and clinics, and folks with colds and flu wait around for doctors notes for their employers A recent survey asked 2800 people if they were willing to spend more for a local product

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24:10

The latest on what happened in New Orleans on New...

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2025/01/02

Robyn Flynn is joined by Catherine Hogan, high school teacher at Westwood Senior High in Hudson, andJonathan Kalles, Vice President at McMillan Vantage, and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Two major attacks occurred around New Year celebrations in the US Multiple hospitals around Quebec have lost TV service in November after a contract dispute with Videotron Montrealers have a municipal election to look ahead to this year, but after Valerie Plante said she wouldn’t be seeking

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24:28

An American who took part in the January 6th riots on...

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2025/01/01

Robyn Flynn is joined by Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media and host of the Inspiring Business Hour, andPaul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia. Every year, hundreds of children visit Quebec's National Assembly and take the opportunity to write letters to their elected officials. In 2019, their concerns revolved around climate change, but this year, it’d more so the increasing cost of

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26:01

Tenants in Lachine have been living without heat or...

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2024/12/31

Robyn Flynn welcomes in Akil Alleyne, Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program, andAnne Lagace-Dowson, political analyst. Tenants in a Lachine apartment building have been living without heat and hot water for seven weeks and say they have been completely abandoned by their building owner Yesterday was the hottest December 30th ever recorded, according to Environment Canada After MNAs voted in favour of their own salary increase in June 2023, the Parti Québecois

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23:44

74% of elected officials say they’ve experienced some...

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2024/12/30

Robyn Flynn kicks off the week with Neil Drabkin, federal prosecutor and a political commentator who was a chief of staff in the Harper government, and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor. What do you most remember about Jimmy Carter? What do you find most notable about him? How have US politics changed since his term from 1977 to 1981? Another slew of Liberals signed a letter demanding Trudeau to step down from his position as Prime Minister Federation of Quebec Municipalities, 74% of

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22:30

A Gatineau man almost lost his thumb because Quebec...

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2024/12/27

Robyn Flynn is joined by Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor, andAndrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy. The Globe & Mail has a story today about Canada’s new finance minister Dominic Leblanc staying at the Irving home recently Donald Trump continued his slew of trolling messages on Christmas Day continuing threats of seizing control of Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal The

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24:23

NDP to vote non-confidence against the Trudeau...

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2024/12/23

Robyn Flynn, in for Elias Makos is joined by Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor 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, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has announced that his party will introduce a motion of non-confidence against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government. Valerie Plante says she feared for her safety when she was

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22:14

A French couple in Granby forced to close down their...

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2024/12/20

Robyn Flynn caps off the week with Neil Drabkin, is a lawyer and political commentator who was a chief of staff in the Harper government, and Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to announce a significant cabinet shuffle today, aiming to stabilize his Liberal government following Chrystia Freeland's surprise resignation as finance minister Santé

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