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.

On today's Big 5: Raphaël Melançon, political analyst for CTV Montreal and CJAD 800, and columnist for the Montreal Gazette, and Rudy Husny, political analyst and former advisor in the Harper government.
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon will become Quebec's next premier after leading the Parti Québécois to a historic minority victory, falling just short of a majority.
Premier Christine Fréchette took full responsibility as the Coalition Avenir Québec was completely wiped off the electoral map with zero seats.
Charles Milliard led a resurgent Quebec Liberal Party to an impressive forty-seat Official Opposition caucus, expanding aggressively off Montreal Island.
Éric Duhaime's Conservatives made a historic breakthrough by turning widespread regional support into seventeen National Assembly seats.
Québec solidaire co-leader Ruba Ghazal fended off a total collapse to secure a persistent presence in a newly crowded legislature.
Voter turnout hit 66.89%, marking the highest percentage of civic engagement the province has seen since the 2014 election.

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.
On today's Big 5: Rapha&euml;l Melan&ccedil;on, political analyst for CTV Montreal and CJAD 800, and columnist for the Montreal Gazette, and Rudy Husny, political analyst and former advisor in the Harper government.
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<li data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-epip="" data-hveid="CAAIDRAC" data-complete="true" data-sae="">Paul St-Pierre Plamondon will become Quebec's next premier after leading the Parti Qu&eacute;b&eacute;cois to a historic minority victory, falling just short of a majority.</li>
<li data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-epip="" data-hveid="CAAIDRAD" data-complete="true" data-sae="">Premier Christine Fr&eacute;chette took full responsibility as the Coalition Avenir Qu&eacute;bec was completely wiped off the electoral map with zero seats.</li>
<li data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-epip="" data-hveid="CAAIDRAE" data-complete="true" data-sae="">Charles Milliard led a resurgent Quebec Liberal Party to an impressive forty-seat Official Opposition caucus, expanding aggressively off Montreal Island.</li>
<li data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-epip="" data-hveid="CAAIDRAF" data-complete="true" data-sae="">&Eacute;ric Duhaime's Conservatives made a historic breakthrough by turning widespread regional support into seventeen National Assembly seats.</li>
<li data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-epip="" data-hveid="CAAIDRAG" data-complete="true" data-sae="">Qu&eacute;bec solidaire co-leader Ruba Ghazal fended off a total collapse to secure a persistent presence in a newly crowded legislature.</li>
<li data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-epip="" data-hveid="CAAIDRAH" data-complete="true" data-sae="">Voter turnout hit 66.89%, marking the highest percentage of civic engagement the province has seen since the 2014 election.</li>
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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.

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.

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.