Elias Makos ends the week with Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia, and Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for CTV Montreal News at 5 and president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies.
Community groups in Chinatown are pleading for action to deal with the rise in crime in the area
The National Assembly is divided into two camps - this according to Premier François Legault
Quebec’s French language Minister Jean-François Roberge is now seeking guidance from France about secularism in schools

Elias Makos ends the week with Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia, and Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for CTV Montreal News at 5 and president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies.
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<li>Community groups in Chinatown are pleading for action to deal with the rise in crime in the area</li>
<li>The National Assembly is divided into two camps - this according to Premier François Legault</li>
<li>Quebec’s French language Minister Jean-François Roberge is now seeking guidance from France about secularism in schools</li>
</ul>

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.

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Montreal’s Chinatown calls for action. Plus: François Legault has a lot of opinions, and you’re gonna hear about it.

Elias Makos ends the week with Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor, and Anthony Koch, Former National Spokesperson for Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and current managing principal at AK Strategies.
 A new Angus Reid poll shows the Liberals losing Muslim and Jewish voters as the war in Gaza continues
The Montreal imam who delivered a speech at a pro-Palestinian rally will not be charged
Quebec media says that a new bill to protect politicians is excessive and harms free speech

Elias Makos ends the week with Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor, and Anthony Koch, Former National Spokesperson for Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and current managing principal at AK Strategies.
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<li> A new Angus Reid poll shows the Liberals losing Muslim and Jewish voters as the war in Gaza continues</li>
<li>The Montreal imam who delivered a speech at a pro-Palestinian rally will not be charged</li>
<li>Quebec media says that a new bill to protect politicians is excessive and harms free speech</li>
</ul>

Let’s talk politics and religion! Plus: Montrealers facing a brutal rental market.

Elias Makos is joined by Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance, and Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media.
Yesterday a Quebec court rejected McGill’s injunction request to move the encampment from their university grounds
Millionaire Mitch Garber has taken a shot at NDP leader Jagmeet Singh regarding his salary
The EMSB has come out with fighting remarks. They say that they’re better than the Quebec government at teaching French

Elias Makos is joined by Caroline Codsi, Founder &amp; Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance, and Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media.
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<li>Yesterday a Quebec court rejected McGill’s injunction request to move the encampment from their university grounds</li>
<li>Millionaire Mitch Garber has taken a shot at NDP leader Jagmeet Singh regarding his salary</li>
<li>The EMSB has come out with fighting remarks. They say that they’re better than the Quebec government at teaching French</li>
</ul>

Them’s fighting words: Millionaire battles Jagmeet Singh, the EMSB takes on Quebec.

Elias Makos welcomes in Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy, and Akil Alleyne, Reporter, commentator and Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program.
A new Léger poll shows that Quebec Solidaire is hurting and that the Liberals are climbing
Statistics Canada has released a new report which shows which Anglos are most likely to send their kids to French schools
Aéroports de Montréal, the body that oversees Trudeau Airport and the cargo hub over in Mirabel, is taking a small upstart rival to court

Elias Makos welcomes in Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy, and Akil Alleyne, Reporter, commentator and Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program.
<ul>
<li>A new Léger poll shows that Quebec Solidaire is hurting and that the Liberals are climbing</li>
<li>Statistics Canada has released a new report which shows which Anglos are most likely to send their kids to French schools</li>
<li>Aéroports de Montréal, the body that oversees Trudeau Airport and the cargo hub over in Mirabel, is taking a small upstart rival to court</li>
</ul>

Montreal’s Chinatown calls for action. Plus: François Legault has a lot of opinions, and you’re gonna hear about it.

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