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: Meeker Guerrier, commentator at Noovo and RDS, and Rudy Husny, political analyst and former advisor in the Harper government.

• PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon won the chaotic TVA face-off with thirty-eight percent support in a post-debate flash poll.
• A fresh Nanos poll reinforces a tight three-way provincial election horse race ahead of tonight's Noovo debate.
• Protesters and police squared off in St-Henri over open drug use around the Maison Benoît Labre supervised consumption site.
• Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper backed Canada walking away from US trade talks, endorsing a controversial plan to privatize major airports.