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: Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer at Women in Governance, and Victor Henriquez, public affairs and crisis management specialist at Public Strategy and Conseil.

• The Parti Québécois set a Canadian record by forming a government with just 28.02% of the popular vote, reigniting intense debates over electoral reform.
• Tech billionaire Elon Musk used his social media platform X to advocate for the separation of Quebec, Alberta, and Saskatchewan from Canada.
• Federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser announced that individuals with mental illness as their sole condition will be indefinitely excluded from medical assistance in dying.
• A fatal homeless encampment fire in Montreal-North sparked fresh outrage as a city eviction order threatened to close a large rooming house.
• A Montreal man launched a legal and public battle against the provincial environment ministry to prevent authorities from seizing his pet raccoon.