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Santa Clause delivers a GST holiday for Canada. Plus: The Canadian Navy changes its tune.
Elias Makos is joined by Jonathan Kalles, Vice President at McMillan Vantage and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Neil Drabkin, is a lawyer who served as federal prosecutor and chief of staff in the Harper government. The Canadian government is offering a two-month GST/HST holid…
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Justin Trudeau’s new plan is to axe the tax! Plus: PSPP goes after wokeism.
Elias Makos welcomes back Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia, and Bonnie Feigenbaum, Conservative Party of Quebec candidate in last provincial election and a lecturer at Concordia & McGill University. The Globe and M…
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Valerie Plante releases her final budget. Plus: The illegal tobacco industry keeps getting bigger.
Elias Makos is joined by Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy, and Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for Noovo and CTV Montreal News at 5. He is also the president and founder of Trafalgar St…
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Should religious schools get public funding? Plus: The curious case of Liberal MP Randy Boissonnault.
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 Cir…
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Elias is back and he knows why Donald Trump won. Plus: Justin Trudeau heads to YouTube to explain his bad immigration policy.
Elias Makos is back and kicks off the week with Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor, and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor. Elias offers up an explanation as to why Donald Trump won every single swing state and the Presidency Justin Trudeau says that the fede…
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Despite polling showing only 37% support for Quebec sovereignty, Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon remains confident that he can win a third referendum if elected.
Filling in for Elias Makos, Trudie Mason is joined by Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy, and Bonnie Feigenbaum, Conservative Party of Quebec candidate in last provincial election and a lecture…
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The Quebec Ministry of Education is sending inspectors to 17 schools where violations of the state's secularism law have been reported
Trudie Mason is joined by Neil Drabkin, is a lawyer who served as federal prosecutor and former chief of staff in the Harper government, and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia. The Quebec Ministry of Education is sen…
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A recent Léger poll reveals that the CAQ is at its lowest approval rating in eight years
Trudie Mason is joined by Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for Noovo and CTV Montreal News, president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies, and Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy. A recen…
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Survey on how children get selected to daycare. Plus: Léger on Quebecers forgoing healthcare
Trudie Mason is joined by Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor 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. According …
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Pablo Rodriguez has garnered significant support, including from 40 former ministers. Plus: Illegal gadgets that allow drivers to hide their licence plates
Trudie Mason kicks the week off with 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. Pablo Rodriguez, a candidate for the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party, has ga…
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