Trudie Mason welcomes in Akil Alleyne, reporter, commentator, and manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program, and Dan Delmar, independent political analyst, media strategist, and co-founder of TNKR Media.
Élections Québec announced voter information packages will be mailed exclusively in French to comply with provincial language laws.
Investigative reports revealed PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon made multiple financial donations to the federal Liberal Party.
Multiple provincial parties face intense scrutiny over candidate vetting failures following a series of controversial past revelations.
Columnists Patrick Lagacé and Mathieu Bock-Côté clashed over the reliability and media weaponization of election poll data.

Trudie Mason welcomes in Akil Alleyne, reporter, commentator, and manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program, and Dan Delmar, independent political analyst, media strategist, and co-founder of TNKR Media.
<ul data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-ved="2ahUKEwjc8ePM_8-WAxXSg4kEHe0UDE0Q-7AUegYIAAgHEAA" data-hveid="CAAIBxAA" data-complete="true" data-processed="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);">
<li data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-hveid="CAAIBxAB" data-complete="true" data-sae="" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);">&Eacute;lections Qu&eacute;bec announced voter information packages will be mailed exclusively in French to comply with provincial language laws.</li>
<li data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-hveid="CAAIBxAC" data-complete="true" data-sae="" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);">Investigative reports revealed PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon made multiple financial donations to the federal Liberal Party.</li>
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</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.

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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.

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Voter documents in French only. Plus: PSPP's federal Liberal donations exposed

Trudie Mason welcomes in Daniel Tran, political analyst and former municipal economic development advisor, and Dan Delmar, independent political analyst, media strategist, and co-founder of TNKR Media.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of 9/11 leaves Canadians questioning how a historic ally became a bitter trade war enemy.
The Quebec Court of Appeal rejected Montreal's urgent bid to evict a permanent homeless encampment in the Plateau.
PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon estimated a future Quebec sovereignty referendum would cost taxpayers one hundred and thirty million dollars.
Premier Christine Fréchette dodged questions about her personal stance on separation, dismissing her past PQ ties as irrelevant.
A striking new Angus Reid poll shows Mark Carney pulling over one million previous Conservative voters into the Liberal camp.

 

Trudie Mason welcomes in Daniel Tran, political analyst and former municipal economic development advisor, and Dan Delmar, independent political analyst, media strategist, and co-founder of TNKR Media.
<ul data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-ved="2ahUKEwjlg6mN0eaWAxVZwvACHV_BH8UQ-7AUegYIAQgIEAA" data-hveid="CAEICBAA" data-complete="true" data-processed="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);">
<li data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-hveid="CAEICBAB" data-complete="true" data-sae="" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);">The twenty-fifth anniversary of 9/11 leaves Canadians questioning how a historic ally became a bitter trade war enemy.</li>
<li data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-hveid="CAEICBAC" data-complete="true" data-sae="" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);">The Quebec Court of Appeal rejected Montreal's urgent bid to evict a permanent homeless encampment in the Plateau.</li>
<li data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-hveid="CAEICBAD" data-complete="true" data-sae="" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);">PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon estimated a future Quebec sovereignty referendum would cost taxpayers one hundred and thirty million dollars.</li>
<li data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-hveid="CAEICBAE" data-complete="true" data-sae="" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);">Premier Christine Fr&eacute;chette dodged questions about her personal stance on separation, dismissing her past PQ ties as irrelevant.</li>
<li data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-hveid="CAEICBAF" data-complete="true" data-sae="" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);">A striking new Angus Reid poll shows Mark Carney pulling over one million previous Conservative voters into the Liberal camp.</li>
</ul>
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Betrayal on 9/11 anniversary? Plus: Court blocks city from clearing Plateau homeless camp

Trudie Mason welcomes in Bonnie Feigenbaum, former Conservative Party of Quebec candidate, lecturer at Concordia and McGill, and media consultant, and political analyst Karim Boulos.
Quebec's five major party leaders pitched competing visions on television ahead of Monday's first crucial election debate.
Pierre Poilievre travels to New York to pitch free trade with Washington as the federal Liberals hold a fourteen-point poll lead.
Donald Trump promised to give every adult US citizen five thousand dollars if Republicans win the upcoming midterm elections.
Police caught two Hells Angels members violating Quebec's new anti-patch law by displaying gang colours in Longueuil.
A former AI employee warned tech giants are gambling with human lives by racing toward unregulated superintelligence.

Trudie Mason welcomes in Bonnie Feigenbaum, former Conservative Party of Quebec candidate, lecturer at Concordia and McGill, and media consultant, and political analyst Karim Boulos.
<ul data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-ved="2ahUKEwjlo52rleSWAxX4pokEHRbSOGEQ-7AUegYIAAgJEAA" data-hveid="CAAICRAA" data-complete="true" data-processed="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);">
<li data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-hveid="CAAICRAB" data-complete="true" data-sae="" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);">Quebec's five major party leaders pitched competing visions on television ahead of Monday's first crucial election debate.</li>
<li data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-hveid="CAAICRAC" data-complete="true" data-sae="" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);">Pierre Poilievre travels to New York to pitch free trade with Washington as the federal Liberals hold a fourteen-point poll lead.</li>
<li data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-hveid="CAAICRAD" data-complete="true" data-sae="" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);">Donald Trump promised to give every adult US citizen five thousand dollars if Republicans win the upcoming midterm elections.</li>
<li data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-hveid="CAAICRAE" data-complete="true" data-sae="" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);">Police caught two Hells Angels members violating Quebec's new anti-patch law by displaying gang colours in Longueuil.</li>
<li data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-hveid="CAAICRAF" data-complete="true" data-sae="" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);">A former AI employee warned tech giants are gambling with human lives by racing toward unregulated superintelligence.</li>
</ul>

Five party leaders clash on television. Plus: Donald Trump's $5000 payout promise

Trudie Mason welcomes in Sue Smith, Montreal journalist and broadcaster, and Lionel Perez, former Montreal opposition leader and CEO of CorpCentre.
Donald Trump banned Canadian alcohol, dairy, and motorcycles in a fierce retaliation against Canada's latest counter-tariffs.
Former Premier Jean Charest argued that Trump's aggressive trade war might ultimately force Canada to diversify its global economic partnerships.
Canada and China quietly resumed high-level military coordination dialogues, drawing heavy fire and skepticism from federal Conservatives.
Montreal spent over seven hundred thousand dollars on new pothole-repair machines that critics warn cannot operate during winter conditions.

Trudie Mason welcomes in Sue Smith, Montreal journalist and broadcaster, and Lionel Perez, former Montreal opposition leader and CEO of CorpCentre.
<ul data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-ved="2ahUKEwiA-7vL2eGWAxX2hisGHdyDMbsQ-7AUegYIAAgKEAA" data-hveid="CAAIChAA" data-complete="true" data-processed="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);">
<li data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-hveid="CAAIChAB" data-complete="true" data-sae="" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);">Donald Trump banned Canadian alcohol, dairy, and motorcycles in a fierce retaliation against Canada's latest counter-tariffs.</li>
<li data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-hveid="CAAIChAE" data-complete="true" data-sae="" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);">Former Premier Jean Charest argued that Trump's aggressive trade war might ultimately force Canada to diversify its global economic partnerships.</li>
<li data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-hveid="CAAIChAH" data-complete="true" data-sae="" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);">Canada and China quietly resumed high-level military coordination dialogues, drawing heavy fire and skepticism from federal Conservatives.</li>
<li data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-hveid="CAAIChAK" data-complete="true" data-sae="" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);">Montreal spent over seven hundred thousand dollars on new pothole-repair machines that critics warn cannot operate during winter conditions.</li>
</ul>

Voter documents in French only. Plus: PSPP's federal Liberal donations exposed

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