The Elias Makos Show: October 21, 2026

In the 10am hour of today's program:

• The cost of depositing your bottles is about to skyrocket: Quebec Beverage Container Recycling Association Vice-President of Strategy Jean-François Lefort addresses a 45 percent surge in the cost of modernizing the province's deposit-return system, as leaked Consignaction documents reveal annual expenses are jumping from $308 million to $450 million next year.
• In Transit: McGill Faculty Lecturer of Operations and Integrated Aviation Management John Gradek examines Air Canada's new policy to charge an extra $30 per passenger for phone bookings, a non-refundable fee designed to push customers toward its digital options.
• A new study gives good news about ultra processed foods: Dr. Joe Schwarcz, host of the Dr. Joe Show and director of the McGill Office for Science & Society, highlights a major new scientific study finding no direct statistical link between the consumption of ultra-processed foods and an increased risk of colorectal cancer.