Montreal Now with Aaron Rand Podcast-logo

Montreal Now with Aaron Rand Podcast

Arts & Culture Podcasts

Aaron Rand gets Montrealers through the end their work day with the latest news and compelling conversation. The show includes analysis from former NDP leader Tom Mulcair and The Montreal Gazette’s James Mennie. Also expect a laugh or a challenge with the Empire Gold News Quiz!

Location:

United States

Description:

Aaron Rand gets Montrealers through the end their work day with the latest news and compelling conversation. The show includes analysis from former NDP leader Tom Mulcair and The Montreal Gazette’s James Mennie. Also expect a laugh or a challenge with the Empire Gold News Quiz!

Language:

English


Episodes
Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Mulcair: Now that Trudeau is gone, things are going to start to calm down

1/10/2025
Tom Mulcair, CJAD 800 political commentator Tom Mulcair can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand in addition to The Andrew Carter Morning Show, every weekday at 7:40 a.m.

Duration:00:11:29

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Mennie: Federal Liberal leadership - the field narrows, & the plot thickens.

1/10/2025
James Mennie, Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Duration:00:15:58

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Business Brief: Canada added 91,000 jobs in December as unemployment rate fell

1/10/2025
Amanda Lang, business anchor with BNN Bloomberg and the host of “Taking Stock” which can be heard anywhere on the Iheart network

Duration:00:07:55

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Meet the first Liberal caucus member who WILL run in the Liberal leadership race

1/10/2025
Chandra Arya, Liberal MP representing the Ontario riding of Nepean who has officially entered the race to replace Justin Trudeau as leader of the Federal Liberal Party

Duration:00:08:56

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Canada’s immigration minister discusses Trudeau’s resignation, Meta eliminates fact-checking, detox products, & meet a Liberal leadership hopeful who believes he can solve Canada’s affordability crisis

1/9/2025
Marc Miller, Canada’s immigration minister Carmi Levy, CTV’s Tech analyst Dr. Chris Labos, cardiologist with a degree in epidemiology Frank Baylis, successful businessman and former Liberal MP for the Montreal riding of Pierrefonds-Dollard

Duration:00:46:25

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Projects with the potential to reshape Montreal are either breaking ground or being completed in 2025

1/9/2025
Luciano D’iorio, Regional President and Associate Director at CDNGlobal - a commercial real estate advising and brokerage firm

Duration:00:10:02

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Soudas: Dominic LeBlanc would have been the biggest threat to the Conservative party

1/9/2025
Dimitri Soudas, Political commentator Dimitri Soudas served as the former Director of Communications for Stephen Harper. He can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Duration:00:08:09

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Mennie: Anyone have Doug Ford on their Captain Canada bingo card?

1/9/2025
James Mennie, Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Duration:00:10:46

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Tech Corner: Meta eliminates fact-checking

1/9/2025
Carmi Levy, Tech analyst and journalist Carmi Levy can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand as well as CTV News.

Duration:00:09:26

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Liberal leadership hopeful Frank Baylis believes he can solve Canada’s affordability crisis

1/8/2025
Frank Baylis, successful businessman and former Liberal MP for the Montreal riding of Pierrefonds-DollardHipstrumentals.com

Duration:00:11:25

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Crane: The Liberal leadership race will be interesting

1/8/2025
Jennifer Crane is a political strategist and founder of Connexion Québec Public Affairs. She can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Duration:00:09:56

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Mennie: Can the Quebec nation resist Donald Trump?

1/8/2025
James Mennie, Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Duration:00:10:34

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

The Legal Corner: Landlord tries to repossess an apartment because the tenant wants to move a family member into building

1/8/2025
CJAD 800 legal contributor Chris Dimakos is a lawyer and managing partner at Dimakos Law Group. He can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Duration:00:07:56

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Marc Miller - Canada’s immigration minister and Justin Trudeau’s lifelong friend - discusses his resignation

1/7/2025
Marc Miller, Canada’s immigration minister

Duration:00:14:57

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Husny: The Prime Minister made the right decision, just a few months too late

1/7/2025
Rudy Husny, former advisor in the Harper government and political analyst

Duration:00:09:58

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Mennie: Trump is just one reason the Liberals need a new leader ASAP.

1/7/2025
James Mennie - Reporter, Columnist and Editor at the Montreal Gazette

Duration:00:14:40

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

The Right Chemistry: Is Magnesium really a miracle supplement?

1/7/2025
Dr. Joe Schwarz, Host of the Dr. Joe Show, Sundays at 3 PM on CJAD 800 & director of the McGill Office for Science & Society

Duration:00:08:05

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

What happens to Justin Trudeau’s unfinished bills Including those $250 cheques, expanded gun control measures, and that capital gains tax change?

1/7/2025
Eric Adams, University of Alberta law professor and Canadian constitution expert, & Duff Conacher, the co-founder of Democracy Watch, a non-profit that advocates for democratic reform and government accountability

Duration:00:08:23

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

What does Justin Trudeau’s first-ever biographer think about his decision to step down?

1/7/2025
Stephen Maher, is the author of The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau - the first ever political biography of Justin Trudeau

Duration:00:08:23

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

How you can help ease overcrowding at Montreal’s emergency rooms

1/7/2025
Dr. Mitch Shulman, Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at McGill Medical School as well as an Attending Physician in the Emergency Department of the McGill University Health Centre. He’s also a regular medical consultant for Andrew Carter here on the CJAD Morning Show

Duration:00:10:44