Location:
United States
Description:
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.
Language:
English
Website:
http://www.cjad800.com
Episodes
Premier Legault has been called to testify before the public inquiry into the SAAQclic scandal. Plus: Secularism in daycares
8/27/2025
Trudie Mason is joined by Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor, and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia.
Duration:00:24:59
A new report from the auditor general finds that Montreal roadwork is poorly planned. Plus: School’s back, but the phones aren’t.
8/26/2025
Trudie Mason is joined by Political analyst Karim Boulos, and Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy.
Duration:00:23:12
Projet Montreal has backtracked on bi-weekly trash. Plus: A Quebec man released after killing someone while hunting
8/25/2025
Trudie Mason kicks the week off with Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor, and Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for Noovo and CTV Montreal News at 5. He is also the president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies.
Duration:00:23:54
An update on the SAQ’s proposed destruction of $300,000 worth of American alcohol Plus: Half of Canadians would be ‘ashamed’ to call Pierre Poilievre their PM
8/22/2025
Sue Smith ends the week with Christina Chough, Spanish teacher and Chair of the modern languages department at Dawson College, and Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the content marketing firm TNKR Media and co-host of the podcast Inspiring Entrepreneurs Canada.
Duration:00:26:29
Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Mayor Valerie Plante yesterday. Plus: Flight attendants won’t be punished after the Air Canada strikes
8/21/2025
Trudie Mason is joined by Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance, 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.
Duration:00:22:33
Cellphones are banned in classrooms throughout Quebec: &Five members of the Canadian armed forces have been suspended over the Nazi salute
8/20/2025
Elias Makos ends the week with Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor, and Meeker Guerrier, Commentator at Noovo and RDS
Duration:00:24:21
Should Montreal double the number of bike paths we have on the island? Plus: Air Canada has reached a tentative agreement with its flight attendants
8/19/2025
Political analyst Karim Boulos, and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia.
Duration:00:26:28
Air Canada flight attendants refuse their back to work order. Plus: The SAAQclic hearings are slated to resume this morning.
8/18/2025
Robyn Flynn starts the week off with Jonathan Kalles, Vice President at McMillan Vantage, a national public affairs firm, and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor.
Duration:00:23:45
The OQLF backs down once again. Plus: Artificial Intelligence is literally killing people and we’re not doing anything about it.
8/15/2025
Elias makos ends the week with Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor, and Anthony Koch, Former National Spokesperson for Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and current managing principal at AK Strategies.
Duration:00:25:50
François Legault’s listening tour continues. Plus: The Burgundy Lion Pub not backing down.
8/14/2025
Elias Makos welcomes in Political analyst Karim Boulos and Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for Noovo and CTV Montreal News at 5. He is also the president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies.
Duration:00:23:06
François Legault is talking to strangers. Plus: The time capsule that had a Publisac.
8/13/2025
Elias Makos is joined by Catherine Hogan, high school teacher at Westwood Senior High in Hudson, and Lionel Perez, Former city councillor and leader of the opposition at Montreal hall, and Founder CEO of CorpCentre, an online legal filings service for small businesses.
Duration:00:23:53
The PQ steamroller continues & should air conditioning be a renter’s right?
8/12/2025
Elias was joined on the Big 5 by Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor & Christina Chough, the Chair of the modern languages department at Dawson College.
Among the topics discussed were
Duration:00:25:07
A surprisingly big day in Quebec politics. Plus: From honeymoon to vacation for Mark Carney.
8/11/2025
Elias Makos kicks off the week with Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the content marketing firm TNKR Media and co-host of the podcast Inspiring Entrepreneurs Canada, 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.
Duration:00:24:08
Young Quebecers veering towards sovereignty. Plus: Your god-given right to loyalty rewards points.
8/8/2025
Elias caps the week off with Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor, and Anthony Koch, Former National Spokesperson for Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and current managing principal at AK Strategies.
Duration:00:25:26
Should judges consider race in sentencing decisions? Plus: We tackle advertising and fair pay.
8/7/2025
Meeker Guerrier, Commentator at Noovo and RDS, and Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance.
Duration:00:24:15
Is Canada losing the trade war? Plus: A new contender for Montreal’s biggest waste of money ever.
8/6/2025
Elias Makos Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy, and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia.
Duration:00:26:07
You’re not imagining things - Montreal is getting dirtier. Plus: The right to strike in Quebec.
8/5/2025
Elias Makos is joined by Political analyst Karim Boulos, and Bonnie Feigenbaum, Conservative Party of Quebec candidate in last provincial election and a lecturer at Concordia & McGill University, media & government relations consultant.
Duration:00:25:44
More Quebec doctors are leaving the public system. Plus: Is it time to privatize Canada Post.
8/4/2025
Elias kicks off the week Neil Drabkin, is a lawyer who served as federal prosecutor and a political commentator who was a chief of staff in the Harper government, and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor.
Duration:00:25:39
The Trump edition of ‘Deal or No Deal.’ Plus: What should Montreal learn from cities around the world?
8/1/2025
Elias Makos ends the week with Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor, and Christina Chough (C-H-O), Spanish teacher and Chair of the modern languages department at Dawson College.
Duration:00:25:47
Canada plans to recognize Palestine - with a catch. Plus: Your charter rights to bike paths.
7/31/2025
Elias Makos is joined by Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for Noovo and CTV Montreal News at 5. He is also the president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies, and Jonathan Kalles, Vice President at McMillan Vantage, a national public affairs firm, and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Duration:00:34:15