The Big Five Podcast iHeartRadio

Elias Makos is joined by Jonathan Kalles, Senior Director at McMillan Vantage and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Akil Alleyne, Reporter and commentator and Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program.


Swedish manufacturer Northvolt says it found homemade bombs at the construction site of their future battery plant on the south shore of Montreal
It is day 11 of the encampment at McGill University and things both parties remain at a standstill after their meeting yesterday
Quebec is looking at tightening the regulations around sperm donation

Elias Makos kicks off the week with Political analyst Karim Boulos, and David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister, Council at Fasken and political analyst.


There’s frustration in Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, as a pilot project that sees garbage collection reduced to once every two weeks moves forward
Quebec Liberal Party leadership news: Former finance minister Carlos Leitao has endorsed Frédéric Beauchemin for the job, even if the current MNA hasn’t made a run official
There appears to be chaos at Québec solidaire. After co-spokesperson Émilise Lessard-Therrien announced she was leaving the party after just five months, two high-level staffers also announced they were headed for the exits as the weekend began

Elias Makos ends the week with Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia, and Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for CTV Montreal News at 5 and president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies.


Community groups in Chinatown are pleading for action to deal with the rise in crime in the area
The National Assembly is divided into two camps - this according to Premier François Legault
Quebec’s French language Minister Jean-François Roberge is now seeking guidance from France about secularism in schools

Elias Makos is joined by Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media, and Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy.


Latest poll by Leger for the National Post shows the largest lead for the Conservative Party since Brian Mulroney was at the helm
Week’s after the budget was unveiled, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh finally confirmed his party will support it
McGill University's ongoing encampment situation continues. The university is now offering a ‘forum’ to protesters if they agree to leave

Elias Makos welcomes in Anthony Koch, Former National Spokesperson for Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and current managing principal at AK Strategies, and Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor.


Chaos in the House of Commons on Tuesday - with the leader of the opposition being kicked out of parliament for calling the Prime Minister ‘Wacko” 
NYPD officers arrested protesters at Columbia University last night
The federal government is finally going to force employees to come back to the office three days a week
Montreal is going to hire professional shooters to deal with east-end deer overpopulation

Elias Makos welcomes in Neil Drabkin, lawyer and former chief of staff in the Harper government, and Anne Lagace-Dowson, political analyst.


McGill says the “pro-Palestinian” encampment is illegal and violates the university’s policies, but is hoping to deescalate the situation, and avoid calling in the police
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he's still not ready to say whether his caucus will support the federal budget
A proposed boycott of Loblaw stores is gaining momentum online