The Big Five Podcast

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. On today's Big 5: Dan Delmar, independent political analyst, media strategist, and co-founder of TNKR Media, and Andrew Caddell, columnist for the Hill Times and President of the Tas...

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. On today's Big 5: Jimmy Zoubris, Montreal businessman, longtime activist, and former special advisor to Valerie Plante, and political analyst Karim Boulos. Three new provincial elect...

Joining Elias on today's Big 5 were Trudie Mason, veteran newscaster at CJAD 800 & Lea Streliski, Best-selling author, comedian and columnist. Among the topics discussed  Marwah Rizqy is going public with the tragic loss she and her husband Greg Kelly suffered recently. In a piece published in the Journal de Montréal titled La lettre à l’enfant que je n’aurai pas...

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. On today's Big 5: Victor Henriquez, public affairs and crisis management specialist at Public Strategy and Conseil, and Dan Delmar, independent political analyst, media strategist, a...

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. On today's Big 5: Daniel Tran, political analyst and former municipal economic development advisor, and Andrew Caddell, columnist for the Hill Times and President of the Task Force o...

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. On today's Big 5: Raphaël Melançon, political analyst for CTV Montreal and CJAD 800, and columnist for the Montreal Gazette, and Bonnie Feigenbaum, former Conservative Pa...

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. On today's Big 5: Jimmy Zoubris, Montreal businessman, longtime activist, and former special advisor to Valerie Plante, and Paul Gott, lead singer of the Ripcordz and journalism prof...

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. On today's Big 5: Victor Henriquez, public affairs and crisis management specialist at Public Strategy and Conseil, and political analyst Karim Boulos. European diplomats dismissed C...

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. On today's Big 5: Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer at Women in Governance, and Dan Delmar, independent political analyst, media strategist, and co-founder of TNKR M...

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. On today's Big 5: Meeker Guerrier, commentator at Noovo and RDS, and Rudy Husny, political analyst and former advisor in the Harper government. PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon won...

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. Elias Makos is joined by Raphaël Melançon, political analyst for CTV Montreal and CJAD 800, and columnist for the Montreal Gazette, and Sue Smith, Montreal journalist and...

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. Elias Makos is joined by Jimmy Zoubris, Montreal businessman, longtime activist, and former special advisor to Valerie Plante, and Akil Alleyne, reporter, commentator, and manager of...

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...

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 Libera...

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 eco...

Trudie Mason welcomes in Andrew Caddell, columnist for the Hill Times and President of the Task Force on Linguistic Policy, and Raphaël Melançon, political analyst for CTV Montreal and CJAD 800, and columnist for the Montreal Gazette. Retaliatory tariffs against seven hundred US goods launched today amid warnings from trade envoy Louise Blais that things will get worse. Premier Christi...

Akil Alleyne welcomes in Jimmy Zoubris, Montreal businessman, longtime activist, and former special advisor to Valerie Plante, and Paul Gott, lead singer of the Ripcordz and journalism professor at Concordia. The Carney government will trigger massive retaliatory tariffs against seven hundred US goods tomorrow as Donald Trump continues mocking Canada online. PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon pled...

Trudie Mason welcomes in Rudy Husny, political analyst and former advisor in the Harper government, and Victor Henriquez, public affairs and crisis management specialist at Public Strategy and Conseil. Liberal Leader Charles Milliard accused Premier Christine Fréchette of launching an unjustified attack on English-speaking voters' rights. The Quebec Conservative Party promised a new family...

Trudie Mason welcomes in Meeker Guerrier, commentator at Noovo and RDS, and Lea Streliski, best-selling author, comedian, and columnist. Economy Minister Bernard Drainville faced immediate backlash and a walkback order after swearing at Donald Trump on air. Quebec Liberal insiders are panicking that Premier Christine Fréchette is successfully stealing their traditional federalist and econom...

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 reveal...

Trudie Mason welcomes in Raphaël Melançon, political analyst for CTV Montreal and CJAD 800, and columnist for the Montreal Gazette, and Sue Smith, Montreal journalist and broadcaster. The Liberals swept three federal by-elections, flipping Chicoutimi-Le Fjord to protect Mark Carney's House majority. Fresh polls reveal a direct PQ and CAQ battle as the Quebec Liberals slide into third p...

Trudie Mason is joined by Jimmy Zoubris, Montreal businessman, longtime activist, and former special advisor to Valerie Plante, and Bonnie Feigenbaum, former Conservative Party of Quebec candidate, lecturer at Concordia and McGill, and media consultant. Prime Minister Mark Carney looks to secure a House majority as voters head to the polls for three federal by-elections. Liberal Leader Charles Mil...

Robyn Flynn welcomes Rudy Husny, political analyst and former advisor in the Harper government, and Dan Delmar, independent political analyst, media strategist, and co-founder of TNKR Media. A new Synopsis poll commissioned by Lapresse says the race is now neck and neck between the Parti Québecois and the CAQ. A new war of words has broken out over the collapse of Canada-U.S. trade negotiat...

Robyn Flynn is joined by political analyst Karim Boulos, and Lionel Perez, former Montreal opposition leader and CEO of CorpCentre. Premier Christine Fréchette will launch a thirty-nine day provincial election campaign ahead of the October 5 vote. Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada outlined Montreal's provincial priorities, demanding thousands of shelter beds and water infrastructure funding. In...

Akil Alleyne is joined by Andrew Caddell, columnist for the Hill Times and President of the Task Force on Linguistic Policy, and Paul Gott, lead singer of the Ripcordz and journalism professor at Concordia. Ottawa announced twenty-seven billion dollars in retaliatory tariffs and a seven billion dollar business support package. A scathing Auditor General report revealed major gaps in Montreal's eme...