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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!

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Melançon: You totally have the right to step up and defend your country 29.01.2026 9:25

Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for CJAD 800 and CTV Montreal and a columnist for the Montreal Gazette. He is also the president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies

Mennie: Is it possible PSPP has already committed the most dangerous and damaging sin in politics? 29.01.2026 11:42

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.

Tech Corner: Ottawa in talks with Meta about restoring news to Facebook 29.01.2026 10:49

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

Advocacy group wants Montreal to speed up implementation of police body cameras 29.01.2026 7:51

Mitchell Brownstein, Board member of United Against Hate Canada and Former mayor of Côte Saint-Luc

Reid: Trump wants to hear “Carney bad, Trump strong” 28.01.2026 11:35

Scott Reid, CTV Political Analyst and former advisor to Prime Minister Paul Martin

Mennie: Yes. Carney’s boost in the polls will cost the PQ as well as the Bloc. 28.01.2026 12:03

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.

Burst pipes forces buildings to close and appointment cancellations at Douglas Hospital 28.01.2026 4:11

Dr. Sylvain Williams, principal investigator at the Williams hippocampus and memory laboratory

Legal Corner: Rulings on employers who are forcing employees to come back to office following remote work 28.01.2026 9:25

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.

India and the EU strike “mother of all” trade agreement 28.01.2026 7:05

Julian Karaguesian, served in the Canadian Ministry of Finance and on .. an now professor of economics at McGill

Liberal MNA Greg Kelley: “We learned Marwah was getting kicked out on TV” 27.01.2026 12:45

Greg Kelley, MNA from the West Island’s Jacques-Cartier riding

Husny: Christine Fréchette has the advantage right now for leadership of the CAQ 27.01.2026 7:38

Rudy Husny, former advisor in the Harper government and political analyst

Mennie: Who to believe - Trump’s billionaire flunky or the prime minister of Canada? 27.01.2026 13:05

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.

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says sovereignty is making a comeback. Is that true? 27.01.2026 9:28

Patrick Déry, freelance columnist and public policy analyst. He writes the Substack “Avez-vous voté pour ça?”

Heurtel: Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is developing a Pierre Poilievre problem 26.01.2026 13:32

Political analyst David Heurtel is a counsel at Fasken with experience in Government and Public Relations, Environment, Climate Change and Immigration. He can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Mennie: Carney could give lessons on Trump whispering 26.01.2026 12:06

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.

Montreal mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada on the city’s response to heavy snowfall & police body cameras 26.01.2026 9:49

Soraya Martinez Ferrada, Mayor of Montreal

Could these Montreal researchers solve the city’s pothole problem? 26.01.2026 7:32

Alan Carter, Dean of Research and Professor in the department of construction engineering at the ÉTS (École de technologie supérieur)

Should Canada ditch its auto industry? 26.01.2026 7:59

Greg Sorbara, Former Ontario finance minister and Liberal

MONTREAL NOW PODCAST: PQ leader Paul Saint-Pierre Plamondon on François Legault’s resignation & sovereignty aspirations, how to get stronger while spending the least time possible in the gym, this company wants to have a hotel on the moon – and it’s alrea 23.01.2026 54:13

Paul Saint-Pierre Plamondon, leader of the Parti Quebecois Jill Barker, Fitness columnist for the Montreal Gazette Skyler Chan, Founder & CEO at GRU Space (Galactic Resource Utilization Space) Vito Luprano, former vice-president of Sony Music Canada and executive producer for Celine Dion

How does the Conservative Party feel about the upcoming Chicoutimi by-election? 23.01.2026 11:28

Eric Duhaime, Leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec

Mulcair: Donald Trump is suffering from “speech envy” 23.01.2026 10:43

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.

Mennie: The CAQ is dying, but its vaudeville brand of nationalism is alive and well 23.01.2026 12:01

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.

Business Brief: Statistics Canada says retail sales are up 23.01.2026 9:57

Amanda Lang, CTV News Chief Financial Correspondent

Celine Dion’s executive producer releases new autobiography 23.01.2026 15:28

Vito Luprano, former vice-president of Sony Music Canada and executive producer for Celine Dion

Melançon: You don’t negotiate with a bully, you fight back with a bully 22.01.2026 9:40

Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for CJAD 800 and CTV Montreal and a columnist for the Montreal Gazette. He is also the president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies