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The Big Five Podcast

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  • Summary

  • 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.

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Episodes
  • The Encampment at Victoria Square is dismantled. PLUS: Ther U.K has a new prime minister.
    Jul 5 2024
    • Here in Montreal this morning the City seems to finally be making moves to dismantle the encampment over at Square Victoria.
    • Britain's Labour Party has won in a landslide victory today. With Keir Stamer now elected as the new Prime minister and Rishi Sunak conceding defeat.
    • An advertisement on the windows of about fifteen SAQ branches in Quebec praising "proudly Quebec" products, when they were only bottled in Quebec, has aroused strong reactions.
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    23 mins
  • More on encampments. Plus: Sanctions on real estate brokers
    Jul 4 2024

    David Heurtel is joined by Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance and Neil Drabkin, is a lawyer who served as federal prosecutor and a political commentator who was a chief of staff in the Harper government on The Big 5.

    • The Minister of Public Safety, François Bonnardel, has denounced the inaction of the City of Montreal in the face of the multiplication of encampments.
    • The sanctions and fines imposed on real estate brokers who place themselves in a conflict of interest are not severe enough'
    • A homeless shelter moving from borough to borough is already causing a stir in the neighbourhood.
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    30 mins
  • Flashy advertising an issue for the Plante administration. Plus: Tenant vacating and vandalizing
    Jul 3 2024

    David Heurtel is joined by Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia 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 on The Big 5.

    • A flashy advertising campaign created by mobile phone company Koodo has attracted the wrath of the Plante administration.
    • A Montrealer finding one of his homes in a dire state on July 1.
    • Real estate brokers are taking advantage of elderly or vulnerable clients to line their pockets by buying their home at a discount
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    24 mins

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