Is crime up? It depends on who you ask. Plus: The cost of fast food is too darn high

Joining Elias on The Big Five were Meeker Guerrier, Commentator at Noovo and RDS & Graham Singh, Pastor at St-Jax Church.

Among the subjects discussed on The Big Five were

• Inaccurate headline alert: “Canadians feel that crime is worse than five years ago, despite decline in major cities.”
• The city of Montreal unveiled this year’s budget yesterday
• Mark Carney and his delegation are off to China, the first trip by a Canadian Prime Minister in more than eight years
• A hockey brawl involving kids under 8 years old during the intermission of an AHL game this weekend is being investigated in the U.S.
• McDonald’s is “freezing” the price of a small coffee and its McValue meals as more and more customers balk at the high price of fast food.