Elias Makos is joined by Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance, and Lea Streliski, Best-selling author, comedian and columnist.

• Francois Legault will remain leader of the CAQ until a new one is elected.What will your memory of Legault be as Premier? Was François Legault a good Premier of Quebec?
• With Legault stepping down, the question now becomes who will replace him as leader of the CAQ?
• Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is entering a “new era of relations” with China.
• Facing declining sales, the SAQ is moving quickly to get its products in more places - and will even deliver them straight to your door.

Elias Makos is joined by Raphaël Melançon, political analyst for CTV Montreal and CJAD 800, columnist for the Montreal Gazette, and president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies, and Trudie Mason, veteran Newscaster here at CJAD 800.

• U.S. President Donald Trump visited a Ford factory in Dearborn, Michigan on Tuesday, and dismissed the relevance of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, saying the U.S. doesn’t need the trade deal and that “Canada would love it.”
• A new Leger poll says nearly one in three Canadians are afraid that the U.S will invade Canada.
• As per an Op-Ed in the Toronto Star, are the Canadians that continue to move their start-up companies to the U.S., or go to school in the U.S., or vacation in the U.S. bordering on treason?
• As Mark Carney lands in China, state media in that country is urging Canada to break free from “U.S. influence.”
• Mario Roy is adamant: He is running for the Quebec Liberal Party leadership

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.

Elias Makos welcomes in Jimmy Zoubris, Montreal businessman, longtime activist and former special advisor to Valerie Plante, and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia.

• “Montreal’s Olympic Stadium started 2026 the same way it began the 1976 Games: under construction and without a roof.”
• Despite Montreal’s size and appetite for the FIFA World Cup, we will be sitting on the sidelines
• The Quebec Liberal Party leadership race kicks off today
• New evidence suggests that political pressure is cratering overdose deaths.

Elias Makos is joined by Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the content marketing firm TNKR Media and co-host of the podcast Inspiring Entrepreneurs Canada & Lionel Perez, Former city councillor and former leader of the Official Opposition at Montreal City Hall

Among the topics discussed were

• Montreal’s police chief, Fady Dagher, says the mental health and homelessness situation in the city is getting worse
• The province’s largest health care facilities have spent over $50 million on security guards last year
• An Ontario court has ruled that a city’s municipal bylaw on lawns violates a citizen’s Charter right to Freedom of Expression

Elias Makos is joined by Andrew Caddell, columnist for the Hill Times and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy. & Sue Smith, a Montreal journalist and broadcaster.

Among the topics discussed were

• After facing pressure from the opposition, Chrystia Freeland has announced that she will be resigning as MP on Friday.
• Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to travel to China for four days starting Tuesday next week to meet with President Xi Jinping.
• Quebec public servants do not want to go back to the office three days a week
• The Trump administration has rewritten the rules on alcohol — without saying how much is too much.

Elias Makos is joined by Raphaël Melançon, political analyst for CTV Montreal and CJAD 800, columnist for the Montreal Gazette, and president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies & Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor

Among the topics discussed were

• If you were in Greenland, how much would the U.S. have to pay you to become an American? What about if he wanted to buy Quebec?
• Charles Milliard officially launched his leadership campaign yesterday and the youth are already supporting him.
• Is Trudeau a good airport or a bad airport?

Elias Makos is joined by Akil Alleyne, Reporter and commentator with extensive experience analysing legal, political, and social issues and Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program, and Victor Henriquez, Public affairs and crisis management specialist at Public Strategy and Conseil.

• Former Quebec Premier Jean Charest says Canada needs to be vigilant and that Canada could be U.S President Donald Trump’s next target
• The Quebec Liberal Party has unveiled the rules for their upcoming leadership race.
• Charles Milliard launches his leadership campaign today.
• Fast-food chain McDonald’s is facing a class-action lawsuit south of the border.