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Montreal Now with Aaron Rand Podcast

Montreal Now with Aaron Rand Podcast

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Apparently Truth and Reconciliation Day for the CAQ means a day of solemn tweeting.

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette 

Sep 30, 20219 min

What do our local Indigenous peoples need in terms of support?

NAKUSET, executive director of the Native Women’s Shelter and Co-manager of Resilience Montreal

Sep 30, 20218 min

Bill 96 implications on Quebec’s health care network

ERIC MALDOFF, lawyer and chair of the QCGN’s health and social services committee

Sep 29, 202111 min

Wait a minute… Instagram for kids?!

AIMÉE MORRISON, associate professor in the English Language and Literature Department at the University of Waterloo

Sep 29, 20219 min

Does Francois Legault speak for the majority of Quebecers?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha.

Sep 29, 20218 min

Did Greg Kelley go too far?

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette 

Sep 29, 202110 min

How are us Canadians spending our money?

PIERRE FORTIN, personal finance and debt specialist, and CEO at Jean Fortin & Associates

Sep 29, 20219 min

Today is World Heart Day… so how’s your ticker?

HUGO PERRIN, Was 18 years old when he was rushed to the MUHC and was diagnosed with tachycardia (tak-ee-KAHR-dee-uh), an abnormally fast heartbeat. Now 10 years later he’s living with the condition and is speaking out to make others aware on World Heart Day, which is today. He’s also trying to help raise money to fund an Electrophysiology Centre of Excellence at the Glen that will help treat heart conditions just like his.

Sep 29, 20216 min

Maternity wards around Montreal forced to close

DR. DIANE FRANCOEUR, OBGYN at Saint-Justine’s Hospital

Sep 29, 202110 min

Is Quebec ready for a booster shot campaign?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha.

Sep 28, 202111 min

Little has changed a year after the death of Joyce Echaquan.

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Sep 28, 202110 min

Tunesday with Virgin Radio’s Kelly Alexander

KELLY ALEXANDER, Virgin Radio  Alessia Cara Whitney Houston and Clean Bandit Guns N' Roses WATN: Duran Duran

Sep 28, 20216 min

Is it time to put an end to blind bidding on real estate in Canada?

DANIEL STEINFELD, Broker and CEO of On The Block Realty

Sep 28, 202111 min

Evenko wants to be allowed to have more people at events

NICK FARKAS, senior vice-president of booking, concerts and events at concert promotion company Evenko -also founder of Osheaga

Sep 28, 20219 min

September is World Alzheimer’s Month

DR. DALE BREDESEN, one of the world’s pioneering researchers on Alzheimer’s, and author of the New York Times bestselling book The End of Alzheimer's  Program

Sep 28, 202112 min

The two Michaels have returned safely to Canada

GUY SAINT-JACQUES, Senior Fellow at the China Institute at University of Alberta & former Canadian Ambassador to China

Sep 27, 202113 min

Will Canada’s relationship with China improve now?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha.

Sep 27, 202110 min

Was the two Michaels caper deliberately timed to occur after the federal election?

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette 

Sep 27, 202111 min

Could Bill 96 actually be GOOD for national unity?

MARIO POLÈSE, Professor Emeritus at the INRS, Institut national de la recherche scientifique 

Sep 27, 202111 min

There are still more Canadians being detained in China

IRWIN COTLER, Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, an Emeritus Professor of Law at McGill University, former Canadian Justice Minister, and longtime federal Liberal MP, in addition to being an international human rights lawye

Sep 27, 202111 min

Will Erin O’Toole remain leader of the Conservatives?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha.

Sep 24, 202111 min

The Québec liberals are on fire this week

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Sep 24, 202110 min

Young people hardest hit by fourth wave of COVID-19

DR. CHRISTOS KARATZIOS, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist at the Montreal Children Hospital 

Sep 24, 20218 min

These apps deliver food and misery

SHIRA OVIDE,  writes the On Tech newsletter for the New York Times

Sep 23, 20217 min

Will Legault’s plan actually encourage nurses to come back?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha.

Sep 23, 202111 min

So we finally get the details on Legault’s plan to recruit nurses.

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette 

Sep 23, 202110 min

Meals on Wheels is in need of west island volunteers

ANDREA DE ROME, food service coordinator for Volunteer West Island 

Sep 23, 20217 min

Quebec’s healthcare network is falling apart

DR. ABDO SHABAH, spokesperson for the Canadian Medical Association 

Sep 23, 20219 min

What should we be doing to bridge the linguistic divide?

BALARAMA HOLNESS, running for mayor of Montreal

Sep 23, 20217 min

These two Liberal MNAs got married over the weekend!

GREG KELLEY, Liberal MNA for Jacques-Cartier, and Official Opposition Critic for Relations with English-Speaking Quebecers  & MARWAH RIZQY, Liberal MNA for Saint-Laurent Quebec Liberal Party and Official Opposition Critic for Education 

Sep 22, 202111 min

Is bill 96 actually moderate and reasonable?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha.

Sep 22, 20217 min

Will Québec announce a handgun ban on Friday?

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette 

Sep 22, 20218 min

Long time WPTZ weatherman calls it a career

TOM MESSNER, weatherman at NBC5 in Vermont

Sep 22, 20217 min

There’s another election this weekend - school board elections!

RUSSELL COPEMAN, executive director of The Quebec English School Boards Association

Sep 22, 202112 min

Was the 2021 federal election worth it?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha.

Sep 21, 202111 min

What does Francois Legault think of Justin Trudeau’s win?

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette 

Sep 21, 20219 min

Tunesday with Virgin Radio’s Kelly Alexander

KELLY ALEXANDER, Virgin Radio Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett Tems Charlie Puth  WATN: Men Without Hats

Sep 21, 20217 min

Pay what you can coffee shop in the west island

KIM REID, President of On Rock Community Services in Pierrefonds 

Sep 21, 20216 min

Pfizer released its vaccine data for kids ages 5-11

DR. CHRISTOPHER LABOS, cardiologist with a degree in epidemiology who can be heard at 8:10 on Sunday mornings on CJAD 800 on Weekends with Ken

Sep 20, 20219 min

Let’s check in with the Erin O’Toole that isn’t THE Erin O’Toole

ERIN O’TOOLE, Host of Colorado Edition on KUNC in Northern Colorado 

Sep 20, 20217 min

Which key races will prove significant on election night?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha.

Sep 20, 202110 min

How are things going with the vaccine passport?

VITO AZZUE, owner of Café Vito in Villeray

Sep 20, 20219 min

Should we all be wearing N95 masks?

DR. KASHIF PIRZADA, Emergency Physician in Toronto, and co-founder of the Conquer COVID-19 initiative

Sep 20, 202111 min

Bill 96 is in violation of international human rights law

PEARL ELIADIS, human rights lawyer,  author, and educator at McGill University

Sep 17, 20219 min

Who decides on calling an election?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha.

Sep 17, 202110 min

François Legault calls Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois "woke"

Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, Co-spokesperson Québec Solidaire

Sep 17, 202111 min

The truth behind the troubling origins of COVID-19

ELAINE DEWAR, award-winning investigative journalist & author of On the Origin of the Deadliest Pandemic in 100 Years: An Investigation

Sep 17, 20219 min

What sort of impact will Bil 96 have on Indigenous peoples?

NAKUSET, executive director of the Native Women’s Shelter and Co-manager of Resilience Montreal

Sep 16, 202111 min

Bill 92 aims to establish a specialized sexual violence court

SOPHIE GAGNON, executive director of legal clinic Juripop

Sep 16, 20218 min

Is Coderre running on an anti-Plante platform?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha.

Sep 16, 20218 min