
Montreal Now with Aaron Rand Podcast
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The impact of the one-day teachers strike
KATHERINE KORAKAKIS, President of the English Parents Committee Association

Can you really be taxed per kilometre driven? How would that work?
MARVIN ROTRAND, city councillor of Snowden district

6 Million dollars for a Grand Prix with no spectators?
Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

Having weird dreams lately? You’re not alone!
ELIZAVETA SOLOMONOVA, sleep researcher and postdoctoral fellow at McGill University

Reaching out to isolated seniors during the pandemic
DR. KARL LOOPER, Senior Investigator at the Lady Davis Institute & Psychiatrist-in-Chief, for the Department of Psychiatry at the Jewish General Hospital

The pandemic has revealed the hidden nature of people
GÉRARD BOUCHARD, historian, sociologist & retired professor at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, best known for his work on the Bouchard-Taylor commission on reasonable accommodations of religious minorities

What are some of the BEST Québecois expressions?
Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

Why Montreal needs a circuit breaker lockdown NOW
DR. MATTHEW OUGHTON, Physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at The Jewish General Hospital

Why pandemic drinking can be extra dangerous for women
DR. JENNIFER WYMAN, addiction specialist at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto

What can we expect from the Liberal convention?
Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

Ending the cycle of abuse and domestic violence
ANTHONY CALVILLO, greatest Montreal Alouettes quarterback of all time

Montreal’s curfew returns to 8 PM. Will it make any difference?
Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

Kerfuffle between the English boards & the provincial government
RUSSELL COPEMAN, executive director of The Quebec English School Boards Association

You don’t need to find a shrink nearby anymore
ROB PINTWALA, Founder of First Session, a website that helps you connect with a therapist

Confusion over what constitutes a chronic condition
AARON DERFEL, Montreal Gazette health reporter

Why are we still prioritizing Montrealers for vaccinations?
Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

New order forcing all employees to wear masks at all times at the workplace
CHRIS DIMAKOS, CJAD 800 legal contributor

Montrealers are putting off seeking critical care
DR. RÉMI RABASA-LHORET, Endo-crinologist and Director of the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) Clinic

Quebec government flip flops on schools and gyms
Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

What happens when you come back from the U.S. and you’re supposed to be in quarantine?

Quebec high school students to learn about genocide
HEIDI BERGER, Concordia University teacher and the founder of the Foundation for Genocide Education

Does it make sense to have two different sets of public health guidelines for two different regions?
Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

Do we really believe that Denis Coderre is a changed man?
Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

Is the provincial government doing enough in the regions?
Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

Abolishing schools boards was one of Legault’s biggest mistakes
Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

Men need to step up & do something about domestic violence
Anti-Sexist Activist, Speaker, Author and Film-maker, Jackson Katz joins Montreal Now to discuss the rising issue of domestic violence.

Public health authorities struggling with vaccine hesitancy
Montreal Gazette health reporter Aaron Derfel and Dr.Christopher Labos join Montreal Now to tackle vaccine hesitancy with the AstraZeneca vaccine

The OQLF gets a significant funding increase... & what sort of money are anglo groups getting?
GREG KELLEY, Liberal MNA for Jacques-Cartier, and Official Opposition Critic for Relations with English-Speaking Quebecers & MARLENE JENNINGS, President of the Quebec Community Groups Network

Did the second wave have less of an economic impact than the first?
Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

New study suggests infants prefer baby talk to grown up speak
KRISTA BYERS-HEINLEIN, associate professor of psychology in the Faculty of Arts and Science at Concordia University

Quebec has tabled its budget
CARLOS LEITAO, Liberal MNA for Robert Baldwin & Official Opposition Critic for the Economy

Just how much will the COVID-19 pandemic cost us?
Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

No, it wasn’t an earthquake. So what was that big boom?
NICHOLAS ACKERLEY, seismologist for Natural Resources Canada

Only 3 of 721 “guardian angel” asylum seekers granted residency
NEIL DRABKIN, served as a senior policy advisor to a former federal minister of immigration

Why this mayor IS seeking re-election in the fall
PAOLA HAWA, Mayor of St-Anne-de-Bellevue

Should taxpayers foot the bill for a new ball park in Montreal?
Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

High school kids are going back to class full time
HEIDI YETMAN, President of the Quebec Provincial Association of Teachers & PHILIPPA KLEIN, professional social worker, parent of a Westmount High student

Healthcare workers in COVID hotspots must have N95 masks
JEFF BAEGLY, President of the CSN’s Health & Social Services union

Surgery wait times have QUADRUPLED in the last year
AARON DERFEL, Montreal Gazette health reporter

Has the threat level and amount of harassment changed over the years for elected officials?
Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

Why won’t the mayor of TMR seek re-election?
PHILIPPE ROY, Mayor of TMR

Montrealers getting turned away by restaurants in orange zones
EVAN PRICE, co-owner of Le Chic Shack, a gourmet burger joint near Château Frontenac

Is academic freedom being called into question?
Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM

Take your vengeance out with a vengeance van!
BREN WALKER, Vengeance Van

Why is the leader of the PQ calling out an Ottawa professor?
AMIR ATTARAN, professor of law and medicine at the University of Ottawa

Quebec prioritizing people with disabilities for vaccines
JENNIFER MACCARONE, Liberal MNA for Westmount Saint Louis

Sleep tips for folks having trouble adjusting to daylight savings
DR. PATRICK PORTER, award-winning scientist who has devoted his career to mental health and researching the brain

What’s going on in Montreal’s hospitals post-March break?
DR. MITCH SHULMAN, CJAD 800 Medical Expert

Apparently white personnel requests are super common
JILL EUSANIO, President of Comfort Keepers

Why are the Americans hoarding AstraZeneca vaccine doses?
Tom Mulcair can be heard weekday afternoons at 5:05 PM