
Montreal Now with Aaron Rand Podcast
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MENNIE: Legault gets sent to the principal's office
James Mennie, Montreal Gazette

‘The ball is in their court’: Quebec's English universities made a historic proposal to Premier Legault in response to tuition hikes
Graham Carr, President and Vice-Chancellor of Concordia University

Quebec nurses are walking off the job. How will you be affected?
Natalie Stake-Doucet, former president of the Quebec Nurses' Association/ Association québécoise des infirmières et infirmiers (QNA-AQII)

Is French really on the decline in Quebec?
Jean-Pierre Corbeil, Adjunct professor in department Of Sociology at Laval University and former head of language statistics program at Statistics Canada

S2 Ep 36Meet a woman who battled addiction and is now helping others, travelling the globe to eat, is there such a thing as too many pumpkins? & class action lawsuits against real estate brokerages are on the rise
Liane Berry, Author of ‘Seven Times Rise’, Founder and Executive Director of LI-BER-T House Taras Grescoe, Montreal journalist and Author of eight nonfiction books including his newly released book, The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavours of the Past Chris Paul Farrias, Ontario resident, content producer with over 300 pumpkins Chris Dimakos, CJAD 800 Legal Contributor

HEURTEL: This begins and ends with François Legault’s ego
David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister, Council at Fasken and political analyst

MENNIE: Guilbault’s tough talk can’t hide her big time blink on public transit
James Mennie, Montreal Gazette

What's Up with the REM? A Montreal Now Parody

Olympic skier finds salmon carcasses in his mailbox after speaking up about against illegal fishing
Jean-Luc Brassard, Canadian freestyle skier, 1994 Olympic gold medallist

MULCAIR: Legault's meeting with universities is going to be a complete waste of time
Tom Mulcair, CJAD 800 Commentator

New historical anglo t-shirts supporting Moisson Montreal
Maggie Borowiec, Director of Philanthropic Development at Moisson Montreal

MENNIE: Go big or go dark? Hydro Quebec plans to spend $100 billion over next decade.
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

‘As long as there’s life, there’s hope’: An NDG woman who battled with addiction is now helping others
Liane Berry, Author of ‘Seven Times Rise’, Founder and Executive Director of LI-BER-T House

Jean-François Lisée: Legault is not a visionary
Jean-François Lisée, Former PQ leader

MENNIE: When separatists separate from the CAQ
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

‘It’s brutal’: New poll puts PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon ahead of Premier Legault
Jean-Marc Leger, Founding President, CEO of Leger

After losing their daughter to a drunk driver this family is fighting for tougher laws
Antoine Bittar, lost 26-year-old daughter Jessica to an impaired driver

He traveled the globe and has this to share about the food that we eat
Taras Grescoe, Montreal journalist and Author of eight nonfiction books including his newly released book, The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavours of the Past - ‘

MULCAIR: Some new polling numbers will have Francois Legault very worried.
Tom Mulcair, CJAD 800 Commentator

MENNIE: Transit funding is a game of chicken between Quebec and Montreal - and we’re in the middle
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

How did they accidentally grow hundreds of pumpkins in their tiny backyard?
Chris Paul Farrias, Ontario resident, content producer with over 300 pumpkins

Jean-François Lisée: Legault set this up in such a transparent way
Jean-François Lisée, Former PQ leader

MENNIE: Students, strikes and sovereignty - is Murphy’s Law part of the CAQs legislative agenda?
James Mennie, Montreal Gazette

How AI could help bring in more blood donations for those in need
Olivier Chartrand, Vice-President at OVA & Patrice Lavoie, Spokesperson for Hema Quebec

HEURTEL: Housing… what it says about both the Legault and Plante administrations
David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister, Council at Fasken and political analyst

S2 Ep 35Bringing joy to those in impoverished and war-torn areas, the cost of Halloween candy this year, how music can ease your pain, & why employees are quitting after being promoted
Guillaume Vermette, Yahoo the Humanitarian Clown from Trois-Rivières Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, ‘The Food Professor’, Senior Director at Agri-Food Analytics Lab, and Professor of Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University – Mathieu Roy, Associate Professor in the department of Psychology at McGill University CHRIS DIMAKOS, CJAD 800 Legal Contributor

How are we doing compared to the rest of North America with Airbnb’s?
David Wachsmuth Canada Research Chair in Urban Governance Associate Professor, School of Urban Planning McGill University

New research links screen time and ADHD symptoms amongst teens
Patricia Conrod, Researcher at CHU Sainte-Justine

MENNIE: It doesn’t matter if the STM or Quebec are bluffing. Downtown Montreal can’t survive a reduction of public transit
James Mennie, Montreal Gazette

Business Brief with Amanda Lang: Amazon brings in better than expected earnings.
Amanda Lang, Host of Taking Stock which airs Friday evening at 6:00 on BNN Bloomberg and on the iHeart radio network

Quebec’s nurses union votes unanimously to go on strike
Jenny Rhee, President of Nurses Union MUHC

MULCAIR: The Wheels are falling off the CAQ Kart.
Tom Mulcair, CJAD 800 Commentator

MENNIE: Legault says Québecers are “solidaire” - he now faces 500,000 public employees ready to prove it.
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Listening to your favourite music can help ease your pain
Mathieu Roy, Associate Professor in the department of Psychology at McGill University

NDG philanthropist is preparing to sell poppies ahead of Remembrance Day
CARL ANDERSEN has become somewhat of a local NDG legend because of his philanthropic pursuits

Try not to get cancelled this year: A Montreal Now Parody

Six former premiers want the government to drop their Bill 15 revisions of the health care network
Aaron Derfel, health reporter with the Montreal Gazette

HEURTEL: It’s a slap in the face of the English-speaking community
David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister, Council at Fasken and political analyst

MENNIE: Clearly, the common front knows how to get Legault’s attention
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

How one Quebec humanitarian clown brings joy to those in impoverished and war-torn areas
Guillaume Vermette, Yahoo the Humanitarian Clown from Trois-Rivières

One doctor says it’s time to push back on the health crisis in Quebec
Dr. Steven Grover, Attending Physician and researcher at the Montreal General Hospital

MULCAIR: Paul St-Pierre Plamondon has pulled off a masterful coup
Tom Mulcair, CJAD 800 Commentator

MENNIE: It seems the PQ has given the Quebec Liberals a chance to replay their greatest hits
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

‘We’ll be fighting against this’: Quebec Liberal Party responds to PQ’s Year One budget
Marc Tanguay, Interim leader of the Quebec Liberal Party

PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon unveils Year One budget for independent Quebec
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, Leader of the Parti Québécois (PQ)

NHL rescinds ban on Pride Tape after one player took a stance
Andrew Berkshire, Hockey Analyst, Program Director of Game Over on spdn sports

Get ready to be spooked by the cost of Halloween candy this year
Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, ‘The Food Professor’, Senior Director at Agri-Food Analytics Lab, and Professor of Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University

HEURTEL: There's a breaking point with people and we're coming up very close to it
David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister, Council at Fasken and political analyst

MENNIE: PQ Year One budget - great way to troll a premier but not much else
James Mennie, Montreal Gazette

Immigration Canada delays creating unnecessary hurdles for new immigrants
Neil Drabkin, Immigration Lawyer, Political Commentator & former chief-of-staff to the Harper Government