
Montreal Now with Aaron Rand Podcast
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Most people did not grasp just how much social media would impact traditional media
SUE MONTGOMERY, former journalist and former mayor of CDN-NDG

Are you eligible for a grocery rebate from the Canada Revenue Agency?
DR. SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS, Senior Director at Agri-Food Analytics Lab, and Professor of Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University

Immigration minister wants to bring in skilled workers from U.S. to help with labour shortage
SEAN FRASER, Federal Immigration Minister

With a skyrocketing price tag and new recommendations, is Montreal's REM de l'est feasible?
DANIEL CHARTIER - Vice-President of Collectif en environnement Mercier-Est (CEM-E) &LUDWIG DESJARDINS - Acting General Director of the Authorite regionale de transport metropolitain (ARTM)

Should the Canadian national anthem be changed to include Indigenous communities?
JULLY BLACK, Canadian R&B Singer, Juno-award winner

Mennie: Apparently public transit is not considered an essential service
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Heurtel: This is completely unrealistic
DAVID HEURTEL, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister, Council at Fasken and political analyst

'It's a really cool festival': Vance Joy looks back at his performance at the Montreal Jazz Fest
VANCE JOY, Australian singer-songwriter

Mennie: You can now add city councilor to the labour shortage list.
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Heurtel: All three levels of government have been sleeping on this issue for years
DAVID HEURTEL, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister, Council at Fasken and political analyst

Reaching a turning point in cancer research, why prices keep going up, food fraud, & should kids learn about the LGBTQ+ community in school?
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 KEVIN HEADLAND, Co-Chief Investment Strategist of Manulife Investment Management JULIE CHACRA, PhD student in Youth Work at Concordia University with Masters in Intervention & Sex Ed teacher DR. SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS, Senior Director at Agri-Food Analytics Lab, and Professor of Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University

July 1st Moving Day is a difficult time for many Quebecers, this organization is doing something to help
CATHERINE LUSSIER, Human rights activist, Community organizer at FRAPRU (Popular Action Front in Urban Redevelopment)

Mennie: Can Quebec’s Anglos celebrate Canada Day from under their bus?
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Mcintyre: The timing on the "let them eat cake bill" was terrible
JUSTINE MCINTYRE, consultant and former city councilor

Why did the Titan submersible implode?
MARC-ANDRÉ POISSON, Captain, Former Director of Marine Investigations at the Transportation Safety Board of Canada

Families of deceased 'exhausted and angry' as Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery strike continuesges Cemetery strike continues
PATRICK CHARTRAND, president of the Cemetery Maintenance Employees' Union.&MICHAEL MUSACCHIO, Grieving family member, One of the leaders of the demonstrations at the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery

Mennie: Housing crisis just made Canada Day a D-Day for Legault
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

André Fortin choosing not to run for the Liberal leadership is a bad sign for the party
JEAN-FRANÇOIS LISÉE, Former PQ leader

If inflation is going down, why are food prices going up?
KEVIN HEADLAND, Co-Chief Investment Strategist of Manulife Investment Management

Mennie: The perfect leadership candidate for the Quebec Liberals just said no... Again.
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Former Côte-des-Neiges–NDG mayor concerned over lack of opposition at Montreal city council
SUE MONTGOMERY, former journalist and former mayor of CDN-NDG

Should kids learn about the 2SLGBTQI+ community in school?
JULIE CHACRA, PhD student in Youth Work at Concordia University with Masters in Intervention & Sex Ed teacher

Toronto-based company wants to sell hundreds of affordable housing units in Montreal
JULIAN SCHONFELDT, Chief Investment Officer at Canadian Apartment Properties REIT & TED RUTLAND, Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment at Concordia University

Why is David Johnston's final report on foreign interference confidential?
ROBERT FIFE, Ottawa Bureau Chief at the Globe and Mail

How will the air traffic controller shortage in the U.S. impact foreign flights?
JOHN GRADEK, Lecturer in McGill University's Global Aviation Leadership Program

Mennie: Should Quebec politicians have to pass a property test?
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

'I think that's nonsensical': Former PQ leader Jean-François Lisée weighs in on Bill 96
JEAN-FRANÇOIS LISÉE, Former PQ leader

The rules around stretching have changed. What’s the best routine?
JILL BARKER, Montreal Gazette reporter

Have scientists really reached a turning point in cancer research?
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

Montreal was recently ranked top city with worst air quality. How is the list compiled?
Glory Dolphin Hammes is the CEO of IQ Air North America - a Swiss technology company that monitors air quality. David Phillips is a Senior Climatologist with Environment Canada. Both Glory and David joined Aaron & Natasha to talk about the air quality in Montreal.

Mennie: We can actually taste the climate change. What now, Mr. Legault?
The Gazette's James Mennie joined Aaron & Natasha to talk about the latest political news.

Heurtel: This government continues to ignore fundamental issues
Political insider David Heurtel joined Aaron & Natasha to talk about the declining air quality in Montreal.

10-year-old Montreal girl back home after being struck by car
Stephanie Ledesma’s daughter Kyaa Guinto was hit by a car on May 24th and has just recently come out of an induced coma. Stephanie and Kyaa joined Aaron and Natasha to provide an update to CJAD 800.

How widespread has food fraud become in Canada?
The Food Professor Dr. Sylvain Charlebois joined Aaron and Natasha to talk about food fraud. Sylvain is the Senior Director at Agri-Foods Analytics and a Professor of Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University.

There is good news regarding treatment for the most common form of lung cancer
Dr. Jonathan Spicer, the study's lead author and chief surgeon, at the MUHC joins Dan Delmar and Justine Mcintyre to talk about it.

S2 Ep 21How to make Canada more prosperous, democratic & free. Have we forgotten how to be decent human beings? & why Bud Light beer sales have taken a dive.
FRANK STRONACH, Businessman, Founder of Magna International Businessman Frank Stronach shares tips on how to make Canada more prosperous, democratic and free ANTONIO NICASO, Queen's University lecturer and expert on the Calabrian Mafia SCOTT KNOX, Founder of Pride in Advertising & Marketing (PrideAM)

Titanic historian and former Montreal Gazette journalist on his friend Paul-Henry Nargeolet, who was aboard the missing sub.
Alan Hustak, Titanic Historian and Former Montreal Gazette Journalist

Mulcair: C-18 – The government fell way short.
Tom Mulcair, CJAD800 Commentator

META pulls news content after bill C-18 passes.
Aaron Wudrick – Director Domestic Policy Program – Macdonald-Laurier Institute

Mennie: The PQ boycott of the fête national party does in fact pose a threat…to the PQ
JAMES MENNIE. MONTREAL GAZETTE

Advocacy group says Bill 15 would eliminate voice of patients in Quebec
PAUL BRUNET, Patient Rights Advocate

‘I want to work on the root of the problem’: Montreal police chief Fady Dagher rejects street check moratorium despite racial profiling
FADY DAGHER, Montreal’s police chief

Mulciar: Anna Gainey should’ve had a better prepared answer
Tom Mulcair, CJAD 800 Commentator

Mennie: Francois Legault’s take on housing is like Marie Antoinette’s on nutrition.
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

‘We need to reign this in’: This senator wants a federal crackdown on sports gambling ads
MARTY DEACON, Waterloo Region Senator

Mulcair: Premier Legault is completely tone deaf on this
Tom Mulcair, CJAD 800 Commentator

Mennie: Anna Gainey stick handles through her first day on the job.
JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Mayors are calling on the long-delayed Cavendish extension project to be finalized
DIDA BERKU, a councilor in Côte-St-Luc advocating for the Cavendish extension

Just how much are Quebecers willing to spend on a concert experience?
RHIANNON O’DONOHOE, PR Strategist for CASINO.ORG

Are scores settled? Mafia expert weighs in on Montreal organized crime war
ANTONIO NICASO, Queen's University lecturer and expert on the Calabrian Mafia