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Mennie: CAQs Quebec - Where laws are written on cocktail napkins with pencils with large erasers

Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Feb 4, 202613 min

Are you entitled to some of the CRA’s $2 billion in uncashed checks?

David Nunes, spokesperson for the CRA

Feb 4, 20265 min

Legal Corner: A long-term employee got fired for showing up to work 45 minutes early every day

CJAD 800 legal contributor Chris Dimakos is a lawyer and managing partner at Dimakos Law Group. He can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Feb 4, 20269 min

Will 2026 mark the death of the new condo market?

Francis Cortellino, economist with the CMHC responsible for Quebec

Feb 4, 20267 min

This Montreal garage is overwhelmed with damaged cars due to potholes

Jennifer Powers, Tire specialist and manager at Gordon’s Tires

Feb 3, 20268 min

Husny: Charles Milliard’s first decision will involve Marwah Rizqy

Rudy Husny, former advisor in the Harper government and political analyst

Feb 3, 20269 min

Mennie: Independence, independents and leaders in waiting - Welcome to the strange new session at the National Assembly

Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Feb 3, 202612 min

Have researchers found a cure for pancreatic cancer?

Dr. Chris Labos, cardiologist with a degree in epidemiology and a regular contributor on CJAD 800 - you can catch him every Sunday on Weekends with Joanne Vrakas at 7:20AM

Feb 3, 20265 min

Montreal without a contract for pothole repair for a month

Alan DeSousa, Ensemble Montreal, borough mayor of Montréal's Saint-Laurent and spokesperson for roads and infrastructur

Feb 3, 20268 min

Do Chinese EVs outperform others on price and quality?

Lorraine Sommerfeld, reporter for Driving.ca

Feb 3, 20268 min

Heurtel: It’s Pierre Poilievre’s party

Political analyst David Heurtel is a counsel at Fasken with experience in Government and Public Relations, Environment, Climate Change and Immigration. He can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Feb 2, 20269 min

Mennie: The CAQ leadership campaign is not a political process — it’s a magic act

Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Feb 2, 202612 min

What should you know before you start planning your estate?

Tim Cestnick, chartered professional accountant, co-founder and CEO of financial consultant firm “Our Family Office Inc.” in Toronto

Feb 2, 20268 min

One UQAM professor may have to leave the province over the PEQ’s end

Alejandro Morales, Professor at UQAM’s Faculty of Math

Feb 2, 20269 min

Is sovereignty is making a comeback? What happens if you get laid off while on maternity leave? MNA Greg Kelley speaks out, & remembering the life and career of Catherine O'Hara

Patrick Déry, freelance columnist and public policy analyst.  Annie Boilard, President of “Reseau Annie RH” an HR specialist firm Greg Kelley, MNA from the West Island’s Jacques-Cartier riding Richard Crouse, Film critic and the host of Last Call  with Richard Crouse

Jan 30, 202634 min

Quebecers less likely to support anglo rights if they fear the decline of French, study shows

Raphaël Gani, assistant professor at Université Laval and co-author of this study

Jan 30, 20268 min

Mulcair: I would be worried about Christine Fréchette if I were a Quebec Liberal

CJAD 800 political commentator Tom Mulcair can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand in addition to The Andrew Carter Morning Show, every weekday at 7:40 a.m.

Jan 30, 20269 min

Heurtel: Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is definitely looking for a nemesis

Political analyst David Heurtel is a counsel at Fasken with experience in Government and Public Relations, Environment, Climate Change and Immigration. He can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Jan 30, 202614 min

Business Brief: Bank of Canada holds its policy rate steady at 2.25 per cent

Amanda Lang, CTV News Chief Financial Correspondent

Jan 30, 20269 min

Remembering the life and career of Catherine O'Hara

Richard Crouse, Film critic and the host of Last Call  with Richard Crouse

Jan 30, 20264 min

What happens if you get laid off while on maternity leave?

Annie Boilard, President of “Reseau Annie RH” an HR specialist firm

Jan 29, 20267 min

Melançon: You totally have the right to step up and defend your country

Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for CJAD 800 and CTV Montreal and a columnist for the Montreal Gazette. He is also the president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies

Jan 29, 20269 min

Mennie: Is it possible PSPP has already committed the most dangerous and damaging sin in politics?

Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Jan 29, 202611 min

Tech Corner: Ottawa in talks with Meta about restoring news to Facebook

Tech analyst and journalist Carmi Levy can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand as well as CTV News.

Jan 29, 202610 min

Advocacy group wants Montreal to speed up implementation of police body cameras

Mitchell Brownstein, Board member of United Against Hate Canada and Former mayor of Côte Saint-Luc

Jan 29, 20267 min

Reid: Trump wants to hear “Carney bad, Trump strong”

Scott Reid, CTV Political Analyst and former advisor to Prime Minister Paul Martin

Jan 28, 202611 min

Mennie: Yes. Carney’s boost in the polls will cost the PQ as well as the Bloc.

Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Jan 28, 202612 min

Burst pipes forces buildings to close and appointment cancellations at Douglas Hospital

Dr. Sylvain Williams, principal investigator at the Williams hippocampus and memory laboratory

Jan 28, 20264 min

Legal Corner: Rulings on employers who are forcing employees to come back to office following remote work

CJAD 800 legal contributor Chris Dimakos is a lawyer and managing partner at Dimakos Law Group. He can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Jan 28, 20269 min

India and the EU strike “mother of all” trade agreement

Julian Karaguesian, served in the Canadian Ministry of Finance and on .. an now professor of economics at McGill

Jan 28, 20267 min

Liberal MNA Greg Kelley: “We learned Marwah was getting kicked out on TV”

Greg Kelley, MNA from the West Island’s Jacques-Cartier riding

Jan 27, 202612 min

Husny: Christine Fréchette has the advantage right now for leadership of the CAQ

Rudy Husny, former advisor in the Harper government and political analyst

Jan 27, 20267 min

Mennie: Who to believe - Trump’s billionaire flunky or the prime minister of Canada?

Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Jan 27, 202613 min

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says sovereignty is making a comeback. Is that true?

Patrick Déry, freelance columnist and public policy analyst. He writes the Substack “Avez-vous voté pour ça?”

Jan 27, 20269 min

Heurtel: Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is developing a Pierre Poilievre problem

Political analyst David Heurtel is a counsel at Fasken with experience in Government and Public Relations, Environment, Climate Change and Immigration. He can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Jan 26, 202613 min

Mennie: Carney could give lessons on Trump whispering

Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Jan 26, 202612 min

Montreal mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada on the city’s response to heavy snowfall & police body cameras

Soraya Martinez Ferrada, Mayor of Montreal

Jan 26, 20269 min

Could these Montreal researchers solve the city’s pothole problem?

Alan Carter, Dean of Research and Professor in the department of construction engineering at the ÉTS (École de technologie supérieur)

Jan 26, 20267 min

Should Canada ditch its auto industry?

Greg Sorbara, Former Ontario finance minister and Liberal

Jan 26, 20267 min

MONTREAL NOW PODCAST: PQ leader Paul Saint-Pierre Plamondon on François Legault’s resignation & sovereignty aspirations, how to get stronger while spending the least time possible in the gym, this company wants to have a hotel on the moon – and it’s already taking bookings, & Celine Dion’s executive producer releases new autobiography

Paul Saint-Pierre Plamondon, leader of the Parti Quebecois Jill Barker, Fitness columnist for the Montreal Gazette Skyler Chan, Founder & CEO at GRU Space (Galactic Resource Utilization Space) Vito Luprano, former vice-president of Sony Music Canada and executive producer for Celine Dion

Jan 23, 202654 min

How does the Conservative Party feel about the upcoming Chicoutimi by-election?

Eric Duhaime, Leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec

Jan 23, 202611 min

Mulcair: Donald Trump is suffering from “speech envy”

CJAD 800 political commentator Tom Mulcair can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand in addition to The Andrew Carter Morning Show, every weekday at 7:40 a.m.

Jan 23, 202610 min

Mennie: The CAQ is dying, but its vaudeville brand of nationalism is alive and well

Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Jan 23, 202612 min

Business Brief: Statistics Canada says retail sales are up

Amanda Lang, CTV News Chief Financial Correspondent

Jan 23, 20269 min

Celine Dion’s executive producer releases new autobiography

Vito Luprano, former vice-president of Sony Music Canada and executive producer for Celine Dion

Jan 23, 202615 min

Melançon: You don’t negotiate with a bully, you fight back with a bully

Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for CJAD 800 and CTV Montreal and a columnist for the Montreal Gazette. He is also the president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies

Jan 22, 20269 min

Mennie: This spring, the line between election campaigns and leadership races will become very very fine

Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Jan 22, 202612 min

Tech Corner: Court rules TikTok Canada can continue to operate — for now

Tech analyst and journalist Carmi Levy can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand as well as CTV News.

Jan 22, 20268 min

New survey shows older Canadians are feeling less positive about ageing

Anthony Pizzino, CEO of the National Association of Federal Retirees

Jan 22, 20266 min

This company wants to have a hotel on the moon – and it’s already taking bookings

Skyler Chan, Founder & CEO at GRU Space (Galactic Resource Utilization Space)

Jan 22, 202610 min