Jimmy Zoubris, Special Advisor to Mayor Plante and Egbert Gaye, the editor of Montreal Community Contact, joined Davd Heurtel to talk about the important issues of the day.

An 18 year old girl was raped, and decieded to keep the child that was born out of that attack. Years later, the rapist ordered a DNA test from jail, and now that he has proof that he is the father, wants parental rights… 

Community leader Jayson Colin from Montreal North has died of a fatal gunshot wound. 

Conservative Party of Quebec: Their platform promises tax cuts and health care reform, but not much else.

Every morning at 9, The Big 5 on The Elias Makos Show.

Elias Makos is joined by Catherine Hogan, high school teacher at Westwood Senior High in Hudson and Sue Montgomery, former journalist and former mayor of CDN-NDG.

• Trash lines the streets of Park Ex as residents call for action to clean up the mess, after garbage pickup in the area was cut down to once a week for certain buildings
• Synthetic Pesticide rules in the city are rarely being enforced
• After being previously canceled, Storytime with Barbada is coming back in November. The Drag Queen’s storytime with the kids at local libraries in St-Laurent was originally nixed because parents had concerns about her influence

Elias Makos heads into the weekend with panelists David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister and analyst and Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR & content firm TNKR Media.

• Eric Duhaime swears he’s a serious person with serious candidates. Is he?
• It’s Jean Charest’s first-ever appropriate use of social media - the candidate posted a video compilation that mocks Pierre Poilievre
• Pope Francis has apologized for the sexual abuse influcted on minors and other vulnerable people by members of the Catholic Church for the first time on Canadian soil

High school teacher at Westwood Senior High in Hudson Catherine Hogan and founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact Egbert Gaye join Elias to discuss today's topics.

• detailing the worst-case scenario for each of Quebec's political parties
• Is the pope's apologu enough?
• And rapper Drake is being criticized for using his private jet to get to Hamilton from Toronto

Elias Makos' panelists include Catherine Hogan, high school teacher at Westwood Senior High in Hudson and Egbert Gaye, founder and editor of Montreal Community Contact.

• A 7th wave of COVID is hitting Europe. Dr. Luc Boileau has already confirmed that no public health measures will be imposed. Right approach?
• The Quebec government is on the defensive as records show English school buildings are among the most poorly maintained 
• Quebec is defending the police’s power to make random traffic stops

Meeker Guerrier starts off the long weekend with David Heurtel, Former Quebec liberal cabinet minister and analyst and Justine McIntyre, former Montreal City Councilor and Consultant at Espace Strategies.

• For the third year running, Montreal’s Canada Day parade is being axed due to a lack of funding from the Federal Heritage Department
• At least 4 people have already been arrested in Ottawa as the freedom convoy once again rolls into town to protest vaccine mandates
• Projet Montréal has promised 6,000 new housing units per year to be built over a decade, but it hasn’t even built its promised the units from its last mandate

Elias Makos welcomes in Martin Patriquin, Quebec correspondent for The Logic and 
Meeker Guerrier, Weekend News Anchor at Noovo and a commentator at RDS.

• Yesterday tech CEOs banded together for an open letter to the government. Today, we’re learning the government will push back at least one part of Bill 96 by a year
• The vaccine mandates for domestic travel and outgoing international flights will be suspended 
• For $800,000, this worn down dumpster of a home in the Mile End can be yours

Elias Makos welcomes in Lea Streliski, Best-selling author, comedian and columnist and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor.

• Just ahead of the Grand Prix, an ad campaign reminding people that "Paying for sex is illegal in Canada." Should sex work be decriminalized?
• A young woman being told to cover up in a park earlier this week has sparked a “free the nipple” protest on Mount Royal on June 19. Is it time we freed the nipple
• Balarama Holness’ party has been granted official party status - with a new name - Bloc Montreal