cover of episode 13 hundred households without one after July 1st. Plus: Did the STM's new social media ad go too far?

13 hundred households without one after July 1st. Plus: Did the STM's new social media ad go too far?

2024/7/2
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David Heurtel is joined by Political analyst Karim Boulos and Anthony Koch, Former National Spokesperson for Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and current managing principal at AK Strategies.

More than 1,300 households are still without housing as of July 1st, according to a compilation from the Société d’habitation du Québec (SHQ).

  • The retail council of Quebec is seeking financial help to meet signage rules. They want the government to help its members with the hefty costs of replacing or adjusting hundreds of outdoor commercial signs and business facades.
  • Do some corporate accounts go too far on social media? At what point does it go from being provocative to crude? The STM’s official TikTok account shows a video of a woman wearing a bikini standing in a pool. With no warning she pushes water through her thighs as the video quickly cuts to an STM bus being washed. "This is how we wash our buses," the caption reads. The video of the woman and the trend of cutting to something else is nothing new…. It’s been circulating on social media.