cover of episode Valerie Plante releases her final budget. Plus: The illegal tobacco industry keeps getting bigger.

Valerie Plante releases her final budget. Plus: The illegal tobacco industry keeps getting bigger.

2024/11/20
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Elias Makos is joined by Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy, and Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for Noovo and CTV Montreal News at 5. He is also the president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies.

  • Quebec solidaire MNA Haroun Bouazzi has issued a partial apology for his comments about racism in the National Assembly
  • Under Valérie Plante's administration, Montreal saw a 33% increase in taxes between 2018 and 2024
  • The illegal tobacco industry is now bigger than the legal one in some parts of the country