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EPISODE · Jan 29, 2026 · 25 MIN

Making refugees and asylum seekers pay for healthcare. Plus: Would you give the police access to your doorbell cam?

from The Big Five Podcast · host CJAD 800

Elias makos is joined by Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia, and Political analyst Karim Boulos. The trains don’t run. And they were down again this morning. Oh, and the elevators don’t work. Should we get a REM refund? In Trois-Rivieres, the police have launched a voluntary campaign to get citizens to add their smart doorbell cameras to a surveillance camera registry. According to the results of a survey done by Radio-Canada, 31% of students admit using Artificial Intelligence to cheat.  Ontario Premier Doug Ford was not mincing words yesterday when asked about his opinion of a potential sovereignist as the next Premier of Quebec.

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