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A weekly video podcast from the Montreal Gazette exploring the topic du moment in Montreal and Quebec.Recorded at the iconic Snowdon Deli, hosts Bill Brownstein and Aaron Rand meet up with a new guest each episode. The Corner Booth is available in video format on montrealgazette.com and www.youtube.com/@mtlgazette.
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- 3 days ago42 min
Who’s rising, who’s falling in the Quebec election | The Corner Booth
The five main party leaders in the Quebec election got a chance to make their pitch to the people with two French-language debates this week. Which leader made their mark? Who stood out with undecided voters? Who needs to step up as the campaign hits crunch time? A pair of Gazette political columnists, Raphaël Melançon and Robert Libman, joined hosts Bill Brownstein and Aaron Rand on the latest episode of The Corner Booth from Snowdon Deli to give their grades to the five leaders and predict where things might be headed with less than three weeks until election day.
- 1 weeks ago35 min
Does it matter if Christine Fréchette is a separatist? | The Corner Booth
Canadian Party of Quebec leader Joseph Cianflone knows his party won’t win the upcoming provincial election.But that doesn’t mean the underdog party can’t play a role in steering the conversation.The leader of the self-described “only fully federalist party” in Quebec joined hosts Bill Brownstein and Aaron Rand for this week’s episode of The Corner Booth at Snowdon Deli. Cianflone pitched his party’s platform and gave his perspective on how the race is shaping up, including CAQ leader Christine Fréchette dodging questions about whether she considers herself a sovereigntist.
- 2 weeks ago31 min
French-only election mailouts ‘effectively suppressing the vote’ | The Corner Booth
This week, it was revealed for the first time in a provincial campaign, election guides and notices are being mailed only in French.Voters seeking English versions will instead be directed to the Élections Québec website, either directly or through a QR code printed on the French documents. But around one in five Quebecers 75 and older do not own a smartphone, computer or tablet.Lawyers Frédéric Bérard and Eric Maldoff joined hosts Bill Brownstein and Aaron Rand on this week’s episode of The Corner Booth from Snowdon Deli. Maldoff is part of a group of lawyers planning to file legal action against the provincial government.
- 2 weeks ago39 min
Tom Mulcair predicts who will win the Quebec election | The Corner Booth
Tom Mulcair thinks the answer to who will win October's Quebec election "will come in the last two weeks of the campaign," but that won't stop him from making an early prediction.The former NDP Leader and Quebec Liberal MNA told hosts Bill Brownstein and Aaron Rand on this week's episode of The Corner Booth at Snowdon Deli that although he has no dog in the fight, as an outside observer, he's seeing where the trends are headed.
- Aug 22, 202637 min
Canada ' should not be in a rush' to sign trade deal with U.S. | The Corner Booth
When it comes to the Donald Trump White House's tariff threats against Canada, every day is Groundhog Day.And while this week saw both countries go down to the wire to sign the latest trade deal, it won't be long until the United States returns asking for revised terms.At least, that's how economist Julian Karaguesian and former Delegate General of Quebec in New York John Parisella see it. They joined hosts Bill Brownstein and Aaron Rand on the latest episode of The Corner Booth from Snowdon Deli.
- Jul 10, 202630 min
'Abandoned' West Islanders hit by flooding are fighting back | The Corner Booth
Flooding in parts of the West Island have become a nearly annual occurrence. Now residents — 1,500 and counting — are fighting back.Two proposed class-action lawsuits are taking aim at the cities of Montreal and Dollard-des-Ormeaux. The lawsuits allege the municipalities were “grossly negligent” in preparing for last month’s flash floods that left drainage systems overwhelmed and basements ruined.Lawyer Jeff Orenstein and Paul Henry Danylewich, president of the Association of the Citizens of Dollard, joined hosts Bill Brownstein and Aaron Rand on this week’s episode of The Corner Booth at the Snowdon Deli to talk about how government inaction has spurred this fight.
- Jul 3, 202628 min
‘Slap in the face,’ outgoing Consul General in Montreal calls U.S. alcohol ban in Canada | The Corner Booth
As Consul General at the U.S. Consulate in Montreal, Robert P. Sanders experienced first-hand the change in tone between Canadians and Americans going from the Joe Biden administration to Donald Trump’s.The career apolitical diplomat, who previously held posts in a variety of locales from Islamabad to Port-au-Prince, is wrapping up his time in Montreal, but not before joining hosts Bill Brownstein and Aaron Rand on an audio-only episode of this week’s The Corner Booth to talk about navigating the position with relations between the countries at a low-point.
- Jun 27, 202632 min
Why thousands of Montrealers could be without housing on July 1 | The Corner Booth
Moving Day is coming up for more than 115,000 Montrealers on July 1, when a critical mass of Quebec leases expire, and it’s become a day housing advocates dread.“ This is a really tough day for the city. It’s funny, it used to be a day of transition. A day of newness. A day of hope. A day of change,” said James Hughes, president and CEO at Old Brewery Mission.With July 1 around the corner, Hughes and Amy Darwish, co-ordinator with Comité d’Action de Parc-Extension, joined hosts Bill Brownstein and Aaron Rand on this week’s episode of The Corner Booth at Snowdon Deli to sound the alarm on what’s sure to be a difficult moving season for the more than 3,000 Montrealers Hughes estimates could be without a place to live.
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A weekly video podcast from the Montreal Gazette exploring the topic du moment in Montreal and Quebec.Recorded at the iconic Snowdon Deli, hosts Bill Brownstein and Aaron Rand meet up with a new guest each episode. The Corner Booth is available in video format on montrealgazette.com and www.youtube.com/@mtlgazette.
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