The Corner Booth
by Montreal Gazette
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About this podcast
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.
Episodes
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- 'Don't take anything for granted' when it comes to Quebec's appetite for a referendum · 37 minAfter the Parti Québécois won a minority government on Monday with only 28 per cent of the popular vote, some political commentators have downplayed the chances of a sovereignty…
- ‘ Picking fights with Ottawa’: Tom Mulcair predicts what’s next for Quebec’s new premier · 35 minThe Quebec election is officially in the books, with Paul St-Pierre Plamondon’s Parti Québécois winning a minority government. In this special election recap episode of The…
- Stéphane Dion says ‘it will not be easy to avoid’ a Parti Québécois majority · 1 h 3 minAudio-only: Stéphane Dion calls Monday’s provincial election a “double election” for Quebecers. The former federal Liberal leader, who drafted the Clarity Act in response to the…
- Ruba Ghazal on why Québec solidaire’s sovereignty is ‘not against Canada’ | The Corner Booth · 38 minThe latest polls say Paul St-Pierre Plamondon’s Parti Québécois is potentially on the cusp of winning a majority government in Monday’s provincial election. Should the PQ be held…
- Charles Milliard says referendum vote ‘is Monday, not in three years’ | The Corner Booth · 37 minThe Quebec election campaign is in the final stretch. Right now, it’s looking like the Parti Québécois are on the cusp of a majority government. For Quebec Liberal leader Charles…
- Who’s rising, who’s falling in the Quebec election | The Corner Booth · 43 minThe 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…
- Does it matter if Christine Fréchette is a separatist? | The Corner Booth · 35 minCanadian 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…
- French-only election mailouts ‘effectively suppressing the vote’ | The Corner Booth · 31 minThis 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…
- Tom Mulcair predicts who will win the Quebec election | The Corner Booth · 39 minTom 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…
- Canada ' should not be in a rush' to sign trade deal with U.S. | The Corner Booth · 37 minWhen 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…
- 'Abandoned' West Islanders hit by flooding are fighting back | The Corner Booth · 30 minFlooding 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…
- ‘Slap in the face,’ outgoing Consul General in Montreal calls U.S. alcohol ban in Canada | The Corner Booth · 29 minAs 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…
- Why thousands of Montrealers could be without housing on July 1 | The Corner Booth · 32 minMoving 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…
- The U.S. will rank better than Canada in climate change fight, 'despite Donald Trump' | The Corner Booth · 32 minSteven Guilbeault is stepping down from government. The Liberal MP for Montreal's Laurier—Sainte-Marie riding announced last month that he intends to resign his seat this summer…
- ‘It will trigger hate,’ Housefather on Projet Montréal’s anti-Israel motion | The Corner Booth · 32 minAntisemitism has been front and centre in Montreal news the last two weeks. So when Projet Montréal announced its plan to bring a motion to council Monday condemning Israel for…
- Is '50 per cent plus one' enough for Quebec to separate? | The Corner Booth · 36 minDid Prime Minister Mark Carney open Pandora’s Box by saying “50 per cent plus one” in a referendum would not be enough for Quebec or Alberta to separate from Canada? That’s the…
- Is Quebec's new premier avoiding anglos? | The Corner Booth · 43 minOn last week’s episode of The Corner Booth, Tom Mulcair said Quebec’s new premier, Christine Fréchette, was “steadfastly refusing” to speak English and steering clear of…
- Mulcair: Quebec’s new premier ‘ has steadfastly refused to say a word of English’ | The Corner Booth · 32 minThere might be a new premier in Quebec, but according to former NDP leader and Quebec Liberal cabinet minister Tom Mulcair, it’s the same old, same old CAQ coming out of the…
- Why this 'misfit' wants to bring the Expos back | The Corner Booth · 36 minAshkan Karbasfrooshan, an entrepreneur who founded online media powerhouse WatchMojo, has dealt with doubters his entire career. And the prospect of bringing the Montreal Expos…
- Who's going to fix Montreal’s bad roads? | The Corner Booth · 28 minThe streets of Montreal went viral on social media this week, but for all the wrong reasons. Feigang Fei, who owns the restaurant Cuisine AuntDai on St-Mathieu St. Frustrated…
