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This is Montreal

This is Montreal

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Dive into the Montreal stories you’re curious about and the issues you want to understand. From Laval to Longueuil and across the island, host Ainslie MacLellan explores the complexities of our colourful, vibrant and sometimes frustrating, but always interesting city. Every Thursday.

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Politics & Government
Episodes
  • How Montreal-based GardaWorld is profiting off ICE detention centres
    Apr 2 2026

    CBC reporter Ben Shingler looks at how Montreal-based security company GardaWorld, a company backed by Quebec public funds, is involved in the expansion of U.S. immigration detention through its U.S. subsidiary, prompting criticism from some Quebec organizations that say governments should be paying closer attention to what Quebec corporations do abroad.

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    15 mins
  • Quebec’s secularism law Bill 21 is tested at Canada’s top court
    Mar 26 2026

    The legal challenge of Quebec’s secularism law, Bill 21, before the Supreme Court of Canada has evolved from a fight over whether teachers can wear hijabs in the classroom into a debate over who should get the final say when deciding questions of rights and freedoms in Canada: courts or elected legislatures? Reporter Steve Rukavina breaks down the arguments and explains why the outcome of this case will have implications across the country.

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    24 mins
  • Fixing Quebec roads will cost tens of billions. Not fixing them will cost more.
    Mar 17 2026

    When a massive hole opened up in the Sauvagine bridge in Chateauguay, it didn’t just provide a clear view of the frozen river below, it arguably gave us a pretty clear picture of the challenges facing Quebec's road infrastructure. By some measures, more than 40 per cent of the province’s roads aren’t in good shape. With the provincial budget coming, engineers and economists are calling for better investments in road maintenance. But with a maintenance deficit in the tens of billions of dollars, is it a budget hole we can actually patch?

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    18 mins
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