Turns out it's kinda sorta OK to buy votes in Quebec. Plus: The coolest street in Montreal is… Sherbrooke Street West?

Update: 2025-11-21

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Elias Makos caps off the week with political analyst Karim Boulos, and Lionel Perez, Former city councilor and former leader of the Official Opposition at Montreal City Hall.

Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada will meet with Premier François Legault today. What should they talk about?
Outremont is removing a bike lane for the winter.
After not answering a formal notice to offer an explanation to why she fired her chief of staff, the saga between Marwah Rizqy and Genevieve Hinse could be heading to court.
Turns out that voters in the Quebec Liberal leadership race being allegedly paid off with $100 bills may not be illegal.
Montreal’s Sherbrooke Street West has been ranked fifth on Time Out magazine’s 2025 list of the world’s coolest streets.

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