Daybreak
with Mike Finnerty

Perhaps you've noticed Montreal is in a strange mood as of late. So we once again called on the services of our very own poet laureate - Gabe Foreman. He is a Quebec Writers Federation award-winning poet and author of the collection: A Complete Encyclopedia of Different Types of People. Take a listen to the poem he wrote for us.

(Photo: Sophie Tremblay/CBC)

Following the massive march against tuition hikes and Bill 78 and a new growing pot-banging movement against the bill, Mike speaks to Quebec Finances Minister Raymond Bachand. He is also the minister responsible for Montreal and the Liberal MNA for Outremont.

The aftermath of the massive protest Tuesday which saw thousands hit the streets. Mike spoke to Tom Mouhteros, spokesperson for STM bus drivers union. Amir Khadir of Québec solidaire. And CBC senior political columnist Bernard Saint-Laurent. 

(Photo: Shawn Apel/CBC)

Festival season is less than three weeks away with the Canadian Grand Prix F1 race kicking things off. Mike spoke to Andy Nulman, president of the Just for Laughs festival whose concerned about how protests may affect the fest and a Formula 1 enthusiast, gearing up for Grand Prix. 

It has been a hot weekend in Montreal, with protesters and police squaring off downtown repeatedly and violently. That's despite the emergency legislation passed by the Charest government on Friday aimed at putting a stop to the protests. CBC's Tanya Birkbeck was in the Quartier Latin both Saturday and Sunday nights and she joined us live with a debrief. And Mike spoke to two bar and resto owners who got caught in the middle. 

(Dominique Dion, one of the owners of Zero 8 restaurant. And Maxime Perrault, one of the owners of Pub L'Abreuvoir. Photo: Sophie Tremblay/CBC)

One of the most influential members of the city's business community, James Cherry is our Tuesday feature this week. He's the President and CEO of Montreal's airports, Aéroports de Montréal (ADM). He also sits on the Board of Governors of Concordia University.

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Jonah Hoppenheim is a 13 year old on a mission to collect a million tabs from metal soft-drink cans. He plans to trade them in for hospital equipment. So far he's collected over 300, 000 tabs.
Shawn Apel spoke to both Jonah and his mother Sharyn live in the Daybreak studio.

(Jonah with his mom Sharyn proudly displaying their tab bracelets. Photo: Silvet Ali/CBC)

To purchase a tab bracelet, email Sharyn at shoppenheim@hotmail.com

A revolutionary business conference is taking place right here in Montreal. Tomorrow is the first day of C2-MTL and its organizers are saying that it will reinvent the global business conference.
The conference is curated by one of the world's top ad agencies, Montreal's Sid Lee. Shawn Apel spoke to President and Senior Partner of Sid Lee and the Curator of C2-MTL, JF Bouchard.

More info on the conference here.

(Photo: Sophie Tremblay/CBC)