Info-Santé 811 overload and early flu surge

Jay Farrar, in for Elias Makos, is joined by Paul Gott, lead singer and guitarist for Montreal punk rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia and Justine McIntyre, strategic consultant and former city councillor on The Big 5.

• The Quebec Liberal Party has announced that a new leader will be crowned on March 14th next year.
• If you thought waiting at the hospital was long, imagine waiting on the phone for around two hours to talk to someone. That is what Santé Quebec is reporting regarding the average wait time to reach Info-Santé (811).
• A new Leger poll says only 35 percent of people believe that 2026 will be better than 2025.