The Big Five Podcast The Big 5: You’re not imagining things - road rage is getting worse!
Sep 29, 2025
Paul Gott, lead singer of the punk band The Ripcordz and a journalism professor, teams up with Jonathan Kalis, a former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and VP at McMillan Vantage. They dive into the alarming rise of road rage in Quebec, attributing it to traffic design flaws and urban frustration. The duo also critiques Mark Carney's frequent international travel and discusses the implications of Montreal's refusal to fund a FIFA World Cup base camp, highlighting the tension between economic benefits and political optics.
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Travel Is Policy, Not Vacation
- Mark Carney defends frequent overseas trips as vital for trade, security and investment goals.
- Critics call for more transparency about business meetings and partners when public officials travel.
Opaque Meetings Trigger Public Skepticism
- Journalists pressed Carney on who he met and he admitted he didn't know what his office shares.
- The exchange highlighted tensions between necessary diplomacy and public demands for meeting disclosure.
Professor's Take On Evasive Answers
- Paul Gott mocked the evasive answer as refreshingly blunt and compared it to past leaders' nonanswers.
- He said he wants to know who partners are before any deal is signed, but not every daily meeting detail.