NEW - What’s On Your Mind: Aaron Rand CJAD 800 Montreal

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift · Jun 10, 2026 · 8m

Aaron Rand, host at CJAD Montreal, joins to break down the political moment Quebec finds itself in heading toward an October election. The Parti Québécois, whose signature issue is separation, is pushing a referendum that almost nobody in Quebec wants, and their latest move is asking Ottawa for forty billion dollars to opt out of the planned high speed rail corridor connecting Quebec City to Toronto.

Support for separation in Quebec is at its lowest point in thirty years. The high speed rail debate is real, the expropriation concerns are legitimate, and Canada's reputation for…