MONTREAL — Focus Montreal introduces Montrealers to people who are shaping our community, bringing their stories into focus.
It airs on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 7:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and at midnight.
Take a look at who we’re meeting this week on Focus Montreal:
Martin Coiteux on public sector contract negotiations
Thousand of public sector workers walked off the job to stage a week of rotating strikes.
They’re upset that negotiating a contract with the government is taking so long. Workers have been without one since the Spring.
The union is looking for a 13.5 per cent salary increase over 3 years. The province has offered far less and many say this is the main sticking point.
The two sides seem far apart but the president of Quebec’s Treasury Board, Martin Coiteux, thinks there is room to make a deal.
Global Montreal’s Senior Anchor Jamie Orchard sat down with Coiteux as the week of protests kicked off, to get his take on how the talks are going.
Broadway is Back
The Côte Saint-Luc Dramatic Society is coming full circle with Broadway is Back, a musical featuring highlights of their best shows.
Fifty performers will return to the stage to bring the revue to life as they celebrate nine shows from the past four years and launch an incredible fifth season.
The producer of Broadway is Back, Côte Saint-Luc city councillor Mitchell Brownstein and one of the stars of the show, actor Sam Stein who plays Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof share some highlights from the new season.
Dr. Joe Schwarcz weighs in on WHO meat warning
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a frightening report about red meat and cancer this week.
The WHO classifies eating processed meat in the same cancer risk category as smoking.
Meat producers are calling the study dramatic and alarmist.
And even Dr. Joe Schwarcz says there is no reason to panic. The McGill University chemist dropped by Focus Montreal to provide some context to the study.
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