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The Andrew Carter Morning Show on CJAD 800. Filling in this week, Ken Connors. It was last October. I was raiding, and I hit something. I got out the car, and I looked around. I checked. I didn't see anything. I figured it was a deer that ran off. OK, what's the problem? I got called for jury duty. The Kendall Carter case? What are you telling me?

Maybe I didn't hit it there. 720 in for John Wars, Bill Brownstein from the Montreal Gazette. Bill, good morning. This is juror number two directed by a 94-year-old Clint Eastwood. What an unbelievable story that East Hill directing. It's just unfathomable because

As you can well imagine, to direct a film at the best of times and stuff. When you're 30 years old, when you're 94 years old, I don't know how he does it. And he also co-produced it. And a fascinating film as well, streaming now on Crave, as a matter of fact. And as you can hear from the buildup that you had a little clip, this is the story of this guy who's called on for jury duty in Savannah, Georgia.

The case involves a guy who was drunk and was having fights with his girlfriend at some bar, and then she ends up dead, found below a bridge somewhere, and everybody assumes that the guy is arrested for her murder. But as we learn, as you heard there, in the little clip at the year, number two, we'll recall the same night when he was driving with very bad, awful conditions, pouring rain.

he thought he hit something the woman was walking and he thought he hit something with the deer he went out to check in but then while he's sitting there on jury duty everybody wants to convict this guy the other guy and I think well wait a second it could have been me and that's just really the whole moral quandary it's like incredible though the star is a guy called Nicholas Holt who's also the star now of this

hit death while it's going to be hit enough for that to remake of the horror film like a silent horror film from nineteen twenty two which is just opening a theater's tonicle that plays the uh... d.a. j.k. Simmons is on uh... plays uh... cop who's on jury duty i mean in fascinating cast uh... keeper subliminal in there uh... nice much real connection by the way uh... guy called eve vid algier is the uh... cinematographer he worked with a result mark valet

on all his uh... big little lies uh... now aspires club wild and all the rest is clear a little homeboy and other one that steven campinelli as is always the cases the uh... steady cam guy for the film so uh...

interesting how film in Georgia but nice to see uh... montreal represented there yeah very well represented we have to mention to that Nicholas Holt um... is uh... the young man who was in the nineteen ninety movie about a boy with Hugh Grant right and how do you remember the yes that's true i had to

plus plus is that that's a bit of a reunion because in in that uh... about a boy movie his mom was tony collet so the bit of a reunion there in this uh... clinton's movie to find all the info you've also in uh... one of the uh...

Mel Gibson, what are those, like, fury films that are Mad Max? No, yeah. Anyway, there's another young guy whose career is on the rise, but really well worth catching, and you don't even have to leave home on this frigid day. You can check it out on Crave. Bill, I want to play a clip from something that was promoted yesterday during the Netflix NFL games, and it's a brand-new, deniero project. Fire that, Jimmy. 3,402 people died on Zero Day.

Plane crashes, train derailments, total gas. Whoever's responsible for this attack, they're dangerous and they said they're gonna do it again. Congress is authorizing a special investigatory commission and endowing it with powers of surveillance, of search and seizure. I'm just gonna grab people off the streets without warrants. Actually, you are. Hmm.

It's called the Zero Day with Robert De Niro. It's going to start streaming on February 20th. And Bill, not surprisingly, with all the money Netflix paid for those two NFL games, they were going to take every opportunity to promote some of their projects. I saw it. Happy Gilmore, too, being promoted. Yeah. The second season of The Night Agent, and this one as well. Yeah, and De Niro just scares the Jesus out of you, just hearing that. Unbelievable, but like I say, him and Scorsese have really tied up

with that Netflix in a big way, so this could be interesting. All right, far that clip from Nate Barghatsy, Jimmy. I went to career day for my daughter's school, so I was hoping to sit at a table alone. They put me at a table with a surgeon, which I think they did it on purpose, almost to show the kids. Here's the difference between reading.

They asked him, how long do you go to school to be a surgeon? You know, he's like 54 years or whatever. And they asked me, they're like, how long do you be a comedian? I was like, you're good now.

Your friend Nate Barghatsy started streaming, I think, on Christmas Eve. Yes, it did. You've been on to Nate Barghatsy for a long time. I've got to say, I mean, he hit you just for laughs. And I know you always had him on your morning. Bill, I was the first one on the air here on CJD to pronounce his name properly. His career is on fire now. I mean, he just did a special Nashville Christmas special. He was like a host on Saturday Night Live for the second time.

And the guy's just hilarious. There's nothing. I mean, he's so clean. I mean, it's that you played earlier about him. He's a water meter reader. It's like you were trying to protect the country with the Taliban with his lack of training. Everything he does is funny. He did this bit about, like, he has no idea. Like, he doesn't know anything about himself. His wife knows everything. And for good reason, he talks, he did a bit about washing his clothes. He puts a suit and a rug in there at the same time in the washing machine.

Here's the difference between reading. I mean, you know, ketchup is his favorite vegetable. He's been worn by people, strangers. I mean, everything he touches is a terrible memory. He said he did a typing class and he wasn't very good at it because his mind cursive is the future. Like he hasn't touched like little sketches. He did an SNL like he did on a national special.

I don't know what it is. It's just he's got this look about him. Incredible likability factor. Oh my god. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, really, I mean, to be vital. I mean, you know, with the hipsters and Saturday Night Live and the cynics and all the rest to be part of that group and still carrying it on so wonderfully. She's brilliant. Anyway,

Check this one out because it is funny also on Netflix. Your friend, your friend, your friend. You're friend. You can introduce by his young daughter. Wasn't that sweet? Well, I'm going to throw for that kid to introduce her dad and hear the roar of that sold out arena. Boy, what a memory for her. Bill, just back to where we started though. Jure number two had a very, very limited release in theaters. I couldn't find it anywhere. I was looking for when I was in California and short chains by the movie company.

Well because they had to deal with the well-craved here in Max and all the rest to like bring it out later as they do with a lot of these films like even, you know, like Netflix will bring out of film like a week and a half after it hits theaters with they financed the film. But to be eligible for certain awards, although that doesn't seem to matter any longer. Yeah.

It was, uh, a week and a half or two in theaters and then, uh, but I guess every, the impetus is getting it on to the streaming network. It's yours right now on Crave, right? You bet. Bill, thank you for this and we'll come back tomorrow and chat again. Exactly. That's Bill Brown seeing you for John Moore at 728. Don't miss the two minute checkup with Dr. Mitch weekday mornings at 7.50.

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Thank you. I hope everyone had a lovely day yesterday. Absolutely. Right back at you. And this morning, we're going to talk about, I guess it's a study about how small bursts of exercise or activity can reduce the risk of heart issues with women. So this is commonly a time that people will make resolutions, right? Yeah. Start of the new year. I'm going to do things. I'm going to be a better person. I'm going to be a healthier person. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyway,

One of the resolutions people often make is I'm going to be more fit. Okay. The thing is when they say that, what they're normally thinking is, oh my God, I've got to join a gym or I've got to, and all those things are good if you want to. But what this study in the new in the British Journal of Sports Medicine showed was that even just increasing the amount of activity in a small way can make a significant difference, at least in this study in women. I don't understand why it only seemed to apply to women.

That's one of the interesting aspects of this study, but I don't think if you were actually to look at the literature in general that I think you could actually say this would benefit all people. And they basically found that sedentary women who did as little as one to three minutes of what they call vigorous intensity specific or short exercise every day showed a dramatic decrease in the risk of developing a heart attack or stroke or any other significant cardiovascular illness.

And they're talking about things like running after the bus or going up the stairs. Now, if you're truly a couch potato, I would be careful how you do this. I wouldn't rush out quickly right now. And say, I'm going to do a bunch of stairs right now. I would take it easy to it gradually, maybe be checked out by your doctor. But it does show you that you can see benefits from just small amounts of activity. And this reinforces something that's been a common theme, I think, throughout 2024.

Being sedentary is the biggest danger to your health. And so if you can get up during the day and move around during the day and just do things during the day, and if during this you can also do short bursts of more vigorous activity in the proper season gardening. In the less proper season, you know, cleaning up the house. People forget, I'm sure they don't, but I will say that.

uh... how much exercise there is in vacuuming or vigorously loading the dishwasher uh... but that's the idea the idea is don't give up do even small bits of activity are worth doing just do it carefully to a slowly if you're truly a couch potato and i think it's an achievable

uh... new year's resolution micha couple of points of what one of the good things about the smart watches and fit this is that they'll remind you to get off off your butt you know like you okay you haven't been active now in the last hour maybe maybe get up and take a walk about that the fact that i need my watch to tell me to do this or my phone is a is a basic statement of not good stuff uh... but yeah you're right uh... and again uh... i think you highlight without being silly for a second i think you highlight a key point

You don't have to do this alone. You can do this with your friends or with your coworkers or with your family. And you can use any of the smart devices that you have, whether it's your phone or your watch. A lot of these things can be programmed to remind you to be active on a regular basis. And I think many people find them very helpful.

to get them, you know, off their butt and moving. And that's the key message. You got to get off your butt. Yeah, when it comes to these short bursts of activity, what we do, Mitch, because we watch dogs, we always have dogs in the house. When we walk the dogs, every now and then we'll just run with them for like a block, you know, just to get the heart pumping. And they don't turn around and say, what is wrong with you? No, they want to run too. And a lot of times we take the Metro a lot to downtown Mitch from Bill Sandler. We park the car and we take the Metro. And what we always do is we avoid the escalator and we just, you know,

vigorously take this take the stairs up. Yeah. If you can't, I mean, I know a lot of people have mobility issues and other things that I want them to be careful. And so you do what you can within your limits. But yeah, you've just highlighted two great ways of getting more activity, not just walking the dog, but maybe give the dog a little bit more of an exercise bit the same for you. And the same thing as you're commuting, as you're going into work. You know, we've talked about, you know, parking the car a little bit further away from where you need to be. So you walk a little bit further.

but do you be careful the sidewalks can be slippery and i see i've seen a lot of people over the last couple of days who slipped and fallen and hurt themselves just be careful that's the other comment yet run with the dogs when that when the footing is good and solid that's right or have them take you can carry you dr mitch thanks as always a pleasure a great day dr mitch showman

This is the Andrew Carter podcast. Like what you hear, catch the show live Monday to Friday 5 30 tonight.

Dr. Mitch Schulman is going to be joining us here in about 10 minutes with our two-minute checkup. It'll be good to talk to Mitch as always. 740 on the button. There's a new, a new events venue that's set to open here in Montreal in just a few months. It's called Le Nestra. And one of the creators and co-owners of the venue is Adam Boltz and he's on the line to tell us more. Adam, good morning. Good morning. Happy holidays. Happy holidays to you. Merry Christmas. Happy Hanukkah. Adam, did I pronounce the name of the venue properly? Le Nestra.

That's exactly right. Where does the name come from? Well, I like to tell people that the name means in Greek a way to come together and celebrate. But the truth is, it's the former venue, Arsenal's named backwards. So we're changing it up. I love it. So it's going to be situated inside the Arsenal and Griffin tell, which is a fantastic venue. Tell me about the decision to create this new venue. You obviously believe that this is something the city needs.

Absolutely. So my partners and I have been looking for a space for I will say over 10 years now. There are some great venues in Montreal, but none of which are really dedicated and this large to be able to customize something really experiential for events in Montreal. There's always the traditional Windsor station and the old port, but truthfully,

Montreal need the dedicated venue that's built from the ground up for events. So at looking at spaces, we wanted to find something that was downtown adjacent and something that would allow for the other producers and planners of the world to come to Montreal and really create something amazing. What would be the capacity in terms of bodies in there?

We can sit for a gala style over a thousand people or for cocktail style over 1500 people. So it's pretty big. Adam, it's interesting. You mentioned the, uh, the old Windsor train station, right? Well, I've gone to a couple of weddings there, but from what I understand and correct me if I'm wrong, when you sort of, uh, and this is not a knock against the Windsor location. It's a, it's a, it's a beautiful, it's a beautiful building, but I don't really think, uh, I think you just get the room itself, right? What kind of facilities can you offer at this new venue?

So I appreciate you saying that because part of what we're trying to do is make something that's purposely built for events and a kitchen facility with in-house catering, large-scale rigging structures in the ceiling all allow for

More flexibility and less time that you have to rent the space. So from a business model, it's good for us, but it's also good for a client that needs to come in and doesn't really have to respend on infrastructure, if you know what I mean. Where that embolts, he's one of the creators of a brand new venue that's going to be open. You're taking bookings now and place officially opens. Is it March? I read somewhere?

march first we are taking bookings but i'm actually pleased to announce that even before we open we're going to be producing one of the events for the n h l who's doing the four nations in montreal that you act so if you build it they will come can and how does uh... montreal rank in terms of uh... of being a destination for corporate events are we up there work are we competitive

People want to come to Montreal. It's fun. There's so many different entertainment options, but similar to the Taylor Swift scenario where we don't get big concerts, often we don't get big conferences because, yes, Palette Congres, an incredible venue, but it's one venue and Montreal needs other types of off-site

destinations to be able to accommodate these conferences and corporate events. So I would say that Montreal ranks high in principle, but with a venue like Linestra, it'll give more opportunities to planners and destination managers to bring people to Montreal. And that's good for the economy. I guess this is, you know, it's going to be an option to trying to find a spot, you know, on the, on the, the last bond of venture in the Palais de Conquere calendars, which sometimes can be booked. And you can have a hard time like finding that date, that, that appropriate date for your event.

Yeah, and also not every venue or not every event rather needs large scale venues. Just remember, conferences are changing and people are always looking for something a little bit more bespoke and unique to represent a more modern approach. And again, that's not to take away from the amazing facilities in Montreal, but if you can create something that's let's say a five, six hundred person venue that retransforms throughout the three, four days and we're ready to accommodate those, I think that's going to really give us a unique perspective and offering.

Adam, you describe it as a fully convertible venue. Can you just elaborate a little more on that when you say it's fully convertible? Yeah, the venues that we built and we always want to look at the most possible options for our client can be changed from one day look like a conference as we were describing or a full scale wedding with large production, a stage show that maybe has a musical act that corporate group brings in.

A convertible space just means that instead of having a specific look and feel, it's always able to change based on the infrastructure of the space. So you could hand curtaining, you could rig, you could change the floor.

there are really no limitations to the creativity that the planners and producers can do. Adam, just as we wrap up, I think we met maybe during the pandemic because I was at a couple of events that you had the round Royal Mount, right? You had the Royal Mount drive-in for a while too, I think. Yeah, we started the pandemic trying to answer the needs of the Montreal community with the drive-in, and then post that, we had the Jardin Royal Mount, which was the outdoor space when the COVID restrictions were tight. So

We're trying to really look at Montreal's needs and try to see what's next and stay ahead of the game. I do remember you coming and celebrating the idea that people could come together. So this is another way for them to come together. And just before I let you go, how about a shout out to your partners in crime here? I have two amazing partners, both Lauren Levitt and Adam Mariani. Lauren comes from the production world and Adam Mariani is the foremost expert in catering.

And together we really bring in the powerhouse team to put on events for Montreal and allow for others to plan and produce there as well. People want more information, where can they go? Is there a website set up? Absolutely. Linestra.ca. So, la nestra1word.ca and all the information is there. Linestra is N-E-S-R-A and it's, yeah, inside the Arsenal in Griffin Town. Great spot. Adam, congratulations. And, you know, anything new to the city to make it more

More successful, more viable as a destination for these events. We'll take it. Good for you. Thanks, Ken. I can't wait to see you there. Absolutely. That's Anna Boltz and brand new venue set to open in a couple of months, even before that too with that NHL event.

746, weather-wise, we're looking at what eventually will be a sunny day. You wouldn't think so right now, but at least where we're looking, as I look towards the east here at the corner of Papadon and Reynold Levesque, it's kind of gray and misty and cold, minus 10, that minus 10 at the moment, sorry, minus 17, excuse me, minus 10 is the daytime high, minus 17 at the moment, feels like minus 20, but hopefully that sunshine will appear and will hit that high of minus 10, but it will feel colder with the wind chill factor.

Things you can do, little things you can do that women can do to sort of increase or decrease your chances of having heart issues. When it comes to exercise, kind of like sporadic little things you can do to get the heart pumping through the day at different points in the day. All right, we're going to talk to Dr. Mitchell about that. When we come back here on CJAD 800.

A power-packed version of the number one morning show in Montreal. If you're on the fly, this is the Andrew Carter podcast.

especially this early in the morning. Go easy on me. It's Adele at 622, about a month ago, I guess. Adele wrapped up her two-year, biggest residency at Caesars Palace. Did 100 shows there at the venue, the Colosseum at Caesars? That's a Cylenzold stomping grounds, right? That's her stage.

And if you're an Adele fan, you might have heard about the box set she's releasing from all those Vegas shows. It's a limited edition vinyl box set titled weekends with Adele. Sounds like a radio show. You may have to be rolling in deep pockets for this one. It's priced this box set from Adele at $350 US, 350 US. That's about 400. That's a little more than 400 Canadian. Here's what you get for your money.

uh... it offers listeners a one-of-a-kind audio experience it says it's uh... three vinyl records but two hours long in length that twenty-one songs all are hits and also includes a lot of the live banter that uh... those adele shows in vegas became known for such a lot of back-and-forth with all the audience and members of the audience but that's not all second information that's not all there's more you get a fifty six page photo book

A bag of, a bag of confetti directly from the show. How are they proving that? And a fold out box that mirrors the, the Vegas stage. Uh, it won't be available until April, apparently, uh, of 2025 a few months away, but you can pre-order it. If you're a big Adele fan, or you know, someone who is on the Adele website. Well, uh, it's a good size, huh? 624. Speaking of money, let's bring in Arnie's way portfolio manager, senior wealth advisor at Scotia McCloud. Arnie, good morning.

Good morning, Ken, and I hate to correct you, but it's cost at the current exchange rate is just over $500. What? Yeah. The 350... Yeah, you're right. You're right. What am I saying? What am I saying? You know, you're living in a different, an alternate universe there, Ken. One that the most Canadian travelers would prefer. Right, right. No one said there was going to be math this morning.

I used the calculator. Arnie, Merry Christmas. Happy Hanukkah. Thank you to you too, Ken. How was the turkey? Turkey was great. Yeah, it was wonderful and we had a really nice time at my niece's house in Sonistash. Yourself did you have a nice day yesterday?

Lovely. Lovely. You know, a lot of nothing. And that was great. I know. I watched a couple Christmas movies. Oh, good for you. Can you share? Yeah. Can you share which one? You know what? They're all the same. You know, those hallmark formulas are all the same. Oh, yeah. No, but I always watch the ref and always enjoy the ref. Who's in the rest? Is that Dennis Leary? And Kevin Spacey. Kevin's okay. Very good.

Arnie, we're going to do a little something for our listeners this morning who might be interested in this. We're going to talk about tax loss selling, what it is, and when the deadline is. Yeah, look, for investors, outside proper diversification and personal risk management, minimizing taxable capital gains is usually desired. And as we approach the end of the year, Ken, and especially a year whereby we had strong gains like this past year,

The real challenge is finding ways to manage their losses. Most a lot of stocks in North America had gains this year. It's really a challenge to find stuff in your portfolio that did lose money. In Canada, you can apply capital losses against capital gains.

and taking advantage of the strategy can help you lower any taxes owed. And you can accomplish this by simply selling an investment that has an unrealized loss to offset a realized gain. And once you use this technique, and once you've sold the stocks and have losses, you can actually apply those losses backward for as much as three years. And when's the deadline?

The transaction has to be completed in this calendar year. So the transaction deadline for this year is Monday, December 30th.

We have to remember that this strategy only applies in taxable accounts. So if you have losses within registered accounts, RFS, TFSAs, it's not helpful from the tax point of view. Another point though, Alcan, is often people sell a stock that

has lost value, but they don't wish to reduce the exposure that they have to a specific sector or market. So you can come up with this replacement strategy using a similar type stock or an exchange traded fund in that sector thereby maintaining your exposure. So is tax loss selling a common practice commonly used by a lot of investors?

You know what? It is. It is commonly used. The people hate paying tax on capital gains, although they made money. They just would like to find a strategy to reduce that tax bill. And this is the only one that's available to you. Quite right this time of year on the markets? Absolutely. But, you know, Tuesday started the seasonal Santa Claus rally as it's identified.

which happens in the last five trading days of calendar year and the first two trading days in January. Since 1950, the S&P 500 is generated an average of 1.3% during this period. Tuesday it gained 1.1%. So we thought it was well on its way, but US markets seem to be struggles. Markets are open. Canadian markets are closed.

Dow is pointing, Dow futures are pointing down to about 270 points right now. Arnie, thank you for this as always and we'll talk again soon. Enjoy your day today. You as well can. Bye. Bye now. Arnie's awake. A power packed version of the number one morning show in Montreal. If you're on the fly, this is the Andrew Carter podcast.

Andrew's home for the holidays. Ken, sitting in this morning on CJAD 800. And happy to be here. Nice to have you with us this morning. Well, the holiday season could be a tough time for many Montrealers who are vulnerable, who are food insecure, unemployed, those who are homeless, or just having trouble making ends meet.

And it can be a strain on those organizations in the city too that these people rely on. Food banks, as you've probably heard, are facing a challenge because of the rising cost of groceries and the increasing demand that it puts on them. One of these organizations that does a great job helping the vulnerable, specifically in the Codenage area, is multi-cap, a community cafeteria.

and their general director, Jossa Bastien-Patrisse is on the line for a chat. Jossa Bastien, good morning. Good morning to you. I describe multi-calf as a community cafeteria, which it is, but it is so much more than that. But let's start with the food and feeding residents of Cotonese who are vulnerable and food insecure. Approximately, how many are you seeing on a weekly basis?

You want to be afraid of the number that we are receiving right now. We're serving more than 16,000 people in multicast. So it's a number that when I started here seven years ago, I couldn't imagine that we could reach that number. I mean, Cote Dinesh is a very diverse, multi-ethnic population. I imagine that is evident in the people who are coming through your doors there.

Of course, 60% of our users are people who are first degree immigrant. So, yes, of course, it's a real big issue, but not only that sort of, that population comes to multicast. So it's very different. We have a lot of working people that come here. You know that 25% of the 16,000 that come here are working right now. Our poor worker.

When it comes to the food, tell me a bit and describe to our listeners the kitchen, the volunteers, the staff and how you're getting these meals out every day. Well, each day we are receiving more than 500 families that come here to take food from our grocery store because we have a solidarity grocery store that people come here once a week.

and they can come to eat with our at our cafeteria. During the summer we have a lot of agriculture projects at Ipodhuom and all around the area so that we grow our own vegetable and fruit that we transform here and we serve back to the people so it's a way to that cost less money so it's a way that we think it's to serve people with dignity.

And the other thing that is very, very important is that we don't only use serve food for the people that come here. Our main goal is to close one day. Our main goal is that the people who come here, the family, the women, the father, the children that come here, don't come here. And that's where we are very different than a lot of different food banks.

in Montreal area. You know that two years ago, people used to come here, the median DD, the average that people comes to multicast, they used to come here for 18 to 20 months. Right now, we hired a lot of social workers that their job is to evaluate what is the main issue, because you know the food is not the main issue. People have food insecurity, but what is behind food insecurity? Is it

They have some disease, they need to see a doctor, they need to learn English, learn French, to have a work, to go back to school. So the social worker, their job is to find the solution, the real solution, so that people won't be facing food insecurity. And in those two years, the average was

Twenty months two years ago and now it's five months. So we're doing a great job of that and but we have to continue and it's the real solution is not only to give somebody the fish but to make sure that the person learn how to fish.

We're with Jean-Sepastien Patris. He's the general director of Multicafe, a community cafeteria, and so much more are located in the Caudinese area. Jean-Sepastien, I mean, you can't do this alone. I mean, you have a great team there with you, but you also have partners, right? Where is the food coming from? A lot of it is it coming from Los Morale? Yes. Each year, we have an average of $4 million worth of food that comes from Los Morale. We are the biggest

food bank that are receiving from Massam Royale in the Montreal area. So each year it's four million that we are receiving but we are also receiving a lot from our food drive with the population around the area and

We have also to buy a lot of food. We buy for each year around $500,000 to $750,000 per year. Every year Sontrade has a big fundraising drive. Are you one of the organizations that will benefit from a donation to Sontrade, for example? Yes. We have a contract for three years with Sontrade because they support the organization three years per time per period.

And we were receiving a little bit more than $200,000. The main issues with our financial situation here, it's the support from our government. And we understand that the government, they do have to face a lot of difficulties.

The government support us for less than 3% of our business numbers. So it's not a lot. So we have to face and we have to give our hand and ask for all the foundation, the private donation, because that's the only way that we can stay open and continue to serve the population who are in need. It's the generosity of the population, of Montreal and of the area.

If our listeners are inclined to make a donation, they can do so through the multi-calf website. Of course, it's multi-calf.org. And every donation, you will have a letter of thank you from ourself. And if you want to come to visit our organization, you go to our website, you take a rendezvous with us, and we're going to be more than happy to receive you and to explain you in person what we are doing.

I can hear the passion and the care in your voice and your energy. Keep up the great work and congratulations to you and your team and all the best to you in 2025. Thank you so much and all the best for you too. This is the Andrew Carter podcast. Like what you hear, catch the show live Monday to Friday 5 30 to 9.

Get up, get the news you need, and grab a few laughs along the way. The Andrew Carter Morning Show on CJAD 800. And Andrew's off for a couple of weeks, so are the holidays recharging and ready to go when he gets back. It's 819 Ken Conners filling in. And one of Andrew's regular guests throughout the week is on Thursday morning. Tony Chapman, the host of a great podcast called Chatter That Matters is on the line. Tony, good morning.

Great to hear your voice back on the radio. How are you? Thank you very much. Tony, I got to start with this. Did I hear you tell Andrew last week or the week before that one of your first jobs when you were a kid, you worked at the bay?

I did. I worked at the bay. I was selling suits. So I started off folding pants, but I got pretty good at selling suits. So they got somebody else to do the folding, which I hated doing. And I love the selling part of it. I actually, I love selling in the men's where I actually, when I moved to Toronto, I took those skills to tip top tailors as well. It helped me, helped me survive the first couple of years in a very expensive city. Which, which page did you work out here? A doorbell shopping center. Oh, sure. Oh, well, close to home, right?

That was close to me, you could what, cycler walk over and it was a great place. The bay was a very special store back in those days. The bay day, which happened once a year, was just chaos. I mean, people would be pressed against the glass, waiting for the doors to open. And I think I told Andrew, my best seller at bay day was a $99 10-piece suit. You got your pairs of pants, you got a reversible vest. You could wear 10 different ways. And the material felt like J-Cloth.

The hardest thing I ever had to pin to sort of, you know, fit the seams of the pads because the thing was just like, it was like almost wearing rubber gloves. But people loved them and we sold a lot of them. Well, my ears perked up when I heard you say that because we have something in common. One of my first jobs too, when I was, you know, struggling trying to get into radio and start a radio career, I worked at the Bay at Rockland for a couple of years.

Oh, sure. Yeah, and while I was going to a venue in the Sea Geft. And I don't know why, Tony, but they put me in the linen department in the basement. And they know nothing about pillow shams and sheets, but they had me down there.

It's amazing how many people used to service the customers at the bay. I think one of the reasons the department stores fell on tough times is you didn't have those people helping. So people would wander around and get lost in the sheer size of it before the big box stores. And then walk up. And that's really what the beauty of the beauty of retail is when you can have a smile in front of you saying, how can I help you? It's kind of sad, actually, what's happening to the bay. You know, more and more of them are closing. And I guess the real estate is so valuable, right? They're just selling those buildings.

They've got rid of most of that too. I mean, once it was taken over by venture capital, it became much more. How can I extract profit out of this and value out of this versus what value can I bring to the customer? And, you know, it's a thousand pen knife wounds. And that's what we've seen. And will it ever come back? Maybe somebody will buy it. You know, it certainly will never be the glory it was. Yeah.

One of our busiest days, at least when I was there working at the bay when I was a kid, was Boxing Day. A lot of returns. It was a busy time of the cash. Boxing Day. How do you feel about Boxing Day with so much online shopping now and sales year round? Does Boxing Day still have the impact that it used to?

nowhere near it. I mean, when sales worked, it was scarcity. They were once a year, twice a year. Boxing Day was a very big event because the kids were armed with cash that they got before the gift card era. But now, you know, retailers are putting their Boxing Day sales on as early as mid December. Gift cards have moved mostly online.

Uh, you know, the, the, the sales are the black Fridays and cyber Mondays. So the whole concept of the sale, everybody knows there's a deal that we had. If you're on Instagram, look at a product go away next thing, you know, to come back and offer you a discount. And it's just a game of vacation of discounts. It's a race to zero. And retailers that used to have that as one of the most important traffic drivers, you know, when they put it on sale, that's really lost a lot of its teeth and a lot of its currency.

If I was working Boxing Day at the bay when I was a kid, Tony, one of the things I would do with that bay money, whatever I was making, I loved going to Sam the record man downtown on Saint Catherine on Boxing Day and getting some deals.

Yeah, I let me mind with Steve's shopping center, doorbell shopping center. I love perusing the whole music stores, the albums, the covers. I did a post this week on the late 10 about T for the Tillerman and Kat, Steve, and the morning is broken. And I just, you know, music in those days. And I think we all love the music from our youth because it just, you know, evokes that time where you didn't maybe have the pressures we have now. And it was about, you know, a friends and family and

flirting and just it was a much more innocent and the music so when I still hear that out

of them or, you know, some of the early Elton John's like hockey chateau and stuff. It just, it just, it just brings back such beautiful times and then you think of the store that you bought it and then you think of the friends that you went over and, am I going to buy the single or an album? It's, it's that era which we all dream of. When times get tough, if you look at what's happening in marketing, we all try to, we go back to that retro time where we felt

more confident, more secure, and I think that's what music does so well for us. And what does it they say about the music? They say it'll never have more of an impact on you than it will between the ages of 16 and 22. That's the music that stays with you for life.

Absolutely. I mean, listen, look at the bands, they're still selling out stadiums, the boomer bands. I mean, the Rolling Stones, I mean, you know, you go to see them and you go, how is it possible at 82 years old that they're still playing? And I go, how is it possible people in the 60s are going to a rock concert? And that's the reality of it. I mean, we live, music is incredible. It's almost this chariot that takes you back in time.

very often when you know if you're at a party and you know people are it's a dinner party with a lot of strangers you start talking about music or movies that matter to you and it's the greatest icebreaker in the world because people can connect it to personal stories very easily and that's

I think that's why you see the combination of music and movies so well done. I mean, I think of Greece and Saturday night fever and some of the movies of the era. And people had footloose and fame and some of these great music genre movies that people stole.

at holiday times put on because again, they capture those special moments in life that weren't always perfect. They had all the speed bumps as well, but we don't remember them that way. We just remember them as a perfectly paved speed way to skip down and enjoy life. Exactly. Next episode of a chatter that matters, telling about this life coach and motivational teacher.

Shay Marville is just a beautiful human being. I titled the episode Whispers in Wisdom. She's more than a life coach. She just really has an understanding of what matters most. And I saved her for the holiday season because sometimes this is a time when many have a little bit more time for reflection. And it's less about New Year's resolution and I'm gonna get up every morning and drink seven glasses of water and much more about just reminding you

of really that it's humans in humanity and peace and getting along that is so needed today in society. And if we start with the individuals and start taking that attitude and looking out with it, and that whispers become a roar, I think we'll be a better plan. Shane Marvell, she canadian she from here?

Yeah, she's Canadian, her mum immigrated. Incredible story actually. She almost died on visiting, visiting back at home and came back and her mum was just this, this saint that really raised her to, to believe she could do what she wanted to do. And

She's just I mean, you know, we listen to her voice is very peaceful. She's just one of these I start to show actually talking about my older sister Anna and she she These are people who just really have a connection with the energy of the planet a lot of people might be rolling their eyes But I do believe we're all connected through energy and I think the more we can turn that energy to positivity versus negativity and

To words like what she brings last week with some seared it next week Jennifer Laidlaw I'm kind of ending the show and starting the new year with sort of three women that have really I Feel have gone answers for each of us versus here's five steps of this or five steps of that nice You can find it chatter that matters wherever you find your favorite podcast sounds like another good one Tony and all the best to you and your family moving forward here in 2025 All the best we'll chat with you next week

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