After a surprise return in September, Bernard Drainville signed his very last political column on the morning show Thursday morning Since you have to get up, on the waves of 98.5. Host Jonathan Trudeau will take over when the holidays return.
“Thank you to the listeners who listened to us at 7 am, and for whom it was a meeting. Thank you very much for being there, ”said Mr. Drainville, towards the very end of his last column.
He underlined having “forged a real bond” with the host Paul Arcand, whom he also warmly thanked. “Sometimes people would say to me: is that true, you and Arcand? You seem to have fun. Yes, we had to adjust along the way, that’s normal, but yes, we had fun doing this column together, ”said the main person, who still keeps his show from the afternoon on the same Cogeco network.
Bernard Drainville also offered sincere thanks to the Since you have to get up, Alexandra, Lise, Jessica, Richard, Janie, “and all the others who endured me”.
“You are a great team. I won’t be bored getting up at 4 a.m., but I will miss you. Hi everyone, ”he concluded.
Paul Arcand, he wished to thank his columnist “in the name of the listeners”. “First, this first column in April 2017, and after this return that was not planned (in September). I know that you had other life choices and that heap still accepted to come and sit here every morning, ”illustrated Mr. Arcand, inviting his colleague to come back when he wants. “You knock, you come home, you know the way. ”
Jonathan Trudeau will take Bernard Drainville’s place when he returns from vacation, starting in January. Host at FM93, Mr. Trudeau is also a political columnist for Le Fil on the airwaves of Noovo. In the past he also wrote in the pages of Journal of Montreal and occasionally participated in the show The Joust, on the airwaves of LCN.
“Bravo to Bernard for his exceptional work, it will not be an easy task to succeed him,” admitted the new columnist on Twitter on Thursday morning.