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Elias Makos ends the week with Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia, and Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for CTV Montreal News at 5 and president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies.


Community groups in Chinatown are pleading for action to deal with the rise in crime in the area
The National Assembly is divided into two camps - this according to Premier François Legault
Quebec’s French language Minister Jean-François Roberge is now seeking guidance from France about secularism in schools

Elias Makos is joined by Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media, and Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy.


Latest poll by Leger for the National Post shows the largest lead for the Conservative Party since Brian Mulroney was at the helm
Week’s after the budget was unveiled, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh finally confirmed his party will support it
McGill University's ongoing encampment situation continues. The university is now offering a ‘forum’ to protesters if they agree to leave

Elias Makos welcomes in Anthony Koch, Former National Spokesperson for Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and current managing principal at AK Strategies, and Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor.


Chaos in the House of Commons on Tuesday - with the leader of the opposition being kicked out of parliament for calling the Prime Minister ‘Wacko” 
NYPD officers arrested protesters at Columbia University last night
The federal government is finally going to force employees to come back to the office three days a week
Montreal is going to hire professional shooters to deal with east-end deer overpopulation

Elias Makos welcomes in Neil Drabkin, lawyer and former chief of staff in the Harper government, and Anne Lagace-Dowson, political analyst.


McGill says the “pro-Palestinian” encampment is illegal and violates the university’s policies, but is hoping to deescalate the situation, and avoid calling in the police
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he's still not ready to say whether his caucus will support the federal budget
A proposed boycott of Loblaw stores is gaining momentum online

 

Elias Makos welcomes in David Heurtel, former Quebec Liberal cabinet minister, Council at Fasken and political analyst and Jonathan Kalles, Senior Director at McMillan Vantage, a national public affairs firm, and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.


The pro-Palestinian protestors who established an encampment on the campus of McGill University.
Breaking news this morning in Quebec politics.
$603 Million to reverse the decline of French.

Elias Makos welcomes in Christina Chough, Spanish teacher and Chair of the modern languages department at Dawson College and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia.


The battle between the province and municipalities over public transit continues.
Did we say $873 million dollars for a new roof? We meant closer to a billion dollars.
Only 10 days since the safe drug inhalation site opened near a school in St. Henri… and it’s already causing strife.