Your stories of the hard work and heartache of growing up in a restaurant with Rachel Phan, author of the new book Restaurant Kid: A Memoir of Family and Belonging.

As the largest school board in the province, Toronto District School Board, looks to cut programs we hear why school boards are struggling to balance their books this year. Our guests are Neethan Shan, chair of the TDSB and Kathleen Woodcock, president of the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association.

Conservative voters weigh in on the federal election loss and the lessons learned with Shak Chambers, conservative strategist with Oyster Group and we hear from former Ontario MP and immigration minister Chris Alexander.

Our guest for the hour is Nick Taylor-Vaisey, POLITICO's Ottawa bureau chief, and we hear from poll analyst and founder of The Writ, Eric Grenier. We also speak with Oakville East Liberal MP Anita Anand and Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill Conservative MP Costas Menegakis.

We hear your stories voting this election. Our guest for the first half hour is Samantha Reusch, executive director of Apathy is Boring.

Paul Zammitt, our expert gardener, walks us through how to care for the popular garden shrub, hydrangeas, and takes your gardening questions. Paul is a professor of horticulture and environmental studies at Niagara College.

We hear what you will remember about Pope Francis and we speak with Emma Anderson, a professor of religious studies at the University of Ottawa and Father Daryold Corbiere Winkler, an Anishinaabe pastor at St. Basil's Catholic Church in Ottawa.

We hear about your stories bringing in new fans to the fold -- whether they are wearing blue and white or red and black -- and hear from hockey commentator Parminder Singh. He's the : founder of Hockey Night in Canada: Punjabi Edition and a former play-by-play host. He is now the Punjabi voice for the NBA and a hockey commentator.