Elias Makos is joined by Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor, and Political analyst Karim Boulos.

• Canada is in discussions to join the U.S. “Golden Dome” missile defence program, according to the Prime Minister’s Office
• The Plante administration will be testing an urban innovation in the neighbourhood east of the Jacques-Cartier bridge that turns residential areas into giant cul-de-sacs
• Quebec’s culture minister Mathieu Lacombe is set to table a new bill which will require major streaming platforms like Netflix and Spotify to boost visibility of francophone content

Elias Makos kicks off the week with Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia, and Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy.

• Canada Post has received a strike notice from the union representing 55,000 postal workers, who plan to walk off the job starting Friday, amid ongoing collective agreement talks
• New polling from Leger reveals that a majority of Quebecers want an end to the province’s carbon pricing scheme and think that a pipeline for Alberta’s oil coming through Quebec would be a good idea
• Police in Kingston, Ontario are using drones to catch distracted drivers using their smartphones behind the wheel
• Up at Bordeaux prison it seems that prisoners have managed to illegally access cell phones

Dan Delmar, in for Elias Makos is joined by Akil Alleyne, reporter and commentator with extensive experience analysing legal, political, and social issues and Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor on The Big 5.

• Prime Minister Mark Carney has confirmed that his government will present a full federal budget this fall.
• Former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre criticized the Quebec Liberal Party's leadership race
• Will apps like TikTok and Youtube one day soon impact hockey watching?