Dan Delmar is joined by Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor, and Akil Alleyne, Reporter and commentator with extensive experience analysing legal, political, and social issues and Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program.

• ABC has pulled Jimmy Kimmel off the air following comments he made during his opening monologue Monday evening.
• “Bubble Zone” legislation is set to be tabled on Friday. Three new offences including new hate crime legislation is being introduced by the Carney government.
• Projet Montreal, Ensemble Montreal and Transition Montreal all unveiled their slogans for this year’s municipal election.

Elias Makos welcomes back Anthony Koch, Former National Spokesperson for Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and current managing principal at AK Strategies, and Jonathan Kalles, Vice President at McMillan Vantage, a national public affairs firm, and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

• A new poll from Leger shows robust support for secularism and laïcité in Quebec.
• New numbers this morning from Leger show that Premier Francois Legault’s cabinet shuffle was not up to par with Quebecers.
• Radio-Canada is apologizing after one of its correspondents used anti-semitic language on air.
• Chrystia Freeland announced her resignation as Transport and Interim Trade Minister yesterday.

Elias Makos is joined by Daniel Tran, Director of Communication and governmental relations at Casacom, and Political analyst Karim Boulos.

• Former CJAD host Leslie Roberts will be running for Ensemble Montreal in the riding of Peter-McGill in the Ville-Marie Borough.
• The amount of homeless people found dead reached record highs once again last year.
• The federal government unveiled yesterday a $320 million investment into the Hippodrome project.
• The growth of streaming services continues to accelerate in Canada - along with their pricing. Almost every streaming service has jacked up their rates in 2025.

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 Meeker Guerrier, Commentator at Noovo and RDS.

• Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled yesterday the first plans for his ‘Build Canada Homes’ program.
• After demanding his ministers to find a way to cut spending inside multiple areas of government, we are now learning that projections for the next federal budget will see a deficit of around $100 billion.
• The Journal de Montreal reports today that nearly 90 percent of fraud cases reported to police result in no charges being laid.
• As we approach the changing of the clocks on November 2nd, it seems doubtful that Quebec will move forward with eliminating the time change.

Elias Makos ends the week with Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor, and Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the content marketing firm TNKR Media and co-host of the podcast Inspiring Entrepreneurs Canada.

• Downtown Montreal residents are planning to sue over a homeless shelter in their neighbourhood
• The population of Montreal will drop by 200 thousand by 2030
• The federal government unveiled its first five projects that it wants speedy approval from the federal government
• The suspect in the shooting of U.S. conservative activist Charlie Kirk has been apprehended. Since the shooting, there has been a surprising amount of people sharing their glee about the shooting, even here in Quebec

Elias Makos is joined by Catherine Hogan, high school teacher at Westwood Senior High in Hudson, and Neil Drabkin, is a lawyer who served as federal prosecutor and a political commentator who was a chief of staff in the Harper government.

• Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist and founder of the student-focused political group Turning Point USA was shot and killed at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.
• Francois Legault officially made his cabinet shuffle yesterday.
• Earlier this week the city of Montreal alongside the STM revealed the names of the new metro stations that will be created on the extension of the blue metro line.

Elias Makos is joined by Raphaël Melançon, political analyst for CTV Montreal and CJAD 800, columnist for the Montreal Gazette, and president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies, and Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy.

• It is cabinet shuffle day for the CAQ.
• A fascinating side of the language debate exposed this morning by the Montreal Gazette’s series on the city’s struggles to adapt to the new language policies of Bill 96.
• Edmonton police are challenging the Crown prosecutor's decision to offer a plea deal to a woman charged with murdering an eight year old indigenous girl
• A mayor in Eastern Ontario is tired of residents of Quebec not paying their parking tickets

Elias Makos is joined by Political analyst Karim Boulos, and Akil Alleyne, Reporter and commentator with extensive experience analysing legal, political, and social issues and Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program.

• Three-quarters of downtown Montreal workers believe the city's core has deteriorated.
• A new poll from the Brotherhood of Montreal Police officers says one in four Montrealers does not feel safe in the city.
• Francois Bonnardel will get the boot come tomorrow’s CAQ cabinet shuffle.
• The cost of construction for a high school on the south shore has exploded to almost $500 million.
• With sales declining, the SAQ is desperately trying to get more 18-to-24-year-olds in its stores.