Elias Makos is joined by Gabriel Retta, a Montrealer active in politics and government service at all three levels for the last 20 years and Sterling Downey, City councillor for the Desmarchais-Crawford district in the borough of Verdun.

• Valérie Plante announced yesterday that she would not be seeking re-election.
• Drama on Parliament Hill on Wednesday as a group of two dozen Liberal MPs called for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down by Monday.
• The Trudeau government will lower the number of permanent immigrants it allows into the country by at least 20 per cent from its previous target of about 500,000.

Elias Makos is joined by Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia, and Akil Alleyne, Reporter and Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program.

• One of the first politicians to denounce the situation at Bedford school, Marwah Rizqy, is calling for police protection after receiving threatening comments directed towards her and her family
• With that in mind, the province has revoked the teaching licences of the 11 teachers in question at Bedford school, and the Premier says he’ll act to reinforce laicite in Quebec’s schools
• Quebec is launching a public consultation on abolishing daylight saving time

Elias Makos is joined by Anne Lagace-Dowson, Political Analyst and Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy. He was previously a diplomat, ministerial advisor and broadcast journalist on The Big 5.

• Demonstrators on top the Jacques Cartier Bridge force its closure in both directions this morning.
• The Toronto Star reports the infamous letter making the rounds inside the Liberal Party has between 20 and 40 signatures, Calling for Justin Trudeau to step down.
• Paul St-Pierre Plamondon wantsfor stricter secularism rules following the investigation of a ‘toxic’ climate created by teachers at Bedford primary school.