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.

Elias Makos kicks off the week with Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor, and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor.

• 11 teachers have now been suspended in the wake of the Bedford “toxic climate” investigation
• According to a new Angus Reid polling Quebecers are more open than other Canadians to immigration
• Some controversy over on the french side of Montreal media as a popular broadcaster has been removed from the airwaves… for believing that man hasn't landed on the moon
• People are already chomping at the bit to take over from Justin Trudeau should his calls to step down actually come true

Elias Makos caps off the Meeker Guerrier, Weekend News Anchor at Noovo and a commentator at RDS, and Catherine Hogan, high school teacher at Westwood Senior High in Hudson.

• 5 people were arrested in connection with extortion targeting Montreal businesses
• Quebec has imposed measures to address the ‘toxic climate’ at Bedford school in Côte-des-Neiges
• Three Liberal cabinet ministers announced on Thursday that they won’t run in the next federal election

Elias Makos welcomes in Jonathan Kalles, Senior Director at McMillan Vantage and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance.

• CTV news reports that Liberal MPs will present an official demand for Justin Trudeau to resign any day now
• Trudeau tells inquiry he has a list of Conservatives that are vulnerable to, or engaged in, foreign meddling
• Quebec has imposed measures to address the ‘toxic climate’ at Bedford school in Côte-des-Neiges

Elias Makos is joined by Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media and host of the Inspiring Business Hour - Saturdays at noon on CJAD and Akil Alleyne, reporter and Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program.

• Liberal party mutiny watch: We have one backbencher publicly calling for Justin Trudeau to walk the plank and resign as Liberal leader.
• Pierre Poilievre was on The Elias Makos Show yesterday. Thoughts on his continued courting of CJAD listeners and Quebec voters?
• The opposition parties are demanding that François Legault pay back taxpayers for his signed Guy Lafleur jersey.
• Alzheimer’s is about to be added to the medical aid in dying list but some say the system isn’t ready.

Elias Makos is joined by Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia.

Then, Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre joins Elias live in studio.