Elias Makos is joined by Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for Noovo and CTV Montreal News at 5. He is also the president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies, and Jonathan Kalles, Vice President at McMillan Vantage, a national public affairs firm, and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

• Canada plans to recognize the state of Palestine at the next session of the United Nations General Assembly in September. 
• Speaking of the U.S and Canada…we are less than 24 hours away from the trade deadline between both countries.
• Doug Ford’s plan to remove some bike lanes in Ontario hit a speed bump yesterday. An Ontario court deemed his plan to be unconstitutional.