Trudie Mason 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 Gabriel Retta, is a Montrealer active in politics and government service at all three levels for the last 20 years. He is currently serving as Chief of Staff to the Official Opposition at Montreal City Hall.

• Justice Minister Sean Fraser says the federal duty to consult Indigenous communities on major infrastructure projects does not amount to giving them veto power
• The Carney government is proposing sweeping immigration reforms aimed at streamlining the system and tightening border security
• Climate activists from the group Dernière génération Canada shut down Saint-Denis Street in Montreal for several hours on Tuesday 
• Montreal is reworking its decades-old noise bylaw to better support cultural venues while respecting residents’ peace