Sue Smith kicks off the week with Jonathan Kalles, Vice President at McMillan Vantage, a national public affairs firm, and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia.

• On Sunday, 2,000 National Guard troops began arriving in Los Angeles on orders from President Donald Trump
• Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled the “One Canadian Economy” bill
• Montreal's STM maintenance workers are set to strike from June 9-17, disrupting transit service across the city