Dan Delmar, in for Elias Makos, is joined by Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor and Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy on the Big 5.

• In the only English-language debate of the 2025 federal election, Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre clashed over who’s best positioned to confront US President Donald Trump and lead Canada through his sweeping tariffs. 
• The presence of Rebel News representatives led to the cancellation of the post-debate press scrum following the English leaders’ debate.
• S&P Global has downgraded Quebec’s credit rating from AA− to A+