David Heurtel is joined by Neil Drabkin, ia lawyer and a political commentator who was a chief of staff in the Harper government, and Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy.

• The federal government is offering 750 million to Quebec to compensate for the costs incurred in managing the influx of asylum seekers into the province
• 2 Montreal fire service employees have been suspended in wake of the fiasco over terrace closures on Grand Prix weekend
• Hydro-Québec will no longer need homeowners' permission to cut down trees on their property if the trees pose a threat to power lines