Elias Makos begins the week with guests Gabriel Retta, is a Montrealer active in politics and government service at all three levels for the last 20 years and currently serving as Chief of Staff to the Official Opposition at Montreal City Hall, and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor.

• A powerful thunderstorm swept through Montreal on Sunday causing major disruptions across the city. 
• A new Léger survey ranking happiness levels across Quebec shows Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures as the happiest city, with Montreal landing in 50th place. 
• Verdun borough councillor Enrique Machado has resigned from Projet Montréal after making a derogatory comment comparing Venezuelans to Indigenous people on social media.
• Mark Carney has agreed to set up a conflict-of-interest screen with the Ethics Commissioner and will recuse himself from any discussions involving 103 different companies.