Elias Makos is joined by Neil Drabkin, is a lawyer who served as federal prosecutor and a political commentator who was a chief of staff in the Harper government and Jonathan Kalles, Vice President at McMillan Vantage, a national public affairs firm, and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the Big 5.

• Last night the four remaining candidates in the race to replace Justin Trudeau took part in the first of two debates
• Quebec’s Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette has penned an open letter in the National Post.
• A new controversial rewards system has been put in place at Montreal’s Sacre-Coeur hospital.

Elias Makos kicks the week off with Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor, and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia.

• It’s week 2 of snow clearing in the city. And things right now aren’t looking so great. With firefighters sounding the alarm over inaccessible streets, Old Montreal merchants fed up over lack of snow removal making their businesses difficult to access for delivery or customers and many frustrated over tickets and more
• Tonight in Montreal, the first French-language debate for the Liberal leadership will take place
• Over 168,000 people have signed a petition to revoke Elon Musk of his Canadian Citizenship and passport

Elias Makos ends the week accompanied by Sue Smith, Montreal journalist and broadcaster, and Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy.

• Canada beat the U.S. in an epic 3-2 overtime win at the 4 Nations Face-Off last night
• Former PM of Canada, Stephen Harper is urging Canada to prepare for all scenarios including a potential trade war with the US
• Since yesterday dozens of buses have been deployed to help passengers affected by the frequent REM breakdowns