Elias Makos is joined by Andrew Caddell, columnist for the Hill Times and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy, and Raphaël Melançon, political analyst for CTV Montreal and CJAD 800, columnist for the Montreal Gazette, and president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies.
- Prime Minister Mark Cark reportedly backtracked some of his remarks from his speech in Davos when speaking by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday.
- With Parliament resuming after the winter break, Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a new “Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit,” coming in the form of an increase to the GST tax credit.
- A school secretary at the EMSB began demanding that “Emails giving instructions must be sent to me in French, as required by law,” which began a nightmare of back and forth communications with the OQLF.
- Bernard Drainville and Christine Fréchette have both entered the race that will see someone become the next Premier of Quebec.