The Whimsy and Business of Just for Laughs Gags

Elias Makos starts the week with Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the content marketing firm TNKR Media and co-host of the podcast Inspiring Entrepreneurs Canada, and Anthony Koch, Former National Spokesperson for Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and current managing principal at AK Strategies.

• Montreal has fined a local church $2,500 for hosting a concert by controversial U.S. Christian musician Sean Feucht.
• We are only a couple of days away from the deadline outlined by U.S President Donald Trump to get a deal done between the U.S and Canada.
• Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a plan back in May to double the number of homes built annually in Canada to nearly 500 thousand. 
• The team behind Just for Laughs Gags took to Reddit to warn the population that it has begun to record its 26th season in the city.