Filling in for Elias Makos, Trudie Mason is joined by Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy, and Bonnie Feigenbaum, Conservative Party of Quebec candidate in last provincial election and a lecturer at Concordia & McGill University.

• Despite polling showing only 37% support for Quebec sovereignty, Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon remains confident that he can win a third referendum if elected.

• The Quebec government is considering extending the state's secularism law to private schools, following an investigation into 17 public schools for potential breaches of religious neutrality.

• Canada Post workers have gone on strike after failing to reach a new agreement with their employer, with approximately 55,000 workers involved.