Trudie Mason is with Andrew Caddell, columnist for the Hill Times and President of the Task Force on Linguistic Policy, and Paul Gott, lead singer of the Ripcordz and journalism professor at Concordia.

• PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon pledged to delay any Quebec independence referendum until Donald Trump leaves the White House.
• Quebec and Newfoundland signed a seventy billion dollar deal reshaping Churchill Falls power rates and funding future hydro projects.
• The Auditor General warned that Quebec faces massive spending cuts to meet its goal of a balanced budget by 2030.
• Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada called for the revival of the REM de l’Est transit line to balance service with the West Island.
• A media investigation criticized the ongoing RCMP security costs for former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during his international travels.