Elias Makos starts the week of with Jimmy Zoubris, Montreal businessman, longtime activist and former special advisor to Valerie Plante, and Gabriel Retta, special advisor to the current mayor.

• Just about two weeks ago, we learned that the SAQ would start delivering booze with Uber Eats.
• Faced with a rise in shoplifting, the SAQ has increased its in-store surveillance spending to $1.7 million last year
• Over the weekend, Journal de Montréal & Leger released new Quebec polling that shows a much tighter landscape than most were expecting.
• Conservative party leader Pierre Poilievre survived his confidence vote Friday evening with a 87.4 percent approval rating. 
• Reports made to the City of Montreal for potholes have exploded since the beginning of the year, reaching a high not seen in more than a decade.