Elias Makos 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. He was previously a diplomat, ministerial advisor and broadcast journalist and Christina Chough (C-H-O), Spanish teacher and Chair of the modern languages department at Dawson College

The Quebec government will crack down on the explosion of tipping. Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette will soon table a bill better regulating the how and why of tipping in the province. Quebec will also make adjustments to how grocery stores display pricing - ensuring the price of a single item is clearly marked.
After publishing an open letter in Journal de Montreal criticising his own party, CAQ MNA Youri Chassin will make an announcement this morning about his political future. Now why should anyone care about a Saint-Jérôme MNA you’ve never heard of before? Well, after leaving the Montreal Economic Institute to enter politics, Chassin has become increasingly disgruntled with not being named a minister, and with Quebec’s ballooning deficit. His economic right leanings and feelings of malcontent could mean he would run into the arms of Eric Duhaime and the Conservatives - giving that party an MNA.
A third of Canadians now say they are political orphans. Are you, and if so, why?
New Angus Reid polling shows Quebec to be more open to foreign workers than the rest of Canada. Overall, 42% of Quebecers believe that there are too many temporary foreign workers in the country, much less than in Ontario (61%) or Alberta (65%).

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The Quebec government goes after tipflation and tip creep. Plus: The number of political orphans in Canada is on the rise.