Raphaël Melançon, political analyst for CTV Montreal and CJAD 800, columnist for the Montreal Gazette, and president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies, and Graham Singh, Pastor at St-Jax Church.

• Men can refuse service from women at the SAAQ. The surprising news came out of the public hearings on Bill 9, the government’s effort to double down on secularism in Quebec.
• And speaking of Bill 9, secularism minister Jean-François Roberge is emphatic: The proposed law is not 'against certain religions.'
• The now famous potholes on Notre-Dame Street that gave Montreal Mayor Sorraya Martinez Ferrada a couple of flat tires have been patched up.
• For the first time since the beginning of the Quebec Liberal party crisis, MNA Marwah Rizqy returned to the National Assembly yesterday as an independent.

Elias Makos is joined by Jonathan Kalles, Vice President at McMillan Vantage, a national public affairs firm, and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Akil Alleyne, Reporter and commentator with extensive experience analysing legal, political, and social issues and Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program.

• The mayor of Montreal posted a video last night of her car getting two flat tires, a victim of the cratered Notre-Dame Street.
• Retired general Wayne Eyre says Canada should at least keep the option of nuclear weapons on the table.
• At an event honouring Stephen Harper in Ottawa last night, Harper and former PM Jean Chretien called on Canadians to stand united in the fact of threats from the U.S.

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.