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Elias Makos is joined by Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia, and Christina Chough, Spanish teacher and Chair of the modern languages department at Dawson College.

• A new national poll finds that most Canadians, including a majority of immigrants, believe Canada is accepting too many newcomers. 
• La Presse this morning reports that paramedics in Montreal and Laval are responding to nearly three opioid overdoses per day requiring naloxone, triple the rate from five years ago, amid a growing crisis fueled by increasingly contaminated drugs.
• Former Montreal mayor and longtime politician Denis Coderre says he's stepping away from politics for good.