The PQ plays the Trump card. Plus: Should Canada cut health care for asylum seekers

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 Raphaël Melançon, political analyst for CTV Montreal and CJAD 800, columnist for the Montreal Gazette, and president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies.

• The Parti Quebecois added another seat for their party at the National Assembly yesterday by winning the Chicoutimi by-election
•  The Conservatives are teeing up a politically charged debate in the House of Commons today. They’re introducing a motion to review and potentially restrict health benefits for asylum seekers under the Interim Federal Health Program.
• A 52 year old woman has been forced to go $40 thousand in debt in order to get treated in the private sector for her neck problems.
• Canadian Olympic medallist Laurent Dubreuil painted a bleak picture this morning of Canadian Olympic athletes this morning in the Journal de Montreal.