The picket lines have been drawn and over 155,000 public servants are now on strike. The only ones not in attendance are the 30,000 essential workers that legally cannot join them. In a meeting with the media, Treasury Board President Mona Fortier emphasizes that the feds can’t give PSAC members a blank cheque. Was the Trudeau government already backed into a corner before the plug was pulled? Kristy Cameron chats with UOttawa professor Gilles Levasseur in Hour 2. Over in Clarence-Rockland, they are bracing for high levels of water. We hear from Mayor Mario Zanth in Hour 3. Plus, Canadian AI experts are pushing for a new draft law, which is designed to curb technology’s present-day risks.