The Vassy Kapelos Show: Recent Episodes
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The top newsmakers, political headlines, your go-to daily debrief. Vassy loves politics and she’ll make sure you do too. The Vassy Kapelos Show will keep you informed through hard-hitting interviews with the major players, entertaining analysis and debate with your favourite pundits and all the details and context you need on breaking news as it comes into our newsroom.
Tim Powers guest hosts for Vassy Kapelos, as British Columbia remains under a province-wide State of Emergency due to more than 100 out-of-control wildfires. Tim speaks with Summerland Mayor Doug Holmes, where 12,000 residents were forced to evacuate on Friday with little notice.
On today's show:
- CTV National News correspondent Michael Serapio has the latest on the trade talks in Washington.
- CTV U.S. political analyst Eric Ham joins Tim to break down the odds of a trade breakthrough before August 19th.
- Tech Check with tech analyst Carmi Levy: The latest on a landmark social media lawsuit settlement in the United States.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Jordan Paquet, Sabrina Grover, and George Soule.
- CTV National News correspondent Scott Hurst has more on the wildfire situation in B.C.
It's the Graham Richardson Show - where we talk politics and also have a little bit of fun! You can catch Graham every single Friday from Noon until 2PM.
On today's show:
- The Friday Five: Ottawa and Washington may be getting closer to some kind of tariff deal. The Canadian economy added 75,000 jobs in July. Bloomberg's Editor-in-Chief says Canada's economy is outpacing the rest of the G7. Canada's Conservatives lose a seventh MP. Plus, hundreds have evacuated B.C. wildfires in the Okanagan.
- The Big Conversation: NYC tries to lure back Canadian tourists with the 'Northern Neighbor Deal'. We dig deeper with NYC Tourism President and CEO Julie Corker.
- Life with Canada's Best: Daniel Cadigan, one of the winners of the 208th Royal St. John's Regatta.
- What is the 'Super El Nino' and how will it impact Canada's weather this year? Environment Canada climatologist David Phillips fills us in.
- Graham speaks with Flavio Volpe, the President of the Automotive Parts and Manufacturers Association of Canada, about the developments in Canada-USA trade talks.
- Vernon (B.C.) Mayor Walter Cummings delivers an update on the ongoing wildfire situation.
- Nova Scotia is moving forward with a ban on e-scooters for kids under the age of 14. Fred Tilley, the province's Minister of Public Works, explains why.
- Have Your Say: Canada-USA travel boycotts and regulating e-scooters.
- What made Graham smile this week: Lloyd Robertson reports on his own car crash in 2018.
Tim Powers guest hosts for Vassy Kapelos. Prime Minister Carney has responded to U.S. President Trump calling Canada 'nasty' as trade negotiations persist. This comes as Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre criticizes concessions on trade, and Canada-USA Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc meets with Jamieson Greer in Washington. CTV U.S. political analyst Eric Ham joins the program with his thoughts on the back-and-forth. Plus, the Daily Debrief Panel unpacks the politics.
On today's show:
- A first-of-its-kind report from the Canadian Alliance To End Homelessness sheds light on why the number of people living on the street has doubled since 2018. CEO Tim Richter explores the key findings.
- Talk Science To Me with CTV Science and Technology specialist Dan Riskin: Why people prefer algorithms that are worse for us.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Mike LeCouteur, Marieke Walsh, Laura Stone, and Rob Benzie.
- Tim speaks with La Presse Ottawa Bureau Chief J.D. Belevance about the upcoming Quebec election, where the Separatist PQ is leading in the latest polls.
- Veteran sports journalist Arash Madani checks in with the latest Canadian Tennis storylines to watch at the National Bank Open, which begins in Montreal this weekend.
Tim Powers guest hosts for Vassy Kapelos. Canada-USA Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc has returned to Washington with 2 weeks remaining until the August 19th deadline. If an agreement isn't arranged, new 50% Trump tariffs will hit Canada. Tim speaks with Diamond Isinger, a former Special Advisor on Canada-USA Relations to the federal government.
On today's show:
- Tim speaks with veteran Canadian journalist Bob Fife about the life and legacy of former CTV News chief anchor Lloyd Robertson, who died Tuesday at the age of 92.
- The Explainer with Gladstone A.I. co-founder Jeremie Harris: What's going on with rogue AI?
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Stephanie Levitz, Jeff Rutledge, and Sabrina Grover.
- TSN's AJ Jakubec dissects the ongoing controversy with FIFA Head Gianni Infantino, whose days in that role may be numbered.
- It's St. John's Regatta Day! Tim chats with Event President Keith White about this year's competition.
Tim Powers guest hosts for Vassy Kapelos, who is taking an extra long weekend to unwind and relax. WestJet flight attendants walked off the job on Sunday before their union reached a tentative agreement with the airline overnight. It wasn't a lengthy stint on the picket lines, but the fallout still has Canadians stranded across the country and abroad. We dig deeper with John Gradek, an airline industry expert and lecturer at McGill University.
On today's show:
- Stranded WestJet passenger Bob Reid joins us live from Winnipeg to share his customer service experience during the strike.
- Tim speaks with The Globe And Mail's Stephanie Levitz about Canada's long-awaited foreign influence registry, which is taking effect today.
- Money Talk with John Klotz: The ins and outs of travel insurance.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Jamie Ellerton, Sharan Kaur, and Nojour Al Mallees.
- Tech Check with tech analyst Carmi Levy: The AI-supervised exam that went horribly wrong.
- TSN's Matt Cauz joins Tim to chat about a dismal season for the Toronto Blue Jays, as they did a mixture of buying and tough selling during Monday's MLB Trade Deadline.
Tim Powers fills in on the Graham Richardson Show - where we talk politics and also have a little bit of fun! You can catch us every single Friday from Noon until 2PM.
On today's show:
- CTV's Kamil Karamali has the latest on a possible strike at WestJet this long weekend.
- Tim speaks with Retired Major-General Tom Lawson about the latest developments in the Middle East.
- Independent Senator Danièle Henkel talks about Canada's push to boost the CAF reserve force to 30,000 members.
- Canada's Chef de Mission for the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games joins Tim to tee up competition ahead of the event's final weekend.
- Two major American labour unions are calling on U.S. President Trump to reconsider his new tariffs on Canada. Tim is joined by USW International President Roxanne Brown.
- How did St. John's, Newfoundland become a hub for tech investment in Canada? Tim speaks with The Globe And Mail's Alexandra Posadzki.
- Remembering the 1976 Montreal Olympics with Walter Sieber, who was the Director of Sports for those games.
Graham Richardson fills in for Vassy Kapelos. Flight attendants at WestJet could walk off the job on Sunday if their union and the airline don't reach a settlement agreement, putting long weekend travel plans up in the air for thousands of Canadians. Amra Durakovic from Flight Centre Travel Group Canada outlines what travelers should know.
On today's show:
- CTV's Rachel Aiello has the latest on Canada-USA Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc's trip to Washington.
- Graham chats with Shachi Kurl, the President of Angus Reid Institute, about a new poll that shows climate policy is driving voters away from the Carney Liberals. Not only that, those voters are going straight to the Orange Crush.
- Talk Science To Me with CTV Science and Technology specialist Dan Riskin: The reasons why not having a defined career plan might be a good thing.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Marieke Walsh and Rob Benzie.
- During the 2025 election campaign, the Liberals promised to increase a key tax credit to support the mining sector. The Association for Mineral Exploration say the Carney government has not made good on that promise. Graham speaks with President Todd Stone.
Graham Richardson fills in for Vassy Kapelos. Canadians are learning details of Minister LeBlanc's official trade mission to D.C. this week on social media, as his office is refusing to share any details about his itinerary with the media. Graham chats with CTV National News correspondent Rachel Aiello about what we do know.
On today's show:
- The opposition is demanding answers on the Gordie Howe Bridge deal at a special Parliamentary Committee meeting today. Graham is joined by Shuvaloy Majumdar, a Conservative MP and the Tories' Opposition Critic for Canada-USA Relations.
- Digging deeper into Canada's trade response with Scotty Greenwood, the founder of Ottawa Street Strategy and a former U.S. Diplomat to Canada.
- The Explainer with Dr. Brian Wirzba, the President of the Alberta Medical Association: What to know about Alberta's experiment with private healthcare.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Stephanie Levitz, Sabrina Grover, and Jordan Paquet.
- Graham speaks with Tim Fleiszer, the Executive Director of the Concussion Legacy Foundation of Canada, about the push to ban heading in kids' soccer.
- Rob Benzie, the Queens Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star, dissects a possible brewing feud between the Carney Liberals and the Ford Ontario PCs.
Graham Richardson fills in for Vassy Kapelos. Canada-USA Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc and top trade negotiator Janice Charette are heading to D.C. for meetings today, with a new round of U.S. tariffs set to take effect on August 19th. The Daily Debrief Panel, featuring Sharan Kaur and Jamie Ellerton, debates the government's response to the latest tariff threat.
On today's show:
- Graham chats with Shamira Madhany, the Managing Director for World Education Services Canada, about how changes to the immigration system could address pressures in the healthcare system.
- It's been one week since a group of Ontario First Nations called for a public inquiry on the government's wildfire response. Graham checks in with Wilfred King, the Head Chief of the Gull Bay First Nation, about why he's demanding answers.
- Money Talk with John Klotz: Keeping the family cottage in the family.
- Canada has a new Task Force on Modernizing Government, with a mandate to speed up bureaucracy across the country. Graham chats with Executive Director David McLaughlin about what it hopes to accomplish.
- CTV"s Judy Trinh joins the show with an update on the Canadian NATO intern who has been accused of espionage.
Graham Richardson sits in for Vassy Kapelos. After weeks of delay and political controversy, traffic finally started flowing across the Gordie Howe Bridge at approximately 11:50AM Eastern Time today. CTV Windsor's Travis Fortnum joins us live from the Canadian side.
On today's show:
- A new national survey has found that 1-in-10 Canadian emergency physicians are leaving the specialty. Graham speaks with Dr. Michael Herman, an ER doctor in Ottawa and a spokesperson for the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians.
- POLITICO reports that the Carney government is sitting on a proposal from Meta to restore access to news content on its platforms. Professor Michael Geist from the University of Ottawa discusses how the Online News Act fits into the broader trade negotiation picture.
- Tech Check with tech analyst Carmi Levy: It took OpenAI just one week to notice one of its models had gone rogue and escaped containment.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Zain Velji, George Soule, and Tim Powers.
- Proposed changes to the Canada Labour Code are aimed at avoiding costly labour disruptions, such as the 2023 and 2024 B.C. port strikes. We delve into that subject with Derrick Hynes, the President and CEO of the Federally Regulated Employers, Transportation, and Communications.
- CTV Vancouver's Kraig Krause has the latest on the B.C. wildfire situation.
Tim Powers fills in on the Graham Richardson Show - where we talk politics and also have a little bit of fun! You can catch us every single Friday from Noon until 2PM.
On today's show:
- Diamond Isinger, a former Special Advisor on Canada-U.S. Relations to the Trudeau government, discusses Canada's response to the latest round of American tariffs.
- Tim speaks with Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tony Wakeham about this week's Council of the Federation meeting in Charlottetown.
- Remembering the 1976 Montreal Olympics with Greg Joy, who won Silver in High Jump for Canada that year.
- David Wiens, the President of the Dairy Farmers of Canada, joins Tim for a discussion about supply management. This very topic is at the centre of a new round of Trump tariffs, which are scheduled to take effect August 19th.
- Ryan Adams from Canadian Blood Services shares an urgent appeal for donors, as blood supply has dropped 20 percent within the last 2 months.
- Bernadette Shea, the author of 'Thumbin' the Rock: A Newfoundland Hitchhiking Odyssey', joins Tim for an in-depth chat into her latest work.
- Tech analyst Carmi Levy discusses how an OpenAI autonomous model 'escaped' containment during a testing exercise, and then hacked into a separate company's systems.
Prime Minister Carney will meet with Canada's Premiers in PEI today, along with Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Canada's top negotiator Janice Charette. The clock is ticking for Canada to avoid a new round of punishing U.S. tariffs, which are scheduled to take effect on August 19th. Vassy speaks with Scotty Greenwood, the founder of Ottawa Street Strategy and a former U.S. Diplomat to Canada, about the stakes at play.
On today's show:
- CTV's Rachel Aiello reports live from Charlottetown with the latest on Carney's meeting with Canadian Premiers.
- Hear Vassy's exclusive interview with Mark Maki, the CEO of Trans Mountain, who says a new pipeline to B.C.'s coast can and will be built.
- Talk Science To Me with CTV Science and Technology specialist Dan Riskin: Why men are worse at multi-tasking than women.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Rob Benzie, Laura Stone, Marieke Walsh, and Mike LeCouteur.
- Vassy speaks withBlaine Maryniuk, the President and Co-Founder of West Coast Walls, about the incoming Trump tariffs and what they could mean for his business. Based out of British Columbia, they sell wall paper and decals.
Canada's Premiers have gathered in PEI for the Summer meeting of the Council of the Federation. They also met with Prime Minister Carney on Tuesday for an update on Canada's tariff response. While all provincial leaders are preaching unity, some have different views of whether Canada should retaliate or negotiate. Vassy is joined by Erin O'Toole, a former Conservative Party leader and member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Council on Canada-US Economic Relations.
On today's show:
- CTV National News correspondent Rachel Aiello repots live from Charlottetown at the Premiers' Meeting.
- The Explainer with Ryan Manucha, a Research Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute: Why is it so hard to eliminate interprovincial trade barriers?
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Laura D'Angelo, Stephanie Levitz, and Jeff Rutledge.
- UNIFOR National President Lana Payne joins Vassy to discuss how that union successfully secured Canadian manufacturing investment guarantees in its contract negotiations with Ford Motors.
- U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer testified today that CUSMA talks may drag into 2027. We deliver his comments as the show wraps up.
The new U.S. tariffs will come into effect on August 19th unless there is an agreement reached before then, and they will apply to some goods covered under CUSMA that were previously exempt from tariffs. Guest host Tim Powers gathers the details from CTV National News senior political correspondent Mike LeCouteur.
On today's show:
- CTV's Scott Hurst has an update on the ongoing wildfire situation.
- Could Canada do a better job of managing today's wildfires? Tim checks in with Oakville Fire Chief Paul Boissoneault, who is also a Board Member with the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs.
- Money Talk with John Klotz: Is your financial plan built like Apollo 11?
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Sharan Kaur, Jamie Ellerton, and Nojoud Al Mallees.
- Tim speaks with Abacus Data CEO David Coletto about the latest national polling, and how Canadians view the Carney government's trade negotiation strategy.
- CTV National News correspondent Rachel Aiello joins us live from Charlottetown, PEI with a midday update on the Premiers' Meeting.
Tim Powers fills in for Vassy Kapelos today, as U.S. President Donald Trump is fuming about the Canadian wildfires. He says he spoke to Prime Minister Carney at Sunday's FIFA World Cup Final about the wildfire smoke that is impacting America's air quality, insisting that Canada should do more to control these violent blazes. CTV U.S. political analyst Eric Ham offers his takeaways from Trump's latest tariff threats.
On today's show:
- CTV National News correspondent Scott Hurst and Environment Canada climatologist David Philips join Tim with the latest on the country's wildfire situation.
- Tech Check with tech analyst Carmi Levy: New Canadian research finds that A.I. could help better manage wildfire risks.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Michele Cadario, Jordan Paquet, and Shannon Greer.
- Ralph Goodale, a former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, reacts to Andy Burnham becoming the seventh U.K. Prime Minister in 10 years.
- Spain has achieved soccer immortality, wearing down Argentina in Extra Time and securing the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Chiming in with his two cents is veteran sports broadcaster Arash Madani.
Tim Powers fills in on the Graham Richardson Show - where we talk politics and also have a little bit of fun! You can catch us every single Friday from Noon until 2PM.
On today's show:
- CTV National News correspondent Heather Wright joins us from Thunder Bay with the latest on the wildfire evacuations.
- Could Canada do more to manage wildfire risk? We dig deeper with Paul Kovacs, the Executive Director of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction at Western University.
- Bloomberg News Ottawa Bureau Chief Brian Platt has the latest on the Gordie Howe Bridge saga.
- Everything you need to know ahead of Sunday's FIFA World Cup Finals with veteran sports writer Arash Madani.
- Tricia Smith, a former Olympian and President of the Canadian Olympic Committee, joins Tim to reflect on the 50th anniversary of the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
- Tim speaks with Scott Oake, an award-winning sports broadcaster and former Hockey Night In Canada host, about his life after broadcasting and his work in addictions treatment at the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre.
- CTV U.S. political analyst Eric Ham offers his takeaways from Trump's primetime TV address last night.
Much of Southern Ontario is dealing with poor air quality today, while over a dozen remote communities in Northern Ontario have been evacuated due to out-of-control blazes. Vassy Kapelos speaks with CTV National News Correspondent Scott Hurst and Environment Canada Senior Climatologist David Phillips about the latest developments.
On today's show:
- Reporters press Prime Minister Carney for more clarity around the deal to open the Gordie Howe Bridge.
- Vassy goes 1-on-1 with Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak.
- Digging deeper on the health impacts of extreme heat and wildfire smoke with Sarah Henderson, the Scientific Director of Environmental Health Services at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Mike LeCouteur, Rob Benzie, Laura Stone, and Marieke Walsh.
- TSN's Matt Cauz has a preview of this weekend's FIFA World Cup Final between Argentina and Spain.
- CTV film critic Richard Crouse gives his review of Christopher Nolan's much-hyped Odyssey.
The Bank of Canada held its key interest rate unchanged today, citing economic growth and a downward trend in inflation. However, BOC Governor Tiff Macklem warned that rate hikes aren't off the table, with global oil prices surrounded by cloudy skies. Vassy speaks with RBC Chief Economist Frances Donald.
On today's show:
- Questions continue to swirl around the details of Prime Minister Carney's deal to open the Gordie Howe Bridge, as the feds won't say if it will release the full text of the agreement.
- The Explainer with Gladstone A.I. co-founder Jeremie Harris: Should Canada be building A.I. data centres?
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Sharan Kaur, Stephanie Levitz, and Jordan Paquet.
- CTV B.C. Bureau Chief Andrew Johnson breaks down what experts are saying about a downturn on overdose deaths in that province.
- Digging into today's Monetary Police Report from the Bank of Canada with CTV senior correspondent Judy Trinh.
Today's MOU is a key piece of the puzzle to getting a new West Coast pipeline built, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the project is key to her goal of doubling oil sands production. But is the Pathways carbon capture and storage network the best way to bring down oil and gas emissions in Canada? Vassy digs deeper with Professor Chris Ragan, who is the Founding Director of McGill University’s Max Bell School of Public Policy.
On today's show:
- The Weather Network's Doug Gillham has an update on the heatwave that is hitting Central Canada today.
- Vassy chats with The Globe And Mail's Stephanie Levitz about a big shakeup in the top ranks of Carney's PMO.
- Money Talk with John Klotz: Stress-testing your financial plan for the worst-case scenario.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Jamie Ellerton, Dan Moulton, and Nojoud Al Mallees.
- More than 5,000 basements in Ottawa were soaked during a Canada Day torrential rainstorm. And now, many homeowners are realizing they have limited insurance coverage, or even none at all. Vassy is joined by one of the victims, Jennifer Johnston, who is urging homeowners everywhere to check their policies.
- New data from Statistics Canada shows that more Canadians are travelling to the U.S. compared to this time in 2025. We sift through the data with travel agent McKenzie McMillan.
Graham Richardson fills in for Vassy Kapelos today, as Prime Minister Mark Carney defends his decision to split toll revenues from the Gordie Howe Bridge with the United States. And now, Canada has acquired the amount of American political approval to finally cut that ribbon. Under the original agreement, Canada would have kept 100% of the tolls until it recovered the cost of constructing the bridge. The Conservatives, however, call it a terrible compromise. AM800 Windsor's Mike Kakuk breaks it all down for us.
On today's show:
- Move over, Lyme Disease! There's a new tick-born illness that researchers are warning humanity about. Graham checks in with an Ottawa-area couple who experienced it first hand.
- Tech Check with tech analyst Carmi Levy: The FCC approves giant mirrors in outer space to harness the Sun's power.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Tim Powers, Sabrina Grover, and Shannon Greer.
- Economist Don Drummond joins Graham for a conversation about the lack of transparency from the Carney government around Canada's defense spending.
- CTV U.S. political analyst Eric Ham examines the life and legacy of controversial U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, who died suddenly over the weekend.
Tim Powers fills in on the Graham Richardson Show - where we talk politics and also have a little bit of fun! You can catch us every single Friday from Noon until 2PM.
On today's show:
- CTV National News correspondent Kamil Karamali with an outlook on the incoming gas prices, as strikes between the U.S. and Iran (once again) drive up the cost of oil.
- Supriya Dwivedi, a former Senior Advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a consultant at Crestview Strategy, discusses what we know about foreign interference in the Alberta separatism movement.
- While the newly-created Gordie Howe Bridge remains in political limbo, former Windsor-area MP Brian Masse wants to turn the Canadian side of the bridge into a public attraction. He offers his sales pitch on today's program.
- CTV News senior correspondent Adrian Ghobrial has the latest on the Cyclosporin outbreak in Michigan.
- Should Canada have a national youth service program? Tim digs deeper with Michael Burns, the Chair of Engage Canada.
- The Globe And Mail investigative reporter Sara Mojtehedzadeh discusses the disturbing findings of her investigation into lax enforcement of safety and labour rules within the trucking industry.
- Canada's Secretary of State for Sport Adam van Koeverden joins Tim with his takeaways from Canada's debut hosting stint at the FIFA World Cup.
Japan could be one potential Asian market looking to buy Canadian crude oil if Alberta's push for a new pipeline to the West Coast is successful. Vassy goes 1-on-1 with Japan's Ambassador to Canada Kanji Yamanouchi.
On today's show:
- The latest on Prime Minister Carney's trip to Saudi Arabia, the first by a Canadian Prime Minister in 26 years.
- Vassy goes 1-on-1 with Ukraine's Ambassador to Canada to discuss partnership between our two countries, and the outlook for the ongoing war following this week's NATO Leaders Summit.
- Talk Science To Me with CTV Science and Technology specialist Dan Riskin: People who live to 100 have one thing in common – and it's not just their diet.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Brian Platt, Laura Stone, and Rob Benzie.
- Economist David Rosenberg explains why he thinks the Canadian Loonie could sink to $0.60 USD by the end of next year.
Tim Powers fills in for Vassy Kapelos, as U.S. President Trump says he doesn't see any point in continuing negotiations with Iran. He broke the news to reporters during today's NATO Leaders Summit in Turkiye - 24 hours after the two countries exchanged blows. The development sent the price of oil soaring, and stock markets tumbling, at the opening of North American trading on Wednesday. Retired Major-General David Fraser offers his two cents on a possible path forward.
On today's show:
- CTV National News correspondent Rachel Aiello has a recap of the Canadian storylines coming out of the NATO Leaders' Summit.
- U.S. and Canadian law enforcement have charged the infamous Bishnoi gang with orchestrating the assassination of Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Sing Nijjar in 2023. Joining the program with his analysis is Chris Lewis, a former OPP Commissioner and the present-day public safety analyst for CTV News.
- The Explainer with Canadian defense policy expert Richard Shimooka: What is the new Defense, Security, and Resilience Bank that Canada is leading?
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Stephanie Levitz, Sabrina Grover, and Jeff Rutledge.
- CTV National News correspondent Annie Bergeron-Oliver reports from Montreal, where some of the first Chinese EVs have arrived in Canada under a new import quota.
- TSN senior correspondent Rick Westhead delivers a post-mortem of Team Canada's performance, both on and off the pitch, during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The Conservatives have lost another seat in Parliament after Prime Minister Carney appointed Quebec MP Richard Martel to Canada's Senate. Also receiving a seat in the Red Chamber is longtime Liberal strategist, and Carney's current Principle Secretary, Tom Pitfield. Vassy Kapelos is joined alongside Stephanie Levitz, a senior reporter with The Globe And Mail's Ottawa Bureau.
On today's show:
- Vassy speaks with John Bolton, a former U.S. Ambassador and National Security Advisor to President Trump, about this year's NATO Leaders Summit in Turkiye.
- Hear Vassy's 1-on-1 conversation with Grant Isaac, the CEO of Cameco, about the federal government's nuclear strategy.
- Money Talk with John Klotz: Canadian vs. American stock markets.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Rachel Aiello, Sharan Kaur, and Jamie Ellerton.
- Vassy goes 1-on-1 with Tjorven Bellmann, Germany's Ambassador to Canada, about Canada's choice to hire German manufacturer TKMS to supply a new fleet of submarines for the Royal Canadian Navy.
- Sports broadcaster Arash Madani recaps the United States' elimination from the FIFA World Cup, and the controversy over U.S. President Trump calling FIFA's President to overturn a U.S. player's suspension.
Before flying to Turkiye for the NATO Leaders Summit, CTV News has confirmed that Prime Minister Carney will announce the procurement deal for 12 new patrol submarines in Halifax today. Vassy speaks with Retired Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, Canada's former Vice-Chief of Defense Staff.
On today's show:
- Ontario and Alberta announce a new energy corridor and an early-stage study of a possible Alberta-Ontario oil pipeline.
- Ontario pharmacists and patients are sounding the alarm over today's drug shortages.
- Tech Check with Carmi Levy: FIFA's high-tech soccer balls make a difference when it matters.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Tim Powers, Zain Velji, and George Soule.
- Everything you need to know about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding with Liz Duff, host of the Canadian pop culture podcast 'Late Night Scrolling'.
- Former federal Defense Minister Perrin Beatty joins Vassy to discuss what's on the agenda at the NATO Leaders Summit this week.
Tim Powers fills in on the Graham Richardson Show - where we talk politics and also have a little bit of fun! You can catch us every single Friday from Noon until 2PM.
On today's show:
- CTV National News senior political correspondent Mike LeCouteur has the latest developments on Alberta's pipeline announcement. We also check in with Heather Exner-Pirot, the Director of Energy and Natural Resources at the MacDonald-Laurier Institute.
- TSN's Claire Hanna previews Canada's Round of 16 match against Morocco on Saturday, as Canadian soccer fans prepare to gather in droves.
- Remi Cormier, a Montreal jazz artist, couldn't believe his eyes after his trumpet got snatched following a recent performance. That's when he took matters into his own hands.
- Prime Minister Carney will be out of town on Monday, as he attends a NATO conference in Turkiye. We dig deeper with Retired General Tom Lawson, who once served as Canada's Chief of Defense Staff.
- Most of Canada was able to celebrate Canada Day as originally scheduled. And on Saturday, Americans will get to do the same, as the country celebrates 250 years of independence. We check in with Eric Ham, a former U.S. Congressional Staffer and present-day U.S. political analyst for CTV News.
- Christy Clark, a former Premier of British Columbia, reacts to the province's handshake agreement with the feds on major projects.
Tim Powers guest hosts for Vassy Kapelos, as Prime Minister Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are set to make a long-awaited announcement. It is expected to feature details around the proposal for a new oil pipeline to Canada's West Coast. Duane Bratt, a Professor of Political Science at Calgary's Mount Royal University, tees up what's at stake from a political lens.
On today's show:
- Tim chats with The Weather Network meteorologist Doug Gillham about the heatwave that is impacting Central Canada.
- Pollster Nik Nanos delves into the latest national research on the opposition to Alto's high-speed rail plan, and general concerns around Canadian unity.
- Talk Science To Me with CTV Science and Technology specialist Dan Riskin: What to know about bats and rabies.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Mike LeCouteur, Rob Benzie, and Sharan Kaur.
- Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng, a Palliative Care Physician at The Ottawa Hospital and the host of the Prevention Over Prescription Podcast, has some tips for Canadians to follow during extreme heatwaves.
- Prime Minister Carney and B.C. Premier David Eby take questions from the media in Vancouver.
In a new video address to Canadians, Prime Minister Carney says Canada's emissions will increase in the coming years, as the federal government prioritizes economic growth. Tim Powers fills in for Vassy Kapelos this afternoon.
On today's show:
- Tim chats all things FIFA with veteran sports broadcaster Arash Madani, as Team Canada is set to take on Morocco in the Round of 16 this weekend.
- Richard Masson, a former CEO of the Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission, joins the show for a discussion about the outlook for a new West Coast oil pipeline. It follows today's report that Alberta will make its submission for the project without a private sector backer.
- Money Talk with John Klotz: How to achieve financial independence.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Jamie Ellerton, Saeed Selvam, and Anne McGrath.
- Tim speaks with Dr. Janet Morrison, the President and Vice-Chancellor for the Memorial University of Newfoundland, about a new exhibit marking Newfoundland soldiers’ sacrifice during the Battle of the Somme. It is scheduled to be unveiled in France today on the 100th anniversary of that battle.
- CTV Your Morning meteorologist Kelsey McEwen delivers an update on the Canada Day forecast.
- Liaison Strategies principal David Valentin discusses a new national poll showing Canadians are still proud of their country, despite feeling more anxious about the future.
Guest host Tim Powers speaks with TSN's Claire Hanna about Sunday's historic 1-0 victory over South Africa, and what awaits the Men's National Team in the Round of 16.
On today's show:
- Eric Ham, CTV U.S. political analyst and former U.S. Congressional Staffer, on this week's looming CUSMA deadline.
- Tech Check with tech analyst Carmi Levy: Apple and Microsoft hike prices as A.I. crunches the global memory chip supply.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Tom Mulcair and Scott Reid.
- David Phillips, a climatologist with Environment Canada, on the extreme heat that is expected to strike parts of Canada this week.
- TSN 1200's Gord Wilson delivers a quick debrief of the 2026 NHL Draft, and offers a look-ahead to Wednesday's Free Agent Frenzy.
It's the Graham Richardson Show - where we talk politics and also have a little bit of fun! You can catch Graham every single Friday from Noon until 2PM.
On today's show:
- The Friday Five: Carney announces plans for 24 Sussex, NATO Secretary lays on the flattery in an Oval Office meeting with Trump, Ukraine continues to ramp up drone attacks inside Russia, Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas says 'cut the BS' over Stampede noise bylaw backlash, Ontario senior scammed almost $1M in Carney deepfake crypto fraud.
- The Big Conversation: New data shows that ER wait times continue to get worse. Graham speaks with Saskatoon emergency physician Dr. Brittany Ellis.
- Housing policy expert Mike Moffat joins the show with his take on the B.C. condo 'bailout' controversy.
- A small town in Quebec has officially recognized the legal rights of trees. Graham finds out why with the help of Sylvie Trepanier, who sits on the municipality's Environment Committee.
- Conservative Housing Critic Scott Aitchison joins Graham with the opposition's argument against the B.C. condo conversion program.
- Graham chats with former Team Canada captain Patrice Bernier about the outlook for Canadian soccer, as FIFA fever grips the nation ahead of Sunday's Round of 32 match against South Africa.
- Nearly a decade after legislation, the national lobby group for Canadian cannabis producers has been forced to shut down, as the industry struggles to remain profitable. It cites the strength of the illicit market as a primary factor for the shutdown. Graham is joined by Paul McCarthy, the now-former President for the Cannabis Council of Canada.
- What made Graham smile this week: European FIFA fans go crazy for ranch dressing.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has pushed back on recent comments made by U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra. In an interview earlier this week with Vassy Kapelos, Hoekstra said Canada and the U.S. are 'nowhere close' to a deal on CUSMA. Vassy is joined alongside CTV National News Correspondent Abigail Bimman, who put the remarks to Carney at this morning's press conference.
On today's show:
- Vassy goes 1-on-1 with Transportation Minister Steve MacKinnon and presses him on why Ottawa hasn't been more aggressive in fast-tracking infrastructure projects.
- Talk Science To Me with CTV Science and Technology specialist Dan Riskin: Which jobs will Artificial Intelligence actually disrupt?
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Mike LeCouteur, Marieke Walsh, Rob Benzie, and Laura Stone.
- Middle East expert Thomas Juneau joins Vassy with his analysis on how negotiations between the U.S. and Iran are going.
- CTV's Judy Trinh reports on Canada's historic trade mission to Japan.
Vassy goes 1-on-1 with U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra, who says there's little chance of a deal on trade before the July 1st CUSMA review deadline.
On today's show:
- CTV News Medical Correspondent Avis Favaro reports on a new Canadian study showing less treatment may result in the same outcomes for breast cancer patients.
- The Explainer with William Pellerin, a Partner in the International Trade Group at McMillan LLP: What happens to CUSMA on July 1st?
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Laura D'Angelo, Jeff Rutledge, and Graham Richardson.
- Vassy chats with CTV U.S. political analyst Eric Ham about the success of candidates backed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani in yesterday's Congressional Primaries.
- More reaction from Vassy's interview with U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra on the future of NORAD and Canada's F-35 procurement decision.
Vassy Kapelos is here for the first 90 minutes of today's 2-hour show.
- We start things off with a 1-on-1 chat with Canada's Energy Minister Tim Hodgson. He defends the government's promise to create 90,000 jobs and build 10 new nuclear reactors, despite the lack of specific new funding commitments in the nuclear strategy.
- CTV Quebec Bureau Chief Genevieve Beauchemin has the latest on the tragic shooting in Montreal, as an investigation into Monday's horrific events continues.
- Money Talk with John Klotz: Knowing when is the best time to buy a home.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Sharan Kaur, Jamie Ellerton, and Brian Platt.
Graham Richardson takes over for the final 2 segments.
- CTV's Annie Bergeron-Oliver reports on new numbers from StatsCan, which show an increase in Canadians travelling to the U.S. for the first time in 15 months.
- Ontario Energy Minister Stephen Lecce discusses a new equity partnership with First Nations in the Small Modular Reactor project, located at the Darlington Nuclear Generation Station.
Statistics Canada is attributing the jump in prices to higher energy costs due to the war in Iran, as well as stubbornly high food prices.
On today's show:
- Vassy speaks with Government House Leader Steve MacKinnon and Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer about the end of the Spring Session of Parliament.
- The Globe And Mail's European Correspondent Paul Waldie joins Vassy to dissect Keir Starmer's resignation as U.K. Prime Minister.
- Tech Check with tech analyst Carmi Levy: Why Norway is banning A.I. in elementary classrooms.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Tim Powers, George Soule, and Saeed Selvam.
- CTV News Quebec Bureau Chief Genevieve Beauchemin has the latest on an active shooter situation in Montreal, where one police officer has been killed and another has been wounded.
It's the Graham Richardson Show - where we talk politics and also have a little bit of fun! You can catch Graham every single Friday from Noon until 2PM.
On today's show:
- The Friday Five: Canada outclasses Qatar, Ukraine drone strikes in Moscow, committee recommendations against MAiD expansion, Prime Minister Carney at the G7, frugal hacks.
- The Big Conversation: Graham chats with Joe Fournier, the high school coach of Canadian soccer star Jonathan David, following the Ottawa native's hat-trick in Canada's onslaught of Qatar.
- A frank conversation about immigration, and why a declining population isn't necessarily good news. Graham is joined alongside Shamira Madhany, the Managing Director for World Education Services Canada.
- A small town in Newfoundland has been fighting for 25 years to get rid of thousands of litres of rotting fish sauce in an abandoned factory on the ocean. Graham chats with St. Mary's Mayor Steve Ryan.
- Rob Benzie, the Toronto Star's Queens Park Bureau Chief, joins Graham for a breakdown of the top political stories of the week.
- Graham chats with Louise McEvoy, a motivational speaker and part-time mountaineer, about her completion of the Seven Summits.
- Returning to Tumbler Ridge: Mayor Darryl Krakowka joins Graham to discuss the $200 million in new funding that will be used to tear down and rebuild the school that housed one of Canada's deadliest mass shootings.
- What made Graham smile this week: The Scots take over Boston, and it's all in the name of soccer.
America's President told reporters in France on Wednesday that he'd prefer to see the trade deal terminated rather than re-negotiated. Vassy Kapelos speaks with Jean Charest, a former Quebec Premier and member of the PM's Advisory Committee on Canada-USA Economic Relations.
On today's show:
- TSN's Claire Hanna previews today's Canada-Qatar FIFA World Cup match in Vancouver.
- Vassy goes 1-on-1 with Senator Pamela Wallin to discuss the recommendation against expanding MAiD for mental illness in Canada.
- Talk Science To Me with CTV Science and Technology specialist Dan Riskin: Why some people always pick up the tab.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Mike LeCouteur, Rob Benzie, and Laura Stone.
- Vassy speaks with TSN Senior Correspondent and retired Canadian pro soccer player Tosaint Ricketts about a new documentary examining the racism and hate pro athletes experience online.
- CTV's Rachel Aiello reports from Parliament Hill, as the House of Commons rises for Summer Break.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is headed back to Canada after the G7 Summit in France without an official bilateral meeting with U.S. President Trump. Vassy gets the latest from CTV's Rachel Aiello after Carney's closing press conference.
On today's show:
- The Carney Liberals' bail reform bill, known as Bill C-14, has received royal assent. Vassy goes 1-on-1 with Justice Minister Sean Fraser.
- The Explainer with Ferry De Kerckhove, a former Canadian High Commissioner to Pakistan and former Ambassador to Egypt: An in-depth look into Iran's nuclear program.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Laura D'Angelo, Stephanie Levitz, and Jeff Rutledge.
- The feds are introducing new legislation that is aimed at finally ending boil water advisories on Canada's reserves. Vassy chats with Mandy Gull-Masty, Canada's Minister of Indigenous Services.
- CTV's Garrett Barry joins us from Newfoundland, as the TSB unveils its report into the Titan Submersible implosion.
Following the news of a renewed ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran, Vassy Kapelos goes 1-on-1 with Defense Minister David McGuinty to discuss what role Canada could play in the region if the war ends.
On today's show:
- CTV News senior political correspondent Mike LeCouteur reports live from the G7 in Evian, France.
- Vassy is joined by The Globe And Mail's Kristy Kirkup to discuss what changes may be coming to Canada's MAiD regime, as the Parliamentary Committee unveils its final report tomorrow.
- Money Talk with John Klotz: Tax planning for self-employed Canadians.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Jamie Ellerton, Sharan Kaur, and Graham Richardson.
- Vassy speaks with Ontario Energy Minister Stephen Lecce about a new deal that aims to supply Ontario-made nuclear reactor parts to the European market.
- Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse-Nepinak joins Vassy to discuss the federal government's new legislation aimed at finally ending boil water advisories on reserves.
A 14-point MOU is expected to be officially signed by the United States and Iran on Friday, starting a 60-day negotiation on a permanent end to the conflict. Vassy speaks with Middle East expert Thomas Juneau about what we know so far.
On today's show:
- Prime Minister Carney has arrived at the G7 Summit. CTV National News senior political correspondent Mike LeCouteur reports live from Evian, France.
- Tech Check with tech analyst Carmi Levy: What's in the Liberals' new online harms legislation?
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Tim Powers, Zain Velji, and Tom Mulcair.
- Canada's Culture Minister Marc Miller joins Vassy to talk about the new Safe Social Media Act, which includes a ban on social media for Canadians under the age of 16.
It's The Graham Richardson Show - where we talk politics and also have a little bit of fun! You can catch Graham every single Friday from Noon until 2PM.
On today's show:
- The Friday Five: The Gordie Howe 'Bridge To Nowhere', the Carney Liberals' National Food Strategy, the Safe Social Media Act, FIFA comes to Canada, and a W5 investigation leads to a guilty plea.
- The Big Conversation: Graham is joined by Shane Nedohin, a Canadian Armed Forces veteran and supporter of Alberta independence, for a frank and honest conversation about why so many Albertans feel they would be better off leaving Canada.
- Adam van Koeverden, Canada's Secretary of State for Sport, talks about the benefits of hosting the FIFA World Cup and addresses concerns about the cost to taxpayers.
- Canada Post has announced another round of cuts to home delivery, converting another 485,000 homes to community mailboxes. Graham speaks with Ariane Sauvé, the courier's Director of Public Relations.
- Outside The Bubble: MPs Philip Earle (Liberal, Newfoundland) and Fraser Tolmie (Conservative, Moose Jaw) join Graham to discuss the urban-rural divide, the importance of resource economies, and finding political common ground.
- Graham speaks with Brampton teacher Georgia Risnita about why she's pushing for a ban on heading in kids' soccer. Her plea comes after her father, a former pro-soccer player, was found to have CTE after his death from dementia last year. We also uncover the latest science on CTE in sports, as we check in with concussion expert Dr. Charles Tator.
- Have Your Say: Your texts on today's stories. Plus, what made Graham smile this week!
After 48 hours of conflicting reports and rumors, the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the $6.4 billion crossing between Windsor and Detroit has been postponed indefinitely, largely thanks to political posturing from the White House. Vassy Kapelos tackles the latest developments with AM800 Windsor host Mike Kakuk.
On today's show:
- CTV National News senior correspondent Judy Trinh joins Vassy with the details of the Carney government's long-awaited Online Harms legislation, which includes a U-16 social media ban.
- Talk Science To Me with CTV Science and Technology specalist Dan Riskin: New study shows that working from home is bad for your mental health.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Mike LeCouteur, Rob Benzie, and Marieke Walsh.
- Vassy in joined by Conservative MP Luc Berthold to discuss his private member's bill, which is seeking changes to the Youth Criminal Justice Act. His legislation is motivated by the tragic death of his son, who took his own life at the age of 28 following years of struggle with substance abuse and mental health.
- Kimberly Carson, the CEO of Breast Cancer Canada, joins Vassy to discuss the federal government's new advisory panel on preventive health care.
On Wednesday, the Bank of Canada held its key interest rate at 2.25 percent, but Governor Tiff Macklem laid out possible scenarios where the interest rate could rise if economic conditions worsen. Vassy speaks with CTV Chief Financial Correspondent Amanda Lang.
On today's show:
- Is the Gordie Howe Bridge going to open on Monday? At the moment, it's still unclear. Vassy speaks with former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens.
- The Explainer with Ottawa-based mortgage agent Frank Napolitano: What the Bank of Canada's warning on interest rates means for your mortgage.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Jeff Rutledge, Stephanie Levitz, and Laura D'Angelo.
- Vassy speaks with Ontario's D.C. Representative David Paterson about the uncertain opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge, as well as Premier Ford's trade mission to the United States this week.
- CTV Quebec Bureau Chief Genevieve Beauchemin updates us on the latest opposition to the planned Alto high-speed rail line, which would connect Toronto to Quebec City. The Parti Quebecois now says it won't support the project if they win this Fall's provincial election.
On Monday, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre spoke at a Royal Canadian Legion branch in Downtown Calgary, making his pitch for a united Canada ahead of this Fall’s referendum vote. He says Alberta doesn’t need its own country, and that it just needs better policies from the feds. Vassy Kapelos checks in with Mike Lake, the Conservative MP for Leduc-Wetaskiwin.
On today's show:
- Prime Minister Carney confirms that the Gordie Howe Bridge, linking Windsor to Detroit, will finally open this week. Construction began in 2018, but the project has stalled several times since then. And as we approach Friday’s grand-opening, the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority hasn’t confirmed the launch date. AM800 Windsor host Mike Kakuk drops by with the latest.
- Money Talk with John Klotz: How to financially plan for the future without panicking.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Jamie Ellerton, Sharan Kaur, and Nojoud Al Mallees.
- Canada’s former top soldier is warning the Carney government against pivoting to China at the expense of Ottawa’s relationship with Washington. Vassy chats with Wayne Eyre, a Retired General and Canada’s former Chief of Defense Staff.
- CTV's Abigail Bimman chimes in with an update on the Gordie Howe Bridge, and offers the latest on Doug Ford's trip to Washington.
Arbour, a former Supreme Court Justice, succeeds Mary Simon as Canada's 31st Governor General. Tim Powers fills in for Vassy Kapelos in Hour 1.
- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith used a keynote address on Friday to urge her UCP Party to vote against Alberta separation in Fall's provincial referendum. Similar words have been echoed by Pierre Poilievre, the leader of Canada's Conservatives. We dig deeper with Lori Williams, a Professor of Political Science at Calgary's Mount Royal University.
- The FIFA World Cup arrives in Canada this Friday. All in all, the cost to host this global tournament is going to fall just shy of $1 billion, which is almost $82 million per game. In fact, the costs for security alone are in the hundreds of millions. Is it worth it? We pick the brain of Canadian economist Moshe Lander.
- Tech Check with Carmi Levy: The Carney government's A.I. strategy pledges thousands of jobs, but lacks safety details.
Vassy Kapelos is back in the hosting chair for Hour 2.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Sabrina Grover, Tom Mulcair, and Tim Powers.
- The Globe And Mail is reporting that the Carney government will move forward with a potential ban on some social media platforms for Canadians 16-and-under. Vassy is joined by Professor Amanda Third, who is part of the ongoing review for Australia's social media ban.
- CTV National News senior political correspondent Mike LeCouteur joins Vassy with more on Louise Arbour's installation as Governor General.
It's the debut episode of the Graham Richardson Show - where we talk politics and also have a little bit of fun! You can catch Graham every single Friday from Noon until 2PM.
On today's show:
- In what StatsCan calls the first significant employment gain since last November, the Canadian economy has added a surprise 88,000 jobs in May. We sift through the data with Frances Donald, a Chief Economist with the Royal Bank of Canada.
- For 55 years and 150 million spectators, the Snowbirds have been Canada's symbol of excellence and pride. The government wants to ground them at the end of this year, leading to pushback from a wave of veterans, former commanding officers, and a former Chief of Defense Staff. We chat with Retired Lieutenant-Colonel Maryse Carmichael, the Snowbirds' first female pilot and their first female Commanding Officer.
- In honour of the FIFA World Cup coming to Canada this year, a historical first for our country, the Royal Canadian Mint has issued a new commemorative Loonie. We check in with Deneen Perrin, the Royal Canadian Mint's Director of Public Affairs.
- What's it like serving as an MP for small-town Canada? What are the pressing issues you have to deal with on a daily basis? We dig deeper with (CON) Moose Jaw-Lake Centre-Lanigan MP Fraser Tolmie and (LIB) Labrador MP Philip Earle.
- Harvey Brownstone, Canada’s first openly-gay judge, reflects on his life and career in his new memoir 'Without Prejudice'.
- Canadian filmmakers are exploring the bottom of Lake Superior with world-leading underwater drone technology. We sink our teeth into that subject with Yvonne Drebert, an award-winning Canadian filmmaker and the co-founder of Inspired Planet Productions.
- Your calls, texts, and emails!
Tim Powers fills in for Vassy Kapelos, who is on assignment today.
On today's show:
- Prime Minister Carney has announced a long-awaited National A.I. Strategy. We take you live to Toronto as he addresses the media. Then, we gather instant reaction from Jeremie Harris, the co-founder of an A.I. national security company that works with security specialists.
- Canada’s big-city mayors are calling on the feds to do something about the state of Downtown sectors. We check in with Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe.
- Talk Science To Me with CTV Science and Technology specialist Dan Riskin: How AirBnB listing language affects bookings.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Rob Benzie, Laura Stone, and Marieke Walsh.
- Newfoundland Premier Tony Wakeham joins Tim ahead of a potential Marine Atlantic strike.
- The Premiers of Alberta and Quebec are meeting for a face-to-face chat in La Belle Province. CTV political analyst Tom Mulcair chimes in with his two cents.
The United States Trade Representative is proposing a new 10% tariff on Canadian goods following an investigation into enforcement of rules meant to prevent products made with forced labour from entering the North American supply chain. The latest tariff threat came just hours after Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc met with Greer in D.C. on Tuesday afternoon. Guest host Tim Powers is joined by Vassy Kapelos to break down the latest on the trade file.
On today's show:
- A new poll from Leger has the Carney Liberals at a record-high 50% support. Tim speaks with Leger Executive Vice-President Andrew Enns about the latest numbers.
- Tech analyst Carmi Levy joins us for this week's Explainer segment: What is Anttropic's Mythos A.I. platform, and why is Canada now involved in 'Project Glasswing'?
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Jeff Rutledge, George Soule, and Saeed Selvam.
- Hear CTV News Senior Political Correspondent Mike LeCouteur's 1-on-1 interview with Kerri-Lynne Findlay, the new leader of the B.C. Conservative Party.
- TSN reporter Claire Hanna recaps Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals and examines the NHL's latest scheduling headache. As the league expands to an 84-game season, the new time zones in B.C. and Alberta are causing some grey hairs to form.
Tim Powers fills in for Vassy Kapelos, who is on assignment today. Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is traveling to D.C. for a meeting with the U.S. Trade Representative, as the clock on the CUSMA review gradually winds down. CTV's Abigail Bimman has the latest from Washington.
On today's show:
- Tim is joined by CTV U.S. political analyst Eric Ham to gather some insight on the politics of CUSMA from the American perspective.
- A trio of U.S. companies dominate 85 percent of Canada’s cloud computing market. According to a new report, that is bad news for A.I. sovereignty. We dig deeper with Curtis McCord, a policy analyst at the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project and the co-author of this report.
- Money Talk with John Klotz: What does a technical recession mean for your portfolio?
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Sharan Kaur, Jordan Paquet, and Nojoud Al Mallees.
- Prime Minister Carney has announced a new Advisory Council to deal with the alarming rise of antisemitism in Canada. What needs to happen next? We check in with Noah Shack, the CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs.
- The 2026 Stanley Cup Finals kick off tonight, as the Carolina Hurricanes and Vegas Golden Knights search for their second Stanley Cup in franchise history. TSN 1200 Ottawa's Gord Wilson tees up Game 1 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
After calling for an emergency debate at Parliament Hill about the state of Canada's economy, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre held a press conference this morning, accusing Prime Minister Carney of hiding from the issue. What do the numbers really say about Canada's 'technical recession'? Vassy Kapelos picks the brain of Don Drummond, an Economist and Fellow-in-Residence at the C.D. Howe Institute. Prior to that, he was a Chief Economist with TD Bank.
On today's show:
- The 2026 FIFA World Cup is kicking off next Thursday in Toronto. TSN Senior Correspondent Rick Westhead prepares to pack his bags, as he follows Team Canada all tournament long.
- Kirstin Hillman, a former Canadian Ambassador to the United States, joins us one month before CUSMA's expiration date. Where do things stand today, and what's the level of optimism that a deal can be reached ahead of July 1st?
- Tech Check with tech analyst Carmi Levy: Prime Minister Carney says a national A.I. strategy will be unveiled next week.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Sharan Kaur, Tom Mulcair, and Tim Powers.
- Vassy speaks with Stephen Fuhr, Canada's Secretary of State for Defense Procurement, about last week's GlobalEye early warning radar announcement and the long-delayed decision on buying F-35s.
- Hamish Telford, a Professor of Political Science at the University of Fraser Valley, gives us the political 4-1-1 on Kerry-Lynne Findlay. She claimed victory in last week's B.C. Conservative Party leadership race.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1
For the final time in the Free For All Friday era, Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
- Canada's Prime Minister visited New York this week in an attempt to drum up support for Canadian business. In his words, a stronger Canada makes America even greater. Postmedia's Brian Lilley and Rob Benzie react to Carney's 'shocking' MAGA comments.
- Ontario Treasury Board President Caroline Mulrooney is leaving the Ford Cabinet, and Queen's Park altogether. In an exclusive interview with Amanda, she outlines the factors that led to her decision.
- Journalist and keynote speaker Farrah Nasser dives into her battle with breast cancer.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2
Contributors from all over the country join The Roundtable to discuss the top stories of the week. Today’s edition features an assortment of guests and topics!
Part 1: A conversation about women in business with Texture Communications president Melanie Paradis and Henley Strategies founder Laryssa Waler.
Part 2: In a trip to New York City this week, Prime Minister Carney said a stronger Canada would 'help make America great again'. We dig deeper with Globe And Mail reporter Marieke Walsh and CTV political analyst Scott Reid.
Part 3: Has 'gentle parenting' lost its luster? We pose that question, and many others, to former Toronto Mayor John Tory and Betakit CEO Siri Agrell.
And finally, we hand things over to CTV's Graham Richardson, who will be launching his new Friday afternoon show on June 5th.
Tim Powers fills in for Vassy Kapelos, who is on assignment today.
On today's show:
- Prime Minister Carney is in New York City today, as he attempts to drum up investment in Canada. CTV's Jeremie Charron joins us with a live update.
- Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault, who led the Environment and Climate file for years under the Justin Trudeau regime, will be resigning his seat at the House of Commons table later this Summer. You'll hear his 1-on-1 chat with Vassy Kapelos in Hour 1 of today's program.
- Guilbeault becomes the second Liberal MP this month to step aside from the political arena, as Nate Erskine-Smith also plans to leave before the leaves begin to fall. How does this impact the newly-formed Carney majority? CTV political analyst Tom Mulcair weighs in.
- Talk Science To Me with CTV Science and Technology specialist Dan Riskin: Playground falls make kids 'street smart'.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Rob Benzie, Mike LeCouteur, Laura Stone, and Marieke Walsh.
- Where’s the beef? The Canadian Cattle Association warns against opening up access to the Canadian beef market, as the Mercosur negotiations continue. CCA President Tyler Fulton explains why.
Steven Guilbeault, the Trudeau-era Minister of Environment and Climate Change, was the architect of numerous climate policies that the Carney Liberals have since rolled back. Later this Summer, he will step aside from the House of Commons stage, joining Liberal colleague Nate Erskine-Smith on the sidelines. Vassy gathers instant reaction from Liberal Caucus Chair James Maloney and Green Party leader Elizabeth May.
On today's show:
- Dave Korzinski, the Angus Reid Institute's Director of Research, explains how the Environment and Climate Change file has developed as a Canadian voting issue over the years.
- The Explainer: In Part 4 of our 4-part series for Mental Health Awareness Month, Vassy tackles imposter syndrome with Jentzen Michael Shea.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Stephanie Levitz, Jeff Rutledge, and Laura D'Angelo.
- Vassy speaks with Jesse Stoeppler, the Executive Director of the Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition, about the opposition to the Ksi Lisims LNG project.
- CTV's Rachel Aiello breaks down a major defense announcement from the Carney Liberals, and explains how it could impact the Canada-U.S. relationship.
The annual Western Premiers Conference in Kananaskis, Alberta is being overshadowed by Alberta and B.C. tensions over pipelines and separatism. Vassy goes 1-on-1 with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe.
On today's show:
- Last week, W5's Avery Haines delivered an in-depth investigation into a wave of organized crime that is infiltrating Canadian airports. Today, she returns with an update.
- Money Talk: Why mortgage insolvencies are up, and how to plan for your renewal.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Jamie Ellerton, Sharan Kaur, and Nojoud Al Mallees.
- A conversation on housing and infrastructure with Ottawa city councillor Tim Tierney, who is also the incoming President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
- CTV U.S. political analyst Eric Ham on the latest peace negotiations between Iran and the United States. Are we getting somewhere positive?
Speaking with reporters in Ottawa this morning, Canada's Prime Minister made his strongest comments against Premier Danielle Smith's decision to put a question about separation on the Alberta ballot this Fall. Vassy goes 1-on-1 with the Premier of Alberta.
On today's show:
- International Affairs Professor Thomas Juneau breaks down the latest developments on peace negotiations with Iran.
- Tech Check with tech analyst Carmi Levy: New Canadian streaming rules draw ire of groups on both sides of the border.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Garry Keller, Tom Mulcair, and Zain Velji.
- Legendary political journalist Bob Fife outlines his decision to retire, and reflects on his career at Parliament Hill.
- CTV's Maria Sarrouh has more on the two deadly parasites that are decimating PEI's oyster crop this year.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1
Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
- In a provincewide supper-time address, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announces that a question on separation will be on this Fall's referendum ballot. The Globe And Mail’s Marieke Walsh recaps a busy week in politics, especially in Western Canada.
- CTV political analyst and former Quebec Cabinet Minister Tom Mulcair talks Quebec separatism, and the new poll that says the CAQ is regaining support.
- As the Montreal Victoire celebrate their first PWHL title, the NHL's Montreal Canadiens start the Eastern Conference Finals with a statement win over Carolina. TSN's Claire Hanna recaps Thursday's chaos as we look ahead to Saturday's Game 2 matchup.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2
Contributors from all over the country join The Roundtable to discuss the top stories of the week. Today’s edition features 'Beyond A Ballot' podcast host Rachael Segal and NorthStar Public Affairs senior advisor Sabrina Grover.
Topic 1: Albertans will vote on a question about separating from Canada this Fall, but it won’t be constitutionally binding.
Topic 2: Tension is rising between B.C. Premier David Eby and Prime Minister Carney over major projects. Is Canada's leader showing favoritism to keep Alberta happy?
Topic 3: We are just weeks away from Opening Day of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. A pair of Canadian cities will be welcoming the world for 13 total matches, and it's going to cost a billion dollars worth of pretty pennies. Is it worth it for cities to host major events these days?
Topic 4: Are the Carney Liberals wrong to ground Canada's Snowbirds?
Topic 5: Instead of wedding gifts, more couples are asking for cash for down payments. We try to find out why.
The last edition of Free For All Fridays will air next week - May 29th. See you at Noon!
Later today, a committee of the Alberta Legislature will decide on whether a citizen-led referendum question will make it onto the ballot this Fall. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will deliver a primetime address to her province tonight. Vassy speaks with Thomas Lukaszek, a former Deputy Premier of Alberta and organizer of the 'Forever Canadian' referendum petition campaign.
On today's show:
- A traveler who recently returned to Ontario from East Africa is is being tested for Ebola, but the province isn't saying when they returned or if they have any symptoms. Vassy speaks with Dr. Gerald Evans, an infectious disease specialist at Kingston's Health Sciences Centre, about the latest intel we have on the deadly virus.
- Talk Science To Me with CTV Science and Technology specialist Dan Riskin: Why the real reason for right-handedness is linked to our legs.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Rob Benzie, Mike LeCouteur, Laura Stone, and Marieke Walsh.
- 'Poop pills' for lung cancer? A new clinical study hopes to find out if Fecal Microbiota Transplant Therapy could help Canadian patients. Vassy speaks with Dr. Saman Maleki, a Translational Immuno-Oncology Scientist at the London Health Sciences Centre.
- The Montreal Canadiens kick off the Eastern Conference Finals tonight against the Carolina Hurricanes. TSN 690 Montreal's Shaun Starr delivers a series preview ahead of Game 1.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is meeting with the Premier of British Columbia, as David Eby criticizes the federal government's deal with Alberta. He is calling on the feds to support national projects in B.C. and suggests that the government is favouring Alberta due to talks of a possible referendum.
On today’s show:
- Avery Haines, the Managing Editor of CTV's W5, delves into a luggage-tag switching scheme at Canadian airports, with drug smugglers allegedly at the center of it.
- Conservative MP Michael Chong joins Vassy Kapelos following his visit to Taiwan.
- The Explainer with psychotherapist Jentzen Michael Shea: In Part 3 of our 4-part series for Mental Health Awareness Month, we dive straight into the factors that cause digital burnout. If we get bit by the bug, how do we get out of that rut?
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Laura D’Angelo, Jeff Rutledge, and Stephanie Levitz.
- Vassy's 1-on-1 interview with Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tony Wakeham.
- The generic version of Ozempic is now available in Canada. Dr. Yashar Tashakkor, an obesity medicine specialist, shares what Canadians need to know.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with all four crew members of the Artemis II NASA Mission: Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch. Together, they reflect on last month's historic mission to The Moon, and look ahead to the future of space exploration.
On today's show:
- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith reacts to the recent MOU agreement with the Carney Liberals, as well as the ongoing separatist sentiment in her province.
- Money Talk with John Klotz: How to take the fireworks out of your investment and insurance plans.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Jamie Ellerton, Sharan Kaur, and Nojoud Al Mallees.
- Julie Dabrusin, Canada's Minister for Environment and Climate Change, on the federal government's measures to tackle climate change following the industrial carbon pricing changes.
- The Weather Network meteorologist Doug Gilham examines the latest national forecast and the extreme heatwave that some Canadian cities are experiencing today.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1
Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
- A carbon pricing MOU announcement is expected sometime today, with all eyes on the Alberta government and the Carney Liberals to strike a deal. We unveil what we know - and what we don't know - with the help of CTV's Vassy Kapelos.
- It's the unofficial start to Summer, but when will it actually start to feel like Summer? We dig deeper with CTV Chief Meteorologist Kelsey McEwen.
- Montreal is hosting Game 6 between the Habs and Sabres this Saturday, but the current hub of Canadian playoff hockey will soon transform into an F1 racetrack. IndyCar and F1 insider Tim Hauraney previews next weekend's Canadian Grand Prix.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2
Contributors from all over the country join The Roundtable to discuss the top stories of the week. Today’s edition features McMillan Vantage senior vice-president Jeff Rutledge and CTV political analyst Scott Reid.
Topic 1: Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith has beef with the Ontario Liberal Party after losing a nomination bid. And next month, he will be leaving the Carney Liberals in the rear-view mirror.
Topic 2: New data suggests that young boys are falling behind their female peers in school systems across Canada.
Topic 3: Prime Minister Carney shakes hands with the Premier of Alberta on a carbon pricing MOU. We fill you in on the details as they start to roll in.
Topic 4: You are heading out for a long weekend road trip. You have to pick one song. Which tune is riding shotgun?
Canada's Prime Minister says the brand-new national plan would double Canada's electricity grid by 2050. Vassy Kapelos joins us from Montreal to deliver the key highlights from today's announcement.
On today's show:
- Vassy goes 1-on-1 with Liberal MP Kody Blois, who also serves as the Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Carney. They talk about Friday's expected announcement of an industrial carbon price agreement with Alberta, and the prospect of adding a new pipeline to the West Coast.
- Postmedia columnist Rick Bell unveils the latest developments surrounding Alberta separatism, and the court ruling that could turn into a major snag for the movement.
- Talk Science To Me with CTV Science and Technology specialist Dan Riskin: If you yawn at a pregnant mother, a fetus might yawn back.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Laura Stone, Rob Benzie, Mike LeCouteur, and Marieke Walsh.
- Former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig tackles Trump's state visit to Beijing.
After spending over a decade in the House of Commons, Nate Erskine-Smith plans to leave the federal political arena in June. However, the Toronto-area Liberal MP hasn't decided if he will continue to pursue an Ontario Liberal leadership bid after dropping the provincial nomination race in Scarborough.
On today's show:
- Canadians hoping for more government relief on the price of gas should think again, based on recent comments from Canada's Premiers and the country's Finance Minister.
- Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy discusses Toronto's bid to host the International Defense Bank.
- The Explainer with psychotherapist Jentzen Michael Shea: In Part 2 of our 4-part series for Mental Health Awareness Month, Jentzen joins Vassy to discuss the differences between stress and burnout.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Saeed Selvam, Jeff Rutledge, and Brian Platt.
- The Artemis II crew is meeting with Prime Minister Carney in Ottawa today. We get the latest from CTV's Mike LeCouteur.
- Vassy speaks with former Canadian High Commissioner to the U.K. Ralph Goodale, as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer fights to keep his job.
In the face of criticism from environmental groups, the Carney Liberals are defending a plan aimed at shortening the approval window to one year. Vassy Kapelos checks in with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, who is all for the plan.
On today's show:
- U.K. Prime Minister Kier Starmer could be seeing his final days in office this week, as he faces calls from his own MPs and Cabinet members to step aside. We dig deeper with Paul Waldie, The Globe And Mail's Europe Correspondent.
- Money Talk with John Klotz: Tips and tricks for your financial Spring cleanup!
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Jamie Ellerton, Nojoud Al Mallees, and Sharan Kaur.
- A 1-on-1 conversation with Governor General Mary Simon, who will soon be vacating her role to make way for Louise Arbour.
- U.S. President Trump is heading to China. We get the latest developments from CTV U.S. political analyst Eric Ham.
After a meeting with Prime Minister Carney, the Premier of Alberta emerged with renewed optimism for a finalized Ottawa-Alberta Energy MOU. More than a month has passed since the original agreement deadline, which has yielded no signed-and-sealed pact. Meantime, Danielle Smith is also welcoming an announcement on more regulatory reform from the federal government, aimed at reducing the time it takes to approve energy projects down to 12 months.
On today's show:
- Former Alberta Premier Jason Kenney talks separatism and the Centurion Project data leak.
- Vassy speaks with infectious disease expert Dr. Lisa Barrett about the latest developments on the Hantavirus outbreak.
- Tech Check with tech analyst Carmi Levy: Dating app Bumble will ditch 'swiping'.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Tom Mulcair, Tim Powers, and Zain Velji.
- Vassy goes 1-on-1 with Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi on Alberta separatism.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1
Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney gathered together in Ottawa, as both leaders face pressure to show progress on a new pipeline.
- Conservative MP Garnett Genuis outlines the party’s proposal to reform the E.I. system for more flexible parental leave.
- In a new report, Canada’s Privacy Commissioner says there have been over 42,000 data breaches at the CRA since 2020. Amanda chats with Claudiu Popa, a certified security and privacy expert.
- Tonight marks another watershed moment for Canadian basketball, as the WNBA's Toronto Tempo will hit the court for the first time. We go 1-on-1 with Toronto Tempo President Teresa Resch.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2
Contributors from all over the country join The Roundtable to discuss the top stories of the week. Today’s edition features Strategy Corp vice-president Garry Keller and Enterprise Canada vice-president of national strategy Laura D’Angelo.
Topic 1: Prime Minister Carney meets with the Premier of Alberta, as pressure mounts to show progress on the Alberta MOU.
Topic 2: The separatist group Stay Free Alberta has collected enough signatures to potentially force a referendum. Jason Kenney, a former Premier of Alberta, says the pro-federalist voices need to step up.
Topic 3: Do Canada's parental leave guidelines leave parents behind?
Topic 4: The WNBA comes to Canada, and it's not for a quick promo. We have a team to cheer for! Will you be going to any Toronto Tempo games this season? Which matchup is on your calendar already?
Topic 5: Is it worth the cost to save Canada's Snowbirds?
The Carney Liberals are defending their Auto sector strategy following news that Honda has suspended plans to build a $15 billion factory. The manufacturer cited low demands for EVs in the United States as the primary reason behind its decision. We dig deeper with Karim Bardeesy, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry. Then, we check in with Adam Chambers, the Trade Critic for Canada's Conservatives.
On today's show:
- Prime Minister Carney is responding to a report that the Liberals will bring in more regulatory changes aimed at speeding up resource and energy projects.
- Dr. Isaac Bogoch discusses the latest developments with the Hantavirus outbreak.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Marieke Walsh, Laura Stone, Rob Benzie, and Mike LeCouteur.
- CTV's Abigail Bimman reports on a new StatsCan analysis, which finds that more Millennials are living at home with parents than the previous-era Baby Boomers.
- Vassy speaks with Bill Lomax, the President and CEO of the First Nations Bank of Canada, about opportunities for Indigenous investment in major infrastructure projects.
Honda Motors has reportedly suspended plans to build an EV plant in Canada. The move comes after U.S. demand slowed, pushing the Japanese automaker 'to put hybrids at the centre of its North American strategy', according to a report by Nikkei Asia. Honda had already paused the plant in May of 2025. We get instant reaction from Flavio Volpe, the President of the Automotive Parts and Manufacturers Association of Canada.
On today's show:
- CAMH is opposing the expansion of MAiD for mental illness. We find out why with Dr. Sanjeev Sockalingam, the Chief Medical Officer at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
- The Explainer with Jentzen Michael Shea, a Registered Psychotherapist and the founder of Shea Counseling and Psychotherapy: In Part 1 of a 4-part series, we break down the stigma of therapy and address our mental health.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Jeff Rutledge, Stephanie Levitz, and Shannon Greer.
- Elections Alberta and the RCMP are investigating how a database of voter information for 2.9 million Albertans was leaked to a separatist group. We dig deeper with Matthew Scace of The Globe And Mail.
Stefan Keyes fills in for Vassy Kapelos today, as former Supreme Court Justice Louise Arbour will replace Mary Simon as Canada's Governor General. Arbour will be appointed to her new position later this year, becoming the 31st Governor General in our country's history. CTV's Rachel Aiello delivers the latest developments following today's announcement. Then, we pick the brain of CTV political analyst Scott Reid.
On today's show:
- Dr. Isaac Bogoch, an infectious disease specialist, dissects the Hantavirus outbreak that is wreaking havoc on a Dutch cruise ship. The vessel is now stranded off the coast of Africa.
- Money Talk with John Klotz: Making the most of your tax returns.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Amanda Galbraith, Sharan Kaur, and Nojoud Al Mallees.
- Hear Vassy's interview with A.I. Minister Evan Solomon on the government's new $1.5 billion relief package for tariff-hit industries.
- McGill Law Professor Jennifer Raso talks about the growing issue of A.I. in courtrooms.
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is criticizing recent comments from Prime Minister Carney, who is currently overseas. During an interview, Carney didn't see Canada's integration with America in the Energy sector as a point of leverage in trade negotiations. He is now wrapping up a trip to Europe, where he is expected to announce more support for Ukraine.
On today's show:
- Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu announces new supports for workers and Canadians living with disabilities.
- Vassy goes 1-on-1 with Colorado Governor Jared Polis about the impact of U.S. tariffs, and how his state his faring during the trade war.
- Tech Check with tech analyst Carmi Levy: Why some Canadian parents are opposing an Australian-style social media ban.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Zain Velji, Tom Mulcair, and Tim Powers.
- Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon talks about the newly-approved Canada-USA pipeline route, which could see more Canadian crude flowing to that state.
- TSN 690's Jon Still joins us from Montreal, where an ecstatic Canadiens fanbase is soaking in a Game 7 triumph over Tampa Bay. The Habs will play the Buffalo Sabres in Round 2, and are now Canada's last hope of breaking Lord Stanley's drought.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1
Guest host Tim Powers breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
- U.S. President Donald Trump has approved a new pipeline route along the same path as the former Keystone XL project. CTV’s Jeremie Charron has the latest.
- Liberal MP Adam van Koeverden, who also serves as Canada's Secretary of State for Sport, talks about the $755 million in new federal funding for Canadian sports programs.
- A new report by KPMG finds that illegal cigarettes now account for over 38 percent of all cigarette sales in Canada. We delve into the contraband tobacco trade.
- As the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs inch closer to Round 2, TSN's Matt Cauz tries to explain what led to a sudden exit for Edmonton and Ottawa. Meantime, Montreal could punch their ticket to the next round tonight, but the Habs need to win one more game against Tampa Bay.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2
Contributors from all over the country join The Roundtable to discuss the top stories of the week. Today’s edition features Bluesky Strategy vice-president Jordan Paquet and NorthStar Public Affairs senior advisor Sabrina Grover.
Topic 1: It's been 1 year since the Carney Liberals got elected, and they now have a majority government thanks to a blend of floor-crossers and byelection winners. How has Canada changed since the 2025 federal election?
Topic 2: Do Conservative trade missions to D.C. help or harm Canada’s position?
Topic 3: Alberta separatism is back in the news again. Our panelists dig into how the issue will impact the world of federal politics in 2026.
Topic 4: U.S. President Trump drops his tariffs on scotch and whiskey after King Charles’ state visit.
Topic 5: Would you take healthcare advice from an A.I. doctor?
Brent crude oil reached a 4-year high of $126 per barrel on Thursday. It comes amid fears over a report that the U.S. is considering new strikes in Iran. We dig deeper with Randy Ollenberger, the Managing Director of Oil and Gas Equity Research at BMO Capital Markets, and Frances Donald, a Chief Economist at the Royal Bank of Canada.
On today's show:
- Vassy goes 1-on-1 with Government House Leader Steve MacKinnon, and then checks in with Conservative International Trade Critic Adam Chambers, as we unpack the Spring Economic Update.
- Talk Science To Me with CTV Science and Technology specialist Dan Riskin: Can magic mushrooms help you quit smoking?
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Nojoud Al Mallees, Rob Benzie, and Mike LeCouteur.
- The RCMP has delivered an investigation update into the disappearances of Jack and Lilly Sullivan. We get the latest from CTV's Paul Hollingsworth.
Tim Powers fills in for Vassy Kapelos today, as the Bank of Canada holds steady on its overnight rate. That being said, Governor Tiff Macklem warns that the idea of hiking rates isn't off the table if the price of oil doesn't come down before the end of the year. We gather the latest details from CTV's Annie Bergeron-Oliver.
On today's show:
- Flavio Volpe, the President of the Automotive Parts and Manufacturing Association of Canada, reacts to a new pitch from Korean submarine-maker Hanwa to build armored vehicles in Canada.
- Hear Vassy's 1-on-1 chat with Finance Minister Francois Philippe-Champagne.
- The Explainer with John Ruffolo, the Founder and Managing Partner of Maverix Private Equity: What is a sovereign wealth fund?
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Laura D'Angelo and Jeff Rutledge.
- Child Psychologist Dr. Janine Hubbard discusses the merits of banning or retracting social media for young people.
- Jon Still from TSN 690 Montreal dissects Round 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and previews a pivotal Game 5 for the Habs tonight.
Canada's Spring Economic Update will be the first in-depth look into how the Carney Liberals are faring on their promise to reign in government spending and reduce the federal deficit. Vassy Kapelos delivers a preview of Tuesday's announcement with CTV Chief Financial Correspondent Amanda Lang.
On today's show:
- Hear Vassy's interview with former Quebec Premier Jean Charest following the first meeting of Carney's U.S. Trade Advisory Committee.
- Money Talk with John Klotz: RRSP vs. TFSA - What to know, and how to maximize both.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Sharan Kaur, Jamie Ellerton, and George Soule.
- For the first time ever, a Canadian patient has been cured of HIV thanks to a bone marrow transplant. Vassy speaks with Dr. Sharon Walmsley, the HIV Clinic Director at Toronto General Hospital.
- King Charles is addressing a joint session of U.S. Congress during his first official visit to the Trump White House. CTV's Scott Hurst has a preview.
Prime Minister Carney says the Canada Strong Fund will ensure all Canadians benefit from economic growth.
On today's show:
- Vassy is joined by Josh Wingrove of Bloomberg News, who recounts the scary events of Saturday's White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington. A lone gunman tried to storm the event, but was apprehended by law enforcement and charged with an attempted assassination of U.S. President Trump.
- Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu defends the government's record on youth unemployment.
- Tech Check with tech analyst Carmi Levy: Manitoba moves to ban social media for young people.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Saeed Selvam, Tim Powers, and Tom Mulcair.
- Vassy chats with former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole about the brand-new U.S. Trade Advisory Council, and the role he will play on that council.
- Hear Vassy's interview with former CTV Power Play host Don Martin about the clinical trial that saved his life following a terminal cancer diagnosis.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1
Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
- Prime Minister Carney is facing renewed pressure to show progress on trade talks with the United States.
- B.C. Premier David Eby is struggling to deal with the fallout from recent DRIPA court decisions in that province, calling it 'one of the toughest files' he's ever worked on. We dig deeper with Karen Restoule, a Director of Indigenous Affairs and a Senior Fellow at the MacDonald-Laurier Institute.
- How can we achieve a healthy relationship with our screentime? We pick the brain of Dr. Janine Hubbard, a Registered Child Psychologist in St. Johns, Newfoundland.
- The White House Correspondents Dinner is Saturday night, and the face of America says he will be there. CTV U.S. political analyst and former Congressional staffer Eric Ham outlines the significance of Trump's upcoming appearance.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2
Contributors from all over the country join The Roundtable to discuss the top stories of the week. Today’s edition features Texture Communications president Melanie Paradis and public affairs consultant Bob Richardson.
Topic 1: Carney faces growing pressure as we inch closer to the July 1st CUSMA review deadline.
Topic 2: DRIPA and the politics of reconciliation.
Topic 3: What’s causing high school absenteeism in Ontario, and what the solution should look like.
Topic 4: Ontario’s ban on event ticket resellers comes into effect. Will it help?
Stefan Keyes fills in for Vassy Kapelos today, as Prime Minister Carney faces renewed pressure to show progress on trade talks with his American counterparts. It follows a series of testimonies from high-ranking Trump officials in Washington, with USTR Jamieson Greer suggesting there may be retaliation for Canadian provinces who have barred American alcohol from liquor store shelves. CTV U.S. political analyst and former Congressional staffer Eric Ham offers his two cents.
On today's show:
- Vassy checks in with Government House Leader Steve MacKinnon, as the Conservatives call foul on the Liberals' decision to take control of House Committees.
- Talk Science To Me with CTV Science and Technology specialist Dan Riskin: Why the fear of loss serves as higher motivation than potential gains.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Tim Powers, Mike LeCouteur, and Rob Benzie.
- CTV National Ottawa Bureau Chief Graham Richardson reacts to Prime Minister Carney's latest messaging on the trade files.
- CTV Aviation Specialist Phyl Durdey examines the global jet fuel shortage, and what it could mean for your Summer travel plans.
Vassy Kapelos goes 1-on-1 with Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, as U.S. trade officials testify in D.C. today. He also provides an update on how the CUSMA review is coming along.
On today's show:
- The Explainer with H&R Block Canada tax expert Yannick Lemay: What you can, and can't, claim on your 2026 taxes.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Laura D'Angelo, Jeff Rutledge, and Stephanie Levitz.
- Vassy speaks with Chris Severson-Baker, the Executive Director of the Pembina Institute, about their open letter to Prime Minister Carney on the Alberta MOU.
- CTV Vancouver B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Rob Buffam outlines the political chaos caused by Premier Eby's flip-flop on the DRIPA legislation changes.
The brand-new Canada-U.S. Advisory Council is made up of members from the previous council, on top of some new additions. The newcomers include former Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole, former Conservative Cabinet Minister Lisa Raitt, former Premiers P.J. Akeeagok and Jean Charest, and former Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Ralph Goodale.
On today's show:
- Vassy speaks with a Canadian woman who witnessed yesterday's mass shooting at a popular tourist attraction in Mexico. The incident left one Canadian tourist dead and sent another to the hospital.
- Canadian veterans are calling on the federal government to recognize post-Korean War conflicts as 'war service'. We check in with Mike McGlennon, the Vice-President of the Persian Gulf Veterans of Canada.
- Money Talk with John Klotz: Tax Planning vs. Tax Filing, and what people get wrong.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Laryssa Waller, Sharan Kaur, and Graham Richardson.
- The mRNA vaccine for pancreatic cancer is showing signs of promise in the early-trial stages. We dig deeper with Dr. Isaac Bogoch, an infectious disease specialist at Toronto General Hospital.
- TSN 1200 Ottawa's John Rodenburg brings us up to speed on the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Oilers and Canadiens have drawn first blood in their series, while the Senators are in a 2-0 series hole against Carolina.
According to today's inflation report, the oil supply shock caused by the Iran War has led to a record-high surge in the price of gas in Canada. Vassy speaks with BMO Chief Economist Doug Porter to get his analysis on the latest numbers.
On today's show:
- In a video address to Canadians, Prime Minister Carney says Canada's economic integration with the U.S. is a 'weakness' that needs to be 'corrected'.
- Vassy goes 1-on-1 with CRA Secretary of State Wayne Long, as they dig into the Carney government's affordability policies.
- Tech Check with Carmi Levy: Meta gets warned by dozens of organizations that facial recognition on smart glasses could empower predators.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Tom Mulcair, Bahoz Dara Aziz, and Garry Keller.
- Part 2 of Vassy's interview with Finland President Alex Stubb, as they tackle the EU-US relationship and the future of NATO.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1
Scott Reid fills in for Amanda Galbraith and dissects the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
- CTV's Vassy Kapelos evaluates where Canada's party leaders stand following Monday's majority ruling.
- After dropping all 3 byelections on Monday, has Pierre Poilievre blown his final chance at becoming Canada's Prime Minister? We take your calls, texts, and emails!
- History, Her Story, Our Story: Looking back on a trio of moments in time.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2
Contributors from all over the country join The Roundtable to discuss the top stories of the week. Today’s edition features McMillan Vantage vice-president Jeff Rutledge and NorthStar Public Affairs senior advisor Sabrina Grover.
Topic 1: Taking a gander at the political landscape in Alberta and Quebec, which is already making for an interesting 2026 in both provinces.
Topic 2: How Canada's three major parties are looking after Monday's byelections, and the big questions they have to answer.
Topic 3: The looming Canada Post changes, whether Canada should want a new CUSMA deal, and Donald Trump's feud with Pope Leo.
Topic 4: Have you ever worked a job where you thought death was on the table?
Topic 5: Out of this year's Summer flicks, which peaks your interest the most?
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Finland President Alexander Stubb about the American disruptions to the global order, how to respond to it, and the differences in how he and Prime Minister Carney characterize it.
On today's show:
- Adam Chambers, the Conservative MP for Simcoe North, on the continuing fallout from the Liberal majority win and growing calls from the opposition to expand the gas tax relief.
- Talk Science To Me with CTV Science and Technology specialist Dan Riskin: Researchers crack the code on childhood nightmares.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Robert Benzie, Mike LeCouteur, and Laura Stone.
- Shaun Cathcart, a Senior Economist with the Canadian Real Estate Association, on new projections being downgraded in the face of economic uncertainty.
Do you like Tim Powers and his positive Newfoundland vibes? Well, today is your lucky day, as he returns to fill in for Vassy Kapelos this afternoon! But if you're looking for a Newfoundland Regiment scoreboard update, you might have to look elsewhere this time.
On today's show:
- The Carney Liberals have held their first caucus meeting as a majority power. CTV's Rachel Aiello delivers the latest developments from Parliament Hill.
- Hear Vassy's conversation with Energy Minister Tim Hodgson, as the feds prepare to temporarily suspend the excise tax on gas and fuel until Labour Day.
- As the gas tax reprieve kicks in on Monday, how will these measures help Canadian farmers? Is it enough of a helping hand in this grueling economy? We dig deeper with Jill Verwey, the Vice-President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture and a fourth-generation farmer.
- The Explainer with retail analyst Bruce Winder: What is surveillance pricing, and why do some people want it banned?
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Laura D'Angelo, Jeff Rutledge, and Stephanie Levitz.
- Ontario is planning to tie high school attendance records to a student's final grades. And while attending class might be critical to learning today's lessons, some think this idea is going a bit too far. We delve into that topic with Kelly Gallagher-Mackay, a Program Coordinator for the Law and Society Department at Wilfrid Laurier University.
- Every single NHL playoff spot has been secured. Most of the Round 1 matchups are set, with a trio of Western Conference battles still up in the air. And as we gear up for Opening Day of the 2026 NHL Playoffs, a trio of Canadian teams are trying to bring Lord Stanley home for the first time since 1993. Joining us from Canada's Capital is TSN 1200 Sens Colour Commentator Gord Wilson.
CTV's Mike LeCouteur keeps the hosting chair warm for the first two segments, as we react to a trio of federal byelections. Spoiler alert: Mark Carney and the Liberals took every single one of them, as they are officially granted majority rule in the House of Commons. Lending his expertise and reaction is CTV political commentator Scott Reid.
Then, Vassy Kapelos steers the ship for the final 6 segments!
On today's show:
- Effective next week, Prime Minister Carney will be pulling the plug on the federal gas tax. Well, at least for a little while. It's an effort to calm things down as the Iran War wages on. Will it stop the bleeding? Canadian economist Moshe Lander offers his two cents.
- Money Talk with John Klotz: When it comes to 'emergency funds', how much is enough in today's chaotic economy?
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Laryssa Waller, Sharan Kaur, and Nojoud Al Mallees.
- A new study finds that adolescent cancer survivors are twice as likely to get new cancers later in life. We dig deeper with Dr. Miranda Fidler-Benaoudia, the senior author behind this study and a Cancer Epidemiologist with Alberta Health Services.
Surprise! Tim Powers is staying an extra day in the hosting chair. And that's because Vassy Kapelos is hosting a CTV News special tonight, as a trio of byelections will determine the level of power that the Carney Liberals will carry. We check in with Vassy for a quick preview of Monday's festivities.
On today's show:
- New polling data is displaying a 6-point lead for the Carney Liberals ahead of tonight's byelections. Abacus Data CEO David Coletto crunches the numbers for us.
- The U.S. Military is preparing to impose a shipping blockade across all Iranian ports, with President Trump threatening to 'eliminate' all Iranian ships that come close to it. In response, Iran is making threats to the Mideast ports. We dig deeper with UOttawa Professor Thomas Juneau.
- Tech Check with tech analyst Carmi Levy: After a successful Artemis II mission, we examine Canada's future involvement in space exploration.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Jordan Paquet, Zain Velji, and Sabrina Grover.
- Cancer incidence and mortality rates are on the decline across Canada, but some forms of the disease are increasing. We take a look at the bigger picture with Dr. Jennifer Gillis of the Canadian Cancer Society.
- Last weekend's Liberal Convention was primarily focused on politics. However, there was a bit of sports talk involved, and not the hockey kind. Adam van Koeverden, Canada's Secretary of Sport, reflects on his 'Journey to the Podium' and the impactful stories that were shared by his fellow Canadian athletes.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1
Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
- Yet another floor crossing: Sarnia-area MP Marilyn Gladu has defected from the Conservatives to join Mark Carney’s Liberal Party.
- Ahead of Monday's crucial byelections, Amanda speaks with Liberal strategist Sharan Kaur from the Liberal Party’s annual convention in Montreal.
- Matina Stevis-Gridneff, the Canada Bureau Chief for The New York Times, dissects the latest developments with the push for peace in the Middle East, as a U.S. delegation is set for a weekend of high-stakes negotiations with the Iranians.
- Artemis II is set to return to Earth this evening. Amanda is joined by astrophysicist Dr. Rob Thacker to outline what this mission has accomplished.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2
Contributors from all over the country join The Roundtable to discuss the top stories of the week. Today’s edition features NDP strategist George Soule and Conaptus principal Jamie Ellerton.
Topic 1: Breaking down all the implications of Marylin Gladu’s defection to the Liberal Party.
Topic 2: What does this latest floor-crossing mean for Pierre Poilievre’s future at the helm of Canada's Conservatives?
Topic 3: Digging into the politics of Alto high-speed rail, a massive project that is generating opposition from communities along both proposed routes.
Topic 4: Melania Trump’s pre-emptive damage control over the Epstein allegations.
Topic 5: The Masters is underway, and without Tiger Woods.
Tim Powers guest hosts for Vassy Kapelos, who will be back in the hosting chair on Monday. And today, we are tracking the continued political fallout from Marilyn Gladu's floor-crossing to the Carney Liberals. Political scientist Alex Marland examines the implications of a fifth defection to the Liberal Party.
On today's show:
- CTV's Kamil Karamali provides an update on the Artemis II mission, which is scheduled for a Friday night return to Planet Earth.
- Trump's Iran ceasefire is already teetering, as Israel continues its assault against Lebanon. We dig deeper with Aaron David Miller, a former U.S. State Department Middle East Advisor.
- Talk Science To Me with CTV Science and Technology specialist Dan Riskin: Meet the male birth control pill that works on mice.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Mike LeCouteur, Robert Benzie, and Brian Platt.
- James Moore, a former Cabinet Minister under the Harper regime, weighs in on Pierre Poilievre's reputation after he lost a fourth MP to the Carney Liberals.
- The NHL's playoff picture remains razor-thin, but time is running out for the outsiders to sneak in through the back door. Plus, Cole Caufield is shooting for 50 goals, something that a Habs player hasn't done since 1990. Tim talks hockey with Jon Still from TSN 690 in Montreal.
Tim Powers fills in for Vassy Kapelos, as Sarnia MP Marilyn Gladu becomes the fourth Conservative MP to join Mark Carney's Liberals. It comes less than a week before a trio of pivotal byelections, which now means the Red Team needs a singular win to secure a majority. Joining us to dissect the potential implications of today's floor-crossing are CTV Ottawa Bureau Chief Graham Richardson, CTV political analyst Scott Reid, and Abacus Data CEO David Coletto.
On today's show:
- Retired Major-General David Fraser discusses what we know, and what we don't know, about the Iran ceasefire deal.
- New numbers from the CFIB find that 50% of small business owners are worried about rising crime, and how it could impact their employees.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Laura D'Angelo, Jeff Rutledge, and Stephanie Levitz.
- W5's Jon Woodward has a preview of a CTV exclusive investigation: How multiple Canadian women found out they are married to the same man.
Tim Powers fills in for Vassy Kapelos today, as U.S. President Donald Trump escalates his threat to destroy Iran's critical civilian infrastructure.
On today's show:
- Gas prices are set to rise again, as stations switch to the Summer Fuel blend. Tim chats with Dan McTeague, the President at Canadians For Affordable Energy.
- Retired General Tom Lawson, a former Chief of Defense Staff, discusses the situation with the Iran War.
- A new report from BMO warns of staggering economic impacts if the Iran War continues to drive up the price of oil. Tim speaks with BMO Senior Economist Sal Guatieri.
- Money Talk with John Klotz: It's Tax Time!
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Jordan Paquet, Sharan Kaur, and Nojoud Al Mallees.
- Registered Child Psychologist Dr. Janine Hubbard reacts to the Saskatchewan government mulling over a U-16 social media ban.
- It might be early in the baseball season, but the Toronto Blue Jays have dropped 5 straight after a 4-1 start. TSN 1050 radio host Aaron Korolnek tries to calm things down, but keeps things honest.
Tim Powers fills in for Vassy Kapelos on this Easter Monday, as the U.S. President sends Iran a deadline. They have until Tuesday night at 8 o'clock to make a deal and end the war. if they don't, the United States will attack critical infrastructure. We get the full breakdown from CTV U.S. political analyst Eric Ham.
On today's show:
- Pollster Nik Nanos breaks down what's at stake for the Liberals in next week's byelections.
- Listen to Vassy's interview with Federal Transport Minister Steve MacKinnon about the growing opposition to Canada's high-speed rail proposal.
- Tech Check with tech analyst Carmi Levy: An in-depth look at the Artemis II mission.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Sabrina Grover, Jamie Ellerton, and Tom Mulcair.
- David Perry, the CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, discusses a new poll showing Canadians are more open to military service.
- Retired Canadian astronaut Dave Williams on Artemis II reaching the Moon.
Tim Powers guest hosts for Vassy Kapelos on this Holy Thursday. And according to Deloitte's 2026 economic outlook, Canada's economy will grow by 1.2 percent in 2026. The bad news: That's down from 1.7 percent last year. We gather instant reaction from Deloitte Canada chief economist Dawn Desjardins.
On today's show:
- CTV U.S. political analyst Eric Ham reacts to U.S. President Trump's address on the Iran War.
- Talk Science To Me with CTV Science and Technology specialist Dan Riskin: Last night's Artemis II launch was a grand success!
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Mike LeCouteur, Laura Stone, and Rob Benzie.
- UNIFOR National President Lana Payne on the recent chatter between Stellantis and a Chinese automaker, and where an idle Brampton plant could fit into the equation.
- TSN's Gord Wilson on the razor-thin playoff race in the NHL's Eastern Conference.
Today is the deadline for agreements between the Canadian government and the Province of Alberta under the energy MOU that was signed by Prime Minister Carney and Premier Smith last year. However, to this point, no announcements have been scheduled.
On today's show:
- Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen is set to become the first Canadian to leave low earth orbit if NASA's Artemis II Moon mission takes off as scheduled tonight. CTV Science and Technology specialist Dan Riskin joins Vassy to discuss the upcoming launch.
- Vassy goes 1-on-1 with Canadian Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin.
- The Explainer with Constance Menzies, the owner of Winnipeg-based Chocolatier Constance Popp: Why is chocolate so expensive these days?
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Saeed Selvam, Jeff Rutledge, and Stephanie Levitz.
- CTV's Heather Wright joins us from Cape Canaveral, Florida with the latest on the Artemis II preparations.
- CTV U.S. political analyst Eric Ham previews Trump's primetime address on the Iran War.
Prime Minister Carney is denying reports that he's considered proroguing Parliament if the Liberals secure a majority government in the upcoming byelections. They are slated to be held on April 13th in Ontario and Quebec. Bob Fife from The Globe And Mail joins us with the inside scoop.
On today's show:
- Vassy goes 1-on-1 with newly-named Federal NDP leader Avi Lewis.
- Federal Housing Minister Gregor Robertson discusses the government's move to eliminate the HST from all new home sales.
- Money Talk with John Klotz: Is the financial system more fragile that it used to be?
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Graham Richardson, Laryssa Waller, and Sharan Kaur.
- B.C. Deputy Premier Nikki Sharma discusses the province's push for the federal government to do more on A.I. safety.
- The life and legacy of Stephen Lewis, a former Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations and the father of NDP leader Avi Lewis.
Avi Lewis, a former journalist and activist, has claimed a decisive victory in the Federal NDP's leadership race, securing 52% support on the first ballot. He will now serve as the leader of the Orange Crush, but the end result is generating mixed reviews in the Canadian Prairies. Stephanie Levitz from The Globe And Mail breaks down Lewis' victory.
On today's show:
- Vassy chats with Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy about the province's 2026 Budget.
- Tech Check with Carmi Levy: Meta and YouTube found liable in social media addiction trial.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Laura D'Angelo, Tim Powers, and Tom Mulcair.
- Saab CEO Micael Johansson discusses the company's pitch for Canada to buy the Gripen fighter jets over the F-35's.
- The CEO of Air Canada is stepping down after facing controversy over his French-language skills.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1
Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
- Liberal MP Michael Ma is in hot water after he appeared to downplay the issue of forced labour during a Parliamentary Committee.
- Canada's New Democrats will be picking a new leader this weekend, as party officials gather in Winnipeg. What direction are the Orange Crush headed, and who is the frontrunner to win the party's top job? We check in with former NDP leader Tom Mulcair.
- As the war in Iran heads into Week 5, the global oil market is in a state of shock. But as the days and weeks drag on, how bad could things get? Amanda digs deeper with Heather Exner-Pirot from the MacDonald Laurier Institute.
- Fresh off a run to the World Series, and don't ask us how it ended, the Toronto Blue Jays are just hours away from starting a new baseball season! It's also their 50th season of Major League Baseball. TSN's Matt Cauz pays us a visit ahead of tonight's Home Opener against the Athletics.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2
Contributors from all over the country join The Roundtable to discuss the top stories of the week. Today’s edition features Beyond A Ballot podcast host Rachael Segal and Enterprise Canada vice-president Laura D’Angelo.
Topic 1: Canada's NDP will choose a new leader this weekend. What’s next for the New Democrats?
Topic 2: Canada's affordability debate: Is the Carney government doing enough to help Canadians struggling with the cost of living?
Topic 3: Michael Ma’s recent Parliamentary Committee controversy begs an important question: Does Canada have a China problem?
Topic 4: We have a case of 'Hoodie Gate' in the B.C. Legislature. Don't worry, we'll explain everything.
Topic 5: HBO’s brand-new Harry Potter reboot.
Canada spent just over $63 billion on defense in 2025, meeting the alliance's funding targets for the first time. We check in with Prime Minister Carney as the show unfolds.
On today's show:
- Vassy speaks with Christopher Skeete, Quebec's Minister of International Relations, about the backlash over Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau's English-only response to the fatal LaGuardia Airport crash.
- Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe discusses the push from some provinces to have more say over judicial appointments.
- Talk Science To Me with CTV Science and Technology specialist Dan Riskin: Why neutrality is key to changing group consensus.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Graham Richardson, Laura Stone, and Rob Benzie.
- UOttawa International Affairs Professor Thomas Juneau on the outlook for ending the war in Iran.
- The latest comments from Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on possibly missing an April 1st deadline for agreements under the Alberta MOU.
Wab Kinew says the best thing to do about Canada's high gas prices is to call on the United States to end its war in Iran. We air Vassy's full conversation with Manitoba's Premier.
On today's show:
- Corey Hogan, a Liberal MP and the Parliamentary Secretary to Canada's Energy Minister, talks about the recent progress towards the April 1st Alberta MOU deadline.
- The Explainer with EnPro Chief Petroleum Analyst Roger McKnight: Why are gas prices so different across Canada?
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Stephanie Levitz, Jeff Rutledge, and Laura D'Angelo.
- CJAD's Elias Makos reacts to the French-Canadian backlash that was directed towards Air Canada's CEO.
- CTV's Scott Hurst has the latest on the LaGuardia plane crash investigation.
- New comments from Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand on Canada's role in the Middle East.
The two Air Canada pilots that were killed in Sunday's tragic crash have been identified, as the NTSB assumes control of the investigation. We check in with Tom Clark, Canada's Consul General in New York, and Kathy Fox, a former Chair of Canada's Transportation Safety Board. We also chat with former FAA Safety Inspector David Soucie. And as the show rolls on, we gather the latest on-the-ground developments from CTV's Adrian Ghobrial.
On today's show:
- Canada's Auditor General Karen Hogan joins Vassy to talk about the RCMP's recruitment strategies, the International student program, and the Phoenix Pay System audits.
- Money Talk with John Klotz: What to know about investing in Gold.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Jamie Ellerton, Sharan Kaur, and Nojoud Al Mallees.
An Air Canada jet was carrying 72 passengers from Montreal’s Pierre-Elliott Trudeau Airport to New York on Sunday night. But as the flight crew made landing just before Midnight at LaGuardia Airport, things spiraled into disaster when the jet collided with a fire truck. CTV's Genevieve Beauchemin delivers the latest updates.
On today's show:
- Conservative Party Campaign Manager Steve Outhouse on Pierre Poilievre's trip to the United States, and his pit-stop appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience.
- Tech Check with tech analyst Carmi Levy: Can firefighting drones suppress a blaze before humans arrive?
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Tim Powers, Tom Mulcair, and Zain Velji.
- Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe on Saskatchewan's looming budget deficit, and how the Iran War could impact Canadian farmers.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1
Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
- Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre appeared on the highly-popular Joe Rogan Experience this week. Will this podcast appearance help him politically, both in Canada and in the States? Did it help Canada's image in a testy trade war with Trump? Postmedia’s Brian Lilley dissects the key highlights.
- Alberta is moving to restrict MAiD with new legislation. We dig deeper with Inclusion Canada CEO Krista Carr, a disability advocacy organization which supports the move.
- Five years and billions of dollars later, Meta is putting the Metaverse on the backburner. Tech analyst Carmi Levy explains why that matters.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2
Contributors from all over the country join The Roundtable to discuss the top stories of the week. Today’s edition features Bluesky Strategy Group vice-president Jordan Paquet and Canadian Shield Institute managing director Vass Bednar.
Topic 1: Pierre Poilievre’s Joe Rogan Experience: How the leader of Canada's Conservatives handled his appearance on the world’s biggest podcast.
Topic 2: Ontario Premier Doug Ford made waves this week when he congratulated a homeowner for shooting a robber who broke in. Our panelists dig into those comments, as well as the wider issue of rising crime.
Topic 3: Canada has slipped to 25th in the World Happiness Rankings, according to this year’s World Happiness Report. So why exactly is that frown not turning upside down as often?
Topic 4: This Hour Has 22 Minutes recently made a spoof of 'The Pitt', a rising star in today's TV series lineup. The skit itself made fun of Canadian healthcare. Good satire or done in poor taste?
As he continues his U.S. tour, and promoting Canada-USA trade, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre hopped on The Joe Rogan Experience. CTV's Jeremie Charron provides a quick rundown of the key highlights.
On today's show:
- RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme talks about the force's recruitment challenges.
- Vic Fedeli, Ontario's Minister for Economic Development and Job Creation, says the province is still 'all-in' on EVs.
- Talk Science To Me with CTV Science and Technology specialist Dan Riskin: Why a simple 'sorry' could turn happy customers into your worst nightmare.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Brian Platt, Mike LeCouteur, and Rob Benzie.
- The Globe and Mail's Kristy Kirkup discusses Alberta's move to restrict access to MAiD.
The Bank of Canada says it's too soon to predict how the Iran War will impact economic growth, as it opts to hold the Key Interest Rate for the time being. We dig deeper with Paul Beaudry, a Professor at the Vancouver School of Economics at UBC and a former Bank of Canada Deputy Governor.
On today's show:
- David Frum, a Staff Writer at The Atlantic, reacts to the resignation of Trump's top counter-terrorism official.
- The Explainer with CTV's Rachel Aiello: What to know about the NDP leadership race.
- The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Sabrina Grover, Jeff Rutledge, and Stephanie Levitz.
- Dr. Kevin Spencer, the CEO of Ring Rescue Inc. and an Emergency Physician at Dartmouth General Hospital, on the new medical invention that was recently featured on a hit TV series.
- Nik Nanos, the brains behind Nanos Research, on the Federal Liberals reaching an all-time high in the latest approval ratings.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- David Fraser, Former Commander of NATO Forces in Southern Afghanistan and CTV Military Analyst joins Amanda to go over the latest on Russia/Ukraine.
- David Coletto, founder, Chair and CEO of Abacus Data joins Amanda to discuss the recent uptick in the polls for the Liberal party.
- Richard Crouse, Film Critic joins Amanda to tell us the best movies to set the mood for valentines day.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Laryssa Waler, founder of Henley Strategies, former head of communications for Doug Ford, Kim Wright, Principal and Founder, Wright Strategies and Jennifer Madigan, Chief Operating Officer, Syntax Strategic.
PANEL TOPICS:
Topic 1: Premiers hail 'constructive' meeting as they lobby against tariffs – What now? Have we seen success with the ‘Team Canada’ approach? Is negotiating with Trump possible?
Topic 2: Leger and Abacus polling from this week. Leger is showing an upward swings for the Liberals, specifically on dealing with the U.S – is this significant?
Topic 3: The return of patriotism - Canadians have been feeling more patriotic since the tariff threats. Do you feel more patriotic after what’s been happening? In light of that, what should we be doing to better embody patriotism? Or is all that matters unity?
David Phillips, Senior Climatologist with Environment Canada joins guest host Tim Powers to give the latest outlook on the massive storm front that's rolling through parts of Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic Canada.
On todays show:
- Eric Ham, CTV U.S. Political Analyst joins guest host Tim Powers with the latest on how the United States has announced sweeping reciprocal tariffs on goods entering the country.
- James Duthie, Canadian sportscaster for TSN and the host of TSN's hockey coverage joins guest host Tim Powers to go over Team Canada defeating Sweden in first 4 Nations Face-Off game.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist joins guest host Tim Powers for his weekly segment 'Talk Science to Me'.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Laura Stone, and Mike Le Couteur.
Kelsey McEwen, Chief Meteorologist on CTV Your Morning joins host Vassy Kapelos to provide an update on the winter Armageddon that is sweeping through Canada.
On todays show:
- Judy Trinh, CTV National News Correspondent joins Vassy live from Washington D.C to provide an update on Canada’s 13 premieres in DC to negotiate with the Trump administration.
- Andrew Enns, Executive Vice-President, Central Canada joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss the recent polling from Leger that shows the Liberals gaining ground on the Conservatives.
- Dr. Isaac Bogoch, infectious disease physician at the Toronto General Hospital joins for this weeks ‘The Explainer’ segment to discuss the difference between the flu and influenza, and to provide an update on how the flu season is trending.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Jeff Ruttledge, Laura D’Angelo, and Joël-Denis Bellavance.
- Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Stephen Poloz, Former Governor of the Bank of Canada on what steps Canada should be taking amid Trumps tariff threats.
Bonnie Crombie, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss the recent renewed threats from U.S President Donald Trump, and the decision from Ontario Premiere Doug Ford to call a snap election.
On todays show:
- Lana Payne, Unifor National President, Member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Canada-U.S. Relations joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss how U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday removed the exceptions and exemptions from his 2018 tariffs on steel, meaning that all steel imports will be taxed at a minimum of 25%. Trump also hiked his 2018 aluminum tariffs to 25% from 10%.
- Alex Sirois, Managing partner at Lowertown Brewery and Brad Fennell, Co-Owner, Overflow Brewing Company join guest host Tim Powers to discuss the push for Canadians to 'buy local'.
- Darren Dreger, TSN Hockey Insider joins guest host Tim Powers to set the stage for the 4 Nations Face-Off.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Saeed Selvam, George Soule, and Fred DeLorey.
- Dr. Christopher Labos, cardiologist and medical writer with a degree in epidemiology and author of Does Coffee Cause Cancer?: And 8 More Myths about the Food We Eat joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss if cocaine is worse for you then whiskey, as the Columbian President claims.
Catherine Cobden, President and CEO of Canadian Steel Producers Association joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss how these tariffs would affect supply chains and industries that rely on these materials, as well as Canadian consumers.
On todays show:
- Eric Ham, CTV U.S. Political Analyst joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss President Trumps renewed threats to acquire Canada as the 51st state.
- Jérémie Harris, the co-founder of Gladstone AI, an AI national security company joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saying powering AI without compromising climate change is a G7 priority.
- Bralon Addison, Wide Receiver for the Ottawa Redblacks and football analyst for TSN 1200 joins guest host Tim Powers to recap Super Bowl LIX in which the Philadelphia Eagles beat out Kansas City Chiefs.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Kate Harrison, Zain Velji, and Tom Mulcair.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology specialist joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss how a group of scientists at Oxford university may have discovered teleportation.
- Scott Moore, Chief Executive Officer, Invictus Games 2025 Vancouver Whistler joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss the opening weekend for the Invictus Games, the significance of the games to service members, and more.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist and Founder of Nanos Research joins Amanda to discuss the new polling conducted by Nanos on which leader Canadians would prefer to negotiate with Donald Trump.
- David Adams, President of the Global Automakers of Canada to discuss what took place at the summit hosted by Justin Trudeau about bolstering the economy in the face of Canada’s rapidly changing relationship with its largest trading partner.
- TSN Football Insider Dave Naylor joins Amanda live from New Orleans to set the stage for Super Bowl Sunday.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Sharan Kaur, Former Deputy Chief to Bill Morneau, Chris Day, Senior Vice-President and Ottawa General Manager, Hill and Knowlton and Bob Richardson, senior counsel at National Public Relations.
PANEL TOPICS:
Topic 1: Canadians pick Mark Carney over Pierre Poilievre, Chrystia Freeland and Karina Gould to negotiate with Donald Trump: Nanos survey
Topic 2: Everything tariffs – We’re in a 30 day reprieve, how should we prepare now?
Topic 3: Ontario Election. All the ingredients to make an interesting dish, but does anyone care?
Listen to Vassy's full interview with Michael Duheme, Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on how the RCMP has deployed 35% more personnel to the Canada/US border.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with International Trade and Economic Development Minister Mary Ng as they discuss negotiating with the U.S. over trade irritants, such as the digital services tax.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist joins for his weekly segment 'Talk Science to Me'.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Laura Stone, Robert Benzie, and Marieke Walsh.
- Valerie Plante, Mayor of Montreal joins Vassy to discuss the Big city mayors caucus and to giver her response to the threat of tariffs.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Aaron Blake, Senior Political Reporter on The Washington Post, on the surprise element on these latest Trump comments and how seriously they ought to be taken moving forward.
- David Phillips, Senior Climatologist, Environment Canada, on the snow hitting BC and frigid temperatures in the prairies
- Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson on the tariff pause, energy and oil resources, and more.
- The Explainer: Richard Masson, Executive fellow at the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy and former CEO of the Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission answers "Why does most of our energy go to the United States?"
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Amanda Galbraith, Partner and Co-Founder of Oyster Group; Laura D'Angelo, Vice President of National Strategy and Public Affairs; Enterprise Canada; Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent, CTV National News
- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on the tariff pause, energy and oil resources, and more.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Flavio Volpe, President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, about working to the last deadline of tariffs, Trump's approach moving forward, and how Canadian industry can respond.
On today's show:
- David Phillips, Senior Climatologist, Environment Canada, on the snow hitting BC and frigid temperatures in the prairies
- Public Safety Minister David McGuinty and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe weigh in on the pause on tariffs
- You have your say on the tariff reprieve
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Vice President of Oyster Group; Saeed Selvam, Vice President of Public Affairs at NATIONAL; and Rachel Aiello, National Correspondent, CTV News
- Dr. Anna Banerji, Infectious Disease Specialist and Associate Professor in Pediatrics, Infectious Disease, Tropical Medicine, and Public Health at the University of Toronto on what you need to know about bird flu
- Moshe Lander, Senior Lecturer, Economics, Concordia University, runs a fact check on the trade relationship between Canada and the US
Anil Wasif, Toronto-based economist, manager of the research team at Infrastructure Ontario joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss how understanding why the Trump administration has embraced tariffs is key to developing Canada's response.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with with Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc who says he's ‘very pessimistic’ Trump tariffs can be avoided by Tuesday.
- Carmi Levy, CTV tech expert joins Vassy to discuss how Instagram might work better as a dating app than Tinder.
- Matt Skube, CTV News Anchor joins Vassy to provide a weather update as snow continues to barrel down on multiple parts of Canada.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Zain Velji, and Tom Mulcair.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Liberal leadership contender Chrystia Freeland who says everything should be on the table when it comes to Canada’s response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1
Fill-in host Mark Twohey breaks down the biggest stories with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- In the wake of Wednesday's tragic mid-air plane crash in Washington, are today's air-traffic controllers stretched too thin? We dig deeper with Rob Kokonis, who is the President of AirTrav.
- As Canada tries to address America's border concerns, are we addressing them incorrectly? Laura Dawson, an Executive Director of the Future Borders Coalition, delivers her two cents.
- Canadian cities, such as Toronto and Vancouver, are getting bigger and bigger. Some argue they are way too full. How can we adapt to this reality? We open the debate floor with Paul Beaudry, a former Deputy Governor at the Bank of Canada.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features Sabrina Grover from NorthStar Public Affairs, Alex Chreston of Crestview Strategy, and Cam Holmstrom of Niipaawi Strategies.
Topic 1: NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says he could support the Liberals long enough to support a tariff relief bill. Do you still believe an early election gets called once Parliament returns in late-March?
Topic 2: Donald Trump's tariffs, and what the U.S. President really hopes to accomplish.
Topic 3: If Doug Ford still wants to lead Canada's rallying cry against the Trump tariffs, is it out of line for him to travel to America and represent Ontario mid-campaign?
Topic 4: Does Canada need to mandate a 'common culture'?
Joy Malbon, CTV Washington Bureau Chief joins Vassy live from the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport with the latest on the fatal collision that took place just outside of Reagan airport leaving all 67 involved dead.
On todays show:
- Keith Mackey, President, Mackey International Aviation Safety Consultants joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss how the deadliest American aviation accident in 40 years may have occurred.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist joins Vassy for his weekly segment 'Talk Science to Me'.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Laura Stone, Robert Benzie, and Marieke Walsh.
- Scott Hurst, CTV National News Correspondent joins Vassy to provide the latest on the deadly mid-air collision that happened over Washington late last night.
Stéfane Marion, Chief Economist and Strategist, National Bank of Canada joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss the Bank of Canada's rate cut, and their warning on the impact of a 25% tariff on Canada's economy.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Public Safety Minister David McGuinty about the recommendations in Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue's final report on foreign interference.
- Vassy Kapelos is joined by Professor Dan Malleck, Chair of the department of health sciences at Brock University, and Director of the Centre for Canadian Studies to help answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question. This weeks question came from Dan on Instagram and read "does alcohol cause cancer?".
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Sabrina Grover, Jeff Rutledge and Mike Le Couteur.
- Salam El Mousawi co-founder of Muslim Awareness Week joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss how today marks 8 years since a gunman opened fire at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre in which six Canadians died and 19 others were wounded.
Rachel Aiello, CTV National News Correspondent joins host Vassy Kapelos to give the latest on the final report from the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Alberta Premiere Danielle Smith on the importance of avoiding a trade war with U.S, and her strategy to do so.
- Chris Bumbray, Editor-in-Chief of JoBlo.com, and Film Critic with CTV News Channel joins Vassy to discuss the legal battle taking place between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Shachi Kurl, and Michele Cardario.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Industry Minister Francois Philippe Champagne on why he is endorsing Mark Carney in the Liberal leadership race.
Rachel Gropper, Co-President of the Montreal Holocaust Museum and a Holocaust survivor joins guest host Tim Powers on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz to reflect on the importance of remembering one of humanities most tragic events.
On todays show:
- Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator, and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin joins guest host Tim Powers to chat how the Liberal leadership race is shaping up.
- Carmi Levy, Tech Journalist and Analyst joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss the potential of the U.S government or another buyer purchasing TikTok.
- The Daily Debrief with Sharan Kaur, Tom Mulcair, and Neil Brodie.
- Laura Stone, Queen’s Park reporter with The Globe and Mail to discuss the snap election called by Doug Ford set to take place Wednesday.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Host Deb Hutton breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Flavio Volpe, President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association joins Deb to discuss how President Trump tells World Economic Forum U.S. doesn’t need Canadian oil, gas, autos or lumber.
- Marieke Walsh, senior political reporter with The Globe and Mail joins Deb to discuss how the Liberal party leadership race is playing out.
- Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star joins Deb to discuss how Ontario Premiere Doug Ford said there will be an early provincial election next Wednesday.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Sharan Kaur, Former Deputy Chief to Bill Morneau and Karen Gordon, Principal, Gordon Strategy.
PANEL TOPICS:
Topic 1: Trump - How do we deal with him, how serious should we be taking his threats? He says the U.S doesn’t need Canada’s lumber or steel.
Topic 2: Liberal Leadership - Is distancing from capital gains and carbon working for the Liberals? How do we see the race shaping up now that all Leadership candidates are finalized?
Topic 3: Doug Ford set to call snap election next week, sending Ontario voters to the polls Feb. 27 – How is this shaping up, are there downsides?
Topic 4: Rapid Fire segment.
Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault as they discuss his endorsement of Mark Carney for the Liberal leadership and its implications on carbon pricing in Canada.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Ontario Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie who says Ontario Premier Doug Ford wants to lead Ontarians into 'an unnecessary and very expensive election.'
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist joins Vassy for his weekly segment 'Talk Science to Me'.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Laura Stone, Robert Benzie, and Mike Le Couteur.
- Fae Johnstone, Executive Director, Queer Momentum joins Vassy to discuss President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting gender expression to male or female.
Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Immigration Minister Marc Miller on how he believes the U.S. is still a safe country as outlined in the terms of the Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Chief of the Defence Staff General Jennie Carignan who says it's ‘absolutely possible’ to accelerate defence spending timeline.
- Dr. Mitch Shulman, a CTV Medical Analyst and an emergency medicine specialist joins Vassy to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question on if coffee is good or bad for you.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Hannah Thibedeau, and Laura D'Angelo.
Listen to Vassy's full conversation with François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry of Canada and Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada on the Governments strategy to combat the potential 25% tariffs that will be imposed by President Trump on February 1st.
On todays show:
- Greg Ridge, City Councillor for King’s Town district, Kingston joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss how Kingston was the latest Ontario municipality to declare a food insecurity emergency.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Shachi Kurl, and Saeed Selvam.
- Pedro Antunes, Chief Economist, The Conference Board of Canada joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss how Canada’s annual inflation rate slowed in December, and how low interest rate cuts could go if tariffs are applied.
Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator, and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin and Evan Solomon, Publisher, GZERO Media and Management Committee Member, Eurasia Group join guest host Stefan Keyes to give their reaction to President Trumps inauguration speech.
On todays show:
- Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent, CTV National News joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss what he's been hearing at the Liberal caucus ahead of the inauguration of Donald Trump.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tom Mulcair, Tim Powers, and Zain Velji.
- Drew Dilkens, Mayor of Windsor, Ontario joins guest host Stefan Keyes to give his reaction to Trumps new mandates surrounding border security and immigration policies.
- Andy Smith, Political Science Professor, University Of New Hampshire joins guest host Stefan Keyes to give his reaction to Trumps inauguration speech.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
· Casey Babb, Senior Fellow with the MacDonald Laurier Institute and Advisor to Secure Canada breaks down the latest on the ceasefire agreement in Gaza.
· CTV News chief political correspondent Vassy Kapelos joins Amanda for a lookahead to Donald Trump’s inauguration.
· Rick Bell, Columnist at Post Media gives his opinion on the federal government’s “team Canada” response to possible incoming tariffs from the U.S.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Kim Wright, Principal and Founder, Wright Strategies and Chris Day, President, Winston Wilmont.
PANEL TOPICS:
Topic 1: Ottawa to unveil initial retaliation plan Monday if Trump uses Inauguration Day to proceed with tariff threats
Topic 2: Who’s in and who’s out of the Liberal leadership race?
Topic 3: Team Canada mates no more: How tariff threat put Ford and Smith on divergent tracks - Is the current team Canada approach working?
Topic 4: 119-year-old Brazilian woman stakes claim as world's oldest person - Would you want to live to 120?
Topic 5: Is it morally wrong if people still have their Christmas decorations or Christmas tree’s still up? When can you stop saying “Happy New Year”?
New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt joins Vassy to break down yesterday's discussions between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada's premiers ahead of the incoming Trump administration.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Kirsten Hillman, Canadian Ambassador to the United States.
- Dan Riskin joins Vassy for our weekly "talk science to me" segment.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Marieke Walsh and Laura Stone.
- Retired general Tom Lawson, former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed forces, breaks down the latest news on ceasefire talks in Israel.
- Jessica Smith, weather anchor at CTV Toronto tells us more about an upcoming cold snap expected in some areas of the country.
Amanda Lang, BNN Bloomberg anchor, Host of Taking Stock on BNN Bloomberg, CTV and the iHeart radio network joins Vassy Kapelos to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question on how Canadians would be impacted by 25% tariffs.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Liberal MP's on what they are looking for in a new party leader.
- David Coletto, founder, Chair and CEO of Abacus Data joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss the most recent polling from Abacus regarding who Canadians would prefer as the new leader of the Liberal party.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with George Soule, Sharan Kaur, and Tim Powers.
- Karyn Weber, Canadian In LA who lost her home and Char Miller, Professor of environmental analysis at Pomona College in LA join Vassy to discuss the devastating wildfires that continue to burn in LA.
- Liam Mooney, Founder of Ottawa-based Jackpine Dynamic Branding joins Vassy to discuss how Premiere Doug Ford wore a gifted hat bearing message ‘Canada is not for sale’.
Jens Lindemann, Canadian living in LA and celebrated Canadian trumpeter joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss his experience of losing his home in the devastating wildfires that are burning across Los Angeles.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Terry Duguid
Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada on the possibility of Canada cutting off energy exports to the U.S. as retaliation to threatened tariff. - Dr. Isaac Bogoch, infectious disease physician at the Toronto General Hospital joins Vassy to discuss the increase of cases of Norovirus and particularly the outbreak at the University of Guelph.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Marieke Walsh, and Saeed Selvam.
- David Adams, President, CEO Global Automakers of Canada and Brian Kingston, President, CEO Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association join Vassy to discuss the calls from the automotive sector to end the federal EV mandate.
Listen to Vassy's full two part conversation with Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on the threats of tariffs towards Canada from the U.S and how we could potentially respond.
On todays show:
- Gordon McBean, Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography & Environment at Western University and with the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction joins Vassy to discuss what weather patterns may look like following the LA wildfires.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tom Mulcair, Zain Velji, and Amanda Galbraith.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with foreign affairs minister Melanie Joly on why she decided not to run for leader.
- Vassy takes your calls and texts on how you think Canada should respond to the threats of tariffs from the incoming Trump administration.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
· Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former NDP Leader joins Amanda to discuss to historical week of politics that played out.
· Marieke Walsh. senior political reporter with The Globe and Mail joins Amanda to discuss how the federal Liberals need to pick new leader on March 9 as the rules for leadership race are defined
· Carmi Levy, CTV Tech Expert joins Amanda to chat about Meta's decision to end its fact checking program.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Kim Wright, Principal and Founder, Wright Strategies and Chris Day, President, Winston Wilmont.
PANEL TOPICS:
Topic 1: New leadership rules, Trudeau stepping down, who will replace him?
Topic 2: Trump says he would consider economic force to acquire Canada - was the government's response enough?
Topic 3: Your take on when we will see the next election, and what party/leader is most likely to win.
Topic 4: Jean Chrétien, 91, tells young people to get married, dress better
Topic 5: New Years resolutions - are they unrealistic? Is there a more achievable way to set goals?
Monica Rodriguez, LA City Councilwoman, 7th District joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss the deadly and devastating fires in the Los Angeles.
On todays show:
- Rachel Aiello, CTV National News Correspondent joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss how Canada could impose tariffs on U.S. steel, orange juice in response to Trumps threats.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson on how he is considering running for leadership of the Liberal party.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist joins guest host Stefan Keyes for his weekly segment 'Talk Science to Me'.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Marieke Walsh, Robert Benzie, and Mike Le Couteur.
- CNN’s Marybel Gonzalez joins guest host Stefan Keyes with an update on the wildfire situation.
Listen to Vassy's discussion with Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator, and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin, Kory Teneycke, former Director of Communications to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and now co-founder and CEO of Rubicon Strategy and Kathleen Monk, Principal Owner of Monk + Associates and former director of communications to Jack Layton on the possible path forward for the Liberal party.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Former Canadian ambassador to the U.S. David MacNaughton on Trump saying he is open to using 'economic force' to acquire Canada.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Frank Baylis, Liberal Leadership hopeful on how he plans to run as leader.
- Philippe Lagassé, Associate professor of international affairs, Carleton University joins Vassy Kapelos to help answer this weeks explainer question. This weeks question was 'What is sovereignty and what would change if Canada were to become part of the US?'.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, Kathleen Monk and Kory Teneycke.
- Chris Sands, Director, Canada Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars joins Vassy to discuss Trumps threats of using 'economic force' to acquire Canada.
Derek Burney, former chief of staff for Brian Mulroney, and former Canadian ambassador to the US joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss the comments today from President-elect Donald Trump about how he would be open to using 'economic force' to acquire Canada as the 51st state.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Immigration Minister Marc Miller who said it's a sad day, but Trudeau's decision to step down is the right one for Canada.
- Vassy takes your calls and texts on Trudeau's resignation and who should replace him as leader.
- Jessica Smith, Weather Anchor, CTV Toronto joins Vassy to give an update on winter storms across the country.
- Carmi Levy, tech journalist and analyst joins Vassy to discuss how Meta is ending its fact-checking program.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Shachi Kurl, and Saeed Selvam.
Anthony Housefather, Liberal MP from Montreal and one of the MP's who joined the growing calls for the Prime Minister to step down earlier in the year joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss Justin Trudeau's decision to step down as leader.
On todays show:
- Eddie Goldenberg, Former Chief of Staff of Prime Minister Chretien and now Senior Advisor at Global Public Affairs joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss the Prime Ministers decision to step down as Liberal leader.
- Richard Crouse, Film Critic joins guest host Stefan Keyes to give a recap of this years Golden Globes.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Zain Velji, Tim Powers, and Tom Mulcair.
- John Wright, Veteran Pollster and Distinguished Fellow, Queens University joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss how Trudeau stepping down will influence the polling for the Liberals.
- Evan Solomon, Publisher, GZERO Media and Management Committee Member, Eurasia Group joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss if Trudeau's decision will further the tensions between Canada and the US.
Stefan Keyes fills in for Vassy Kapelos and rings in the new year!
On today's show...
- A violent attack in New Orleans has left over a dozen people dead. We bring you the latest developments from the FBI in Hour 1, and we get instant reaction from national security expert John Gilmour.
- A group of Quebec Liberals are now calling for Prime Minister Trudeau's resignation, a once-quiet nationwide plea that could soon transform into a deafening roar. Laura Stone of The Globe and Mail has the latest on that.
- As a new year begins, intimate partner violence remains a disturbing problem in Canadian society. A pair of incidents during the Christmas holidays has fueled the fire for change once again.
- Canada's immigration rules are changing in 2025. How drastic are they?
Stefan Keyes fills in for Vassy Kapelos, who continues her Christmas holidays.
On today's show...
- The Conservatives and Liberals are ramping up their political messaging, as Canada prepares for a federal election in 2025. How soon could we have one?
- The feds plan to extend the deadline for claiming charitable donations on tax returns. If approved, it would run until the end of February. Does that move the needle enough?
- It's been 50 years since Canada embraced the Metric system. Do you like it or should we ditch it?
- Carleton University professor Ian Lee provides his financial outlook for 2025, and explains how a series of economic and political variables will impact the Canadian landscape.
- Look out for the NoroVirus! It's quickly surging across the United States. We explain the best ways to protect yourself from catching it.
Stefan Keyes fills in for Vassy Kapelos, as we slowly recover from the mid-week turkey comas.
On today's show...
- Public historian Arthur Milnes reflects on the life and legacy of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who passed away months after celebrating his 100th birthday.
- Barry McLoughlin of Transformational Leadership Consultants recaps the biggest political headlines of 2024, and looks ahead to a series of pivotal issues that Canadian leaders will have to deal with in 2025.
- Lachine Mayor Maja Vodanovic explains why it's getting tougher for Quebec to recruit politicians.
- TSN 1200 play-by-play voice AJ Jakubec recaps a stunning defeat for Canada over the weekend, as Latvia pulls off a post-Christmas miracle.
- It's been almost 25 years since Y2K. Where were you when it happened?
- The best ways to make New Year's resolutions.
Free For All Friday – Hour 1
Guest host Tim Powers breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada’s top newsmakers.
On today’s show:
- CTV's Jeremie Charron tees up a pivotal meeting between some of Canada's top Cabinet voices and members of Donald Trump's team.
- Dr. Richard Bazinet explains how we can maintain a healthy diet during the endless temptations of Christmas and New Year's.
- TSN's Matt Cauz recaps a strong showing for Team Canada at the 2025 World Juniors.
Free For All Friday – Hour 2
Political pundits from across the country join guest host Tim Powers to dissect this week's Top 5 stories. Closing out the final edition of 2024 is Conaptus founder Jamie Ellerton, Niipaawi founder Cam Holmstrom, and NorthStar Public Affairs senior advisor Sabrina Grover.
Topic 1: Another key meeting between members of Canada's Cabinet and members of Donald Trump's team.
Topic 2: A late-January non-confidence vote that the Conservatives might be planning.
Topic 3: Recapping the top stories of 2024.
Topic 4: Trying to predict the top stories of 2025.
Topic 5: Managing healthy diets during the holidays and preparing your New Year's resolutions.
Eric Ham, CTV U.S. Political Analyst joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss the recent string of posts from the president-elect and his son referencing Canada as the '51st state'.
On todays show:
- David Phillips, Senior Climatologist with Environment Canada joins guest host Tim Powers to give an update on where in Canada will have a white Christmas.
- Laura Stone, Queen’s Park reporter with The Globe and Mail joins guest host Tim Powers to have a year in review of Ontario politics.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Carlene Variyan, Associate Vice-President of Summa Strategies and Neil Brodie, Conservative Strategist.
- Carmen Lau, Senior International Advocacy Associate At Hong Kong Democracy Council, Former Elected District Councillor Of Hong Kong. joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss how Hong Kong issued arrest warrants and bail for her earlier in the day.
Mike Le Couteur, Senior political correspondent with CTV News joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss the growing calls from within the Liberal party for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with President-elect Trump's new border czar Tom Homan as they sat down for an exclusive interview on CTV's Power Play.
- Mark Masters, TSN Reporter joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss Team Canada's current standing in the World Juniors.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Andrew Perez and Jason Lietar.
- Dr. Janine Hubbard, Clinical Psychologist based in St. John’s, Newfoundland joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss the importance of mental health and wellness.
- Richard Crouse, Movie Critic joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss his best and worst movie picks of 2024.
Free For All Friday – Hour 1
Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada’s top newsmakers.
On today’s show:
- Canada's Prime Minister is rearranging his Cabinet ahead of the Christmas Break. CTV political analyst Tom Mulcair and Wright Strategies founder Kim Wright explain what Friday's changes could tell us about Justin Trudeau's next move.
- Our relationship with technology is constantly changing, and look no further than 2024 for some reasonable proof of that. Tech analyst Carmi Levy digests some of this year's top tech stories.
Free For All Friday – Hour 2
Political pundits from across the country join Amanda Galbraith to dissect this week's Top 5 stories. Closing out the pre-Christmas episode is Winston Wilmont President Chris Day and Laura D'Angelo of Enterprise Canada.
Topic 1: Prime Minister Trudeau rearranges the Cabinet chairs again
Topic 2: Trudeau's best efforts to roll with the punches might result in a knockout punch from the Opposition, as the NDP threatens to topple the Liberals and force an early election
Topic 3: Predicting the top political headlines for 2025
Topic 4: Do today's kids have coping problems?
Topic 5: Christmas traditions
The past 12 months have been, to put it one way, absolutely bananas. The events of the past 7 days is further proof of that. On Friday, Canada's Prime Minister prepares to shuffle his Cabinet. But what can we expect as 2025 finally arrives? Joining us for a 4-part Daily Debrief Panel is Toronto Star reporter Robert Benzie, who works at Queen's Park alongside Globe and Mail reporter Laura Stone. She is Globe and Mail colleagues with senior political reporter Marieke Walsh.
In Hour 2, we spread some Christmas cheer with our Christmas Angel segment. Then, we talk science with CTV's Dan Riskin. After that, we talk a little bit of tech with tech expert Carmi Levy. And finally, we turn things over to the listeners, who deliver their bold predictions for 2025.
On behalf of the entire team at the Vassy Kapelos Show, we hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Listen to Vassy's full conversations with Liberal MP's Wayne Long and Ken Hardie as they call for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down.
On todays show:
- Frank McKenna, Former Canadian Ambassador to the United States joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss President-elect Trump's latest social media comments about Canada becoming the 51st state.
- Jonathan Malloy, Professor of political science at Carleton University joins host Vassy Kapelos to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question on what were to happen if the Prime Minister were to resign, and how prorogation works.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Kory Teneycke, Kathleen Monk, and Scott Reid.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada on the federal governments new plan to amplify border security.
Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Liberal MP Antony Housefather & Liberal MP Helena Jaczek as they call for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland stepped down.
On todays show:
- Vassy takes your calls on texts on if Justin Trudeau should remain on as leader of the Liberal party.
- Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss the newly tabled fall economic statement which reports a deficit of $61.9-billion for 2023-24.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Saeed Selvam, and Shachi Kurl.
- Bill Browder, CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, which was the investment adviser to the largest foreign investment fund in Russia until 2005, and close colleagues with Chrystia Freeland joins Vassy to give his reaction to her stepping down.
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has announced she's resigning from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet hours before she was set to table the fall economic update. Lori Turnbull, Professor of Political Science at Dalhousie University joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Bill Morneau, Former Finance Minister as they discuss whether or not there will be consequences if the deficit is above the projected $40.1 billion.
- Missy Cummings, one of the Navy’s first female fighter pilots, Professor and Director of Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss the mysterious drones reported over the East Coast.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Zain Velji and Tom Mulcair.
- Colton Praill, CTV National News Correspondent joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss where things stand as we enter the lockup for the fall economic statement.
Free For All Friday – Hour 1
Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada’s top newsmakers.
On today’s show:
- Bruce Winder, Retail Analyst and Author, on the upcoming GST holiday
- Bacchus Barua, Director, Health Policy Studies, The Fraser Institute, on a new report showing record-long healthcare wait times in Canada
- Dan Kelly, President, Canadian Federation of Independent Business, on a potential inquiry into Canada Post negotiations as the strike continues
Free For All Friday – Hour 2
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week’s panel features host Amanda Galbraith; Garry Keller, Vice President of StrategyCorp; and Karen Restoule, VP at Crestview Strategy and Senior Fellow at the MacDonald Laurier Institute.
Topic 1: Labour minister says Canada Post workers could soon be forced back to work – is this the right answer? Is it coming too late?
Topic 2: Let’s go over the latest on tariffs, Trump, Trudeau, tariffs, premiers, and more
Topic 3: The GST/HST holiday begins Saturday – do you think this will be effective? Could it have been implemented better?
Topic 4: Trudeau makes fresh bid to recruit Mark Carney amid tensions with Freeland – worst breakup in history --What’s the worst, longest, or most extensive breakup you’ve had? What’s the deal with this one?
Topic 5: Do you have a holiday purchase you’ve been saving for the GST break?
Guest host Amanda Galbraith speaks with Jim Bookbinder, Professor of Management Science at the University of Waterloo, on the logistical challenges.
On today's show:
- Bob Fife, Ottawa Bureau Chief, The Globe and Mail, on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reportedly once again making overtures to Mark Carney
- Michael Jarman, the 2024 Microsoft Excel World Championships, explains competitive spreadsheet work and how he got involved
- Phil Gurski, President and CEO, Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting — former CSIS Senior Analyst, on the latest in Syria and potential ISIS threats as prisoners get released
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Laura Stone, Queen's Park Reporter, The Globe and Mail and Marieke Walsh, Senior Political Reporter, The Globe and Mail
- Peter Brown, Canada Research Chair in Meteor Astronomy and Professor at Western University, on the peak of the Geminid meteor shower this weekend
Vassy Kapelos speaks to economist Moshe Lander on the impact of this decision and risk of potential US tariffs going into 2025.
On today’s show:
- Jim Gallant (Negotiator with Canadian Union of Postal Works) and Jon Hamilton (Vice President of Canada Post) on the ongoing strike impasse
- The Explainer: Paul Daly, Chair in Administrative Law and Governance at the University of Ottawa explains what a crown corporation is and why we use them
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin; Jamie Ellerton, Principal at Conaptus Ltd; Kathleen Monk, Principal Owner of Monk + Associates and former director of communications to Jack Layton.
- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on efforts to connect with American politicians amid looming tariff threat
- Have your say on the potential budget deficit for the federal government
Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Rechie Valdez Minister of Small Business of Canada as they discuss the GST holiday measures being passed in the house and how they come with concerns from small business owners that it won't lead to higher sales.
On todays show:
- John Manley, Former Minister of Finance, Chair of Jefferies Securities and Senior Advisor at Bennett Jones LLP joins host Vassy Kapelos to look ahead to the tabling of the fall economic statement next Monday, as well as the interest rate decision set to be released by the Bank of Canada tomorrow.
- Tim Perry, President, Air Line Pilots Association in Canada and Nick von Schoenberg, President, Canadian Air Traffic Control Association joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss how Canada’s commercial pilots and air traffic controllers are urging the government to launch a review of the aviation sector.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shachi Kurli, Shakir Chambers, and Saeed Selvam.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Vic Fedeli Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade of Ontario as they discuss Ontario's trade mission to Washington as Trump doubles down on tariff threats.
Vassy Kapelos speaks Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly and U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Cohen.
On today’s show:
- Steven Flisfeder, Meteorologist, Environment Canada on messy winter weather heading to Ontario and Quebec
- Dr. Stuart Edmonds, Executive Vice President, Mission, Research and Advocacy, Canadian Cancer Society, on a new reporting unpacking growing costs for cancer care
- David Coletto, CEO, Abacus Data, on new polling numbers showing the Conservatives maintaining a comfortable lead
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former NDP Leader; Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1
Amanda Galbraith, a massive Detroit Lions fan, recaps the top stories of the week with the biggest newsmakers. Starting things off is Bell Media crime expert Mark Mendelson, as he delivers his two cents on Canada's new gun control measures. It comes on the eve of 35 years since the Polytechnique massacre. Here to comment on that horrific event is Mitzie Hunter, the President and CEO of the Canadian Women's Foundation.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2
Joining the show for an extensive debate is CTV political analyst Tom Mulcair and Tim Powers of Summa Strategies.
Topic 1: Canada has expanded its list of banned firearms. Did they do enough in their latest series of gun control measures?
Topic 2: A vibe check on Canadian affordability.
Topic 3: Ontario Premier Doug Ford is pledging tough new legislation to dismantle homeless encampments.
Topic 4: Airline carry-ons and Christmas shopping.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Transportation Minister Anita Anand and then you have your say on both the airline's decision and government response.
On today’s show:
- Ted Mallett, Director of Economic Forecasting, Conference Board of Canada, on the incoming interest rate decision and fall economic statement
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star; Marieke Walsh, senior political reporter with The Globe and Mail; Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent, CTV National News
- Dr. John Moores, a planetary scientist, author of Day Dreaming in the Solar System, on NASA's updated plans and timeline for Artemis missions to the moon
- CTV’s Washington bureau chief Joy Malbon on the latest details following the murder of UnitedHeathcare's CEO in New York City
Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Kirsten Hillman, Canadian Ambassador to the United States as they discuss U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's quip about Canada becoming the 51st state and the tariff threat.
On todays show:
- Tiffany Houston, Chief Executive Officer, The Shine Foundation and Heather Morley, CEO, Inn from the Cold join Vassy to discuss how the Canada Post strike is affecting charities in Canada.
- David Phillips, Senior Climatologist with Environment Canada joins Vassy to answer this weeks ‘The Explainer’ question “what is La Niña and El Niño and why are we still talking about how they affect our weather?”.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Kathleen Monk, Kory Teneycke, and Michele Cadario.
- Vina Nadjibulla, Vice-President, Research & Strategy, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada joins Vassy to discuss how the South Korean president faces impeachment vote as defence minister offers to resign.
Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc as he says the government has a 'much better idea' of American concerns after meeting with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's conversations with John Hamilton, Spokesperson with Canada Post and Jim Gallant, Negotiator, CUPW on how negotiations between Canada Post and the union are still on hold.
- Dr. Paul Roumeliotis, Pediatrician and Medical Officer of Health, Eastern Ontario Health unit joins Vassy to discuss how walking pneumonia cases are surging in Ontario children.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Shachi Kurl, and Saeed Selvam.
- Jessica Smith, Weather Anchor, CTV Toronto joins Vassy for a weather outlook for all of Canada.
Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Ontario Premier Doug Ford as he speaks about the need to secure Canada's borders and boost defence spending.
On todays show:
- Kelsey McEwen, Chief Meteorologist on CTV Your Morning and Heidi Lorenz Mayor of Gravenhurst join host Vassy Kapelos to discuss the major snowfall that hit parts of Ontario over the weekend, covering townships like Gravenhurst in over 140cm of snow.
- Katie Tallo, Author of ‘Dark August’, ‘Poison Lilies’, and her new book ‘Buried Road’ joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss the release of the third and final novel in her 'Augusta Monet' series .
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Zain Velji and Tim Powers.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne as they discuss a plan for the border amid Trump's tariff threat.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1
Amanda Galbraith steers the ship into the weekend, as the feds approve a GST holiday. But how will these short-term tax breaks impact Canadian businesses? Who better to ask than Dan Kelly, the President of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Over in America, soon-to-be President Donald Trump is holding a massive tariff over Canada's head. Those threats have spooked Canadian Premiers, who called for an urgent discussion with Prime Minister Trudeau. What was discussed, and is everyone united?
Free For All Friday - Hour 2
Guests from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. On the final Friday of November, Amanda is joined alongside Laryssa Waler of Henley Strategies and Sabrina Grover of NorthStar Public Affairs.
Topic 1: The Liberals' two-month GST holiday passes through the House of Commons. Now it needs a green light from the Senate.
Topic 2: Canadian Premiers gather for an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau, as Donald Trump's proposed tariff dances around their heads.
Topic 3: Australia says social media for anyone 16-and-under is officially illegal, with a worldwide-first legislation now in place.
Topic 4: Will you be embracing the Black Friday chaos, or are you hunkering down at home and not leaving the front door until Saturday arrives?
Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Transport Minister Anita Anand on how the government is preparing to combat president-elect Trump’s proposed tariffs.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Alberta Premiere Danielle Smith on how a 25 per cent tariff impact would be 'incredibly damaging' to the province's economy.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist joins host Vassy Kapelos for his weekly segment 'Talk Science to Me'.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Marieke Walsh, and Mike Le Couteur.
- Jim Gallant, Negotiator with CUPW joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss how talks have been suspended between the union and Canada Post.
Flavio Volpe, President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss how any cross-border tax would increase the cost of components and raw materials that go back and forth between the neighboring countries, leading to a slowdown in production and higher prices at the dealership.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Dominic LeBlanc Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs of Canada on how the federal government is preparing to deal with the treat of a 25% tariff.
- Jimmy Jean, Vice-president and chief economist at Desjardins joins host Vassy Kapelos to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question regarding what a tariff is, and how it would affect Canada's economy.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, Laura Stone, and Kory Teneycke.
- Professor Meredith Lilly, Simon Reisman Chair in International Economic Policy at Carleton University joins Vassy to discuss what the economic impact of a 25% tariff would be.
David MacNaughton, Former Canadian Ambassador to the United States joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss President-elect Trumps pledge to impose a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Public Services and Procurement of Canada on the economics behind expanding tax relief for Canadians potentially with NDP support.
- Vassy takes your texts and calls on how Canada should handle a 25% tariff on all imports.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shachi Kurl, Shakir Chambers and Saeed Selvam.
- Laura Dawson, Executive Director, Future Borders Coalition joins Vassy to discuss how a 25% tariff would impact cross border trade and relations.
- Steve Murphy, CTV Atlantic special correspondent, commentator and analyst joins Vassy to look ahead to tonight's election in Nova Scotia.
Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Mike Turner, The chair of the United States House intelligence committee who says Canada needs to accelerate its defence spending targets, especially with its military in "desperate" need of investment.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Minister of Citizens' Services Terry Beech on the Liberal government's decision to write cheques and put a freeze on GST in Canada.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Conservatives MP and ethics critic Michael Barrett as well as NDP finance critic Taylor Bachrach as they give their reaction to the Liberal government's decision to write cheques and put a freeze on GST in Canada.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Tom Mulcair, and Zain Velji.
- Jason Hannan, Professor in the Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications at the University of Winnipeg joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss the call for Australia to delay its ban on children younger than 16 from using social media.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1
Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former NDP Leader joins host Amanda Galbraith to go over this weeks biggest political stories.
- Tom Lawson, former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces and previously Deputy Commander of the NORAD joins Amanda to discuss the risk of global conflict as the Ukraine war escalates.
- Carmi Levy, tech journalist and analyst joins Amanda to discuss how Coca-Cola used generative AI to make a holiday commercial.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2
Guests from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Chris Day, President, Winston Wilmont, Cam Holmstrom, Founder and Principal, Niipaawi Strategies and Sharan Kaur, Former Deputy Chief to Bill Morneau.
Topic 1: Trudeau government to send $250 cheques to most people, slash GST on some goods
Topic 2: Boissonnault out of cabinet after shifting claims about Indigenous heritage
Topic 3: Future of USMCA: Trump praised it in ambassador appointment, Danielle smith talking about ousting mexico, Ford supports unilateral trade deals.
Topic 4: Christmas decor, when is too early? Favorite Christmas songs?
Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer, Deputy House Leader Mark Gerretsen, and NDP House Leader Peter Julien discuss how Boissonnault has resigned.
On todays show:
- Bruce Heyman, Former US Ambassador to Canada joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss how U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has picked a former Michigan congressman, Pete Hoekstra, as his upcoming administration’s ambassador to Canada.
- CTV science and technology specialist Dan Riskin joins Vassy Kapelos for the weekly segment Talk Science to Me.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Marieke Walsh and Laura Stone.
- The Honourable Lloyd Axworthy, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada joins Vassy to discuss the Biden administrations approval of anti-personal landmines.
Keith Henry, President of the BC Metis Federation representing over 6000 Metis members in British Columbia and President and CEO for the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss the growing calls for Minister Boissonnault to resign over shifting claims about Indigenous heritage.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Minister of Public Services and Procurement Jean-Yves Duclos on the ongoing Canada Post strike that is impacting many across the country.
- Carmi Levy, tech journalist and analyst joins Vassy Kapelos for this weeks 'The Explainer' segment. This weeks question comes from Anita on Instagram and reads "Who is Elon Musk?".
- The Daily Debrief Panel with George Soule, Sharan Kaur and Laryssa Waler.
- Yusuf Faqiri, brother of Soleiman Faqiri joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss how the government has yet to implement any of the 57 recommendations aimed at the Ontario government to prevent future deaths in provincial jails.
Amanda Lang, BNN Bloomberg, Host of Taking Stock on BNN Bloomberg, CTV and the iHeart radio network joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss how Canada's annual inflation rate accelerated more than expected to two per cent in October.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Former CIA director and retired general David Petraeus on the U.S. allowing Ukraine to use long-range missiles.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Journalist Masih Alinejad as she calls on the Canadian and American governments to criminalize transnational oppression.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Saeed Selvam, and Mike Le Couteur.
- Patrick Groom, Certified Specialist in Labour Law and Partner at McMillan LLP joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss the Canada Post strike, and the positioning of the two sides and a possible timeline for its resolution from a legal perspective.
Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathon Wilkinson, and Alberta Premiere Danielle Smith on if the government should revisit its set of climate policies following the U.S election.
On todays show:
- Paul Woods, former CFL Journalist and CFL Historian joins Vassy to go over the historic Grey Cup match from last night.
- Lorne James, Owner of Otter Valley Railroad joins Vassy to discuss the impact the Canada Post strike has on his business and customers.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Melanie Paradis, Tom Mulcair, and Sabrina Grover.
- Derek Burney, Former Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Mulroney and former Canadian Ambassador to the U.S joins Vassy to discuss how important defence spending will be for Canada amid an upcoming Trump administration.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1
Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- John Gradek, Faculty Lecturer and Area Coordinator in Supply Chain Management at McGill University on the Canada Post strike and what it means for you
- Marieke Walsh, Senior Political Reporter, The Globe and Mail on what Trump’s cabinet appointees mean for Canada
- J. Paul Nadeau, Conflict Resolution expert and former hostage negotiator for Durham Regional Police on a recent crypto related kidnapping and the growing trend
- Eric Alper, Music Expert and Publicist, on the first night of the Eras Tour in Canada
Free For All Friday - Hour 2
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Sabrina Grover, Sr Advisor, Spark Advocacy and NorthStar Public Affairs and Siri Agrell, CEO of Betakit and Former Advisor to John Tory and Kathleen Wynne.
Topic 1: Canada Post workers go on strike Friday morning, disrupting deliveries – Is the government likely to intervene here, and should they? Do you have concerned about potential medium and long-term impacts? Is Canada Post becoming obsolete?
Topic 2: Trump's appointees have criticized Trudeau, warned of border issues with Canada – What was your reaction to these choices? Do you have concerns about what they mean for Canada? How do you want to see the federal government prepare?
Topic 3: The Taliban is there, Putin picked the venue — Canada at COP29: Are large climate conferences like these working? Is it time to get rid of these and try something else?
Topic 4: Trump’s transition team plans to kill Biden’s EV tax credit, sources say: Should we take a beat on EV/emission caps given US or do we forge ahead?
Topic 5: Toronto couple fights over Taylor Swift tickets in divorce settlement
Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc as they discuss recent concerns from Trump's new border czar about U.S. border security.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Jim Gallant, a CUPW spokesperson and Jon Hamilton, a spokesperson for Canada Post on the potential of a strike this Friday.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist joins Vassy for his weekly segment 'Talk Science to Me'.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Laura Stone, and Joël-Denis Bellavance.
- Aaron Blake, Senior Political Reporter with The Washington Post joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss from of President-elect Trump's recent staff appointments.
Eric Ham, CTV U.S. Political Analyst joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss President-elect Donald Trump announcing he is nominating Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary and former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe to lead the Central Intelligence Agency.
On todays show:
- Jasmin Guénette, vice-president of national affairs with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss the impact on businesses across Canada would feel if Canada Post stops working as of Friday.
- Richard Crouse, Movie Critic joins guest host Stefan Keyes to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers and Sabrina Grover.
- Drew Dilkens, Mayor of Windsor, Ontario joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss the comments from Trumps new border czar Tom Homan who said the Canadian border is an 'extreme' vulnerability.
- Dr. Isaac Bogoch, infectious diseases physician at the Toronto General Hospital joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss the rise of walking pneumonia cases in Canada.
Listen to Vassy's full conversation with former finance minister Bill Morneau and former interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose on what they believe resonated with voters to elect Donald Trump as the next U.S president.
On todays show:
- Emma May, Founder and CEO of Sophie Grace, a Women-owned Canadian workwear brand joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss how the lockouts at the ports effected her business, and what she hopes to see moving forward.
- Vassy takes your calls and texts on what you think is the best way for Canada to navigate another Trump presidency.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Saeed Selvam, Jamie Ellerton, and Mike Le Couteur.
- Susan Penwarden, Aviva Canada’s managing director of personal insurance lines joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss the new report from Aviva Canada. The report is Aviva’s latest Climate-Ready Index and the findings provide a stark overview of Canada’s current position in the climate change arena.
Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Canada’s ambassador to the United States — and co-lead of the federal government’s Team Canada war room Kisrten Hillman on what the future of Canada's relationship with the U.S might look like under a Trump administration.
On todays show:
- Mélanie Morin-Pelletier, Historian, War and Society, Canadian War Museum joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss the importance of the roles undertaken by Canadian women during the First and Second World War and to reflect on the significance of Remembrance Day.
- Denis Hamel, strategic advisor to the Conseil du patronat du Québec – a lobby group representing employers joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss how immigration is top of mind in Quebec amid concerns over U.S. deportations.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Laura D'Angelo, Tim Powers, and Tom Mulcair.
- Dr. Christopher Labos, cardiologist and medical writer with a degree in epidemiology and author of Does Coffee Cause Cancer?: And 8 More Myths about the Food We Eat joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss what we know about Canada’s 1st human case of H5 detected in B.C.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Tim Cook, Chief Historian at the Canadian War Museum and author of 18 books on Canadian military history joins Amanda to discuss the importance of commemoration on Remembrance day.
- Vassy Kapelos, CTV News Chief Political Correspondent joins Amanda with the latest on Donald Trump winning the U.S election and how that may effect us here in Canada.
- Mark Colley, Staff Reporter at The Toronto Star joins Amanda to discuss the mystery of the slippery butter bandits.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Guests from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data and Sabrina Grover, Sr Advisor, Spark Advocacy and NorthStar Public Affairs.
Topic 1: U.S election results
Topic 2: Election impact on Canadians
Topic 3: Rents in Canada Decline for First Time Since COVID, is this enough to help Canadians feel the weight of affordability start to life? We’ve seen Interest rates fall back to acceptable measures, so why are Canadians still struggling?
Topic 4: The importance of transitioning the way we commemorate veterans on Remembrance Day.
Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Former U.S. ambassador to Canada Kelly Craft as they discuss what Canadians should expect after Donald Trump's election win.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly who says the federal government has been preparing for a second Donald Trump presidency.
- CTV science and technology specialist Dan Riskin joins Vassy Kapelos for the weekly segment Talk Science to Me.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Marieke Walsh, and Laura Stone.
- Carmi Levy, Tech journalist and analyst joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss the federal governments decision of ordering the dissolution of TikTok's Canadian business after a national security review of the Chinese company behind the social media platform, but stopped short of ordering people to stay off the app.
Guest host Tim Powers speaks with Bruce Heyman, former US ambassador to Canada, on the Trump re-election and where Democrats may have dropped the ball.
On today's show:
- Vassy Kapelos, CTV News Chief Political Correspondent, joins us from Washington with the latest
- Evan Solomon, Publisher with GZERO Media and CTV News Special Correspondent provides his perspective on the US election
- Moshe Lander, Economist and Senior Lecturer in Economics at Concordia University, explains what Trump’s policies might mean for our economy
- The Daily Debrief with Scott Reid, Kory Teneycke, and Kathleen Monk
- Christopher Kozak, Professor in the Dept. of Chemistry at Memorial University, gets us the answer to mysterious blobs that washed up in Newfoundland
- Chantal Beaulieu, Recreation Programmer, Oakwood Terrace Nursing Home, on the latest iteration of a Remembrance Day display of hand-knit poppies in Dartmouth
Guest host Tim Powers speaks with Drew Dilkens, Mayor of Windsor, about preparations ahead of the US election and what it means for Canada and his border city with those connections.
On today's show:
- Elliot Tepper, Professor of International Relations at Carleton University, on how the Canadian federal government can prepare for the election
- CTV Chief Political Correspondent Vassy Kapelos live from Washington with an update
- Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director, First Nations Caring Society, on the life and legacy of Murray Sinclair
- The Daily Debrief with Garry Keller, Shachi Kurl, and Saeed Selvam
- Carmi Levy, Tech Journalist and Analyst, on the spread of online mis- and disinformation during the US election
- John Gradek, Faculty Lecturer and Area Coordinator in Supply Chain Management at McGill University, on the lockout at BC ports
Vassy Kapelos, CTV News Chief Political Correspondent joins guest host Tim Powers live from Washington with the latest on how things are shaping up the day before election day in the United States.
On todays show:
- Dr. Paul Roumeliotis, Pediatrician and Medical Officer of Health with the Eastern Ontario Health unit joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss the increase of walking pneumonia cases in younger patients across Canada.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Former U.S. ambassador to Canada, Kelly Craft and former Canadian ambassador to the U.S. David MacNaughton on defence spending targets ahead of the U.S election.
- Tim Powers guest hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Zain Velji, a political campaign strategist and partner at Northweather, Neil Brodie,
Conservative Strategist and Tom Mulcair, CTV political analyst and former NDP leader. - Adam van Koeverden, Member of Parliament for Milton, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Sport and Physical Activity joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss the lack of optimism in politics.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Lori Turnbull, Professor of Political Science at Dalhousie University joins Amanda to discuss how the Liberal party has launched a new ad campaign.
- Bruce Heyman, Former US Ambassador to Canada joins Amanda to discuss how the U.S election is only 4 days away, and what the relationship between Canada and the U.S might look like under either a Trump or Harris presidency.
- Eric Alper, Music commentator and publicist joins Amanda to discuss how Taylor Swift is brining her Era’s tour to Toronto for the biggest concert the city has ever seen.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Guests from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Garry Keller, Vice President, StrategyCorp and Bob Richardson, President, Hammersmith Consulting.
Topic 1: Liberals launching new ads to contrast Trudeau and Poilievre
Topic 2: 4️ days left until the U.S. election – Final predictions, what would could a presidency under Harris or Trump mean for Canadians?
Topic 3: Doug Ford spending nearly half of Ontario’s tax windfall on $200 ‘rebate’ cheques
Topic 4: Taylor Swift in Toronto: Officials 'ready' to host biggest concerts in city's history – What’s the biggest or best concert you’ve ever been to?
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Eric Blais, President and Co-Owner, Headspace Marketing and political marketing commentator, about the ads we’re waiting to see from the Liberals and how they can make some gains on the Conservatives potentially.
On today's show:
- Pedro Antunes, Chief Economist, Conference Board of Canada on the GDP numbers and slumping loonie
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin
- The Daily Debrief with Robert Benzie, Marieke Walsh, and Laura Stone
- Yves Giroux, the Parliamentary Budget Officer, on the government’s NATO spending and if hitting targets are realistic
- Maksym Kolesnikov, Ukrainian serviceman who spent 10 months in captivity in Russia, on his experiences in captivity
Mike Le Couteur, Senior political correspondent with CTV News joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss the ongoing trouble within the Liberal party.
On todays show:
- Laura Stone, Queen’s Park reporter with The Globe and Mail joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss how the Ford government will be delivering $200 cheques to Ontario taxpayers.
- Steve Murphy, CTV Atlantic special correspondent, commentator and analyst joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss how Nova Scotians will be going to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 26.
- Dr. Hilary Corlett, Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador joins guest host Tim Powers for this weeks 'The Explainer' segment on the mysterious white blobs that have appeared on the shores of Newfoundland.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, Kathleen Monk and Kory Teneycke.
- Christina Santini, Director of National Affairs, Canadian Federation of Independent Business joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss the latest analysis on the deficit spending cycle.
Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Liberal MP Helena Jaczek who says it’s time to clear the air within the party and have a secret ballot over Justin Trudeau’s leadership.
On todays show:
- David MacNaughton, Former Canadian Ambassador to the United States joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss the tight race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump as the election looms just a week away.
- Tom Lawson, former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces and previously Deputy Commander of the NORAD joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss the implications of reports of more than 10,000 North Korean soldiers that are in Russian territory ready to be deployed to Ukraine.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Saeed Selvam, Shakir Chambers, and Marieke Walsh.
- Alexis von Hoensbroech, CEO of WestJet joined host Vassy Kapelos live in studio to discuss issues of regulation surrounding the airline industry in Canada.
The Honourable Lloyd Axworthy, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada and Former Minister of Immigration joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss the Federal Governments decision to reduce the number of permanent residents, and to discuss his new book 'My Life in Politics'.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Liberal MP Wayne Long on how he is 'shocked' that the Prime Minister didn't take more time to reflect on calls to resign.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme on the RCMP and the federal government accused Indian diplomats and consular officials based in Canada of engaging in clandestine activities linked to serious criminal activity in this country, including homicides and extortions.
- Kelsey McEwen, Chief Meteorologist on CTV Your Morning joins Vassy to give a Halloween weather update.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Zain Velji, Tom Mulcair, and Tim Powers.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Rachel Aiello, CTV National News Correspondent joins Amanda to discuss how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Liberals are ‘strong and united’ after caucus challenge.
- Rob Buffam, Legislative Reporter with CTV Vancouver joins Amanda to discuss the neck and neck election race happening in B.C.
- Carmi Levy, tech journalist and analyst joins Amanda for tech Friday.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Guests from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former Federal NDP Leader and Karen Gordon, Principal, Gordon Strategy.
Topic 1: Trudeau says Liberals ‘strong and united’ after caucus challenge – Cristy Clark has come out of the word work – would an internal or external replacement be for the best the party.
Topic 2: Canada’s major changes to immigration targets met with widespread criticism
Topic 3: We may not know who won the U.S. election until days after Nov. 5 – With less then two weeks to go, any final predictions?
Topic 4: Halloween plans/traditions – What’s your least favorite candy to receive?
David Coletto, founder, Chair and CEO of Abacus Data joins Vassy to discuss the most recent polling from Abacus Data.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Liberal MP Ken Hardie to reflect on the high stakes caucus meeting that took place yesterday.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist joins Vassy for his weekly segment 'Talk Science to Me'.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Laura Stone, Marieke Walsh, and Robert Benzie.
- Caitlin Morrison, Executive Director of The Matthew Perry Foundation of Canada joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss what it's been like for her and her family since the passing of her brother Matthew Perry, and the important work The Matthew Perry Foundation of Canada does of supporting addicts post-treatment.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Liberal party is "strong and united," despite efforts from within his caucus to oust him as leader. Listen to Vassy's coverage throughout the show of what unfolded during the Liberal caucus meeting.
On todays show:
- Andrew Perez, Principal at Perez Strategies and a Liberal strategist joins Vassy to discuss a petition demanding that the National Caucus and National Executive meet to address the existential crisis now confronting the Liberal Party of Canada.
- Jimmy Jean, Vice-president & Chief Economist, Desjardins joins Vassy to discuss the Bank of Canada's most recent interest rate decision.
- Lori Turnbull, Professor of Political Science at Dalhousie University joins host Vassy Kapelos to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question on how political parties in Canada go about replacing their leader.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Scott Reid, and Kathleen Monk.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Former Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers as he shared his memories of Parliament Hill coming under fire 10 years ago.
Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former NDP Leader joins host Vassy Kapelos on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on Parliament Hill to reflect on the day, and what we've learned from it.
On todays show:
- The New Brunswick Liberals led by Susan Holt will form a majority government in the province, returning to power for the first time since 2018. Nick Moore a reporter with CTV News in Saint John joins Vassy to breakdown the results.
- Robert Fife, The Globe and Mail's Ottawa Bureau Chief joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national security adviser and the deputy minister of foreign affairs provided sensitive intelligence about India to The Washington Post days before the RCMP publicly alleged that Indian government agents have been linked to homicides, extortions and other violent criminal activities in Canada.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shachi Kurl, Saeed Selvam, and Shakir Chambers.
- Former health minister Jane Philpott joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss how Ontario is taking things seriously by appointing her as leader of a new health team.
Rob Buffam, Legislative Reporter with CTV Vancouver joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss the tight election race in British Columbia that still had no clear winner early Sunday after the vast majority of votes in the provincial election had been counted.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's exclusive interview with India’s High Commissioner to Canada, Sanjay Kumar Verma who denies involvement in Sikh leader's murder, claims 'no evidence presented'.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with High Commissioner for Canada in India, Cameron Mckay on India's reaction to the allegations made by the RCMP.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tom Mulcair, Tim Powers, and Laura D'Angelo.
- Hortense Anglin was the oldest graduate to make her way across the platform at York University's Fall Convocation ceremony this week. At the age of 87, she graduated with an Honours degree in Religious Studies. She joined Vassy Kapelos to discuss
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Marieke Walsh, senior political reporter with The Globe and Mail joins Amanda to discuss how four more Trudeau cabinet ministers won't seek re-election.
- David Coletto, founder, Chair and CEO of Abacus Data joins Amanda to discuss his new polling which shows 1 in 2 Canadians say immigration is harming the nation.
- Trish Barbato, Co-founder of Menopause Foundation Canada joins Amanda to discuss the importance of World Menopause Day.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Guests from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Chris Day, President, Winston Wilmont and Sabrina Grover, Sr Advisor, Spark Advocacy and NorthStar Public Affairs.
Topic 1: More Trudeau cabinet ministers not running for re-election, sources say shuffle expected soon
Topic 2: Trudeau says some opposition Canada MPs could be involved in foreign interference
Topic 3: B.C. Election: Winner will depend on get-out-the-vote ground games, says pollster
Topic 4: Why are so many people delighted by disgusting things? – What things that are ‘disgusting’ do you get entertainment from? Whether it be slasher films, or horse hoof cleaning tik toks.
Topic 5: World Menopause Day – how can we better support women through menopause?
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Bob Fife, Ottawa Bureau Chief, The Globe and Mail, about the reported exodus from cabinet and what that means in the current context.
On today's show:
- CTV’s Senior Parliamentary Reporter Mike Le Couteur walks through the cabinet ministers not seeking re-election
- Eric Ham, CTV U.S. Political Analyst, weighs in on the Fox News interview with Vice President Kamala Harris and the leadup to election day
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin
- We hear from you on if Canada should hold on to the monarchy and monarchy as celebrity
- The Daily Debrief with Hannah Thibedeau, Marieke Walsh, and Laura Stone
- Dr. Fahad Razak, report co-author, , internist at St Michael's Hospital (Unity Health Toronto), and Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics at the University of Toronto. He was also Scientific Director of Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table
Listen to Vassy and the Daily Debrief Panel featuring Marieke Walsh, Scott Reid, and Kory Teneycke discuss how Prime Minister Trudeau testified that some Conservative parliamentarians are involved in foreign interference.
On todays show:
- John Wright, Executive Vice President, Maru Public Opinion joins Vassy to discuss where voters are currently sitting, and the chance of the prime minister being ousted.
- Rob Buffam, Legislative Reporter with CTV Vancouver and Wayne Mantyka, Video Journalist at CTV Regina join Vassy to give a snapshot of the B.C and Saskatchewan elections.
- Dr. Simon Ducharme, Neuropsychiatrist, Medical Director of the memory clinic at the Douglas Institute and an Associate professor of Psychiatry at McGill University joins Vassy to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Marieke Walsh, Scott Reid, and Kory Teneycke.
- Kathy Motton, Senior Manager of Corporate Communications with Destination Toronto joins Vassy to discuss how the Taylor Swift tour dates are expected to inject hundreds of millions into Toronto’s economy.
Vincent Rigby, a former national security and intelligence advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, now a professor at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University joins Vassy to discuss how the RCMP has alleged Indian government officials are linked to homicides, extortions and coercion in Canada, and pose threat to public safety.
On todays show:
- Vina Nadjibulla, Vice-President, Research & Strategy, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada joins Vassy to discuss the political impact on the relationship between Canada and India following both countries expelling diplomats over murder accusations.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Gilles Duceppe, Former Leader of the Official Opposition of Canada on the Bloc Québécois issuing an ultimatum to the Liberals, giving them until Oct. 29 to enact a pair of private members bills.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Saeed Selvam, and Shachi Kurl.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Minister of environment Steven Guilbeault on what responsibility the government bears in causing that support for carbon pricing to erode?
Scott Reid fills in for Amanda Galbraith on this week's Free For All Fridays!
In Hour 1, we tackle Canada's family doctor shortage with former Health Minister Jane Philpott.
In Hour 2, the debate floor is wide open, as we welcome Tim Powers of Summa Strategies and Laura D'Angelo of Enterprise Canada. On the main menu is Justin Trudeau's potential re-election plan, the homestretch of the U.S. Presidential campaign, and Canadian Thanksgiving traditions.
Cyndi Edwards and Colin Trethewey, Former Ottawa Residents and Broadcasters who are living Florida join guest host Robin Gill to discuss the damage their properties suffered from Hurricane Milton and what the experience was like to endure that storm.
On todays show:
- Mark Robinson, meteorologist and storm chaser for the Weather Network joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss the levels of destruction caused by Hurricane Milton.
- Aaron Blake, Senior Political Reporter with The Washington Post joins guest host Robin Gill to give a snapshot of the U.S presidential race is shaping up just a month shy of the election.
- Jesse Heffring, Director of Development, Summit School joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss the Summit School, which celebrated 60 years of helping students who have a wide array of diagnoses - autism, down syndrome and other developmental disorders.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Rachel Aiello, Marieke Walsh, and Robert Benzie.
- Anita Layton, Professor of applied mathematics and Canada 150 Research Chair in Mathematical Biology and Medicine at Waterloo joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss a study she led examining how men and women should adhere to different diets.
Mark Robinson, meteorologist and storm chaser for the Weather Network joins Vassy live from Tampa with the latest on Hurricane Milton which is slated to make landfall with Florida's west coast later this evening.
On todays show:
- Rachel Aiello, CTV National News Correspondent joins Vassy to discuss Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his party extend a debate about turning government documents over to the RCMP.
- Dr. Emma Climie, Director of the Strengths in ADHD research lab and associate professor in the school of applied psychology program at the University of Calgary joins host Vassy Kapelos to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question on what ADHD is.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Scott Reid, and Kathleen Monk.
- Vina Nadjibulla, Vice-President, Research & Strategy, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada joins Vassy to discuss the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits.
Kelsey McEwen, Chief Meteorologist on CTV Your Morning joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss how Hurricane Milton is trending and what it may look like when it reaches land late Wednesday or Early Thursday.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Marc Garneau, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada on the need for a two-state solution in the Middle East and Canada's role in diplomacy.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Laura Stone, and Sharan Kaur.
- Thomas Juneau, Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss what the risks of a conventional war between Israel and Iran might be and what a potential response from Israel would look like.
Listen to Vassy's full conversation with U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Cohen on if Israel is still interested in a ceasefire as the Israel-Hamas war reaches the one year mark.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Government House Leader Karina Gould on the potential of an early election.
- Gabrielle Sexton, Owner of The Petites Gamines Desert Shop joins Vassy to discuss how the Petites Gamines dessert shop received a letter from l'Office québécois de la langue française on Wednesday about a complaint that the café's social media posts are in English only.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Zain Velji, and Tom Mulcair.
- Carmi Levy, Tech Journalist and Analyst joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss what the implications of 23AndMe selling customers data going up for sale could be.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Casey Babb, Senior Fellow with the MacDonald Laurier Institute and Advisor to Secure Canada joins Amanda to look ahead to Monday October 7th and reflect on what that anniversary means for Jewish Canadians.
- Rob Buffam, Legislative Reporter with CTV Vancouver joins Amanda to give a snapshot ahead of BC’s provincial election on October 19th.
- Ritesh Kotak, Tech and Cybersecurity Expert joins Amanda to discuss what it would mean if 23AndMe sold it’s DNA information to the highest bidder.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Guests from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Melanie Paradis, former senior staffer to Erin O’Toole, and President of Texture Communications and Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star.
Topic 1: Bloc leader says the deadline still stands after Liberals vote against pension motion - Will we face a snap election this year?
Topic 2: Canadians three times more positive about Kamala Harris than Donald Trump, survey says.
Topic 3: BC Election - Conservatives are surging in the polls, has the NDP’s time in BC come to an end?
Topic 4 Kicker topic: Remember That DNA You Gave 23andMe?
Topic 4.5 Kicker topic: The surprising ways hybrid work changed people’s grooming habits and notions of personal time.
The Bloc is threatening the Trudeau government with an ultimatum: meet its demands on old age security and supply management or it will to work with opposition parties to force an election. Vassy Kapelos speaks with key players.
On today’s show:
- We play Vassy’s full interview with Karina Gould, Government House Leader. Then, we hear from Bloc Québécois House Leader Christine Normandin.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin.
- The Daily Debrief with Robert Benzie, Rachel Aiello and Hannah Thibedeau.
- Nour El-Khadri, a professor at the University of Ottawa and a Lebanese Canadian, on his perspective of the conflict back home and his thoughts on Canada’s response so far.
- Dr. Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald, Financial Security Research Director at the National Institute on Ageing, explains how Old Age Security works.
Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Israeli Ambassador Iddo Moed to discuss Iran's 'unfathomable' barrage of ballistic missiles and what Israel's response could be.
On todays show:
- Tom Lawson, former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces and previously Deputy Commander of the NORAD joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss what the risk of a conventional war between Iran and Israel is after yesterday's attack.
- Dr. Jean Seely, head of breast imaging at Ottawa Hospital. She is also the president of the Canadian Society of Breast Imaging joins Vassy Kapelos to answer this weeks ‘The Explainer’ question from Judy on Instagram that asked “Do mammograms work?”
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Laura Stone, Scott Reid, and Amanda Galbraith.
- Vassy's takes your calls on texts on the increase to OAS.
Minister of Defence Bill Blair joins Vassy to discuss Canada's strategy to repatriate Canadians stuck in Lebanon amid an imminent Israeli incursion.
On todays show:
- Canada's Governor General Mary Simon joins Vassy to discuss Truth and Reconciliation Day and the criticism she's faced on her French language skills.
- David Coletto, founder, Chair and CEO of Abacus Data joins Vassy to discuss the new polling from Abacus Data that shows the NDP passes Liberals outside of Quebec while the Conservatives lead by 22.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Saeed Selvam, and Joël-Denis Bellavance.
- Dr. Paul Kershaw, Policy professor at the University of British Columbia and founder of Generation Squeeze joins Vassy to discuss the report card that shows more progress required to achieve federal budget promise around generational fairness.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1
Guest host Mark Towhey breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Darrell Bricker, CEO, Ipsos joins Mark to discuss population growth within Canada.
- Carmi Levy, tech journalist and analyst joins Mark to discuss the future of batteries.. do we need Lithium?
- Dr. Jonathan Lai, Executive Director of Autism Alliance of Canada joins Mark to talk about Canada’s first National Autism Strategy.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2
Guests from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Sabrina Grover, Sr Advisor, Spark Advocacy and NorthStar Public Affairs, Alex Chreston, Vice President with Crestview Strategy and Marion Nader, Co-CEO Nexus Strategy Group, Former NDP Strategist.
Topic 1: Will the Liberals make it to Christmas? How do they regain ‘confidence’ in Canadians after the non-confidence votes coming through. Have the NDP and the Bloc positioned themselves well?
Topic 2: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has lost 205 firearms since 2020, including machine-guns
Topic 3: Feds eyeing new ways to publicly flag possible foreign interference during elections – A senior federal official says the government is mulling new ways to inform the public about possible foreign interference developments during an election campaign. Would this be beneficial?
Topic 4: I like dining alone. I’m great company. Do you?
House Leader Karina Gould joins Vassy Kapelos after the Liberal government survived a non-confidence vote sparked by the Conservatives.
On todays show:
- Dennis Alpert, Political Strategist and former White House Senior Staffer under Al Gore joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss Kamala Harris's newly announced economic plan as well as looking ahead to what the U.S election may hold.
- CTV science and technology specialist Dan Riskin joins Vassy Kapelos for the weekly segment Talk Science to Me.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Laura Stone, Marieke Walsh, and Mike Le Couteur.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Environment Minister Stephen Guilbeault to discuss if a carbon tax increase will be paused in Canada.
Marieke Walsh, senior political reporter with The Globe and Mail joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss Pierre Poilievre’s attempt to topple the minority Liberal government through a non-confidence motion.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Ontario's Minister for Economic Development Vic Fideli on national security concerns surrounding Chinese EVs in Canada.
- Eric Ham, CTV U.S. Political Analyst joins guest host Stefan Keyes to set the stage for the U.S election that is only 6 weeks away.
- Judie Saunders, NYC Sexual abuse litigator and former prosecutor joins gest host Stefan Keyes for this weeks 'The Explainer' segment.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with George Soule, Andrew Perez, and Jordan Paquet.
- Jason Ploegher, Northern Ontario man who solved the mystery of the sunken taxi in Larder Lake joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss his amazing discovery.
Chris Ragan, an Associate Professor and the founding Director of McGill University’s Max Bell School of Public Policy joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss the carbon pricing policy and its impacts.
On todays show:
- Vassy takes your calls and texts to hear if you'd like to have an early election.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Shachi Kurl, and Sabrina Grover.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Bob Rae, Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations on Israel and Hezbollah's intense fighting in Lebanon and what Canada is doing to aid peace talks.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux on the Bloc Quebecois' proposal for higher OAS and how much that would cost Canadians.
Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Procurement Minister and newly appointed Quebec lieutenant Jean-Yves Duclos who is warning the NDP that the dental care program it helped put into place will be in jeopardy if it pulls its support from the governing Liberals.
On todays show:
- Vassy is joined by Nick Moore, Reporter, CTV NEWS, Saint John and Rob Buffam, Legislative Reporter with CTV Vancouver to get the key takeaways on the provincial elections coming up in New Brunswick and British Columbia.
- Peter Girguis, a Harvard University professor and oceanographer who has been monitoring the Inquiry joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss what we've learned from the inquiry into the Titan submersible implosion.
- The Daily Debrief with Zain Velji, Tom Mulcair, and Tim Powers.
- Mark Norman, Retired Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy and Navy Officer and Former Vice Chief of Defence Staff of Canada joins Vassy to discuss his visit to Taiwan and the key takeaways.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Anne McGrath, Principal Secretary to Jagmeet Singh joins Amanda to discuss how NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said the NDP will back Trudeau Liberals on a non-confidence vote.
- John Wright, Executive Vice President, Maru Public Opinion joins Amanda to discuss Maru’s new polling on the support for Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader.
- Neil Lumsden, Minister of Sport for Ontario, MPP for Hamilton Stoney Creek as well a former CFL player joins Amanda to discuss his decision to donate his brain for concussion research.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Guests from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Fred DeLorey, Partner, NorthStar Public Affairs and former National Campaign Manager for the Conservative Party of Canada, Sabrina Grover, Sr Advisor, Spark Advocacy and NorthStar Public Affairs and Marion Nader, Co-CEO Nexus Strategy Group, Former NDP Strategist.
Topic 1: NDP to join Bloc in backing Liberals against non-confidence vote
Topic 2: Ford government to table legislation to restrict bike lanes on city streets
Topic 3: Jason Kenney blasts Trudeau government’s ‘catastrophic’ immigration agenda, accuses Liberals of trying to create a ‘voting bloc
Topic 4 Kicker topic: Rogers to become majority owner of MLSE after buying Bell's stake for $4.7B
Topic 4.5 Kicker topic: A man bought a cruise ship on Craigslist and spent over US$1 million restoring it. What’s your dream renovation project?
David Heurtel, Political Analyst and Former Quebec Liberal Cabinet Minister joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss the implications of Transport Minister Pablo Rodriquez to sit as Independent MP while seeking Quebec Liberal leadership.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with NDP House Leader Peter Julian, Deputy House Leader Mark Gerretsen, and Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer on the possibility of a non-confidence vote leading to an election.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist joins Vassy for his weekly segment 'Talk Science to Me'.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Laura Stone, Marieke Walsh, and Hannah Thibedeau.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Immigration Marc Miller on international students and the Conservatives' claims on asylum seekers.
Thomas Juneau, Professor, Public and International Affairs, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss what these incidents mean and whether they are indicative of escalation in the conflict.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Soraya Martinez Ferrada, Minister of Tourism and Co-Chair of the party’s National Campaign Committee on the byelection loss in Montreal.
- Dr Mitch Schulman, Is an emergency medicine specialist at McGill University Health Center and the Bell Media medical consultant and joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss the reality of the safety behind the popular weigh loss drug Ozempic.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, Tim Powers, and Kathleen Monk.
- Don Lobb, General Manager at Wohler Canada and Sam Thang, Plant Manager at Wohler Canada join Vassy to discuss how the government put a 25% surtax on steel and aluminum imports from China.
Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former NDP Leader joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss the Liberals losing the Montreal byelection to the Bloc.
On todays show:
- Robert Kavcic, Senior Economist at the Bank Of Montreal joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss what effects the new changes to federal policy that aim to help younger buyers get into the housing market.
- Robert Fife, The Globe and Mail's Ottawa Bureau Chief joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss the Liberals loss in the by-election in Montreal, as well as Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue comments regarding how she won't know alleged parliamentarians collaborating with foreign powers.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Shachi Kurl, and Saeed Selvam.
- Carmi Levy, tech journalist and analyst joins Vassy to discuss how Instagram launched teen accounts with private settings and limited capabilities.
Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Government House Leader Karina Gould on the return to Parliament and if there would be a chance for the Conservatives to have an opposition day motion.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer and NDP House Leader Peter Jullian on their response to Gould and more.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tom Mulcair, Zain Velji, and Tim Powers.
- Keith Whittier, Movie Reviewer, Ottawa Life Magazine joins Vassy to discuss the best and most shocking moments at the 2024 Emmy Awards.
- Vassy takes your calls on your thoughts on the upcoming by-elections and the strategies employed by each party as Parliament resumes.
Free For All Friday -- Hour 1
Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- John Gradek, aviation industry expert and professor at McGill University, on the potential of a looming Air Canada strike or lockout
- Mike Flannigan, BC Innovation Research Chair in Predictive Services, Emergency Management and Fire Science, Faculty of Science as well as the Science Director of the Canadian Partnership for Wildland Fire Science, on Canada’s wildfire season which was down compared to 2023 but still severe
- Robert Wittman, Former Senior Investigator and Founder of the FBI’s National Art Crime Team and Security and Recovery Consultant, on the recovery of an iconic Winston Churchill portrait stolen from Ottawa’s Chateau Laurier
Free For All Friday -- Hour 2
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Bob Richardson, President at Hammersmith Consulting and a former Ontario Liberal chief of staff and Tim Powers, Chair, Summa Strategies and Managing Director, Abacus Data
Topic 1: Let’s unpack the Liberal and NDP caucus meetings? What do you make of what we heard from leaders/ministers? How big of a factor is Poilievre’s inevitable non-confidence vote?
Topic 2: What did you make of the US presidential debate? Who’s carrying momentum into the final six weeks of campaigning? Is Canada well prepared for a new administration?
Topic 3: Canadian Army says new military sleeping bags not suitable for 'typical Canadian winter' + Canada plans to use AI in military, but minister says it won’t replace humans
Topic 4: This zoo let their Gen-Z staff write the marketing script and here’s how it went – what do you think?
Topic 5: It’s Friday the 13th… are you superstitious?
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Charlene Hudy, Chair, Air Canada Pilots’ Master Executive Council, Air Line Pilots Association International, on the latest details regarding negotiations and a potential pilots strike.
On today’s show:
- François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry on the ongoing US campaign, potential US tariffs on Canadian goods, and upcoming byelections
- Rick Klein, Political Director, ABC News, on allegations that ABC moderators unfairly targeted Trump during the recent presidential debate
- Talk Science to Me with CTV Science and Technology Expert Dan Riskin
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star; Kari Vierimaa, Former journalist and Senior Associate at KaPow Communications; Laura Stone, Queen’s Park reporter with The Globe and Mail
- CTV’s Judy Trinh with an update on the recovery of an iconic Winston Churchill portrait stolen from the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Aaron Blake, Senior Political Reporter with The Washington Post, to unpack the details and whether Trump or Harris are poised to come out ahead.
On today’s show:
- CTV’s Rachel Aiello and Mike Le Couteur join live from the NDP and Liberal caucus meetings
- Soraya Martinez Ferrada, Liberal Campaign Co-Chair on the introduction of a new Liberal taskforce and bringing in Mark Carney
- The Explainer: Mike Manjuris, Professor and Chair of Global Management Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University, on why gas prices are suddenly so low
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator, and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin; Tim Powers, Chair, Summa Strategies; Kathleen Monk, Principal Owner of Monk + Associates and former director of communications to Jack Layton.
- Your texts and calls on the US debate
- CTV’s Judy Trinh on the latest following the recovery of an iconic Winston Churchill portrait stolen from the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa
Vassy Kapelos speaks with CTV US Political Analyst Eric Ham about expectations for the debate tonight and how significance the results of that could be moving deeper into election season.
On today's show:
- Health Minister Mark Holland on the Liberal caucus retreat and party concerns around polling, messaging, and moving forward
- Carmi Levy, tech journalist and analyst, on the new announcements from Apple including AI-enabled iPhones and clinical hearing aid AirPods
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, political commentator; Marieke Walsh, Senior Political Reporter with The Globe and Mail; and Saeed Selvam, Vice President of Public Affairs at NATIONAL
- Lt-Gen (Ret.) Romeo Dallaire, Former U.N. Force Commander in Rwanda and Former Senator, on his recent recovery from pneumonia and returning to public life to pick up his previously delayed book tour
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Laura D’Angelo, Tim Powers, and Tom Mulcair on the Daily Debrief panel to lay the current political foundation and see what’s next.
On today's show:
- NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and then Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer on the end of the supply-and-confidence agreement with the Liberals
- Dr. Joss Reimer, President, Canadian Medical Association on their push for greater accountability in Canadian healthcare
- Scott Moore, CEO, Invictus Games with details on the event lineup and plans for 2025 winter events in Vancouver
- Luke LeBrun, Editor, PressProgress, on the significance of Canadian ties to an alleged Russian propaganda scheme in the US
Free For All Friday -- Hour 1
Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and former NDP Leader, on the end of the supply and confidence agreement and what comes next for Liberals and NDP
- Marieke Walsh, Senior Political Reporter with The Globe and Mail, on the resignation of Liberal campaign director Jeremy Broadhurst
- Film critic Richard Crouse with his films to watch throughout the Toronto International Film Festival now underway
Free For All Friday -- Hour 2
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Chris Day, President of Winston Wilmont, and Sabrina Grover, Sr. Advisor at Spark Advocacy and NorthStar Public Affairs.
Topic 1: The NDP-Liberal deal is no more - looking at this from the NDP perspective
Topic 2: The NDP-Liberal deal is no more - looking at this from the outside perspective + ‘This is a significant change': How Liberals are reacting to the resignation of their party's campaign director
Topic 3: Ontario cutting funding from daycare centres not in $10-a-day program
Topic 4: Pumpkin spice is freely flowing and people are making the mental pivot from summer to fall – which season is the best? And is it too soon to be making the jump when it’s still so warm?
Topic 5: Buying booze more 'convenient' across Ontario, but that convenience comes with a price
Anne McGrath, Principal Secretary to Jagmeet Singh joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss the reasoning behind the decision for the NDP to end it's governance deal with the Liberals.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Government House Leader Karina Gould on the NDP's decision to end the governance deal with the Liberals.
- Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist and Founder of Nanos Research joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss the new Nanos polling that showed Canadians were slightly supportive of the governance agreement between the NDP and the Liberals.
- CTV science and technology specialist Dan Riskin joins Vassy Kapelos for the weekly segment Talk Science to Me.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Laura Stone, and Hannah Thibedeau.
Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former NDP Leader joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss how NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is pulling his party out of the supply-and-confidence agreement that’s helping keep Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s minority Liberals in power.
On todays show:
- Christopher Alexander, President, RE/MAX Canada joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss RE/MAX Canada's housing report following the Bank of Canada's decision to lower rates again.
- Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss the recent polling from Angus Reid.
- Donald Abelson, Professor of Political Science at McMaster University joins Vassy to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question of "What is a swing state?".
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, Marieke Walsh, and Tim Powers.
- Vassy takes your calls and texts to get your thoughts on the NDP pulling out of the supply-and-confidence agreement.
Jon Allen, Former Canadian Ambassador to Israel joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss the protests that broke out in Israel after the military recovered the bodies of six hostages killed in Gaza this weekend.
On todays show:
- Jimmy Jean, Vice-president & Chief Economist, Desjardins joins Vassy Kapelos to look ahead to The Bank of Canada’s interest rate decision tomorrow.
- Vassy took your calls on texts on the competing ad's we've seen from the NDP and Conservative trying to gain favor with union voters.
- Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Shakir Chambers, principal at Earnscliffe Strategies, Shachi Kurl, president of the Angus Reid Institute, and Saeed Selvam, Vice President of Public Affairs at NATIONAL.
- Jermain Franklin, TSN Anchor & Host for Sports Centre and TSN’s Calgary Reporter for 17 years joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss the tragic loss of NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Guest host Mark Towhey breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Phil Gurski, CEO of Borealis Threat & Risk Consulting, former Senior Strategic Analyst with CSIS joins Mark to discuss how the public safety minister revealed how and when Toronto terror plot suspects came to Canada.
- Larry Haas, Political Author and Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council and former Communications Director and Press Secretary for Vice President Al Gore joins Mark to discuss the key takeaways from first Harris and Walz interview.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Guests from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Sabrina Grover, Sr Advisor, Spark Advocacy and NorthStar Public Affairs, Fred DeLorey, Partner, NorthStar Public Affairs and former National Campaign Manager for the Conservative Party of Canada and Cam Holmstrom, Founder and Principal, Niipaawi Strategies.
Topic 1: Poilievre must hold his tongue for the sake of his party’s image
Topic 2: Is Singh finished? NDP lose five points of support in new national poll
Topic 3: Eighteen years and $46-billion later, the CPP admits it could have earned more just by buying index funds
Topic 4: Does Canada need more EV price incentives?
Join us for a very special edition of The Vassy Kapelos Show where we debut a book club with local Ottawa author, Katie Tallo.
On todays show:
- A special edition of The Daily Debrief Panel featuring Tim Powers, Laura D'Angelo, and George Soule.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist joins Vassy for his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'.
- Vassy hosts the first edition of her book club with author of the novel 'Dark August' Katie Tallo. This features panelists from the CTV network such as Patricial Boal, Host of Ottawa At Work, Rosey Ehdah, Host of CTV Morning Live, and Noah Wachter, producer of The Vassy Kapelos Show.
Listen to Vassy's full conversation with the Minister of Immigration Marc Miller on the upcoming changes to permanent resident levels.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with David MacNaughton and François-Philippe Champagne about U.S/Canada relations.
- Dr. Richard Bazinet, professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto joins Vassy for this weeks 'The Explainer' segment about what diets actually work.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star, Marieke Walsh, senior political reporter with The Globe and Mail and Mike Le Couteur, Senior political correspondent with CTV News
- Mike Moffatt, Assistant Professor with the Ivey Business School and senior director of policy and innovation at the Smart Prosperity Institute joins Vassy to discuss the upcoming changes to permanent resident levels.
Vassy Kapelos, CTV News Chief Political Correspondent joins gust host Tamara Cherry to discuss how day 3 of the Liberal cabinet retreat will be focused on Canada-U.S. relations.
On todays show:
- Stephen Maher, Long time political journalist and author of ‘The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau’ joins guest host Tamara Cherry to discuss how Canada's leaders have approached the debate over safe supply.
- Carmi Levy, CTV tech expert joins guest host Tamara Cherry to discuss the biggest tech stories of the week.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shachi Kurl, Chris Day, and Sabrina Grover.
- Syed Hussan, Executive Director, Migrant Workers Alliance for Change joins guest host Tamara Cherry to discuss the Liberal governments announcement on restricting temporary foreign workers.
Flavio Volpe, President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association joins guest host Tamara Cherry to discuss Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's announcement on new tariffs on Chinese EV's.
On todays show:
- Vassy Kapelos, CTV News Chief Political Correspondent joins guest host Tamara Cherry live from Halifax to help break down the latest announcements made this morning by the Liberal government.
- Chris Reynolds, Business Reporter at The Canadian Press joins guest host Tamara Cherry to discuss how the rail shutdown will have ripple effects through revenue and reputation.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Zain Velji and Tom Mulcair.
- Robert Riggs, Middle East Geopolitical Risk Consultant joins guest host Tamara Cherry to help break down how it appears that over the weekend Israel and Hezbollah have stepped back from the brink of a wider war.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Guest host Mark Towhey breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Dr. Bruce Curran, associate professor in the faculty of law of the University of Manitoba joins Mark to talk about the Canadian rail workers challenging the governments decision to refer the dispute to the labor board.
- Dr. Sonu Gaind, Chief of Psychiatry at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and a Professor at the University of Toronto joins Mark to discuss Canada’s delay on including mental in MAiD.
- Annette Meeks, Republican Strategist joins Mark to discuss the speech delivered last night at the DNC by Vice President Kamala Harris.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former NDP Leader and Garry Keller, Vice President, StrategyCorp.
- Canada rail workers union to challenge government decision to refer dispute to labor board.
- How should the Republican party approach the campaign with Kamala Harris as the opponent.
- Ontario CUPE president Fred Hahn rejects call to resign over social media post criticized as antisemitic
- Is this the grocery story you’ve been searching for?
- What would you do with the worlds largest diamond?
Dr. Bruce Curran, associate professor in the faculty of law of the University of Manitoba joins guest host Tamara Cherry to discuss his opinion piece from The Globe and Mail where he discusses who is to blame for the railway labour dispute.
On todays show:
- Vassy Kapelos, CTV News Chief Political Correspondent joins guest host Tamara Cherry to give us a recap of what happened on day 3 at the National Democratic Convention and took ahead to the speech that will be given tonight by Vice President Kamala Harris.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology expert with his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Laura Stone, Marieke Walsh and Robert Benzie.
- Elliot Tepper, Senior Fellow at the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University joins guest host Tamara Cherry to discuss to give an overview on Ukraine's incursion into the Kursk region of Russia.
Laura Stone, Queen’s Park reporter with The Globe and Mail joins guest host Tamara Cherry to discuss how Ontario will be closing 10 supervised consumption sites and ban other locations under new rules.
On todays show:
- Vassy Kapelos, CTV News Chief Political Correspondent joins guest host Tamara Cherry live from the DNC in Chicago to discuss what we saw on day two, and what's to come for day three.
- Richard Painter, former chief White House ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush and professor of Law at the University of Minnesota joins guest host Tamara Cherry to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question on the purpose of National Conventions.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, Kathleen Monk, and Jordan Paquet.
- George Takach, formerly one of Canada's leading technology lawyers, and now an author about technology and geopolitics joins guest host Tamara Cherry to discuss how a survey found that Conservative supporters show higher susceptibility to Russian disinformation.
Bea Bruske, President of the Canadian Labour Congress joins guest host Tamara Cherry to discuss how labour is influencing this election and the Democrats and Republicans relationship with Unions.
On todays show:
- Vassy Kapelos, CTV News Chief Political Correspondent joins guest host Tamara Cherry live from the Democratic National Convention to recap what we saw last night, and what to expect for today.
- Tamara took your calls and texts on how you see the democratic party being able to maintain it's momentum
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Saeed Selvam and Erin Morrison.
- Dawn Desjardins, Chief Economist, Deloitte Canada joins gust host Tamara Cherry to discuss today's CPI report.
- Carmi Levy, CTV tech expert joins guest host Tamara Cherry to discuss the biggest tech stories of the week.
Vassy Kapelos, CTV News Chief Political Correspondent joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss what to look for this week at the Democratic National Convention.
On todays show:
- Jon Allen, Former Canadian Ambassador to Israel joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss how U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday called the latest diplomatic push by Washington to achieve a ceasefire deal in Gaza "probably the best, maybe the last opportunity," and urged all parties to get the agreement over the finish line.
- Eddie Sheerr, NTV’s Chief Meteorologist joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss how Hurricane Ernesto is likely to bring heavy surf to Nova Scotia on Saturday.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Susan Smith, Tim Powers, and Tom Mulcair.
- Ian Lee, Associate Professor with Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business joins guest host Stefan Keyes to look ahead to tomorrows CPI report.
Bill Curry, Deputy Bureau Chief with Globe and Mail joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss Canada’s temporary foreign worker program.
On todays show:
- Bruce Ralston, Minister of Forests for British Columbia joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss how the U.S has nearly doubled the duty on Canadian softwood lumber.
- Dr. Isaac Bogoch, infectious diseases physician at the Toronto General Hospital joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss how the World Health Organization has declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Laura Stone, and Paul Wells.
- Keir Giles, Russia expert at the Chatham House think tank and author of the forthcoming book ‘Who Will Defend Europe’ joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss how Ukrainian forces have attacked a second border region in western Russia.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with interim leader Dominic Cardy about the new organization and why it’s being launched now.
On today’s show:
- Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff on Ukraine’s continued incursions into Russian territory and what comes next
- Your texts and calls on the Canadian Future Party
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator, and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin and Tim Powers, Chair, Summa Strategies
- John MacBeth, Founder, TryCycle, which developed The Burns Way tools on the group’s volunteer drive launch
- John Viveiros, Host, Hot Take Hockey, on Auston Matthews becoming captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
Guest host Tamara Cherry speaks with Brian J. Karem, author, White House Columnist and host of Just Ask the Question
On today's show:
- Thomas Juneau, Professor of Public and International Affairs with expertise on the Middle East, Iran, and Yemen on the latest in the Middle East
- Michael Kempa, Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Ottawa on tackling terrorism threats head on and Canadian complacency
- Laura Osman, Federal Politics Reporter with The Canadian Press on the resignation of Canada’s incoming human rights commissioner
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Ashton Arsenault, Partner at Crestview Strategies; Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute; Saeed Selvam, Vice President of Public Affairs at NATIONAL
- Justin Ling, freelance investigative journalist, on his investigation into consulting firm influence in federal government
- Dr. James Brophy, an environmental health researcher at the University of Windsor and co-author of a new report looking at healthcare worker morale
Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist and Founder of Nanos Research joins guest host Tamara Cherry to discuss the new polling from Nanos Research to gauge Canadian impressions of Liberal political figures and potential Liberal Party leaders, as well as the potential impact on the federal election if Mark Carney was appointed as Finance Minister.
On todays show:
- Ben Steiner, Olympic Journalist joins guest host Tamara Cherry to recap the memorable moments of the 2024 Paris Olympics and to look ahead at what the 2028 Olympics may hold in store.
- Valérie Kindarji, PhD candidate in political science at the University of Toronto focusing on comparative politics and international relations joins guest host Tamara Cherry to discuss the polarized information economy.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Sabrina Grover and George Soule.
- David Fraser, CTV Military Analyst And Former Commander Of NATO Forces In Southern Afghanistan joins guest host Tamara Cherry to discuss how Russians are fleeing Ukraine’s cross-border attack as Kremlin scrambles to respond.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1
Host Scott Reid breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Scott Hutcheson, Executive Chair of Aspen Properties and Chair of the 2026 Olympic Bid Corporation joins Scott Reid to talk about how Canadians would feel if Canada were to host the next Olympics.
- Scott recaps historical moments that have happened on August 9th throughout history.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Bob Richardson, senior counsel at National Public Relations and Chris Day, President, Winston Wilmont.
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Harris v. Trump debate is already looming as another historic pivot point in an extraordinary campaign
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Supreme Court nixes Jordan Peterson’s fight to not enter remedial coaching program
- 'Irresponsible, unethical, and dangerous': Pickering councillor slammed over appearance on 'far-right' podcast
- Olympics – Canadians on hosting and Tom Cruise closing the Olympics.
Shimon Koffler-Fogel, President and CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss the review of online comments made by incoming human rights commissioner Birju Dattani, and that Dattani has "agreed to take a leave" just one day before he was set to begin serving in his new role.
On todays show:
- There is some talk of a "summer Covid wave" ramping up. In the U.S, the Centre's for Disease Control has reported a doubling of prevalence of this new KP3 variant in the last two weeks. Dr. Isaac Bogoch, infectious diseases physician at the Toronto General Hospital joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss if this new variant is something to worry about.
- Moustafa Ayad, executive director for Africa, Middle East and Asia at Institute for Strategic Dialogue joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss how Taylor Swift’s Vienna concerts were cancelled over a suspected terrorist plot.
- CTV science and technology specialist Dan Riskin joins guest host Robin Gill for the weekly segment Talk Science to Me.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Marieke Walsh and Hannah Thibedeau.
- David Phillips, Senior Climatologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada joins guest host Robin Gill to go over the remnants of Hurricane Debby that is set to hit Eastern Canada over the weekend.
Bruce Heyman, Former US ambassador to Canada from 2014-2017 under then President Barack Obama joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss what U.S-Canada relations would look like with Tim Walz in the Whitehouse.
On todays show:
- Phil Gurski, CEO of Borealis Threat & Risk Consulting, former Senior Strategic Analyst with CSIS joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss if Canada needs to do more when it comes to the immigration and security screening processes.
- Zoe Manzi, Hate and Extremism Analyst at the Institute of Strategic Dialogue joins Robin Gill for this weeks 'The Explainer' question about the riots that have erupted across the UK.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Scott Reid and Kathleen Monk.
- Gabor Lukacs, Air Passenger Rights Advocate joins to discuss how an airline passenger rights group filed a lawsuit against WestJet over reimbursement policies.
Eric Ham, CTV U.S. Political Analyst joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss Kamala Harris choosing Tim Walz as her running mate.
On todays show:
- Hayley McGoldrick, Writer at Team Canada joins guest host Robin Gill to recap the memorable moments so far during the Olympics.
- Alexandra Monkhouse, Partner, Monkhouse Law Employment Lawyers and Allison Venditti a human resources expert in Toronto and founder of advocacy group Moms at Work join guest host Robin Gill to discuss if women commonly lose their job on maternity or parental leave.
- Ian Lee, Associate Professor with Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business joins guest host Robin Gill to talk about market volatility.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Saeed Selvam and Shachi Kurl.
- Elliot Tepper, Senior Fellow at the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University joins Robin Gill to discuss what a potential retaliation from Israel would look like.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Host Scott Reid breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Melanie Dirks, Professor in the department of psychology at McGill University joins Scott Reid to discuss fears and phobias and how to overcome them.
- Scott recaps historical moments that have happened on August 2nd throughout history.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Andrew Perez, Principal at Perez Strategies and a Liberal strategist and Karen Gordon, Principal, Gordon Strategy.
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Has the US election been totally reset now that Harris is taking the helm?
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Premier Doug Ford’s office directed Metrolinx to keep Crosstown opening date secret, emails show
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Discussion of what we've been focused on in these Olympic games - Summer McIntosh, the women's soccer drone scandal
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Any plans for the long weekend and are there any fears and phobias you have conquered
Bill Browder, a friend of Vladimir Kara-Murza and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss the relief himself and the families of those released are feeling.
On todays show:
- Gurpreet Vinning is with GR firm Prospectus Associates and has formerly worked with Liberal cabinet minsters at the federal and provincial level joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss how the Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan lobbied for the Canadian Armed Forces to send about 100 soldiers to act as backdrops at a Vancouver concert by pop star Diljit Dosanjh.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist joins guest host Robin Gill for his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Marieke Walsh, Laura Stone and Robert Benzie.
- Eric Ham, CTV's Political Analyst in the U.S joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss Trump’s performance at Black journalists’ panel.
Petra Huve, Assistant Coach with Etobicoke Swim Club and also part of the coaching team while Summer was there training joins Robin Gill to discuss Summers outstanding achievements at the Olympics.
On todays show:
- Gordon Smith, Soccer Analyst and Colour Commentator for TSN 1200 joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss how the Canada Soccer appeal of penalty to women's Olympic team was dismissed.
- Dr. Ali Zentner, Specialist in Internal Medicine and obesity. Medical director of Revolution Medical Clinic joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss whether the provinces should cover weight loss medications.
- Jason Opal, Professor of History and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at McGill joins guest host Robin Gill to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, Kathleen Monk and Kory Teneckye.
- Janet Winkler, Co-Founder of The Difference Lab joins guest host Robin Gill to go over what Productivity Parity Day is.
Moshe Lander, economics professor at Concordia University joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss his piece that examines the economic benefits of hosting large scale events such as the Olympics or the World Cup.
On todays show:
- Jake Fuss, Director of Fiscal Studies at the Fraser Institute joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss his new study that examines the rise of Canadian families tax bills and the impact that has.
- Marc De La Bruyere, Owner of the Tekarra Lodge which was affected by the Jasper wildfire joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss the experience, and to go over what the future may look like for the Tekarra Lodge.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Geoff Turner, Tim Powers, and Shachi Kurl.
- John Gradek, aviation analyst and lecturer in Supply Chain, Logistics, and Operations and Integrated Aviation Management at McGill – previously held senior roles at Air Canada joins Robin to discuss The Competition Bureau launching a study of the aviation industry in Canada.
Cristina Tenaglia, CTV National News Correspondent joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss the latest on the wildfire that consumed homes and businesses in Jasper.
On todays show:
- Larry Haas, Political Author and Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council and former Communications Director and Press Secretary for Vice President Al Gore joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss how this changes the dynamics of the election and what the Harris campaign needs to do to keep its momentum.
- Dr. Nirupama Agrawal, Professor of disaster and emergency management at York University joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss if Canada should implement a national emergency response agency similar to FEMA.
- Scott Moore, Chief Executive Officer, Invictus Games 2025 Vancouver Whistler joins guest host Robin Gill to talk about Invictus Games 2025.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with George Soule, Jordan Paquet and Andrew Perez.
- Gordon Smith, Soccer Analyst and Colour Commentator for TSN 1200 joins guest host Robin Gill to go over the latest on the Canada soccer drone scandal.
- Michael Wood, Director of Partnerships with Ottawa Consultants, Community and small Business Advocate and Professor at Algonquin college joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss the importance of overhauling 911.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Host Scott Reid breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Richard Crouse, Movie Critic joins Scott to talk about summer blockbusters, and whether theatres are still struggling to draw in audiences.
- Scott recaps historical moments that have happened on July 26th throughout history.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Jennifer Maddigan, Executive Vice President of Media and Communications, Syntax Strategic and Fred DeLorey, Partner, NorthStar Public Affairs and former National Campaign Manager for the Conservative Party of Canada.
- How does Kamala Harris stepping in change the dynamics of the election? All things US POLI.
- Upcoming cabinet shuffle in August – what’s expected for the party and for Trudeau?
- The Olympic drone scandal and Céline Dion's potential Paris 2024 performance.
- Will you be watching the new Deadpool and Wolverine movie? And what is the most anticipation you’ve ever had for a movie, most excited for a summer film you’ve ever been?
Richard Ireland, the Mayor of Jasper, joins Vassy Kapelos to talk about the wildfire that is raging throughout the historic Albertan town, consuming homes and businesses in a wall of flames.
On todays show:
- David Coletto, the CEO of Abacus Data, joins Vassy to discuss the latest polling - it shows that Canada's Conservatives are up by 19 points on the Liberals.
- Dan Riskin, CTV’s Science and Technology expert, joins Vassy for his weekly segment ‘Talk Science To Me’.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Toronto Star reporter Robert Benzie and CTV National News reporter Mike Le Couteur.
- Casey Babb, a Senior Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute, joins Vassy to discuss Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress.
Dawn Desjardins, Chief Economist, Deloitte Canada joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss the Bank Of Canada's decision to cut the interest rate by 25 basis points.
On todays show:
- Vassy lets you 'have your say' on whether or not the Bank of Canada's decision to cut interest rates affects you at all.
- Neil Hammerschlag, Executive Director, Shark Research Foundation and President of Atlantic Shark Expeditions joins host Vassy Kapelos to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question submitted by Dani on Instagram.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, Kathleen Monk, and Kory Teneckye.
- Scott Hurst, CTV National News Correspondent joins host Vassy Kapelos to give the latest on the wildfire that is roaring through Jasper and forced the evacuation of the city.
- Eric Ham, CTV U.S. Political Analyst joins Vassy for a look ahead to President Joe Biden's speech set for later tonight.
Joy Malbon, CTV Canadian TV Washington Bureau Chief joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss the resignation of the U.S secret service director and the dynamic shift after Biden stepping down.
On todays show:
- Vicki Korogonas, Owner of Pine Bungalows in Jasper National Park was on of those who was forced to evacuate Jasper late last night. She joins host Vassy Kapelos to go over that experience.
- Royce Mendes, Head of Macro Strategy at Desjardins joins host Vassy Kapelos to look ahead to tomorrows interest rate decision.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Saeed Selvam, and Shachi Kurl.
- Mark Lowery, Former Special Agent in charge, U.S Secret Service joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss.
Vassy Kapelos, CTV News Chief Political Correspondent joins guest host Tim Powers on her program to discuss the ramifications of Biden ending his re-election campaign and how that might shape the dynamic of the election.
On todays show:
- Emelie Peacock, Fire Information Officer, BC Wildfire Service joins guest host Tim Powers to give a snap shot of the wildfire situation in BC.
- Michael Tiller, Mayor of New-Wes-Valley joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss the seven fishermen that were rescued following their fishing boat catching fire and forcing them to abandon ship and wait for rescue on a life raft.
- Adam van Koeverden, Member of Parliament for Milton, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Sport and Physical Activity and 4x Olympic Medalist joins guest host TIm Powers to discuss the journey for Canadian athletes to reach the Olympics.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Zain Velji, Sabrina Grover and Fred DeLorey.
- Corey Crowley, Republican Strategist joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss how Biden dropping out will change the campaign strategy for the Republicans.
- Robbie Hart, Director of Nos Amours: The Saga of the Montreal Expos and Founder-President of Montreal-based Adobe Productions International joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss his documentary on Montreal's former MLB team.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Host Scott Reid breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
· Ritesh Kotak, a cybersecurity expert, joins Scott to go over the massive and worldwide Microsoft IT outage.
· Scott recaps historical moments that have happened on July 19th throughout history.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Chris Day, President of Winston Wilmont, and Sabrina Grover, a Senior Advisor with Spark Advocacy and NorthStar Public Affairs.
- Trump's speech, and rumors of Biden stepping down on Sunday. Is this the best call for the Democrats?
- Travel, banking and businesses take a direct hit after s software bug causes worldwide IT chaos. It seems easy for our current system to descend into anarchy. Are we too reliant on our technological foundations?
- Is a potential Cabinet shuffle later this summer enough to start turning the polls in the Liberals' favour? More than a dozen Liberal MPs are not running in the next election, so what does that signal about the party’s position?
- Jenn McElvie wants to rename the route from Nathan Phillips Square to Rogers Centre ‘Taylor Swift Way’. Is this a good idea or bad idea? And if you could, what star would you rename something after?
CTV Ottawa's Stefan Keyes is filling in for Vassy Kapelos today, as she is on assignment at the Republican Convention.
On the show today...
- Seamus O'Regan has stepped aside as Canada's Labour Minister, citing the need to spend more time with his family as the primary reason for his departure. He will not run in the next federal election, but will remain an MP until the next government is sworn in. We gather instant reaction from CTV's Jeremie Charron.
- Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister is in China on an unannounced visit, an attempt to thaw relations between the two countries. It marks the first face-to-face conversations in Beijing by a Canadian foreign minister in nearly 7 years. We dig deeper with Jonathan Berkshire-Miller, a Director and Senior Fellow at The Macdonald-Laurier Institute.
- General Jennie Carignan has assumed leadership of the Canadian Armed Forces from Wayne Eyre, the outgoing Chief of Defence Staff. CTV’s Mike LeCouteur examines the ripple effect.
- As we head into tonight’s big speech in Milwaukee, what will Donald Trump be preaching? Marieke Walsh, Laura Stone, and Kristy Kirkup assemble for today’s Daily Debrief Panel. But first, we get the inside scoop from CTV’s Vassy Kapelos.
Robert Fife, The Globe and Mail's Ottawa Bureau Chief joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss the future of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland after her series of meetings with Justin Trudeau that took place over the weekend.
On todays show:
- Vassy Kapelos, CTV News Chief Political Correspondent joins guest host Stefan Keyes to give the latest on what to expect from day 3 at the Republican National Convention.
- This week's question was from Talia on Instagram reads “Why is every celebrity attending Anant Ambani’s wedding? What am I missing?”. Surbhi Gupta, South Asia Editor at New Lines magazine joins guest host Stefan Keyes to answer.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Kory Teneycke, Michele Cadario, and George Soule.
- Aaron Blake, Senior Political Reporter with The Washington Post joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss how Trump's former Rivals endorsing him at the RNC could point to a unified GOP.
Eric Ham, CTV U.S. Political Analyst joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss what to expect on day 2 at the Republican National Convention following the announcement of Trumps running mate J.D Vance.
On todays show:
- Vassy Kapelos, CTV News Chief Political Correspondent joins guest host Stefan Keyes live from the RNC convention to go over what happened during night one and what's to come today.
- Carmi Levy, tech journalist and analyst joins guest host Stefan Keyes to go over what this hack means and is aiming to accomplish, and how big companies need to put more thought into security when it comes to messaging platforms.
- Jerome Gessaroli, senior fellow with the Macdonald Laurier Institute joins guest host Stefan Keyes to go over Chrystia Freeland's comments that hint at wider trade restrictions being imposed on China.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers and Saeed Selvam.
- Dawn Desjardins, Chief Economist, Deloitte Canada joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss the Bank of Canada’s business outlook survey released yesterday, todays CPI data, and how these align with the call for the BOC decision next week.
Mark Lowrey, Former Special Agent in charge, U.S Secret Service joins guest host Stefan Keyes to go over the seeming lapse in security on Saturday that led to the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump.
On todays show:
- Dimitra Panagiotoglou, Associate Professor in the department of epidemiology, biostatistics and occupational health at McGill University in Montreal joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss the drawbacks and benefits of supervised consumption sites.
- Vassy Kapelos, CTV News Chief Political Correspondent joins guest host Stefan Keyes live from the RNC convention in Milwaukee.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Sabrina Grover and Gary Keller.
- Cory Crowley, Republican Strategist on the attempted Donald Trump assassination and the political fallout heading into a Presidential election.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Host Scott Reid breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Richard Crouse, Movie Critic joins Scott to discuss celebrities and politics – should they butt out?
- Scott recaps historical moments that have happened on July 12th throughout history.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Peter MacKay, Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Bob Richardson, senior counsel at National Public Relations.
- Is Biden the best choice for the democrats to beat Trump?
- Toronto Time – Work halted at Ontario Place amid legal battle and Critics warned that Olivia Chow would be an ‘unmitigated disaster’ as mayor. How did her first year in power go?
- Trudeau says he’s trying to recruit Carney, but declined to say whether he wants Freeland to stay in Finance and Pierre Poilievre likens First Nations values to core Conservative beliefs in speech at AFN meeting
- Hollywood stars dabbling in politics, should they stay out of it? And to Canada’s Wonderland. What are people’s views on: do you do rollercoasters? Rides vs Games? Country fairs vs Exhibitions, etc.
Aaron Blake, Senior Political Reporter with The Washington Post joins Vassy to discuss how Biden has a chance to prove to the US and global doubters he's still fit to run with his NATO speech set for later tonight.
On todays show:
- Dave Perry, President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute joins Vassy to dicuss Canada's plan to reach its target for defence spending of 2% of GDP.
- CTV science and technology specialist Dan Riskin joins Vassy Kapelos for the weekly segment Talk Science to Me.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Marieke Walsh, Robert Benzie, and Laura Stone.
- Robert Fife, The Globe and Mail's Ottawa Bureau Chief joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss how senior officials in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office are concerned that Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has not been effective in delivering an upbeat economic message.
- Allison Bamford, CTV National News Correspondent joins Vassy to give an update on the guilty verdict laid down on Jeremy Skibicki.
Jeffrey Kroeker, Partner with Massey Advisory LTD, a government relations global risk and defence advisory firm joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss Canada’s commitment to defence and how it’s impacting our global status, and the potential effects on trade relationships going forward.
On todays show:
- Geoff Coulson, Warning Preparedness Meteorologist with Environment Canada joins Vassy to discuss the remnants of Hurricane Beryl that will bring heavy rain to eastern Ontario.
- Graham Dodds, Professor Department of Political Science, Concordia University joins Vassy Kapelos to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question asked by Annie on Instagram. Annie asked "can Joe Biden actually not be the candidate for the Democrats and how would the process to replace him work?”.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, Kathleen Monk, and Kory Teneycke.
- Too expensive to travel abroad? Trying to save for that down payment? Katherine Velan, Travel Agent, Direct Travel joins Vassy Kapelos to share some 'staycation' ideas if you're in Ontario, Quebec, or British Columbia.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Ambassador Yulia Kovaliv after a tragic Russian missile attack on a children’s hospital in Kyiv as NATO talks continue in D.C.
On today's show:
- Brian Stelter, Special Correspondent for Vanity Fair and author of three books about politics and media, on where things go from here with U.S. President Joe Biden’s potential candidacy in 2024
- Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada, on her deputy leader Jonathan Pedneault stepping down and what’s next
- The Daily Debrief with Jamie Ellerton, Saeed Selvam, and Judy Trinh
- Dr. Elizabeth Jeglic, Professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York and an internationally renowned expert in Child Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, and Sexual Violence Prevention on the fallout of child sexual abuse and parental reaction following up with Toronto Star reporting around Alice Munro
Guest host Tim Powers speaks with Professor Elliot Tepper, Professor of International Relations at Carleton University.
On today's show:
- David Phillips, Senior Climatologist at Environment Canada, on extreme heat warnings and wildfires out west
- Paul Meek, Owner, Kichesippi Beer Company on the impact the LCBO strike has on independent suppliers and brewers
- Retired Major-General Denis Thompson, former commander of the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai for 2014-17, and fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute / former NATO taskforce commander in Kandahar on the NATO summit
- The Daily Debrief with Zain Velji, Garry Keller, and Lindsay Maskell
- Tyler Barrow, reporter for CTV News Calgary on the Calgary Stampede
- Gareth Rees, Former Canadian international rugby union footballer; Order of Canada, Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, and World Rugby Hall of Fame player on the announcement of the Rugby Sevens schedule for Paris 2024 and Canada’s participation
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Guest host Scott Reid breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Larry Haas, former White House Official, author and Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council joins Scott to discuss the wavering support in the democratic party and what that means for Biden’s future.
- Scott recaps historical moments that have happened on July 5th throughout history.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Alyson Fair, BlueSky Strategy Group, Communications and Media Consultant and Laryssa Waler, with GT & Co and former head of communications for Doug Ford.
- LCBO workers go on strike for the first time
- Biden says 'I'm not going anywhere' as calls to quit race grow
- Liberal national caucus chair shuts down request by MPs for summer meeting over by-election loss
- Cottage talk
Amanda and Jeff Cain are two Canadian Newlyweds stranded in Jamaica due to Hurricane Beryl and the WestJet cancelations. They join guest host Robin Gill to discuss the experience of having to hunker down in the hotel during the Hurricane and trying to find a flight back to Canada.
On todays show:
- Mike Le Couteur, Senior political correspondent with CTV News joins guest host Robin Gill live from London to discuss election day in the U.K.
- Brian Bogart, World Food Program director for the Caribbean countries, he is currently in St. Vincent and joins guest host Robin Gill to give the latest on the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist joins guest host Robin Gill for his weekly segment Talk Science To Me.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Laura Stone, and Shannon Proudfoot.
- Marj Halperin, Democratic analyst joins guest host Robin Gill to go over the wavering support from Democrats for Biden after the debate.
- Moshe Lander, economics professor at Concordia University joins guest host Robin Gill to talk about the potential of a 6 day work week.
Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist and Founder of Nanos Research joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss new seat projection data from Nanos Research show ridings considered previously safe for the Liberals are increasingly up for grabs.
On todays show:
- Kyle Larkin, executive director of Grain Growers of Canada joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss the impact the changes to capital gains will have on farmers and family transfers of farm land.
- Marc Desormeaux Principal Economist, Desjardins joins guest host Robin Gill for this weeks 'The Explainer' segment regarding the housing crisis.
- Sara Rasikh, Graduate Student at University of Toronto and Spokesperson for the encampment joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss how the University of Toronto has been granted an injunction against a pro-Palestinian encampment.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid and Kory Teneycke.
- Paul Cottrell, Marine mammal coordinator with the department of Fisheries and Oceans joins guest host Robin Gill to break down the efforts underway to untangle Vector the humpback whale.
Elliot Tepper, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss how far-right parties have made big gains at the European Parliament as the Greens took a major hit at Sunday’s European elections, according to a first projection provided by the European Union.
On todays show:
- Richard Painter, Former Chief White House ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush and professor of Law at the University of Minnesota joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss yesterdays ruling from the Supreme Court.
- Jason Bellaire, Windsor Police Chief joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss the difference this project has been making on the streets of Windsor and where they hope to see this project go.
- John Gradek, aviation analyst and lecturer in Supply Chain, Logistics, and Operations and Integrated Aviation Management at McGill joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss the impacts of the recent WestJet cancellations.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Cam Holmstrom and Sabrina Grover.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1
Guest host Scott Reid breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Joy Malbon, CTV Canadian TV Washington Bureau Chief joins Scott Reid to breakdown the presidential debate from last night.
- Scott recaps historical moments that have happened on June 28th throughout history.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Chris Day, President, Winston Wilmont and Sabrina Grover, Sr Advisor, Spark Advocacy and NorthStar Public Affairs.
- Presidential debate fallout
- St. Paul’s – what this means for the future of each party (McKenna is now saying Libs need new leader)
- 7 in 10 Canadians say they feel the country is ‘broken’
- Canada Day Traditions / your vote for greatest Canadian of all time
Eric Ham, CTV U.S. Political Analyst joins Vassy Kapelos to help set up what to expect tonight from the U.S Presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Minister Karina Gould on how the Liberals need to regroup after a shocking byelection upset.
- Brian Kingston, President & CEO at Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association joins Vassy to talk about the recent announcement of a 30-day consultation period to examine Beijing's trade practices in the EV sector.
- Dan Riskin with his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Rob Benzie, Marieke Walsh, and Hannah Thibedeau.
- Graham Richardson, Chief News Anchor with CTV Ottawa joins Vassy to reflect on his career before his final show date on July 5th.
Andrew Furey, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss the unknown Newfoundland soldier from France that will be honoured at historical memorial in St. John's.
On todays show:
- Eric Ham, CTV's U.S. Political Analyst joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss what we can expect to see during tomorrows presidential debate.
- Dawn Desjardins, Chief Economist, Deloitte Canada joins guest host Tim Powers to go over the national forecast highlights from Deloitte's Summer Economic Outlook.
- Éric Grenier, Publisher of The Writ joins guest host Tim Powers to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question from Dylan on the historical importance and current relevance of the Liberals losing St. Pauls.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, Kathleen Monk, and Kory Teneycke.
- Aaron Korolnek hosts FirstUp with Carlo Colaiacovo on TSN1050 and joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss how Jonathan David lifted Canada over Peru for their 1st-ever win at Copa America.
Graham Richardson is filling in for Vassy Kapelos this afternoon.
- Within a 24-hour period, Justin Trudeau’s worst fear has come true, as Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives claimed a Liberal stronghold in Toronto. Has Monday’s byelection changed the entire landscape of Canada’s present-day government? Vassy Kapelos drops by to explain further in Hour 1.
- Later in the program, John Wright from Maru Public Opinion delivers his unique perspective on Monday's stunning outcome, as he lived in that riding for over 41 years.
- In the NHL, the Edmonton Oilers emptied the tank against the Florida Panthers last night. Unfortunately, they ran out of gas just before the photo finish was taken, as a pivotal Game 7 slipped away. Former NHL coach and Stanley Cup champion Greg Gilbert delivers his reaction.
- Finally, we examine the biggest political headlines with our Daily Debrief Panel. Today's conversation features Shakir Chambers of Earnscliffe Strategies, Shachi Kurl of the Angus Reid Institute, and Saeed Selvam of NATIONAL.
Matt Cauz, TSN 1050 host and co-host of the ‘Macko and Cauz’ podcast joins Vassy ahead of the potentially historic game seven tonight between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Sean Fraser on the governments plan to close the supply gap and the impact it could have on home prices.
- Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg about his expectations for all allies to meet the defence spending target.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Zain Velji, and Kristy Kirkup.
- Flavio Volpe, President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association joins Vassy to discuss what imposing a surtax on Chinese EV's would mean.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1
Guest host Scott Reid breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Matt Cauz, TSN 1050 host and co-host of podcast ‘Macko and Cauz’ joins Scott to look ahead to game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals tonight.
- Scott recaps historical moments that have happened on June 21st throughout history.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data and Andrew Perez, Principal at Perez Strategies and a Liberal strategist.
- Truck with anti-Muslim messaging registered to Rebel News Network
- Ontario jobs 'at risk' if Canada doesn't match U.S. tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles says Doug Ford
- U.S Presidential debate predictions
- Prospect of an Oilers comeback as we move into game 6 tonight
The Honourable Perrin Beatty, President and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss the call for Canada to meet it's to boost its military spending to 2% of its GDP.
On todays show:
- Gurpreet Vinning, partner at Government Relations Firm Prospectus and has worked for cabinet ministers at the federal and provincial level joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss how John Rustad has claimed another small victory over his former party, snatching B.C. United candidate Chris Moore to run for the B.C. Conservatives.
- David Phillips, Senior Climatologist, Environment Canada joins guest host Robin Gill to go over the heat wave that's sweeping across central Canada.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist joins guest host Robin GIll for his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Marieke Walsh, and Laura Stone.
- Eddie Sheerr, NTV’s Chief Meteorologist joins Robin Gill with the latest on an out-of-control wildfire that forced officials to order residents to flee their homes in Churchill Falls, Newfoundland.
- Amy Knight, Russian Politics and History Expert joins guest host Robin Gill to breakdown how Russia and North Korea have signed a mutual defence partnership.
Paul Bagnell, Anchor at BNN Bloomberg joins guest host Robin Gill to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question.
On todays show:
- Andrew Graham, CEO of Borrowell joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss the first program in Canada that allows renters to report up to 24 months of past rent payments.
- Kelsey McEwen, Chief Meteorologist for CTV's Your Morning joins guest host Robin Gill to go over the 'heat dome'.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, Kathleen Monk, and Kory Teneycke.
- Matt Cauz, TSN 1050 host joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss the Oilers winning game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
- Dr. Mitch Shulman, a CTV Medical Analyst and an emergency medicine specialist joins guest host Robin Gill to breakdown the 'Zyn' fad after Zyn pouches were recalled, and not authorized for sale in Canada.
Dr. Andrew Boozary, primary care physician, researcher, and founding executive director of the Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine at the University Health Network joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss the new initiative.
On todays show:
- Marion Hayes, Executive director, Montgomery Business improvement area joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss what it's like for residents and businesses right now in Calgary.
- Elizabeth May, Co-Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss her parties call for unified action against foreign interference.
- Demetrios Nicolaides, Alberta's Minister of Education joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss the upcoming cell phone ban, and the challenges that may arise during its implementation.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Shachi Krul, and Saeed Selvam.
- Richard Matern, Director of Research, Food Banks Canada joins Robin to discuss Food Banks Canada's latest report.
David Coletto, Founder, Chair and CEO of Abacus Data joins Vassy to go over the latest polling from Abacus that shows a 20 point Conservative lead.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly on how she believes Poilievre is making the issue of foreign interference a partisan issue.
- Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh as he calls out MPs linked to foreign inference but says he won't be engaging in further action against them.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Michele Cadario and Tom Mulcair.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Guest host Scott Reid breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Evan Solomon is the publisher of GZERO Media and on the senior management team of Eurasia group. He’s a political contributor to CTV news and joins Scott to discuss the US-Canada summit.
- Scott recaps historical moments that have happened on June 14th throughout history.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Chris Day, President, Winston Wilmont and Lindsay Maskell, Liberal Strategist, former advisor to the McGuinty government.
- Foreign Interference - NDP leader says he's more alarmed after reading unredacted intelligence report
- Alberta NDP MLA’s resignation shines a light on the fragile state of our democracy
- Gen X Approaching Retirement Crunch Time with Savings Regrets
- For Geoffrey Hinton, the godfather of AI, machines are closer to humans than we think
Sarah List is an Ontario mother who joined Vassy to share her story after her daughter Rosie almost died following a tonsillectomy at McMaster Children’s Hospital.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with MP's Andrew Scheer and Francesco Sorbara to debate the federal government's plan to increase Canada's capital gains tax.
- Kenny Chiu, Former Member of the House of Commons of Canada joins Vassy to discuss how the House of Commons is expected to pass a foreign-interference bill.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Tech Specialist with his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'
- The Daily Debrief with Robert Benzie, Marieke Walsh, and Laura Stone.
Patrick and Rebecca Schillemat, Volunteers with Wounded Warriors Canada join Vassy to discuss their participation in the five day cycling tour in France that retraces the footsteps of Canadian heroes as we mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy’s two part interview with Chrystia Freeland on the capital tax gains proposal announcement and the criticism it is facing from the opposition.
- Jon Erlichman, Senior anchor for BNN Bloomberg joins Vassy to answer this weeks ‘The Explainer’ question “what is the stock market actually?”.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Marieke Walsh, Scott Reid, and Kory Teneycke.
Elizabeth May, Co-Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands joins Vassy to discuss her findings from reading the full unredacted report from NSICOP.
On todays show:
- Jackie Porter, Certified Financial Advisor joins Vassy to discuss how the new capital gains measures will affect Canadians.
- Dan Stanton, former CSIS Executive Manager joins Vassy to discuss how the Liberals support a push to have public inquiry probe that claims that parliamentarians helped foreign states.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tom Mulcair, Shakir Chambers and Sabrina Grover.
Dr. Kathleen Ross, President, Canadian Medical Association joins Vassy to give reaction to Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland's announcement on capital gains yesterday.
On todays show:
- Richard Fadden, Former Deputy Minister of National Defence of Canada and former director of CSIS joins Vassy to discuss how there has been no agreement among parties on releasing names of 'witting' foreign interference participants.
- We heard from you during 'Have Your Say' on your thoughts on the capital-gains measures.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Zain Velji, and Shannon Proudfoot.
- Bernadeth Betchi, Current Canadian Human Rights Commission Employee joins Vassy to discuss how Canada is to have its human rights accreditation reviewed by an international body over anti-black discrimination.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Guest host Scott Reid breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Arthur Milnes, a public historian who specializes in the lives and legacies of all 23 Canadian Prime Ministers on how Ottawa is considering a foundation to honour Brian Mulroney.
- Scott recaps historical moments that have happened on June 7th throughout history.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former Federal NDP Leader and Karen Gordon, Principal, Gordon Strategy.
- Ford cabinet shuffle
- Foreign Agents
- Interest rate cut and if it changes anything politically
- Strikes, strikes and strikes. As well as some Stanley Cup predictions.
Calgary Liberal MP George Chahal says he is opposed to the deportation of the truck driver responsible for the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in 2018. He joins Vassy to discuss how is trying to rally support among his colleagues to block the deportation of Jaskirat Singh Sidhu.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with a panel of MPs as they discuss the bombshell report on MPs 'wittingly' taking part in foreign interference and the RCMP's statement on it.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist with his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Marieke Walsh, and Hannah Thibedeau.
- Terry Copp, Canadian Military Historian, Director Emeritus, Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada on the importance of D-Day in a Canadian context.
Jimmy Jean, Vice-president and chief economist at Desjardins joins Vassy to discuss what the cut to the key rate means moving forward.
On todays show:
- Procurement Parliamentary Secretary Charles Sousa joins Vassy to give his reaction to the auditor general's concerns on the awarding of federal contracts to McKinsey.
- Jon Krohn, host of the Super Data Science podcast / Chief Data Scientist at the machine learning company Nebula answers this weeks 'The Explainer' question.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Marieke Walsh, Scott Reid, and Kory Teneycke.
- Tim Cook, Chief Historian at the Canadian War Museum, editor and author of 18 books on Canadian military history joins Vassy to discuss the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the importance of remembering Canadian history.
Nathan Janzen, Deputy Chief Economist, RBC and lead author of the report joins Vassy to discuss his new report 'Canada’s Growth Challenge: Why the economy is stuck in neutral'.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs to give his reaction to a new report saying some MPs were 'wittingly assisting' foreign states.
- Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault joins Vassy to talk about new funding to help Canadian cities adapt to the impacts of climate change.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shachi Kurl, Saeed Selvam and Cole Hogan.
- Oleksandra Matviichuk, Head of the civil liberties association in Ukraine which was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize joins Vassy.
Dawn Desjardins, Chief Economist, Deloitte Canada joins Vassy to discuss what may come out of Wednesday's interest rate decision amid speculation of further rate cuts.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with James Comey, Former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Trump's felony conviction and why he says the former U.S. president could still win a second term.
- Listen to Vassy's conversation with Sarah Taylor, Canada's ambassador to Russia on the current tense relations with the Kremlin amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Tom Mulcair and Zain Velji.
- John Viveiros, Host of ‘Hot Take Hockey’ on the Edmonton Oilers moving to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in 18 years.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Guest host Scott Reid breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Joy Malbon, CTV Canadian TV Washington Bureau Chief on how Donald Trump was found guilty on all counts in hush-money trial.
- Scott takes your texts and calls on the effects on Canada during a Trump presidency.
- Scott recaps historical moments that have happened on May 31st throughout history.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Tim Powers, Chair, Summa Strategies and Sabrina Grover, Principal, Shakti Strategies.
- Can Trump come to Canada as a convicted felon?
- Emigration from Canada to the U.S. hits a 10-year high as tens of thousands head south
- Is it time to lower the voting age in Canada?
- The collapse of the cinema box office - what does it take for you to go to the movies now, would you rather just wait for the film to come up at home?
Eric Ham, CTV U.S. Political Analyst joins Vassy to breakdown the latest as Jurors are entering their second day of deliberations following closing arguments in the New York hush money trial of former President Donald Trump.
On todays show:
- Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux joins Vassy to explain how his office may have 'slightly over-estimated the economic impact of the carbon tax.
- When adolescents reject Mom’s advice, it’s still VERY helpful - sometimes even more so! Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist joins Vassy for his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Marieke Walsh, Robert Benzie and Laura Stone.
- Former Canadian ambassadors Bob Peck and Peter MacArthur join Vassy to discuss their dismay in learning that funding for the National Field of Honour has been fast dwindling and that its future could be in peril. Peter and Bob are on a mission to save the financially beleaguered military cemetery.
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Vassy Kapelos speaks with Tom D’Amico, Director of Education for the Ottawa Catholic School Board, about the classroom consequences they’re seeing and the scope of the new lawsuit.
On today's show:
- Mark Gerretsen, Deputy Government House Leader; Chris Warkentin, Deputy Conservative Whip; Peter Julian, NDP House Leader on the controversy surrounding House Speaker Greg Fergus
- The Explainer: Dr. Ivan Litinov, Director of the Division of Dermatology at the McGill University Health Centre on whether sunscreen is dangerous, which TikTok claims
- The Daily Debrief panel with Scott Reid, Kory Teneycke, Kathleen Monk
- Roger Hilton, a Canadian working as a defence fellow at GLOBSEC, an international think-tank based in Slovakia, on the latest possible developments in Ukraine and NATO involvement as that progresses
House Speaker Greg Fergus is under fire by the Conservatives, accused of being a Speaker who is a partisan Liberal. Members of Parliament will be voting Tuesday to oust him. Vassy Kapelos breaks down the details.
Plus:
- Is Ontario Premier Doug Ford considering an early election call? Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star, joins to discuss his exclusive article.
- Two people who were running to be the Conservative nominee in a riding north of Toronto are alleging the party rigged the race for their favoured candidate. We play Vassy’s full conversation with Sabrina Maddeaux and Rachel Gilliland.
- Ward Elcock, former CSIS director, on a new report which found CSIS and Trudeau's adviser clashed on a foreign interference threat in 2021.
- The Daily Debrief with Jamie Ellerton, Shachi Kurl and Saeed Selvam.
- Susan Scollie, Chair of the Canadian Infant Hearing Taskforce, on a new “report card” which has found seven out of 13 Canadian provinces and territories fail to provide adequate infant hearing health care.
- CTV National News Correspondent Cristina Tenaglia on a StatsCan survey looking at accessibility experiences of person with disabilities in Canada.
U.S. Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith joins Vassy to discuss the criticism on Canada's defence spending not reaching 2 per cent of its GDP.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Public Safety Minister Dominic Leblanc on the federal plan to tackle auto theft as organized crime in across the country grows.
- Vassy takes your calls and texts on the potential change of leadership in the Liberal party.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Tom Mulcair, and Michele Cadario.
- Minister Seamus O'Regan reflects on the 'hugely emotional' send-off for an unknown Canadian soldier who fought during the First World War.
Scott Reid is filling in for Amanda Galbraith on this week’s Free For All Fridays, and we start with a case of WNBA fever. It was officially announced on Thursday that Canada would be receiving its first-ever franchise, and everyone is bursting at the seams with joy. President Teresa Resch talks about the hard work that’s still ahead of the franchise before their grand introduction to the league in 2026. In Hour 2, we open the debate floor, as we are joined by Alyson Fair of Bluesky Strategies and Chris Day of Winston Wilmont. We look into Ontario’s new pathway for alcohol sales in corner stores, the CSIS Chief’s pushback against the PMO over an alleged intelligence error, and the potential nominee for the Tories who is alleging ‘irregularities’ in the race to carry the party banner.
Cathryn Naiker, Host of The Pick Up, A WNBA Podcast joins Vassy to discuss the exciting news that Toronto will be home to Canada’s first Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) team.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with MP's to debate the solution to high grocery prices as the NDP pushes for an excess profits tax.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Tech Expert with his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Laura Stone, and Hannah Thibedeau.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Former Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. David MacNaughton on Justin Trudeau trying to shore up Canada-U.S. trade support.
Kirstin Beardsley, CEO Food Banks Canada joins Vassy to discuss Food Banks Canada’s annual Poverty Report Card that shows most of the country is on the edge of failure as struggles with poverty continue to climb.
On todays show:
- Nahayat Tizhoosh, Freelance journalist joins Vassy to discuss the death of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, and the reaction coming from Iran.
- Hubert Pun, Associate Professor, Management Science, Ivey Business School joins Vassy to answer this weeks ‘The Explainer’ question on what Bitcoin investing is.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, Kathleen Monk and Kory Teneycke.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with World Food Programme executive director Cindy McCain who says people living in Gaza are 'wasting' amid famine concerns.
Anthony Passarelli, CMHC's lead economist for southern Ontario joins Vassy to discuss new home constructions in Ontario slowing down to 2018 levels.
On todays show:
- Industry Minister Francois-Phillipe Champagne joins Vassy to discuss what Loblaws agreeing to sign the grocer code of conduct means for Canadians.
- Jérémie Harris, the co-founder of Gladstone AI, an AI safety company on OpenAI’s new chatbot ‘Sky’ which is facing controversy for using a voice very similar to Scarlett Johansson’s.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Shachi Kurl, and Michele Cadario.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1
Guest host Scott Reid breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
· Bruce Heyman, Former United States Ambassador to Canada discusses the potential Donald Trump 2.0 effect on Canada.
· Scott takes your texts and calls on the effects on Canada during a Trump presidency.
· Scott recaps historical moments that have happened on May 17th throughout history.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former Federal NDP Leader and Karen Gordon, Principal, Gordon Strategy.
Topic One: The US Presidential race/developments
Topic Two: Summer outlook for Poilievre VS Trudeau – what do we expect to see in the next 6 weeks?
Topic Three: TTC workers move a step closer to strike as union requests no-board report
Topic Four: Backlash over NFL player Harrison Butker’s commencement speech has reached a new level
Topic Five: Victoria day/Long weekend traditions?
James Duthie, Canadian sportscaster for TSN and the host of TSN's hockey coverage joins Vassy to reflect on the legacy of Darren Dutchyshen.
On todays show:
- Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute joins Vassy to discuss the political state of B.C and the potential of a merged free-enterprise coalition party.
- Dan Riskin with his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'
- The Daily Debrief panel with Laura Stone, Mike Le Couteur, and Rachel Aiello.
- Shaun Cathcart, Senior economist, The Canadian Real Estate Association joins Vassy to discuss a surge in new listings but a lack of demand from buyers is putting the Canadian housing market in its “most balanced” position since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Marina Barnes has lived in Fort McMurray for four years and evacuated from her home in Abasand Tuesday. She joins Vassy to discuss what it was like to receive the evacuation notice.
On todays show:
- Retired Major General Scott Clancy, former director of operations for NORAD joins Vassy to discuss how Zelensky postponed foreign travel as Russia makes gains in Kharkiv offensive.
- Professor Robert Fajber, Assistant Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at McGill answers this weeks 'The Explainer' question on how meteorologists predict weather.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, Rudy Husny, and Matt Dube.
- Genevieve Beauchemin, Quebec Bureau Chief for CTV National News joins Vassy to discuss how the Quebec court rejects McGill injunction request to remove encampment.
Kelsey McEwen, Chief Meteorologist on CTV Your Morning joins Vassy Kapelos to give the latest on the wildfires that are burning in B.C and Alberta, highlighting some of the air quality warnings that have been issued across the country.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Kamal Khera, Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities of Canada on the timeline for Canadian Disability Benefit boost.
- Dr. Michael Strong, Arthur J. Hudson Chair in ALS Research at Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry on Western researchers’ breakthrough that is paving the way for an ALS cure.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shachi Kurl, Saeed Selvam and Shakir Chambers.
- Mike Greenley, CEO of space company MDA Space joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss a push to integrate more on areas of defense, including space.
Rob Fraser, Mayor, Northern Rockies Regional Municipality joins guest host Graham Richardson to give the latest on the Parker Lake wildfire that is threatening Fort Nelson.
On todays show:
- Orion Rodgers, President, Property Rights B.C joins guest host Graham Richardson to discuss if the strict new short-term rental rules will inject supply into the housing market.
- Stephanie Cadieux, Chief Accessibility Officer joins guest host Graham Richardson to discuss how the Air Accessibility Summit closed with pledges to improve services, but no new penalties.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tom Mulcair, Zain Velji, and Tim Powers.
- Aaron Blake, Senior Political Reporter with The Washington Post on Michael Cohens testimony today in the Trump hush money trial.
Deb Hutton is pinch-hitting for Amanda Galbraith on Free For All Fridays!
- A new poll suggests that nearly half of Canadians are opposed to the ongoing protest encampments at various universities. We dig deeper with Andrew Enns, who is Leger’s Executive Vice-President.
- Meantime, a toxic beef between a pair of big-name rappers has transformed from your typical diss tracks into a cultural reckoning. Spencer Kornhaber, a Staff Writer with The Atlantic, joins us in Hour 1.
- Then, we open the debate floor with Liberal strategist Bob Richardson and Conservative strategist Melanie Paradis! They join Deb to dissect the federal workers’ incoming ‘summer of discontent’, as well as the looming debate on abortion rights.
David Lepofsky is a visiting research professor at Western Law, Chair of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance, and an advocate
for accessibility for people with disabilities in air travel. He joins Vassy to discuss what he would like to see come out of the summit.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Retired General Tom Lawson on how the US revealed it paused shipment of bombs for Israel over Rafah concerns.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist with his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Marieke Walsh, Laura Stone, and Mike Le Couteur.
- We take your calls on the federal unions vow to fight new 3-day a week office mandate
Chris Aylward, National President of the Public Service Alliance of Canada joins Vassy to discuss the governments directive to all public servants, with few exceptions, to be in the office three days a week.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Ya'ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions of Canada on the feds' role in B.C.'s pilot drug program and if decriminalization could be approved in other provinces.
- Avi Loeb, Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard he is also head of The Galileo Project to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question "Have aliens visited Earth?"
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Kathleen Monk, and Amanda Alvaro.
- Adam Legge, President of the Business Council of Alberta on a major new report aimed at reforming the Canadian immigration system.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Iddo Moed, Israeli Ambassador to Canada, on the latest details from Gaza and how Israel is approaching a potential deal
On today's show:
- Courtney Heels, CP24 Reporter, with the latest following a shooter at star rapper Drake’s home early this morning
- RCMP Commissioner Michael Duheme on arrests related to the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar and further investigations into India
- Eric K. Ham, CTV U.S. Political Analyst based in D.C., on the potential threats Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. poses in the US presidential race
- The Daily Debrief panel with Sabrina Grover, Shachi Kurl, and Shakir Chambers
- Paul Wells, political journalist and author of The Longer I’m Prime Minister on his new book, Justin Trudeau on the Ropes: Governing in Troubled Times
- Mark Mendelson, former homicide detective and Bell Media Crime Expert, on the latest details into a shooting outside rapper Drake’s home
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Elliot Tepper, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, on the few details we have on this deal and the failed attempts to make a deal sooner.
On today's show:
- Public Safety, Democratic Institutions, and International Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc on foreign interference, the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, and Liberal leadership
- Andrew Scheer, House Leader for the Official Opposition, and Adam Van Koeverden, Liberal MP for Milton, on B.C.’s request to recriminalize public drug use and drug policy effectiveness
- CTV’s Colton Praill with an update on Israeli calls for Palestinian evacuations from Rafah ahead of a presumed assault
- The Daily Debrief panel with Tim Powers, Tom Mulcair, and Zain Velji
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Guest host Scott Reid breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Minister of Housing, Sean Fraser
- Scott takes your texts and calls on federal governments plan to address the housing crisis.
- Scott recaps historical moments that have happened on May 3rd throughout history.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Alyson Fair, BlueSky Strategy Group, Communications and Media Consultant and Chris Day, President, Winston Wilmont.
Topic 1: More than half of Canadians say freedom of speech is under threat,… (nationalnewswatch.com)
Topic 2: Poilievre hints to police he would use notwithstanding clause to change laws
Topic 3: Feds giving Toronto more than $104M to host 2026 FIFA World Cup
Topic 4: Who is now Canada’s Team – Edmonton Oilers, Vancouver Canucks, or the Leafs?
Michael Bernstein - Executive Director, Clean Prosperity joins guest host Robin Gill to break down where the backlash against the $2.4-billion project stems from.
On todays show:
- Mostafa Askari, Chief Economist, Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss BoC governor Tiff Macklem saying he doesn’t think federal budget will have much of an impact on inflation.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist with his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Marieke Walsh, and Laura Stone.
- Matt Grillo, Journalist at CTV Montreal joins guest host Robin Gill with the latest on the protests at McGill university.
- Benjamin Davis, Senior Vice President at MS Canada joins to discuss how reforms are needed for Canada's disability policy.
Dr. Joel Antel, President of the Canadian Dental Association joins Vassy for this weeks ‘The Explainer’ segment for a comprehensive look at the Canadian Dental Care Plan that starts today.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Steve MacKinnon, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons of Canada on the exchanges between the prime minister and Pierre Poilievre that ended with the Opposition leader and one of his MPs being ejected from the House of Commons.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Melissa Lantsman, Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party and NDP MP Gord Johns as they give reaction to Poilievre's unparliamentarily comments on federal drug policies.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Kory Teneycke, Scott Reid, and Kathleen Monk.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe on if the province is not doing anything illegal amid the CRA's audit on carbon tax funds.
Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education of Ontario joins Vassy to discuss how the Ontario government is introducing new measures to crack down on cellphone use and vaping in schools.
On todays show:
- Mark Holland, Minister of Health of Canada on if the federal governments plans to scrap the proposed capital gains tax, and on concerns of the Canadian dental care plan.
- Greg Miller, Investigative foreign correspondent for The Washington Post based in London to discuss how India’s Spy Chief cleared the plot to kill Sikh activist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Tom Mulcair, and Zain Velji.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1
Guest host Scott Reid breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade of on the $15B Honda deal.
- Scott takes your texts and calls on the newly announced Honda deal.
- Scott recaps historical moments that have happened on April 26th throughout history.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former Federal NDP Leader, Karen Gordon, Principal, Gordon Strategy.
Topic 1: Pierre Poilievre and Alex Jones
Topic 2: Jamie Sarkonak: Want to save Canada? Save marriage
Topic 3: MPP Sarah Jama defies order to remove keffiyeh at Queen's Park
Topic 4: Honda to invest $15B to build 4 new EV plants in Ontario – Is the larger strategy to make Ontario the EV hub the right call?
Flavio Volpe, President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association joins Vassy to discuss what this new deal will bring to the table.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Former U.S. secretary of state Leon Panetta about the incoming aid for Ukraine.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist with his weekly segment ‘Talk Science To Me’.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Marieke Walsh, and Mike Le Couteur.
- Dr. Jane Philpott, Former Minister of Health on her new book Health for All: A Doctor's Prescription for a Healthier Canada.
- Rusty Thomson, reporter with AM800 CKLW in Windsor with what’s to come with the NFL draft starting this evening.
Yulia Kovaliv, Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada joins Vassy to discuss how the U.S congress passed a bill containing $95billion for Ukraine aid after months of delay.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Minister of Small Business Rechie Valdez as she discusses the federal budget and if a capital gains tax change is the correct approach.
- Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist and Founder of Nanos Research joins to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, Kathleen Monk, and Jamie Ellerton.
- Carmi Levi, CTV Tech Expert on the U.S passing a bill that will ban TikTok.
Graham Richardson is filling in for Vassy Kapelos, who is on assignment. She will return to the hosting chair tomorrow!
- Doctors are squaring off against the Capital Gains Tax, with some arguing that these new rules will force practitioners to pack up their bags. We dig deeper with Dr. Kathleen Ross, the President of the Canadian Medical Association.
- The OPP is planning to issue a review of Toronto Police officials, and the conduct they displayed in the aftermath of the Umar Zameer trial. We chat with criminal defense lawyer Ari Goldkind in Hour 1.
- Plus, we have the Daily Debrief Panel! Today's trio features Shakir Chambers of Earnscliffe Strategies, Shachi Kurl of the Angus Reid Institute, and Saeed Selvam of NATIONAL.
David Coletto, founder, Chair and CEO of Abacus Data joins guest host Graham Richardson to discuss the latest polling from Abacus showing a 20-point lead for the conservatives, as well Canadians thoughts on what leader would be best to host a dinner party and more.
On todays show:
- Aaron Blake, Senior Political Reporter with The Washington Post joins guest host Graham Richardson to discuss Trumps hush money trial.
- We hear from you to get your predictions on the NHL playoffs.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers. Tom Mulcair, and Sabrina Grover.
- James Duthie, Canadian sportscaster for TSN and the host of TSN's hockey coverage joins Graham to talk playoff predictions.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Guest host Scott Reid breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Dan Arnold, Chief strategy officer at Polara. Former director of research and advertising at the PMO gives reaction on Tuesday’s budget.
- We take your calls and texts on what the liberal government can do to turn things around.
- Scott recaps historical moments that have happened on April 19th throughout history.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Shakir Chambers, Principal at Earnscliffe Strategies and Sabrina Grover, Principal, Shakti Strategies.
Topic 1: Israeli missile hits Iran, US officials say
Topic 2: Federal minister Dominic LeBlanc says he supports PM, but doesn’t deny leadership organizing report
Topic 3: Political leaders say they value journalism, but they're afraid of questions
Topic 4: New Taylor Swift album
Topic 5: NHL playoff predictions
In our new series Digging Deeper: Canada's Toxic Drug Crisis, we explore the various components that are contributing to the overdose crisis in Canada.
Part 1: We speak with former addict Chris Cull, who has lived to tell his story.
Part 2: We speak with Traci Letts who is Vice-Chair of Moms Stop The Harm. Traci lost her son Mike to a toxic overdose at the age of 31.
Part 3: Dr. Monty Ghosh explains the science behind addiction and the toxicity of drugs.
Part 4: Marcus Gee, columnist with The Globe and Mail joins to discuss the pronounced debate on safe supply and supervised consumption.
CTV U.S. Political Analyst Eric Ham joins Vassy to discuss Trumps hush money trial - and the state of Trumps and Bidens campaign.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Anita Anand as she defended her government's budget saying they kept inflation below three per cent.
- Dan Riskin with his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Laura Stone, Robert Benzie, and Marieke Walsh.
- Marcus Gee joins Vassy for the final part of ‘Digging Deeper’ to discuss the pronounced debate over safe supply and supervised consumption.
Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Chrystia Freeland after her government unveiled its federal budget.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh after the government released its federal budget and shares his concerns.
- The Explainer on what's the purpose of a budget lock up - and reacting to your texts on yesterdays budget.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Tom Mulcair, and Scott Reid.
- Digging Deeper: Canada's Toxic Drug Crisis Part 3 debuts with Dr. Monty Ghosh who joins Vassy to explain the science behind addiction and the toxicity of drugs.
- Cindy Woodhouse, National Chief, AFN joins Vassy to share her reaction to the budget.
David Dodge, Former Bank of Canada Governor and former Deputy Finance Minister joins Vassy to discuss the reaction to his comments from his interview on Power Play yesterday evening and look ahead to todays budget.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Bob Rae, Ambassador for Canada to the UN on when Israel could respond to Iran's attack and ways to de-escalate tensions in the region.
- We take your calls and texts on what you'd like to see in todays budget.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Saeed Selvam, and Cam Holmstrom.
- Digging Deeper: Canada's Toxic Drug Crisis Part 2 debuts with Traci Letts, Vice-chair of Moms Stop The Harm, she also lost her son Mike to an overdose at the age of 31.
Thomas Juneau, Associate Professor, Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa joins Vassy to discuss the Iranian attack on Israel that took place Saturday involving hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles.
On today’s show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Minister of Housing, Sean Fraser the political imperative to focus on Canada's housing crisis amid the Liberals' slump in the polls.
- Listen to Vassy's exclusive interview with former British prime minister Boris Johnson as he shares his take on global politics and issues.
- The Daily Debrief Panel Tom Mulcair, Melanie Paradis, and Zain Velji.
- The debut of our new series 'Digging Deeper: Canada's Toxic Drug Crisis' with former addict and founder of Inspire By Example, Chris Cull.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Guest host Mark Towhey breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Adriane Gear, President of the BC Nurses’ Union on B.C. to require hospitals have designated spaces for patient illicit drug use
- Kevin Page, president of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy in Ottawa, and a former Parliamentary Budget Officer on how will the Liberals pay for billions in promised spending and loans?
- Dan Stanton, Former CSIS executive manager to wrap up what we saw at the inquiry into foreign interference this week.
- Nicholas Pope, Human Rights Lawyer at Hameed Law on judicial vacancies building up.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Bob Richardson, senior counsel at National Public Relations, Melanie Paradis, Conservative strategist and former senior staffer to Erin O’Toole, and President of Texture Communications and Cam Holmstrom, Founder and Principal, Niipaawi Strategies.
Topic 1: NDP abandons carbon tax
Topic 2: Why can’t we have more judges? How short are we? How big a problem is this?
Topic 3: Rules for RRSP and mortgages
Topic 4: Budget: Who’s going to pay for all this?
Topic 5: The rules are the rules… unless they’re ridiculous. Can a team score in 0.3 seconds?
Steven Chase, Senior Parliamentary Reporter with the Globe and Mail joins Vassy to unpack Prime Minister Justin Trudeaus testimony given yesterday before the national public inquiry into foreign interference.
On today’s show:
- Jean-François Perrault, Senior Vice-President & Chief Economist, Scotiabank to look ahead to upcoming April 16th budget, and to give his reaction on the Bank of Canada’s interest rate decision.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist with his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Marieke Walsh, Robert Benzie, and Laura Stone.
- Dawn and Arthur Morewood, on their cycling journey from Florida to Ottawa.
Margaret McQuaig-Johnston, Board Director with the China Strategic Risks Institute and she’s also a Senior Fellow at the Graduate of School Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa joins guest host Robin Gill with the latest from the inquiry into foreign interference.
On today’s show:
- David Williams, Vice President of Policy at the Business Council of British Columbia joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss the latest announcements from the Bank of Canada.
- British Columbia's Lieutenant Governor Janet Austin joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss how she's leading the charge against human trafficking.
- Robin Gill guest hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Scott Reid and Teneycke.
- Randall Bartlett, Chartered Financial Analyst and Senior Director of Canadian Economics at Desjardins on if the recent pre-budget housing announcements are enough to restore affordability.
- Carmi Levy, CTV Tech Expert with the top weekly tech stories.
Dr. Paul Kershaw, Policy professor at the University of British Columbia and founder of Generation Squeeze joins Vassy to discuss how the “fairness for every generation” message foreshadows what the answer will ultimately need to be.
On today’s show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Minister of Defence Bill Blair as he provides more insight into the federal government's latest military funding announcement.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Parliamentary Budget Officer, Yves Giroux on the government’s latest spending promises ahead of the federal budget.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shachi Kurl, Jamie Ellerton and Saeed Selvam.
- George Takach, formerly one of Canada's leading technology lawyers, and now an author about technology and geopolitics joins Vassy to discuss his new book 'Cold War 2.0'.
Tom Lawson, former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces and previously Deputy Commander of the NORAD joins Vassy to give his reaction on the recent defence policy review that projects Canada spending 1.76% of its GDP on defence in 2029-30.
On today’s show:
- Steve MacKinnon, Government House Leader on how the Federal gov't is doing more than its 'fair share' on housing.
- Mayor Jim Diodati has said this eclipse is set to be the biggest event in the history of the city and joins Vassy to discuss what to expect today in Niagara.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tom Mulcair, Tim Powers, and Zain Velji.
- Gary Boyle, The Backyard Astronomer breaks down the science behind todays total solar eclipse.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Sean Simpson, Senior Vice President, Ipsos Public Affairs on the recent IPSOS polling showing Canadians priorities in the upcoming 2024 budget.
- Kate Beirness, Host of TSN’s NCAA Basketball Coverage on how It’ll cost more to see a Caitlin Clark game than the men’s Final Four.
- Gary Boyle, The Backyard Astronomer gives a look ahead to Mondays solar eclipse.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Karen Gordon, Principal, Gordon Strategy and Alyson Fair, BlueSky Strategy Group, Communications and Media Consultant.
Topic 1: Budget announcements – Is laying them out ahead of the actual budget a good idea?
Topic 2: Foreign interference - India, Pakistan attempted to interfere in Canada's elections a CSIS report shows
Topic 3: Canada's unemployment rate rises to 6.1 per cent
Topic 4: This new trend of not speaking until noon called ‘speech fasting’
Topic 5: Solar eclipse 2024 in Canada
Jenna Sudds, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development of Canada joins Vassy to discuss why these new federal investments are what 'Canadians need.'
On today’s show:
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist with his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Laura Stone, and Mike Le Couteur.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Erin O’Toole, Former Conservative leader on his hope that an inquiry will help curb efforts of foreign interference.
Judy Trinh, CTV National News Correspondent joins Vassy to break down the latest from the testimonies at the foreign interference inquiry.
On today’s show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing on how Canada has to be open and honest about the time frame to improve housing stability.
- Amanda Lang, BNN Bloomberg, Host of Taking Stock on BNN Bloomberg, CTV and the iHeart radio network to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question regarding the rising interest rates in Canada.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Kathleen Monk and Scott Reid.
Paula Blanchard, a B.C resident who discovered her best friend of two decades is also her half sister joins Vassy to tell the story of how DNA testing lead her to discover her best friend of two decades was also her half sister.
On today’s show:
- Randall Bartlett, Senior Director, Canadian Economics, Desjardins gives a reality check on Canada's housing market.
- Roger Hilton, a Canadian working as a defence fellow at GLOBSEC, an international think-tank based in Slovakia on how NATO has changed since it's inception 75 years ago.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Erika Barootes, Shachi Kurl, and Saeed Selvam.
Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation joins guest host Amanda Galbraith to discuss how the increase of carbon pricing will affect Canadians.
On today’s show:
- Dawn Desjardins, Chief Economist, Deloitte Canada on how Canada appears likely to skirt a recession, and begin recovering in second half of 2024.
- Carmi Levy, CTV tech expert on TikTok and Snapchat respond as Ontario school boards sue social media giants.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers and Zain Velji.
- Emma Gilchrist, Founder and editor-in-chief of The Narwhal on the life and death of Bob the Elk.
Sajjid Lakhani, Manager of government relations at impact public affairs Canada, and Former specialist assistant to Ron Mckinnon joins guest host Graham Richardson to discuss the significance of framing the upcoming budget around generational fairness.
On today’s show:
- Rachel Chernoslin, Toronto District School Board Chair joins Graham Richardson to discuss how four Ontario school boards are suing Snapchat, TikTok, and Meta for $4.5 billion.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist with his weekly segment ‘Talk Science To Me’.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Laura Stone, and Marieke Walsh.
- Chris Ragan, an Associate Professor and the founding Director of McGill University’s Max Bell School of Public Policy on the upcoming increase in carbon pricing.
RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme joins Vassy to discuss the action plan released to implement recommendations from the Mass Casualty Commission
On today’s show:
- Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Blaine Higgs, Premier of New Brunswick on several premiers asking to testify on the carbon tax.
- Robert Knobel, Associate Professor in the Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy at Queen’s University to answer this weeks ‘The Explainer’ question.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, Kathleen Monk and Kory Teneycke.
- Robert Fife, Globe and Mail's Ottawa Bureau Chief on the foreign interference inquiry.
- Adrian Ghobrial, CTV News National Correspondent with the latest on the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse.
André François Giroux, Canada’s Ambassador to Haiti joins Vassy to discuss the evacuations of 36 Canadians in Haiti since yesterday.
On today’s show:
- Tony Grace, CTV National News Correspondent on the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse after a ship collided with support beam.
- Joel DeBellefeuille, Father of a student to discuss the $1.5M lawsuit that was filed after Quebec teacher was accused of selling students' artwork online.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Rock, Shachi Kurl and Shakir Chambers.
- Dave Perry, President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on the high price tag of equipment driving delays in defence policy update.
- Jimmy Jean, Vice-president and chief economist at Desjardins on the Bank of Canada sounding the alarm on low productivity
Bill Browder, founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, which was the investment adviser to the largest foreign investment fund in Russia until 2005, when Bill was denied entry to the country and declared a “threat to national security” joins Vassy to discuss Putin's address to the nation following the attack.
On today’s show:
- Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Steven Guilbeault Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Canada on how the government won't be pausing the carbon tax hike.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with the Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Greece's economic comeback and what it will take to ratify CETA.
- Afua Hagan, CTV royal commentator on how Kate Middleton conspiracies linger after cancer revelation
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Tom Mulcair, and Zain Velji.
Free For All Friday – Hour 1
Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada’s top newsmakers.
On today’s show:
- CTV’s Garrett Barry with breaking news out of St. John’s, Newfoundland, as a new deal is struck for protesting fish harvesters
- Dr. Christopher Labos, cardiologist and medical writer with a degree in epidemiology; author of Does Coffee Cause Cancer?: And 8 More Myths about the Food We Eat, on the resurgence of infectious diseases like measles and if you should be concerned
- David Phillips, Senior Climatologist at Environment and Climate Change Canada, on the winter weather kicking off spring nationwide this weekend
Free For All Friday – Hour 2
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week’s panel features host Amanda Galbraith; Garry Keller, Vice President of StrategyCorp; and Sabrina Grover, Principal at Shakti Strategies.
Topic 1: Poilievre-led attempt to bring down Trudeau minority over carbon tax fails – Any big surprises here? Was it worth putting the motion forward anyway? Do you think the Conservatives would win other opposition parties over?
Topic 2: Fish protestors meet riot police outside N.L. legislature, budget to be delivered this afternoon, plus a new deal – What was your reaction to these protests? Is this an issue that we’re paying close enough attention to? Was there a level of police overreaction here?
Topic 3: NDP motion regarding Palestinian statehood passes after major Liberal alterations // Liberal MP Housefather not ruling out crossing the floor to the Conservatives – Was the initial motion a bad call on the government’s part? Did they overstep with significant late amendments? Do you think it’s likely Housefather could cross the floor?
Topic 4: Inside a Toronto high school with no classrooms or due dates – Can this be a workable structure from your perspective or is this an abdication of responsibility for including structure?
Topic 5: Former Quebec premiers, citizens pay tribute to native son Brian Mulroney in Montreal
For the moment, Anthony Housefather remains a Liberal MP. However, after Tuesday’s Middle East motion in the House of Commons, he’s not ruling out crossing the floor to join Poilievre and the Tories. You’ll hear his conversation with Vassy Kapelos on today’s program.
Also on today’s show:
- You’ll hear Vassy’s conversation with Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston about the Carbon Tax hike, and how this non-April Fool’s joke could impact the province.
- Meantime, a new report says the industrial carbon price could be more effective in reducing greenhouse gases compared to consumer policies. Vassy goes 1-on-1 with Dale Beugin, the Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Climate Institute.
- Plus, CTV’s Dan Riskin talks about the pending Solar Eclipse, and why this once-in-a-lifetime moment can be life-changing for all the wrong reasons.
- And finally, we have the Daily Debrief Panel! Today’s edition features Rob Benzie, Marieke Walsh, and Laura Stone.
Bill Curry, Deputy Bureau Chief of the Ottawa bureau with Globe and Mail joins Vassy to break discuss the fraudulent billing as well as David Yeo's testimony in front of committee yesterday.
On today’s show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Ben Mulroney as he reflects on mourning his father and the stories being shared by Canadians and dignitaries.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Kirsten Hillman, Canada's ambassador to the U.S. on the 'generational impact' Brian Mulroney had and Canada-U.S. relations under Mulroney.
- John Gradek, aviation analyst and lecturer in Supply Chain, Logistics, and Operations and Integrated Aviation Management at McGill answering this weeks 'The Explainer' question "How do planes fly".
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, Kathleen Monk, and Tim Powers.
John Tory, former Mayor of Toronto, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario from 2004 to 2009 joins guest host Amanda Galbraith to reflect on the legacy of the former prime minister.
On today’s show:
- Casey Babb, Carleton University's Norman Paterson School of International Affairs and Fellow with the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv on the NDP motion on Palestinian statehood passing after amendments
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist on the upcoming April 8th solar eclipse
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Jason Lietaer, Shachi Kurl and Saeed Selvam.
- Professor Elliot Tepper, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University on Putins landslide win in election.
- Carmi Levy, CTV tech expert on a Halifax man being ordered to pay millions of dollars to some of the most powerful entertainment companies in the world.
Judy Trinh, CTV National News Correspondent joins Vassy to break down her exclusive interview with William Majcher.
On today’s show:
- Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Mark Mulroney, reflecting on the legacy of his father.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Evgenia Kara-Murza, Russian human rights activist about the growing opposition against Putin and his regime.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Tom Mulcair, and Zain Velji.
- Bruce Heyman - former US ambassador to Canada. He served from 2014-2017 under then President Barack Obama on the potential of a Trump presidency, and the importance of voting.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1
Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
· Michael Geist, Professor of Law at University of Ottawa, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law on the U.S. House passes bill that could ban TikTok.
· Ann Hui, The Globe and Mail’s demographics reporter on her recent opinion piece ‘Exhausted, burnt-out and disillusioned: Why millennial women are not okay’
· Afua Hagan, CTV royal commentator on Kate Middleton conspiracy theories run wild, here's how the story became such a royal mess
Free For All Friday - Hour 2
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Carlene Variyan, Associate Vice-President of Summa Strategies and Melanie Paradis, Conservative strategist and former senior staffer to Erin O’Toole, and President of Texture Communications.
Topic 1: Premiers call on Trudeau to cancel spring carbon tax increase
Topic 2: U.S. House passes bill that could ban TikTok if owner refuses to sell
Topic 3: Exhausted, burnt-out and disillusioned: Why millennial women are not okay
Topic 4: 'It's going to be crazy:' Niagara Falls mayor says city preparing for up to 1 million visitors for solar eclipse
Topic 5: As 'where's Kate' conspiracy theories run wild, here's how the story became such a royal mess
Professor Elliot Tepper, a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss Putin's threats.
On today’s show:
- Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with two MP's, reacting to a recent plea from multiple Canadian Premiers to suspend April's carbon tax hike.
- Dan Riskin, CTV's Science and Technology Specialist, with his weekly segment 'Talk Science to Me'
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Laura Stone, and Marieke Walsh.
- Dr. Jean Seely, Head of Breast Imaging at the Ottawa Hospital, on the importance of early-risk detection tools for breast cancer.
Chris Ragan, the founding Director of McGill University’s Max Bell School of Public Policy, and the Chair of Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission, joins Vassy Kapelos for a quick fact check on Canada's carbon pricing.
On today’s show:
- Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Francois-Phillipe Champagne on Newfoundland Premier Andrew Furey's call to halt the carbon tax increase.
- Dr. Jim Dowling, a Senior Scientist of Genetics & Genome Biology, answers this week's 'The Explainer' question on gene therapy.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Scott Reid, and Kathleen Monk.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Bob Rae, a Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations, on the road ahead for Haiti after the country's Prime Minister resigned over civil unrest.
Gilles Rivard, a former Canadian Ambassador to Haiti, joins Vassy Kapelos following Ariel Henry's resignation. How is the chaotic situation unfolding? We have the latest.
On today’s show:
- Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Andre Francois-Giroux, Canada's Ambassador to Haiti, on the difficult task of restoring law and order within the country.
- Jasmin Guenette, the CFIB's V.P. of National Affairs, explains how Canada's small businesses are still owed $300 million in stalled carbon tax rebates.
- Doug Judson, a Fort Frances lawyer who chairs the Federation of Ontario Law Associations, reacts to Premier Ford's comments on ‘like-minded’ judges.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shachi Kurl, Saeed Selvam, and Shakir Chambers.
Colton Praill, CTV National News correspondent, joins Vassy Kapelos to break down the situation that's unfolding in Haiti, leaving thousands of Canadians stuck.
On today’s show:
· Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux on the state of Canada’s economy.
· Afua Hagan, CTV royal commentator, tackles the recent controversy surrounding Kate Middleton and an altered Mothers Day photo she shared.
· The Daily Debrief Panel with Tom Mulcair, Michele Cadario, and Gary Keller.
· Keith Whittier, a Movie Reviewer with Ottawa Life Magazine, highlights the big winners at last night's Academy Awards, led by Oppenheimer's total domination.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Aaron Blake, Senior Political Reporter with The Washington Post on Biden’s State of the Union address and Trump looking like the republican nominee.
- Mark Mendelson, Bell Media Crime Expert, Owner of Mark Mendelson Consulting and former homicide detective on the tragic killing of a family and family friend in Barrhaven.
- Richard Crouse, Movie Critic with a look ahead to the Oscars this weekend.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former Federal NDP Leader and Karen Gordon, Principal, Gordon Strategy.
Topic 1: New Nanos polling – Liberals are in deep trouble
Topic 2: U.S Politics – Biden delivers a fiery state of the union address last night – Nikki Haley drops out, setting up Trump to be the republican candidate.
Topic 3: Bank of Canada holds key interest rate at 5% again, saying it's still too soon for rate cuts
Topic 4: Restaurant chain starts charging carbon fee to customers
Topic 5: Daylight savings starts this weekend. Why do we still have daylight savings time?
David Macdonald, Senior Economist, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives joins guest host Graham Richardson to discuss the Bank of Canada’s most recent announcement.
On today’s show:
- Jeremie Charron, CTV National News Correspondent on the killing of 6, including 4 children in Barrhaven.
- Mike Le Couteur, Senior political correspondent with CTV News on two companies tied to ArriveCan scandal banned from bidding on federal contracts.
- Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist and Founder of Nanos Research on the most recent Nanos poll showing Polilievre is the most preferred conservative candidate in 10 years.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist with his weekly segment ‘Talk Science To Me’
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Marieke Walsh, Robert Benzie, and Laura Stone.
On today's show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe who gives reaction to the criticism of his government's decision to not submit money it owes under the carbon-pricing law.
- John Weigelt, national technology officer at Microsoft Canada on AI in Canada.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Kathleen Monk, Scott Reid, and Kory Teneycke.
- Bill Lomax, the President and CEO of the FIrst Nations Bank on CIB and First Nations Bank of Canada create first-of-its-kind loan product.
David Coletto, founder, Chair and CEO of Abacus Data joins Vassy to break down the results.
On today's show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Jonathon Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Canada on how Sask. residents could see smaller carbon rebate cheques,
- Katherine Judge, Director and Senior Economist, Capital Markets with CIBC breaks down her study on gender based pay gaps.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Saeed Selvam, and Shachi Kurl.
- David Graham, Staff Writer, The Atlantic with an overview of Super Tuesday.
Dustin Duncan, Minister of Crown Investments Corporations in Saskatchewan joins Vassy to discuss the provinces decision surrounding the carbon levy.
On today's show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Joe Clark, Former Prime Minister as he reflects on his relationship with the late Brian Mulroney.
- Josh Wingrove, White House reporter, Bloomberg with a look ahead to Super Tuesday.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Zain Velji, Tim Powers, and Tom Mulcair.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- John Tory, former Mayor of Toronto, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario from 2004 to 2009 on the passing of Brian Mulroney, one of Canada's most consequential prime ministers, is dead at 84.
- Marieke Walsh, Senior political reporter with The Globe and Mail on Canada stops sharing dangerous pathogens, but some research collaboration continues between top Canadian virus lab and China
- Carmi Levy, CTV tech expert with this weeks Tech Friday.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Chris Day, President, Winston Wilmont and Alyson Fair, BlueSky Strategy Group, Communications and Media Consultant.
Topic 1: Brian Mulroney passing
Topic 2: ArriveCan scandal continues
Topic 3: New pharmacare framework bill includes plan to cover diabetes medications, contraceptives
Topic 4: West Virginia Hooters Candlelight vigil
Topic 5: Asking Questions About Kate Middleton - Wild speculation about her health is turning everyone into a conspiracy theorist.
Anne McGrath, Principal Secretary to Jagmeet Singh joins Vassy to help understand the newly tabled bill surrounding Pharmacare.
On today's show:
- Bill Curry, Deputy Bureau Chief with Globe and Mail on DND suspending contracts with Arrivecan.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist with his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'
- The Daily Debrief political panel with Robert Benzie, Laura Stone, and Marieke Walsh.
- We took your calls to discuss the Arrivecan story.
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee who blew the whistle on the tech company joins Vassy to discuss the online harms bill.
On today's show:
- Eric Ham, CTV U.S. Political Analyst on what brought more than 100 000 people to cast uncommitted votes in Michigan.
- Parliamentary Budget Officer, Yves Giroux to answer this weeks listener submitted 'The Explainer' question on Carbon Tax.
- The Daily Debrief political panel with Scott Reid, Kathleen Monk, and Kory Teneycke.
- Jennifer Burns, Fitness Manager and nutritionist at Busy Bee Fitness on the health benefits of walking.
Michael Geist, Professor of Law at University of Ottawa, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law joins Vassy to give his reaction on the newly tabled online harms act bill.
On today's show:
- We play Vassy’s full conversation with Justice Minister Arif Virani.
- Carmi Levy, CTV tech expert on how wearable augmented reality devices will impact public facing behavior.
- The Daily Debrief political panel with Shakir Chambers, Shachi Kurl, and Saeed Selvam.
- Michael Geist, Professor of Law at University of Ottawa, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law with his reaction on the newly tabled online harms act bill.
Vice Admiral Mark Norman, Retired Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy joins Vassy following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's comments as he wraps up a three-day visit to Ukraine and Poland.
On today's show:
- We play Vassy’s full conversation with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh.
- We play Vassy’s full conversation with Mary Ng, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development.
- The Daily Debrief political panel with Tim Powers, Zain Velji, and Tom Mulcair.
- Aaron Blake, Senior Political Reporter with The Washington Post on Trump winning the South Carolina GOP.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Host Amanda Gailbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Svitlana Maksiuta - Ukrainian living in Ottawa / Manager of the Maidan Market in Ottawa on the two year anniversary of Russia invading Ukraine.
- Michael Geist, Professor of Law at University of Ottawa, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law on the online-harms bill set to be coming next week
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist on the U.S moon landing
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Garry Keller, Vice President, StrategyCorp and Kim Wright, Principal and Founder, Wright Strategies.
Topic 1: Ukraine Anniversary
Topic 2: Porn/online harms
Topic 3: Trust index could kick off an interesting debate - are we worried about lack of trust, can Trudeau turn it around, etc.
Topic 4: Millennials outnumber baby boomers - do we welcome our new overlords?
Topic 5: Lobster Gate
On today’s show:
- Kamil Karamali and Nick Paparella, CTV reporters, on the Veltman sentencing
- Isaac Bogoch on dire warnings from health officials from across Canada on potential measles outbreaks.
- Listen to Vassy's conversation with Hannah Hodson, a transgender former Conservative candidate reacting to Pierre Poilievre’s statements on banning “biological males” from women’s sports and washrooms.
- Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist with his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me,’ including a study looking at whether yelling at the referee or umpire works.
- Political scientist and commentator Duane Bratt on Albert Premier Danielle Smith’s pre-budget address and her accusation the federal government has been a lousy partner.
Vassy Kapelos asks Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie why she is not disclosing her stance on the federal government’s key climate policies.
On today's show:
- We play Vassy’s full conversation with Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie.
- Kevin Page, president of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy in Ottawa and a former Parliamentary Budget Officer, on Canada’s inflation rate dipping to 2.9 per cent last month.
- The launch of ‘The Explainer’ segment. Today: Jason Opal, professor of history and associate dean of Graduate Studies at McGill, breaks down the U.S. electoral system.
- The Daily Debrief political panel with Scott Reid, Jason Lietaer and Kathleen Monk.
- Tom Lawson, former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces, on Canada’s defence spending.
Louise Blais, Former Canadian Ambassador to the UN and accomplished diplomat joins Vassy following this decision to breakdown why the resolution was rejected.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg following the death of Alexei Navalny.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Government House Leader Steve MacKinnon on the potential increase on the price of carbon.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Jamie Ellerton, Founding partner at Conaptus and long time political strategist, Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute and Saeed Selvam,Vice President of Public Affairs at NATIONAL.
- Orpha Thrasher, an 102 year old who is participating in the 'Walking in the Coldest Night of the Year' fundraiser on Feb 24th.
Professor Elliot Tepper, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss Netanyahu's comments.
On todays show:
- Sahir Khan, Vice President of the University of Ottawa's Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy on the erosion of public trust following the ArriveCan scandal.
- Amy Knight, Russian Politics and History Expert on Navalnaya stepping up to lead fight vs. Putin as morgue retains her husband’s body.
- Jérémie Harris, the co-founder of Gladstone AI, an AI safety company on Canadian authorities cautious, nervous about AI in political campaigns.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Lisa Dominato, Vancouver City Councillor, Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former NDP Leader and Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data.
- Lindsay Maskell, Liberal Strategist, former advisor to Dalton McGuinty's government on the inception and history of Family Day.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Host Amanda Gailbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Maria Popova, Associate Professor in Soviet politics at McGill on Alexei Navalny’s passing this morning.
- Derek Finkle, Journalist who lives across the street from the South Riverdale Community Health Centre and supervised injection site in Toronto on a class action law suit being issued against South Riverdale Community Health Centre.
- Kady Lyons, Research Scientist at Georgia Aquarium on a stingray that fell pregnant despite having no male stingrays in her habitat.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Bob Richardson, Senior counsel at National Public Relations and a former Ontario Liberal chief of staff and Melanie Paradis, Conservative strategist and former senior staffer to Erin O’Toole.
Topic 1: Carbon tax rebranding
Topic 2: ArriveCan Scandal
Topic 3: Guilbeaults comments on road funding – and walking them back saying he just meant ‘bigger roads
Topic 4: The Day I Put $50,000 in a Shoe Box and Handed It to a Stranger – A dangerous Scam, why have these become more prevalent?
Topic 5: Loud Budgeting trend – are you one? Are you comfortable sharing finances?
18 countries are set to meet the defense spending target, Canada is not among them
Roger Hilton, a Canadian working as a defense fellow at GLOBSEC, an international think-tank based in Slovakia joins Vassy following the The NATO defense ministerial to discuss the defense spending target of 2%.
On today’s show:
· Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Bill Blair, Minister of National Defense of Canada on defense spending targets and the ArriveCan app.
· Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Minister of Labour and Seniors, Seamus O'Regan on the rebranding of the carbon tax rebate.
· The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star, Marieke Walsh, senior political reporter with The Globe and Mail and Laura Stone, Queen’s Park reporter with The Globe and Mail
· Joel DeBellefeuille, the parent of a student whose art was uploaded and sold by his teacher without permission or consent.
Anne McGrath, Principal Secretary to Jagmeet Singh joins Vassy to discuss the upcoming deadline for the Liberals to table legislation for a universal single-payer pharmacare bill.
On today’s show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Liberal MP Gudie Hutchings on the federal government promising more rural doctors.
- Errol Mendes, Professor of Constitutional and International Law at the University of Ottawa’s Law of Faculty joins Vassy to discuss how the Federal Court ordered Trudeau and his justice minister to appoint more judges.
- The Daily Debrief Panel featuring Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator, and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin and Kory Teneycke, former Director of Communications to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and now co-founder and CEO of Rubicon Strategy.
- David Coletto, founder, Chair and CEO of Abacus Data joins Vassy to breakdown the latest polling from Abacus Data showing the Conservatives with a 19 point lead.
Parliamentary Budget Office, Yves Giroux joins Vassy to discuss the fiscal situation for the federal government as they head into their budget.
On today’s show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Karen Hogan, Auditor General to Canada about the critical report released yesterday looking into the ArriveCan app.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Liberal MP Yasir Naqvi on the report released regrading the ArriveCan app.
- The Daily Debrief Panel featuring Shakir Chambers, worked in prime minister Stephen Harper's office before becoming a policy advisor to the International Trade Minister, now a principal at Earnscliffe Strategies, Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent for CTV News Channel and Saeed Selvam, Vice President of Public Affairs at NATIONAL.
- Rebecca Vachon, Health Program Director, Cardus on a new report from Cardus detailing the state of pediatric palliative care in Canada.
Aaron Blake, Senior Political Reporter with The Washington Post joins Vassy to discuss Donald Trumps comments that the U.S would not protect NATO allies who have not contributed enough to the bloc's defense.
On today’s show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Minister of Health, Mark Holland on how the Liberals are 'not pulling the fire alarm' on the NDP pharma care deal.
- Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute on the new Angus Reid polling that shows a shift in Canadian sympathies to the Israel-Hamas war.
- The Daily Debrief Panel featuring Michele Cadario, CEO of Vanguard Strategy Inc. and former Deputy Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Paul Martin and BC Premier Christy Clark, Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former NDP Leader and Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data.
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Natalka Cmoc, Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine following Trumps comments to not protect NATO allies, and Canada's role in Ukraine.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Host Amanda Gailbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Jill Wine-Banks, Former Watergate Prosecutor, on how the Supreme Court is skeptical of the challenge to Trump’s eligibility to run.
- OMA President Dr. Andrew Park on the recently announced $3.1 billion in federal funding earmarked for health care.
- Richard Berthelsen, CTV Royal Commentator on the royal families communication strategy following King Charles III cancer diagnosis.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former Federal NDP Leader and Karen Gordon, Principal, Gordon Strategy.
Topic 1: Doug Ford, Justin Trudeau sign $3.1B health-care funding deal
Topic 2: Premier Smith says Alberta's gender identity policies are based on a concern about 'what will happen'
Topic 3: Supreme Court is skeptical of the challenge to Trump’s eligibility to run.
Topic 4: King Charles' cancer diagnosis and what it means for Britain's royal family
Topic 5: Who Should You Pick Against the Spread in Super Bowl LVIII?
Mayor of Brampton, Patrick Brown joins Vassy to discuss what potential solutions he'd like to see put forward at the auto-theft summit.
On today's show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer, and Liberal MP Jennifer O'Connell ahead of the auto-theft summit.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist with his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'
- The Daily Debrief with Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star, Marieke Walsh, senior political reporter with The Globe and Mail and Laura Stone, Queen’s Park reporter with The Globe and Mail.
- Neil Ellis, Mayor of Belleville on the recent state of emergency declared due to toxic drug overdoses.
Brian Kingston, President & CEO at Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association joins Vassy to discuss what he would like to see come out of the auto-theft summit.
On today’s show:
- Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with MP's as they weigh in on Conservatives voting against the Canada-Ukraine free trade agreement.
- Jeremy Hansen, Canadian astronaut and fighter pilot, on the delay of the Artemis II mission.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator, and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin, Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data and Kathleen Monk, Principal Owner of Monk + Associates and former director of communications to Jack Layton.
- Ary Maharaj, Outreach & Education Coordinator, National Eating Disorder Information Centre on the Last day of Canada's Eating Disorder Awareness Week.
Richard Berthelsen, CTV Royal Commentator joins Vassy to discuss the Kings recent diagnosis, and if it's unusual for the royal family to be this forthcoming with health related news.
On today’s show:
- Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Premier of Alberta, Danielle Smith regarding her newly unveiled changes to gender affirming healthcare.
- Listen to Vassy’s full conversation Premier of Nova Scotia, Tim Houston on the winter storm that is blowing through the region.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Principal at Earnscliffe Strategies, Marieke Walsh, senior political reporter with The Globe and Mail and Saeed Selvam, Political commentator.
- Marc Desormeaux, Principle economist of Canadian economics, Desjardins on his recently released housing outlook, and how Toronto home sales are up by 10%.
Thomas Juneau, Associate Professor, Public and International Affairs, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa joins Vassy to break down what this means.
On today’s show:
- Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth of Canada on Alberta's newly announced health care changes for transgendered youth.
- Cape Breton regional municipality Mayor, Amanda McDougall-Merrill on how cancellations pile up as winter storm pushes through Nova Scotia.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Zain Velji, a political campaign strategist and partner at Northweather. He formerly worked with Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley, Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former NDP Leader and Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data.
- Eric Alper, Music commentator and publicist on last nights 2024 Grammy awards.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Host Amanda Gailbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Nick Kadysh, Founding CEO of PharmAla Biotech on MDMA as a treatment for veterans with PTSD.
- Sonu Gaind, Chief of Psychiatry at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and a Professor at the University of Toronto on the delayed expansion of MAID.
- Carmi Levy, CTV Technology specialist on first Neuralink human trials.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star and Karen Restoule, VP at Crestview Strategy and CEO of BOLD Realities and Whose Land/
Topic 1: Canadian government to wait until after next federal election to expand assisted dying eligibility
Topic 2: Alberta premier says legislation on gender policies for children, youth coming this fall
Topic 3: More than a dozen child-care centres close province-wide Tuesday in protest
Topic 4: 1st human has received Elon Musk's Neuralink brain implant, billionaire says
Topic 5: Groundhog day, Wiarton Willie, Shubenacadie Sam and Fred la marmotte predict early spring
Listen to Vassy's exclusive interview with Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the EU aid package and Canadian aid.
On today’s show:
- Kelly Cryderman, Calgary-based columnist at The Globe and Mail to discuss the recently announced sweeping changes to Alberta gender health services, and what the potential implications are.
- Listen to Vassy's conversation with Mark Holland, Minister of health on the expansion of the dental care plan to seniors 72 and older.
- Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist with his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'.
- Senator Pamela Wallin, on the delayed expansion of MAID.
The federal government is giving $121 million to Ontario Police, an effort to fuel a crackdown against auto thefts.
Huw Williams, a national spokesperson for the Canadian Auto Dealers, joins Vassy Kapelos to analyze whether or not this funding can combat the rising issues.
On today’s show:
· Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Sylvia Jones, Ontario's Deputy Premier, on how the federal government is seeking another pause on the planned expansion of MAID.
· Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Jenna Sudds, Canada's Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, as Alberta’s childcare centres shut down in protest of the $10/day program.
· The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator, and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin, Kory Teneycke, former Director of Communications to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and now co-founder and CEO of Rubicon Strategy and Kathleen Monk, Principal Owner of Monk + Associates and former director of communications to Jack Layton.
· Cory Renner, the Associate Director of Economic Forecasting at the Conference Board of Canada, reacts to Canada's economy growing by 0.2% in November, and provides an outlook as to what the Q4 numbers tell us.
Dr. Sonu Gaind, Chief of Psychiatry at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and a Professor at the University of Toronto joins Vassy to discuss how the federal government seeking another pause on planned expansion of medical assistance in dying.
On today’s show:
- Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Government House leader Steve MacKinnon regarding the cost of living.
- Dr. Sonu Gaind, Chief of Psychiatry at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and a Professor at the University of Toronto joins Vassy to discuss how the federal government seeking another pause on planned expansion of medical assistance in dying.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Principal at Earnscliffe Strategies, Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute and Saeed Selvam, Political commentator.
- David Coletto, founder, Chair and CEO of Abacus Data on the new polling from Abacus on how Canadians perceive the carbon tax.
MPs have returned to the House of Commons for the next session of Parliament, as the Trudeau Liberals ponder a potential rebranding of the Carbon Tax. We get a wide range of reaction during today’s Daily Debrief Panel, featuring Summa Strategies Chairman Tim Powers and Vanguard Strategy CEO Michele Cadario. Ahead of Monday’s return, politicians paid their respects to Ed Broadbent, one of Canada’s most respected voices in the political arena. We hear from former Prime Minister Joe Clark in Hour 1. Plus, the world’s most famous pop star is under attack by forms of Artificial Intelligence.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Guest host Mark Towhey breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Garry Kellar - Vice President, Strategy Corp on Danielle Smith appearing at a Tucker Carlson event in Alberta.
- Aaron Blake, Senior Political Reporter with The Washington Post on Is Trump the inevitable Republican nominee for this November’s US presidential election?
- Céline Braumann, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law - Common Law Section, University of Ottawa joins to discuss the interim decision laid out from the ICJ this morning.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Jon Dugal, Director of Government Relations with Syntax Strategic and Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator, and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin
Topic 1: As the federal Liberal caucus convened in Ottawa for its back-to-the-Hill strategy meeting, questions are swirling again around how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's MPs are feeling about his continued leadership.
Topic 2: Liberal ministers blast Alberta Premier Danielle Smith for hosting Tucker Carlson – Was Tucker using Alberta and Canada to bolster profits, should Smith be engaging or distancing herself?
Topic 3: Is a Trump presidency inevitable, or does Haley still have a shot? Would would another 4 years of Trump mean for Canada-US relations?
Topic 4: : Hockey Theft. Is this the most Canadian crime of the year so far? And hNew York City has designated social media a “public health hazard.”
Katharine Smart, Pediatrician and Former president of the Canadian Medical Association joins Vassy to discuss if some rough and tumble play can lead to better physical and mental health.
On today’s show:
- Listen to Vassy's full interview with David Frum, Canadian-American commentator and former speechwriter on Canada-US relations.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist with his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent for CTV News Channel and host of The Debate, Marieke Walsh, senior political reporter with The Globe and Mail and Laura Stone, Queen’s Park reporter with The Globe and Mail
David MacNaughton, Former Canadian Ambassador to the United States joins Vassy to discuss the implications of a Trump presidency.
On today’s show:
- Errol Mendes, Professor of Constitutional and International Law at the University of Ottawa’s Law of Faculty with an analysis of the federal courts ruling on the emergencies act.
- Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with François-Philippe Champagne
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry of Canada on both the federal courts ruling, and Canada-US relations. - Jimmy Jean, Vice-president and chief economist at Desjardins on key rates holding at 5%.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Michele Cadario, CEO of Vanguard Strategy Inc. and former Deputy Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Paul Martin and BC Premier Christy Clark, Kory Teneycke, former Director of Communications to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and now co-founder and CEO of Rubicon Strategy and Kathleen Monk, Principal Owner of Monk + Associates and former director of communications to Jack Layton.
Flavio Volpe, President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association joins Vassy to discuss the newly announced Canada-US engagement strategy as the presidential election looms.
On today’s show:
- Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Minister of Immigration Marc Miller on the newly announced caps on international student visas.
- Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Kevin Milligan, Professor of economics at the Vancouver School of economics and Armine Yalnyzian, Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers regarding Canadians economic anxiety.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Principal at Earnscliffe Strategies, Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute and Saeed Selvam, Political commentator.
- Aude Le Dubé, Owner of De Stiil Booksellers discussing the ‘Page Break’ event hosted at De Stiil Booksellers.
Earlier this morning, Canada's Minister of Immigration announced a temporary cap on the number of international student visas, a cap that is scheduled to last for the next 2 years.
Michael Sangster, the CEO of the National Association of Career Colleges, joins Vassy Kapelos to break down what this new cap means.
On today’s show:
· Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Dominic LeBlanc, Canada's Minister of Public Safety, as they discuss the Quebec Premier's stern letter to the feds. Francois Legault is demanding that the Trudeau government cut the level of asylum seekers.
· Aaron Blake, a Senior Political Reporter with The Washington Post, reacts to Ron DeSantis ending his 2024 presidential campaign and endorsing Donald Trump.
· The Daily Debrief Panel features Zain Velji, a political campaign strategist who previously worked with Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley. He is joined alongside CTV News political analyst Tom Mulcair and Summa Strategies Chairman Tim Powers.
· Thomas Juneau, an Associate Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, breaks down the importance of the Red Sea conflict and the Houthis' main objectives.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Professor Elliot Tepper - Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University on the latest from the Red Sea.
- Patrick Brown, Mayor of Brampton, Extortion threats primarily targeting South Asians prompt Brampton, Surrey mayors to call on feds for help
- Kim Bruneau, Real Estate Broker, Model, Guinness World Record holder on her underwater record setting photo shoot.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Chris Day, President, Winston Wilmont and Lindsay Maskell, Liberal Strategist, former advisor to the McGuinty government
Topic 1: CEBA loan deadline: Should the government have extended the deadline? Or were they right to hold firm and force businesses to pay up?
Topic 2: Is immigration collapsing in this country? Legault says the province is at a breaking point, need to pause asylum seekers? Ottawa accused of using international students as scapegoats.
Topic 3: Feds vs Mayors: Pierre Poilievre called Montreal and QC Mayors incompetent. Federal Lib MPs fighting back against Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow - what's with the dust up between Mayors and federal politicians?
Topic 4: Do we really need to be reporting emissions from pizza ovens?
Topic 5: Law and Order: Toronto has been launched and the jokes won’t stop
Glenn Brimacombe, Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health Chair, Public Affairs joins Vassy to discuss the implications of this failing grade.
On today’s show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Rechie Valdez, Minister of Small Business regarding the deadline for the repayment of CEBA loans.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist with his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star, Marieke Walsh, senior political reporter with The Globe and Mail and Laura Stone, Queen’s Park reporter with The Globe and Mail.
- Armel Castellan, Warning Preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada with an outlook on the weather in B.C.
Liberal MPs are blasting Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow after she said the city will have to raise property taxes to 16.5 per cent, if the federal government doesn’t provide more funding.
On today’s show:
- Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with outgoing Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley, after she announced her resignation.
- Liberal MP Yvan Baker on Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow threatening a huge property tax increase if the city doesn’t receive funding from the federal government.
- Listen to Vassy’s conversation with Stéfane Marion, chief economist at the National Bank of Canada and Jean-Francois Perrault, chief economist at Scotiabank, about the latest inflation data and future interest rate decisions.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Marin,Kory Teneycke, former Director of Communications to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and co-founder and CEO of Rubicon Strategy, and Kathleen Monk, Principal Owner of Monk + Associates and former director of communications to Jack Layton.
- Casey Babb, Carleton University's Norman Paterson School of International Affairs and Fellow with the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, on the Liberal government’s position on the genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
McKay Coppins, Staff writer at The Atlantic and New York Times bestselling author of Romney: a reckoning joins Vassy to give perspective into the 2024 presidential race.
On today’s show:
- Stéfane Marion, Chief Economist and Strategist, National Bank of Canada on Canada’s annual inflation rate rising 3.4% in December.
- McKay Coppins, Staff writer at The Atlantic, New York Times bestselling author of Romney: a reckoning joins to give perspective on the 2024 US presidential race.
- Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Mark Norman, Retired Royal Canadian Navy officer regarding the Houthi attack on a US cargo ship.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Principal at Earnscliffe Strategies, Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute and Elliot Hughes, political commentator and senior advisor at Summa Strategies
- Dan Kelly, President and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business and Moira Adlan, co-owner of Hyland Cinema in London, ON on the CEBA repayment deadline of January 18th.
To help us unpack the stakes in Iowa and where things go from here is Aaron Blake, Senior Political Reporter with The Washington Post
On today’s show:
- Listen to Vassy’s full interview with the Minister of Immigration, Marc Miller discussing the potential to cap international students arriving to Canada.
- Listen to Vassy’s full interview with Roland Paris, former top foreign policy advisor to PM Justin Trudeau and now Director of graduate school of public and international affairs, University of Ottawa on the accusation of Israel committing genocide.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Zain Velji, a political campaign strategist and partner at Northweather. He formerly worked with Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley, Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former NDP Leader and Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data.
- Listen to Vassy’s full interview with Jean Chretien, Former Prime Minister of Canada to discuss how Canada has changed, when it’s time to leave politics and how to work with political opponents.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Casey Babb, Carleton University's Norman Paterson School of International Affairs and Fellow with the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv breaks down Israel facing down accusations of genocide at the ICJ.
- Aaron Blake, Senior Political Reporter with The Washington Post joins to set the stage for the Iowa caucus on Monday.
- Carmi Levy, CTV tech to give a sense of how AI will collide with creative industries.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Bob Richardson, senior counsel at National Public Relations and a former Ontario Liberal chief of staff and Kate Harrison Vice-Chair, Summa Strategies
Topic 1: Immigration is making Canada’s housing more expensive govt warned two years ago
Topic 2: Canadian media association is ringing alarm bells about medical system
Topic 3: The prime minister's vacation to Jamaica.
Topic 4: NL bans end of game handshakes for hockey - overkill or right decision?
Topic 5: PWHL Recap
David Coletto, founder, Chair and CEO of Abacus Data joins Vassy to discuss the latest polling.
On today’s show:
- Michelle Shepperd, the Star’s former national security correspondent and co-president of the Canadian journalists for free expression and Carol Off, the former host of CBC’s radio program ‘As It Happens’ on journalists dying covering the conflict in Gaza.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist with his weekly segment ‘Talk Science To Me’
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star, Laura Stone, Queen’s Park reporter with The Globe and Mail and Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent for CTV News Channel and host of The Debate
- Listen to Vassy’s full interview with John Manley and David Dodge on a 2024 economic outlook.
The National Hockey League Players' Association has announced a new program, First Line, meant to support the mental health of NHL players.
Shane Silver, Vice-President of Social Enterprise, Mental Health Commission of Canada joins Vassy to breakdown the announcement.
On today’s show:
· We play Vassy’s full conversation with Iddo Moed, Israel's ambassador to Canada regarding the accusation that Israel committed genocide in Gaza.
· We play Vassy’s full conversation with Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration on the supposed cap surrounding the temporary visa program for Palestinians
· The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator, and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin, Kory Teneycke, former Director of Communications to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and now co-founder and CEO of Rubicon Strategy and Kathleen Monk, Principal Owner of Monk + Associates and former director of communications to Jack Layton.
· Dr. Cindy Blackstock - Executive Director, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society on how the human rights tribunal will be told Canada is still failing First Nations kids.
Omar Omar, represents 850 families who appealed to government to offer temporary Visas joins Vassy to discuss the new immigration measures including granting temporary visas to individuals in Gaza who are related to Canadians.
On today’s show:
- David Phillips, Senior Climatologist with Environment Canada on the blanket of winter that has struck all of Canada.
- Sumeet Sadana - Consultant Pediatrician at Capital KidZ Medical Centre & Member of the Department of Pediatrics at the Queensway Carleton Hospital on when the right time to visit an ER is during overcrowding.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Principal at Earnscliffe Strategies, Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute and Sabrina Grover, Principal, Shakti Strategies.
- John Gradek, aviation analyst and lecturer in Supply Chain, Logistics, and Operations and Integrated Aviation Management at McGill on the loose bolts found in multiple 737 Max 9 planes.
On the fourth anniversary of Flight PS752, Kourosh Doustshenas, Spokesperson for Association of Families of Flight PS752 victims joins Vassy to discuss a push for the federal government to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization.
On today’s show:
- Flavio Volpe, President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association on how Honda is considering $18.4B electric vehicle plant in Canada.
- Sumeet Sadana - Consultant Pediatrician at Capital KidZ Medical Centre & Member of the Department of Pediatrics at the Queensway Carleton Hospital on when the right time to visit an ER is during overcrowding.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Zain Velji, a political campaign strategist and partner at Northweather. He formerly worked with Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley, Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former NDP Leader and Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data.
- Keith Whittier, Movie Reviewer, Ottawa Life Magazine with a breakdown of the Golden Globe highlights from last night.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Guest host Robin Gill breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Janis Irwin, NDP MLA, Edmonton-Highlands on the removal of homeless encampments in Edmonton.
- Chris Labos, Cardiologist and Medical Journalism Freelancer on the death of a 10 year old boy from Influenza.
- Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University Carrefour dropping Pepsi products due to high prices.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Karen Gordon, Principal of Gordon Strategy, Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data and Jennifer Stewart, President and CEO, Syntax Strategic
Topics:
Topic 1: The prime minister's vacation to Jamaica.
Topic 2: Canada's irrelevant presence on the world stage
Topic 3: Lululemon's founder makes more controversial comments.
With guest host: Robin Gill
Sharon Richer, Secretary Treasurer, Ontario Council of Hospital Unions joins Robin to discuss the situation we’re seeing in Ontario hospitals.
On today’s show:
- Ari Goldkind, Criminal Defense Lawyer on the sentencing of Nathaniel Veltman.
- Casey Babb - with Carleton University's Norman Paterson School of International Affairs and Fellow with the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv on the antisemitic arson attack in Toronto.
- Richard Painter, former White House ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush and professor of Law at the University of Minnesota gives a 2024 outlook into the US election.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist with his weekly segment ‘Talk Science To Me’
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie - Queen's park bureau chief at the Toronto star and Kathleen Wynn - former premier of Ontario
- Jérémie Harris, the co-founder of Gladstone AI, an AI safety company on AI videos becoming a threat to elections.
Guest Host: Robin Gill
Canada could be tempted to resume its old patterns of China relations. Charles Burton, a Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, joins Robin to discuss how Canada must face the facts that China is closed for business.
On today’s show:
· Nik Nanos, a Chief Data Scientist and the founder of Nanos Research, on how mortgage renewal concerns are prominent among Canadians.
· Laura Jones, an economist and the CEO of the B.C. Business Council, delivers an economic outlook for 2024.
· Anthony Wilson-Smith, the President and CEO of Historica Canada, on the private members bill to eliminate the oath of allegiance to King Charles.
· The Daily Debrief Panel with CTV News political commentator Scott Reid and Rubicon Strategy CEO Kory Teneycke.
· The Honourable Perrin Beatty, the President and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, on Canada's need to increase Defence spending.
· Carla MacLeod, the head coach of Ottawa’s PWHL team, on the electric atmosphere during last night's razor-thin clash with Montreal.
Guest Host: Robin Gill
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has reassured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Canada will continue to support the fight against Russia’s invasion.
Stephanie Carvin, an Associate Professor of International Relations at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, joins Robin Gill to talk about what this next phase of support will entail.
On today’s show:
· Thom Mahler, Director of Downtown Strategy at the City of Calgary, on how Calgary is trying to revitalize its downtown core.
· Casey Babb, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, on Israel pulling troops out of the Gaza strip.
· The Daily Debrief Panel with Jennifer Maddigan, Executive Vice President of Media and Communications at Syntax Strategic and Charles Bird, Principal at Earnscliffe Strategies.
· Craig Campbell, Manager for the Hockey Hall of Fame's Resource Centre & Archives, on Monday's historic PWHL debut.
Robin Gill fills in for Amanda Galbraith during this week's edition of Free For All Friday! She is joined alongside Tim Powers of Summa Strategies and Scott Reid of CTV News. From the music scene to the political arena, no story is safe from a thorough year-end dissection.
With guest host: Robin Gill
RCMP expected to make arrests in the murder Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar
Stephanie Carvin, Associate Professor of International Relations at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs joins Robin to help understand what this means.
On today’s show:
· Dr. Sonu Gaind, Chief of Psychiatry at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and a Professor at the University of Toronto on the expansion of MAID in Canada.
· Ari Goldkind, Criminal Defense Lawyer on the settlement reached between the two Michaels and Canadian government.
· The Daily Debrief Panel with Alyson Fair, BlueSky Strategy Group, Communications and Media Consultant and Elliot Hughes, political commentator and senior advisor at Summa Strategies
· Matt Loney, Senior meteorologist with Environment Canada on warning issued for BC coastal flooding.
· Dr. Simon B. Sherry, Professor Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University on the psychology behind new years resolutions.
With guest host: Robin Gill
Israel's military chief insists the war on Hamas will grind on for months.
Casey Babb, Instructor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs and Fellow with the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv joins Robin to break down what the extension of this conflict would mean.
On today’s show:
· Ian Lee, Associate Professor, Carleton University Sprott School of Business on a 2024 economic outlook.
· Dean Tester, Housing advocate with ‘Make Housing Affordable‘ on the ban on foreign buyers.
· Jeff Musson, Executive Director, Coding for Veterans to discuss The Tournament of Roses Parade.
· The Daily Debrief Panel with Chris Day, President, Winston Wilmont, Jason Lietaer, president of Enterprise Canada, Laura Peck, Vice President Transformational Leadership Consultants
· Dale and Narinder Badh to tell their story regarding a kidney transplant.
Amanda Galbraith is joined alongside Bob Richardson of National Public Relations and Marieke Walsh of The Globe and Mail. Together, they recap the top news stories of 2023, preview the biggest news items of 2024, and reflect on their favourite Christmas memories.
On todays show:
- The Daily Debrief extended edition with Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star, Marieke Walsh, senior political reporter with The Globe and Mail, Laura Stone, Queen’s Park reporter with The Globe and Mail
- A end of year ‘Have Your Say’ where we here from you about your top political stories, and giving ‘grades’ to each party.
- Christine Cushing, celebrity chef, joins to take your calls and texts related to holiday cooking!
Jagmeet Singh, Party leader of the New Democratic Party joins Vassy to help breakdown the NDP's priorities going forward as we move into the new year.
On todays show:
- Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing on the plan to restore affordability in the housing market
- Melissa Lantsman, Conservative MP for Thornhill on her party’s affordability message and their opposition to the carbon tax
- Aaron Blake, Senior Political Reporter with The Washington Post on the Colorado court decision to declare Donald Trump eligible for presidency
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator, and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin, Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data and Stephanie Levitz, Reporter in the Toronto Star’s Parliament Hill bureau
- Cindy Smith, Executive Director, the Caring and Sharing Exchange for our Christmas Angel spotlight
Brian Kingston, President & CEO at Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association joins Vassy to discuss the new rules outlined by the government to make electric vehicles account for 100% of new car sales by 2035.
On todays show:
- Casey Babb, Instructor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs and Fellow with the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv on the Ottawa youth charged in a anti-Jewish terror plot.
- Allison Schmitt, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder on a new app that helps active women understand their menstrual cycle for the best possible training.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Principal at Earnscliffe Strategies, Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute, Sabrina Grover, Principal, Shakti Strategies
- Senator Kim Pate on 44 Canadian senators signed a statement echoing the inquest’s findings into the death of Soleiman Faqiri.
Dr. Guillaume Lacombe, Vice-président Association des spécialistes en médecine d'urgence du Québec joins Vassy to discuss what why the alarm is being sound, and what he's been seeing in his own hospital.
On todays show:
- Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada on has Israel breached international law in its response to Hamas’ terror attacks on October 7th.
- Dr. Guillaume Lacombe, Vice-président Association des spécialistes en médecine d'urgence du Québec on the situation in Quebec’s emergency rooms.
- The Daily Debrief Panel featuring Amanda Alvaro, Co-Founder & President, Pomp & Circumstance, Kathleen Monk, Principal Owner of Monk + Associates and former director of communications to Jack Layton and Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data.
- Christmas Angel Spotlight featuring Jeffery Ng, Executive Director Gore Park Community Outreach.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Guy Felicella, peer clinical advisor at B.C Centre on Substance Use on toxic drug deaths in B.C.
- Kathleen Wynn, Former Premier of Ontario on the call for Canada to send RCMP to investigate sexual violence committed on Israeli women by Hamas
- Carmi Levy, CTV tech expert on Google’s top search’s of 2023
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Karen Gordon, Principal of Gordon Strategy and Sharan Kaur strategist and former Deputy Chief of Staff to Bill Morneau
Topics:
Topic 1: Canada votes for ceasefire at UN
Topic 2: New dental plan: good policy or waste of money?
Topic 3: Quebec government is hiking tuition to $12,000 a year
Topic 4: Google top trending search: any surprises?
Topic 5: BC killed letter grades, good or bad?
Michael Bociurkiw, Global affairs analyst and Senior Fellow Atlantic Council joins Vassy to discuss some of the wider regional context surrounding the Israel-Hamas war. He helps examine the situation happening in Jordan's capital, Amman.
On todays show:
- David Cohen, United States Ambassador to Canada on Canada joining the call for immediate humanitarian ceasefire.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist with his weekly segment ‘Talk Science To Me’
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Marieke Walsh, senior political reporter with The Globe and Mail, Laura Stone, Queen’s Park reporter with The Globe and Mail, Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent for CTV News Channel and host of The Debate
- Rebecca Nobrega, Founder of Aspire to Inspire on the Christmas care packages they build to help the homeless.
David Coletto, founder, Chair and CEO of Abacus Data joins Vassy to discuss if these numbers are just a snapshot in time, or show a larger trend.
On todays show:
- Bob Rae, Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations on Canada joining the call for immediate humanitarian ceasefire
- Minister of Housing Sean Fraser on the latest housing announcement
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator, and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin, Jamie Ellerton ,Founding partner at Conaptus and long time political strategist, Kathleen Monk, Principal Owner of Monk + Associates and former director of communications to Jack Layton.
- David Coletto, founder, Chair and CEO of Abacus Data on Liberals gain support at expense of Poilievre's Conservatives
It felt like a huge sense of relief’– Says brother of Soleiman Faqiri
The jury at the coroner’s inquest into Soleiman Faqiri's deadly restraint by Ontario jail guards in 2016 has determined what happened constitutes homicide.
Soleiman's brother Yusef joins Vassy to talk about what these finding means for his family, and for other Canadians who have faced the same fate in correctional facilities.
On todays show:
- Mark Holland, Minister of Health on Canada’s new dental care plan.
- Bill Browder, founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management on Putin critic Alexei Navalny missing from prison.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Principal at Earnscliffe Strategies, Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute, Sabrina Grover, Principal, Shakti Strategies
- Sheldon Kennedy, former NHL star and co-founder of ‘Respect Group’ on announcement of Canada’s safe sport commission.
Don Davies, NDP MP for Vancouver Kingsway and health critic for the party joins Vassy to discuss the newly released program in more detail.
On today’s show:
- Steven Guilbeault, Federal Environment Minister on the emissions cap delay
- Jérémie Harris, the co-founder of Gladstone AI on the new deal reached in the EU to regulate AI.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Zain Velji, a political campaign strategist and partner at Northweather. Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former NDP Leader. Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data.
- Peter Boehm Senator, chair of Senate foreign affairs and international trade committee, former ambassador and longtime deputy minister on senate findings of malaise in Canada's diplomatic service.
Free For All Friday - Hour 1.
Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:
- Garry Keller - Vice President, Strategy Corp on the Pierre Poilievre housing video.
- Gabor Lukacs, President, Airline Passenger Rights on flight safety in Canada
- Kevin Laramee - Host of Soccer Today to reflect on the career of Christine Sinclair.
Free For All Friday - Hour 2.
Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Karen Restoule, VP at Crestview Strategy and CEO of BOLD Realities and Whose Land and Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former Federal NDP Leader.
Topics:
Topic 1: It’s the start of Hanukkah – and it’s very different this year.
Topic 2: Trudeau has begun his year-ender round of media interviews. He’s insisting he’s sticking around. Is that the case?
Topic 3: What’s going on with our medical system? Examining three different stories across the country.
Topic 4: The new cap on emissions for the oil and gas sector.
Topic 5: Christmas debate
Ola Alanqar is a Canadian with family members stranded in Gaza as Israel’s war against Hamas continues and expands into the south of the Strip. She tells Vassy Kapelos the government needs to do more to help displaced families escape.
On today’s show:
- Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta, on addressing clean electricity dispute with feds.
- Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist for his segment 'Talk Science To Me'
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star, Marieke Walsh, senior political reporter with The Globe and Mail and Laura Stone, Queen’s Park reporter with The Globe and Mail
- Éric Blais President at Headspace Marketing Inc. joins Vassy to examine the recently released housing video by opposition leader Pierre Poilievre.
St. Stephen declares state of emergency over homelessness after man's death.
Mayor Allan MacEachern joins Vassy to help understand that decision.
On today’s show:
- Pedro Antunes, Chief Economist, The Conference Board of Canada helps breakdown what the rate decision means.
- Lieutenant-General M.A.J. Jennie Carignan on the significant increase in sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces.
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator, and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin, Kory Teneycke was Ontario Premier Doug Ford's campaign manager and former director of communications for Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Current co-founder and CEO of Rubicon Strategy. Also featuring Kathleen Monk, Principal Owner of Monk + Associates and former director of communications to Jack Layton.
- Meaghen Johnson on Christine Sinclair's retirement and career.
The Deputy Chief Economist at the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation tells Vassy Kapelos he doesn't think it is possible to build an additional 3.5 million homes, beyond what is currently planned, by 2030.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Aled ab Iorwerth, Deputy Chief Economist at the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
- North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin met in Russia this week for arms talks. What are the implications of this? Roger Hilton, a Canadian working as a defence fellow at GLOBSEC, an international think-tank based in Slovakia, joins.
- We play Vassy's full conversation with Conservative MP Michael Chong, who spoke to U.S. Congress yesterday about foreign interference.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Scott Reid, Kory Teneycke and Kathleen Monk.
- David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data, on his latest polling and the Liberal caucus retreat. What does the federal government need to do to increase support?
Vassy Kapelos speaks with a Calgary woman whose one-year-old daughter was hospitalized all last week due to an E. Coli outbreak which has infected at least 231 people.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Katie McLean, the mother of a one-year-old girl who was infected with E. Coli.
- Kalin Mitchell, chief meteorologist for CTV Atlantic, on whether Hurricane Lee is expected to affected Atlantic Canada.
- Judy Trinh, a correspondent with CTV National News who is reporting live from the Liberal caucus retreat in London, Ontario.
- Dori Shiff, a Montreal doctor who lost her brother to suicide in April. She says he tried to check himself into a psych ward, but never made it, after an extended wait in the emergency room.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Shachi Kurl, Sharan Kaur and Amanda Galbraith.
- The government of Saskatchewan is accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of risking trade with India, an important export market. Jeremy Harrison, Saskatchewan's minister of trade, joins the show.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with a Canadian who experienced the 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Morocco on Friday, which killed more than 2,600 people and injured more than 2,500 others.
On today's show:
- A conversation with TSN's Matt Cauz, who was Marrakesh when the earthquake hit.
- We play Vassy's full conversation with Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities of Canada, on whether the government is considering changing immigration targets to address housing challenges.
- A one-on-one with Andrew Scheer, Conservative House Leader, on how his party would tackle the housing and affordability crisis.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Zain Velji, Tom Mulcair and Tim Powers.
- Bob Rae, Canada's Ambassador to the United Nations, on Rohingya refugees facing hunger after ration cuts and Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un.
Free For All Friday, hosted by Amanda Galbraith, features top talent from across the iHeart Radio Talk Network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the biggest stories of the week.
This week’s show features Karen Restoule, CEO of Bold Realities & Whose Land and Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute.
Topics:
- The Conservative policy convention is underway in Quebec City: What does success look like for the Conservative convention this weekend? Can the party continue riding this popularity wave? What potential pitfalls could develop?
- We have the first details looking into the federal government’s foreign election interference inquiry: How do you feel about the details we have so far? Can this inquiry be effective? What will you be watching for?
- First anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s death and little progress in modernizing monarchy: Has the monarchy fallen out of public focus in the last year for Canadians? Will there continue to be a push away from the monarchy? What could modernization look like?
Bob Fife, Ottawa Bureau Chief for The Globe and Mail, joins Graham Richardson to talk through the mandate, what we know, and what we don’t.
On today’s show:
- Vassy Kapelos joins from the Conservative policy convention in Quebec City with the latest details and walking through what success looks like this weekend
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin: what’s the deal with “beer goggles?”
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent for CTV News Channel and host of The Debate; Marieke Walsh, senior political reporter with The Globe and Mail; Laura Stone, Queen’s Park reporter with The Globe and Mail
- Chief Ben Pellett with the Scotch Creek-Lee Creek Volunteer Fire Department on the wildfire damage lingering in B.C.’s Shuswap region
- And you Have Your Say: one survey ranks Canada the second best country in the world – what do you think?
Pedro Antunes, Chief Economist at the Conference Board of Canada, tells Vassy Kapelos it takes time for the rate hike impacts to really become noticeable.
On today’s show:
- David Phillips, Senior Climatologist at Environment Canada, on the heatwave and record-hot summer
- Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist and Founder of Nanos Research, on new polling data around the Liberals, housing, and party popularity
- Graham Richardson, Chief News Anchor, CTV Ottawa News at 6, on the latest with the Freedom Convoy trial
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, Kathleen Monk, and Tim Powers
- Have Your Say on the economy and interest rates
Vassy Kapelos breaks down the latest developments in the Ontario Greenbelt controversy.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Mike Schreiner, leader of the Green Party of Ontario.
- Jimmy Jean, vice-president and chief economist at Desjardins, on the Bank of Canada's upcoming rate decision.
- Mark Fromson, a Canadian photographer who was one of thousands of attendees stranded by flooding at the Burning Man counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Shachi Kurl, Sharan Kaur and Amanda Galbraith.
- Jimmy Lippert Thyden, who was kidnapped as a newborn in Chile four decades ago and raised in the U.S. He has just met his birth mother for the first time.
Free For All Friday, hosted by Amanda Galbraith, features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show features panelists Bob Richardson, senior counsel at National Public Relations and a former Ontario Liberal chief of staff, and Karl Dockstader, co-host of One Dish One Mic which airs on Saturdays from 10am-noonET on Newstalk 610 in Niagara and Windsor.
Topics:
- Ontario’s housing minister has apologized but won't step down over the Ontario Greenbelt report. Are you surprised Minister Clark did not resign?
- Ontario’s education minister says parents must be fully involved in a student's decision to change pronouns. It also comes as Saskatchewan adopts a new gender and pronoun policy, joining New Brunswick. Where do you stand on this?
- A new poll by Abacus Data has found the Conservatives opening up a 12-point lead over the Liberals. Is this surprising to you? What does each party need to focus on heading into the fall?
- A climate activist smeared paint over a Tom Thomson piece at the National Gallery of Canada. What are your thoughts on this? Are these kinds of demonstrations effective or unnecessary?
- 24 Sussex may be replaced with a new residence for PMs, the feds say. Is it worth trying to save 24 Sussex?
Steve Clark is dismissing calls to resign as Ontario’s housing minister. Vassy Kapelos breaks down the latest details on the Greenbelt land swap.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles. Then, we carry Ontario Housing Minister Steve Clark's press conference live.
- Rachel Staples, the mother of a 16-year-old boy who died of a drug overdose in 2018, joins the show this International Overdose Awareness Day.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Marieke Walsh, Laura Stone and Mike Le Couteur.
- Canada's Pierce LePage and Damian Warner claimed gold and silver, respectively, in the men's decathlon at the World Athletics Championships last weekend. They both join the program.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with a storm chaser who was in the eye of the hurricane. He describes what he experienced.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Andrew Colantoni, an operational meteorologist and storm chaser.
- Dr. Jiaying Zhao, an associate professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia who was part of a team that gave 50 homeless people in Vancouver $7,500 and then followed them for a year. What did they spend the money on?
- The Daily Debrief panel with Carlene Variyan, Kory Teneycke and Kathleen Monk.
- Ontario Housing Minister Steve Clark broke the Member’s Integrity Act when carving up the Greenbelt for development, a new report by the province’s integrity commissioner finds. Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star, joins.
How is Hurricane Franklin expected to affect Canada? How strong is Hurricane Idalia expected to become? Vassy Kapelos breaks it down.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Kalin Mitchell, chief meteorologist for CTV Atlantic.
- Caroline Cochrane, Premier of the Northwest Territories, on the wildfire situation in her territory and support from the federal government.
- Sami Khoury, head of the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, on a new federal report which found Moscow is helping cybercriminals operate with ‘near impunity’.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Amanda Galbraith, Sharan Kaur and Marieke Walsh.
- Ontario is banning online gambling commercials featuring athletes and celebrities. Former Olympian Bruce Kidd joins to share his reaction.
- A climate protester threw paint on Tom Thomson art at a gallery in Ottawa. Graham Richardson, Chief News Anchor for CTV News Ottawa at Six, tells Vassy what we know about the incident.
Vassy Kapelos takes your texts and calls on how you feel about our political parties and leaders heading into the fall.
On today's show:
- David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data, on his latest poll.
- Unifor autoworkers have overwhelmingly voted to authorize strikes at GM, Ford and Stellantis. Lana Payne, National President of Unifor, joins.
- Kevin O’Brien, former Assistant U.S. Attorney to the Department of Justice, on former U.S. President Donald Trump's federal election interference trial date being set.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Tim Powers, Tom Mulcair and Scott Reid.
Free For All Friday, hosted by Amanda Galbraith, features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show features panelists Sharan Kaur, political strategist and former Deputy Chief of Staff to Bill Morneau, and Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former NDP Leader.
Topics:
- Conspiracy theories and misinformation are swirling around Canada’s wildfires. Do we communicate efficiently enough during emergencies? How big of a factor is the Meta news ban?
- Where do things stand in Canada’s political landscape heading into the fall? What can we take from the Liberal cabinet retreat? How well are opposition parties positioned?
- Donald Trump is the first former US president with a mugshot. What does this mean for his candidacy? Will he be able to spin it to his advantage or is this a truly meaningful roadblock?
- Welcome to the 20th anniversary of the Starbucks pumpkin spice latte. Are you a fan? Why do people feel so passionately about this?
- Kleenex is leaving Canada: are you shocked? Going to miss it?
Mayor Rebecca Alty tells Vassy Kapelos conditions today could work against firefighters, and that the eventual return may be staggered to allow all resources and infrastructure to be available.
On today’s show:
- Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure, and Communities, MP for Central Nova on Canada’s housing crisis and how the federal government can respond
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star; Laura Stone, Queen’s Park reporter with The Globe and Mail; and Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent for CTV News Channel and host of The Debate, on the housing crisis and a potential RCMP investigation into Ford and Ontario’s Greenbelt
- Have your say on the Greenbelt and the state of housing
NWT Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs Shane Thompson tells Robin Gill crews have been working continually but conditions around Hay River and Fort Smith may not play nice.
On today’s show:
- Walt Judas, CEO, Tourism Industry Association of B.C., on the impacts of wildfires and looking to recovery after travel bans lift in some areas
- Eric Effron, Editorial Director, NewsGuard, on websites running AI generated content spreading news information online
- Martin Endersby, an evacuated West Kelowna resident, on his family’s efforts to track down the firefighter that saved their home with a garden hose
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Mitch Heimpel, Director of Campaigns and Government Relations at Enterprise Canada and Kathleen Monk, Principal Owner of Monk + Associates
- Moshe Lander, Economist and Senior Lecturer in Economics at Concordia University, on if Canada is heading toward a recession
- Neala MacDonald, an Edmonton resident on hosting her evacuated family from the NWT and how they’re doing
Shawn Talbot, a local photographer that was out shooting the fires, tells Robin Gill one major difference is security and doorbell cameras letting evacuees watch neighbourhoods in real time.
On today’s show:
- Sarah Budd, Provincial Wildfire Information Officer, BC Wildfire Service with the latest from British Columbia
- Dawn Bowdish, Professor at McMaster and a Canada Research Chair in Aging & Immunity, with a new McMaster study that shows some seniors at greater risk of reinfection post-Omicron
- Sarah Andrews, Director of Government and Media Relations, FRIENDS, on an upcoming Meta boycott in support of Canadian broadcasters
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Sharan Kaur, political strategist and former Deputy Chief of Staff to Bill Morneau and Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute
- Mateusz Salmassi, Director of Advocacy for the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations, on the suggestion of capping international student visas to help housing and what changes they feel are needed instead
- Kristin Beardsley, CEO, Food Banks Canada, on the state of Canada’s food banks
Heather MacKay tells Robin Hill, filling in for Vassy Kapelos, her neighbours told her most of the street is gone as evacuation orders remain in place.
On today's show:
- Rebecca Alty, Mayor of Yellowknife, with the latest on fires in her area and remaining residents
- CTV Chief Political Correspondent Vassy Kapelos live from the Liberal cabinet retreat
- Jason Brolund, Fire Chief with West Kelowna Fire Services, on how the tide is starting to turn
- Nancy Duncan, Library Service Manager in Humanities and Social Science, Languages and Literature, and the Toronto Star Newspaper Room at the Toronto Reference Library, on the phenomenon of "vinegar syndrome" and how it effects archive material
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Zain Velji, Tim Powers, and Tom Mulcair
- Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan on the federal response to nationwide fires
Free For All Friday hosted by Amanda Galbraith features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show features Lindsay Maskell, political consultant and former advisor to Ontario Premier McGuinty, and Josie Sabatino, senior consultant with Summa Strategies and a former political staffer.
Topics:
- Treasury Board President Anita Anand has told federal ministers to find $15 billion in government spending cuts by October. Let’s discuss.
- Officials in the Northwest Territories are urging thousands of residents remaining in its capital to leave by noon. Are we, as a country, prepared enough to deal with these kinds of issues?
- Ontario has launched a review into drug consumption sites after a daytime Toronto shooting in July. Is it time other provinces did the same?
- Let’s chat about hustle culture. Do you feel pressured to inundate yourself with work?
- Britney Spears’ husband has for divorce 14 months after their marriage.
Amanda Galbraith, filling in for Vassy Kapelos, speaks with a woman who was forced to flee her home due to an approaching fire.
On today’s show:
- A conversation with Yellowknife resident Nadia Byrne. Plus, Shane Thompson, Northwest Territories Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs.
- Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta, on why she says Alberta will never comply with the federal clean power grid plan.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Robert Benzie and Marieke Walsh.
- Anita Anand, President of the Treasury Board, elaborates on plans to find $15 billion in government spending cuts by October.
Amanda Galbraith, filling in for Vassy Kapelos, speaks with the president of Canada’s largest federal public-sector union who says the proposed cuts are being rushed through.
On today’s show:
- A conversation with Chris Aylward, the president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada.
- The Northwest Territories has declared a territorial state of emergency in response to out-of-control wildfires. Caroline Cochrane, Premier of the Northwest Territories, joins.
- China has left Canada off a list of countries approved as international travel destinations for tour groups. Amanda chats with Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, a China expert at the University of Ottawa who spent more than three decades in the federal public service with periods working on China issues.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Scott Reid, Garry Keller and Kathleen Monk.
- Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman, TJ Brodie and his wife, Amber, are partnering with the A&W Burgers to Beat MS campaign to raise awareness and funds for MS Canada. They both join the program.
- Jeffrey Adler, a Montreal man who has earned the title of "Fittest Man on Earth" after earning the top spot at the CrossFit Games.
Amanda Galbraith, filling in for Vassy Kapelos, speaks with the CEO of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association about a new report which found many homebuilders are cancelling projects amid high rates despite a severe housing shortage.
On today’s show:
- A conversation with Kevin Lee, CEO of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association.
- Donald Trump and 18 allies were indicted on Monday over their efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss. Eric Ham, a CTV News political analyst, bestselling author and former staffer in the U.S. Congress, discusses what we know.
- The number of deaths caused by the Maui wildfires now stands at 99. Rachel DeSpain used to live in Lahaina and now lives in Kauai. She describes how her friends have been impacted by the fires and how the other islands have been helping.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Tim Powers and Elliot Hughes.
- Could AI help predict the next pandemic? Dr. Kamran Khan, an infectious disease specialist and founder of BlueDot, a Canadian company that was among the first to detect COVID-19, joins.
- Jackson Charron-Okerlund, a Winnipeg man inspired by Terry Fox, has just finished walking and running across the country to raise funds for cancer research. He describes his 160-day journey.
The fire that destroyed the town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui is now the deadliest U.S. wildfire of the past century. Amanda Galbraith, filling in for Vassy Kapelos, speaks with a Canadian who fled.
On today’s show:
- A conversation with Radouane Vekhakhecha, a Montrealer who has returned home from Maui.
- It’s been two years since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan and Afghan women are asking Canada for education and accountability. Najia Haneefi, co-chair of the Ottawa chapter of Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan, joins.
- Toronto’s housing market is so expensive that families earning $100,000 are now eligible for Habitat for Humanity help. Julia Deans, the President and CEO of Habitat for Humanity, explains why.
- The Daily Debrief political panel with Garry Keller, Tom Mulcair and Tim Powers.
- A Chinese Buddhist group is slowly taking over large swaths of land in P.E.I. Greg Mercer, a reporter with The Globe and Mail's investigative team, breaks down the story.
- Wild peacocks are overrunning a Miami suburb and Dr. Don Harris has been asked to control the peacock population. The solution? Vasectomies. He joins the show.
Free For All Friday hosted by Amanda Galbraith features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show features Ryan Price, news director and afternoon drive host on CFAX 1070 in Victoria, B.C. and Reshmi Nair, host of The Rush on Newstalk 1010 in Toronto.
Topics:
- A Conservative ad blitz aims to re-introduce Pierre Poilievre to voters. Are these kinds of campaigns effective?
- Do policies around safe injection sites need to change?
- Have you secured Taylor Swift Eras Tour tickets for Toronto?
- The biggest search for the Loch Ness Monster in 50 years is set for this August in Scotland. Do you think this legendary creature exists?
- Visitors were helped off Sulphur Mountain after a power outage shut down the Banff Gondola this week. What would you do if you were in that situation?
Amanda Galbraith, filling in for Vassy Kapelos, speaks with Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk. Then, Scott Clark, Ontario’s Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, responds.
On today's show:
- 36 people are dead and 11,000 have been evacuated as a wildfire burns Lahaina, a historic town in Hawaii, to the ground. Scott Dance, a global weather writer with The Washington Post, is covering this story. He joins.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Robert Benzie, Marieke Walsh and Laura Stone.
- Dr. Dan Werb, a substance use epidemiologist and policy analyst with expertise on addictions, on whether the policies around safe injection sites need to change.
- David McLaughlin, president and CEO of the Institute on Governance and a former Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Canada, on the death of former senator Hugh Segal.
Amanda Galbraith, filling in for Vassy Kapelos, speaks with CTV Ottawa's Graham Richardson about the key takeaways from the damning auditor general report on Greenbelt development.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Graham Richardson, Chief News Anchor for CTV News Ottawa at Six.
- Seven years ago, Katrina O’Neil awoke from a three-week coma. She had no memory of the birth of her three children and she believed she was 15 years old. She shares her story of recovery.
- The average price of a new car now tops $66,000. Rebekah Young, an economist with Scotiabank who covers the auto industry closely, joins the show.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Kathleen Monk and Tim Powers.
- The strikes in Hollywood have forced some people to turn to side hustles. Thomas Potter, a stunt coordinator from Vancouver, tells Amanda Galbraith the realities of working in the film industry.
- Ticket sales for Taylor Swift's Toronto shows begin today. Eric Alper, a publicist, music commentator and radio host, tells Amanda about the mad scramble across Canada.
Can major advertising campaigns be effective at introducing a more personable side of politicians to voters? Amanda Galbraith, filling in for Vassy Kapelos, discusses this strategy.
On today’s show:
- Ricardo Tranjan, a political economist and senior researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, says there is no such thing as the “housing crisis” in Canada. What does he mean by this? He joins the shows.
- Brian Lilley, a Sun Media columnist, on his new article which discusses how safe injection sites and other harm reduction services bring harm to surrounding neighbourhoods.
- Dessi Loukov, scientific lead of vaccines at GSK, a global biopharma company. Their AREXVY vaccine is the first RSV vaccine for older adults to be approved in Canada.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Shachi Kurl and Sharan Kaur.
- Dr. Kristian Goulet, a pediatrician and assistant professor at the University of Ottawa’s faculty of medicine. He led a review highlighting how hockey players shouldn't be bodychecking until age 15.
- Emilie Lumineau, marketing manager of the Loch Ness Centre, on how the biggest search for the Loch Ness Monster in 50 years is set for the end of this month in Scotland.
Free For All Friday hosted by Amanda Galbraith features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show features Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin, and Melanie Paradis, Conservative strategist and former senior staffer to Erin O’Toole. She is also president of Texture Communications.
Topics:
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie, are separating. What might the political implications be? What influence do spouses of prime ministers have in political polls?
- Former U.S. president Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty in Washington to four federal charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election. Meanwhile, he’s leading the Republican nomination by a huge margin and he's practically neck-in-neck with President Joe Biden. Why is Trump still so popular? Why is he hard to beat?
- All news in Canada will be removed from Facebook and Instagram within weeks. What consequences will this have?
- Taylor Swift is bringing her Eras Tour to Toronto for six nights in November 2024. Will you be buying tickets?
- Should pubs and restaurants be kid-free zones?
How significant are these charges? Robin Gill, filling in for Vassy Kapelos, breaks it down.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Eric Ham, a CTV News political analyst and former staffer in the U.S. Congress. Then, Bruce Heyman, former U.S. Ambassador to Canada.
- Can spouses of prime ministers affect political polls? Evan Solomon, publisher of GZERO Media and a special correspondent for CTV News, joins.
- Evgenia Kara-Murza, wife of imprisoned Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, who has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for speaking out against the Putin regime.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Mike Le Couteur and Laura Stone.
- A one-on-one with Jerome Blake, a Canadian track and field athlete. As a member of the Canadian 4×100m relay team, he is the 2020 Olympic silver medalist and the 2022 world champion.
- Epic OneWater Brew is a beer made with water recycled from showers. Aaron Tartakovsky, the CEO of EpicCleantec, says they hope to generate a convo around urban water sustainability.
Robin Gill, filling in for Vassy Kapelos, covers breaking news that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, are separating after 18 years of marriage. What are the details we know—or don't know—so far?
On today's show:
- Rachel Aiello, senior digital parliamentary reporter with CTV News, joins following the breaking news.
- A conversation with Tim Powers, chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data, on Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau separating.
- Vassy Kapelos, host of The Vassy Kapelos Show and chief political correspondent for CTV News, and Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator, weigh in.
- Judy Trinh, a correspondent for CTV National News, and Tom Mulcair, CTV political analyst and former NDP leader, join the program.
- In other news, according to the Retail Council of Canada, theft is up at stores and they blame inflation and organized crime. Robin speaks with Rui Rodrigues, executive advisor of loss prevention and risk management for the Retail Council of Canada (RCC).
- 11 inmates have been mistakenly released from a Hamilton jail since 2021, documents show. Asgar Manek, a Hamilton-based lawyer who represented a mistakenly released inmate, joins.
- A one-on-one with Rechie Valdez, Canada’s Minister of Small Business. She is the first Filipina woman elected as a Member of Parliament in Canada and is now the first Filipina-Canadian to serve in cabinet.
Robin Gill, filling in for Vassy Kapelos, speaks with a cemetery director in Ottawa about why they are hosting free film nights for the public.
On today’s show:
- A conversation with Nicolas McCarthy, Beechwood Cemetery’s director of marketing, communications and community outreach. Then, we take your texts and calls.
- Dave McGlynn and his wife, Sherry Zarowny. They were forced to leave their home in Osoyoos on Saturday due to an out-of-control wildfire near their home.
- Retired Major-General David Fraser on Russia accusing Ukraine of another drone attack on Moscow.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Shachi Kurl, Sharan Kaur and Amanda Galbraith.
- Canadians will soon need a permit to enter Europe. Wayne Smith, a professor at the Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Toronto Metropolitan University, breaks down what you need to know.
- Shaan Sharma, an actor best known for his role on the international hit TV show "The Chosen" and a SAG-AFTRA union leader, on the Hollywood strike.
Guest host Robin Gill hears from both sides of the conversation, then takes your calls. Are new labels on cigarettes going to encourage smokers to quit? Will it be effective?
On today's show:
- A conversation with Dr. Lesley James, Director of Health Policy and Systems at the Heart and Stroke Foundation, and Rick Barnum, Executive Director of the National Coalition Against Contraband Tobacco.
- The two sides of a labour dispute involving B.C. port workers have announced they've reached a tentative deal. Dan Kelly, President and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, joins the show.
- Canada has been eliminated from the Women's World Cup in a shocking defeat to Australia. Diana Matheson, a former Canadian professional soccer player and two-time Olympic bronze medallist, speaks with Robin.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Zain Velji and Garry Keller.
- The provincial agency that distributes all legal cannabis in Ontario is reducing its wholesale markups. How will that affect the industry? George Smitherman, President and CEO of the Cannabis Council of Canada, joins.
- A Montreal ultramarathon runner is following the 4,500km path of the monarch butterfly. Anthony Battah speaks with Robin live from his route.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure, and Communities, MP for Central Nova and Andrew Scheer, Conservative House Leader and MP for Regina—Qu'Appelle
On today's show:
- Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure, and Communities, MP for Central Nova on issues facing his new file
- Andrew Scheer, Conservative House Leader and MP for Regina—Qu'Appelle responding to those housing issues, the opposition approach, and the cabinet shuffle
- We hear from you on the cabinet shuffle and housing affordability
- The Daily Debrief with Robert Benzie, Laura Stone, and Mike Le Couteur
- Mike Scholes, a blind veteran, and his wife, Deborah Day, from Sussex, U.K.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has shuffled two-thirds of his cabinet and has turfed seven ministers. Vassy Kapelos and guest host Graham Richardson lay out everything you need to know about the overhaul.
On today's show:
- Graham Richardson hosts for the first hour. He takes your texts and calls and speaks with Rachel Rappaport, a senior consultant at McMillan Vantage who has previously worked for Ministers Lametti, Joly, Tassi, O’Regan, Boissonnault and Freeland.
- We carry Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's press conference live following the cabinet shuffle.
- Vassy Kapelos takes over the show in hour two, hosting The Daily Debrief panel featuring Kory Teneycke, Kathleen Monk and Scott Reid.
- Rachel Rappaport re-joins the show alongside Melanie Paradis, Conservative strategist and former senior staffer to Erin O’Toole.
Some ministers have announced they won't run again ahead of Wednesday's expected cabinet shuffle. Where do things stand now? Vassy Kapelos lays it out.
On today's show:
- Is the cabinet shuffle expected to be significant? Vassy speaks with Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator, and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin and Lisa Raitt, former MP and deputy leader with the Conservative Party of Canada.
- We take your texts on what you're hoping to see in the looming cabinet shuffle.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Shachi Kurl, Sharan Kaur and Amanda Galbraith.
- What do we know about the retired RCMP officer charged with foreign interference for China? Mark Flynn, deputy commissioner of the RCMP, joins.
- Scott Rees, a blind man from British Columbia who completed an 11-hour-long swim across the Georgia Strait on Sunday.
The storm dumped more than 25 cm in just 24 hours in some parts of Nova Scotia—as much as normally falls in three months. Vassy checks in with that province.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Abraham Zebian, Mayor of West Hants Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, on dealing with the aftermath of the floods and the search to find four missing people.
- Business groups across Canada are pleading with Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to extend an emergency loan repayment deadline. Beth Potter, President and CEO of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, joins the show.
- Evelyn Korkmaz, a St. Anne's Residential School survivor. It's been one year since Pope Francis' apology. What progress has been made since?
- The Daily Debrief panel with Tim Powers and Elliot Hughes.
- Tech companies have launched new safeguards around emerging artificial intelligence technology. Gladstone AI co-founder Jérémie Harris, who has briefed senior members of Canadian parliament on artificial intelligence risks, joins the show.
Free For All Friday hosted by Amanda Galbraith features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show features Sharan Kaur, political strategist and former Deputy Chief of Staff to Bill Morneau and Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star.
Topics:
- The decision to transfer Paul Bernardo was 'sound' and followed protocol, a review has found. Was this the right decision? Should the review have been left to CSC? Do the rules need to change?
- Why did it take a public shaming to force Ottawa to aid asylum seekers? Was too little done too late? Is Canada actually prepared to welcome newcomers?
- Some Canadians are leaving the country due to the high cost of living. Are you shocked? Do you think people will actually continue to leave the country?
- A mom of three unknowingly sparked an online debate by sharing why she chose not to give up her window seat to a fellow mom on a recent flight. Where do you stand?
- Will you watch the 2023 Women’s World Cup? What about a Barbie/Oppenheimer double feature?
The Correctional Service of Canada's decision to transfer notorious serial rapist and convicted killer Paul Bernardo to a medium-security prison was "sound" and followed all applicable laws and policies, a review has found. Vassy Kapelos shares the latest details.
On today's show:
- Rodney Stafford, the father of eight-year-old Tori Stafford, who was kidnapped, murdered and raped in 2009. Like Bernardo, his daughter's killers were transferred to lower-security prisons. He shares his thoughts with Vassy ahead of the press conference.
- Steve Thurrott, a Canadian who is leaving the country due to the high cost of living.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Mike Le Couteur, Robert Benzie and Laura Stone.
- We carry the Correctional Service of Canada's press conference live regarding Paul Bernardo's prison transfer review.
Vassy Kapelos chat with James Cameron, an Oscar-winning film director with massive box-office hits such as Aliens (1986), Titanic (1997) and Avatar (2009). The two discuss everything from deep sea exploration to the threat of artificial intelligence.
On today's show:
- We play Vassy's full conversation with James Cameron.
- Marianne Meed Ward, mayor of Burlington and the chair of the Ontario Big City Mayors, who says there is a lack of municipal capacity to support newcomers to Canada.
- Canada's incentives for low-carbon industries lag those in the United States despite attempts to level the playing field. Michael Bernstein, the executive director of Clean Prosperity, joins to talk about his new report.
- Workers at B.C.'s ports are back on the picket line after a tentative deal to end strike action was voted down by union leadership. We take your texts and calls.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Kory Teneycke and Scott Reid.
Graham Richardson, filling in for Vassy Kapelos, discusses a study which examines the gap between minimum wage and what it costs to rent an apartment in Canada.
On today's show:
- A conversation with David Macdonald, senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. He co-authored the study.
- Asylum seekers and refugees have been relocated from downtown Toronto streets to a church in North York. Kizito Musabimana, the founder and executive director of the Rwandan Canadian Healing Centre, joins the show.
- Kelly Ernst, chief program officer for the Centre for Newcomers in Calgary, who is highlighting how Canada is unprepared for the coming immigration boom.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Shachi Kurl, Sharan Kaur and Amanda Galbraith.
- A woman has sparked a debate online after she refused to give up her airplane seat to a mom and her kids. Where do you stand on this? We take your texts and calls.
More than 160,000 Hollywood actors are on strike, halting current and future movie and TV show productions around the globe. What does this mean for Canada's film and television industry? Vassy Kapelos brings us the latest.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Eleanor Noble, the National President of ACTRA (The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists).
- Jill Drake, a long-time family friend of Devyn Gale, the 19-year-old firefighter from B.C. who died after being struck by a falling tree last week while battling wildfires.
- Russia has announced it will suspend its involvement in an agreement with Ukraine that has enabled both countries to continue exporting grain. Roman Waschuk, Canada's former Ambassador to Ukraine from 2014 to 2019, joins.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Karl Belanger, Zain Velji and Tim Powers.
- Canada’s record-breaking wildfire season continues to intensify. Sarah Budd, provincial wildfire information officer with BC Wildfire Service, shares the latest updates.
Free For All Friday hosted by Amanda Galbraith features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show features panelists Bob Richardson, senior counsel at National Public Relations and a former Ontario Liberal chief of staff, and Jason Lietaer, president of Enterprise Canada.
Topics:
- The Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate to 5 per cent – its highest since 2001. Was this the right move?
- In a new op-ed, The Wall Street Journal has taken aim at Canada’s defence spending, saying we are “military free-riders.” Do you agree with this characterization?
- Striking screen actors are picketing alongside writers in New York and Los Angeles today in one of the biggest Hollywood labour fights in decades. What do you make of this decision and its impact on Canada? Are you concerned about what this could mean?
- Canada’s Governor General expensed $71,000 in limo fees for a four-day Iceland trip in 2022. Why is this allowed to happen?
- A new study shows people use online dating apps for more than just dates. What do you think about this?
In a new op-ed, The Wall Street Journal has criticized Canada’s lack of defence spending and its missed NATO targets. Vassy Kapelos chats about this piece and more.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Dave Perry, president of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. What does he think of the op-ed?
- Karen Yolveski, COO with Corporate Brokerages at Royal LePage Real Estate Services, on the interest rate hike and how that is affecting homebuyers and sellers.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Robert Benzie and Laura Stone.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
- Matt Skube, a CTV News Ottawa anchor and weather specialist, on the tornado warning in Ottawa and the twisters that have already touched down. Then, a conversation with Ottawa resident Carter Torunski, who witnessed the formation of a tornado in the city.
The Bank of Canada expects inflation to stall around three per cent for the next year, before declining to two per cent by mid-2025. What does this mean for you? Vassy Kapelos breaks it down.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Jimmy Jean, vice-president and chief economist at Desjardins.
- Anita Anand, Canada's Defence Minister, joins from the NATO Summit at Lithuania to discuss Canada's defence spending and Ukraine's accession to the military alliance.
- Scott Rees, a blind B.C. swimmer who is about to swim across the Strait of Georgia.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Scott Reid and Jason Lietaer.
- Jim Stanford, economist and director of the Centre for Future Work, on the B.C. port workers' strike, with the union blaming the ‘greed’ of shipping companies.
NATO says it will allow Ukraine to join the alliance “when allies agree and conditions are met,” but fell short of setting a timetable. Vassy Kapelos discusses the key takeaways so far from the high-stakes NATO Summit.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Yuliya Kovaliv, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Canada.
- Retired Major General Scott Clancy, former director of operations for NORAD, on Canada lagging behind allies in defence spending.
- Nazanin Afshin-Jam, an Iranian-Canadian human rights activist, on a well-known Iranian rapper who has been sentenced to six years in prison for anti-government protests.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Elliot Hughes, Amanda Galbraith and Shachi Kurl.
- Perrin Beatty, president and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, on businesses warning of layoffs as the B.C. port workers strike carries into its second week.
What is the feasibility of this commitment? What are the implications? Vassy Kapelos breaks it down.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Tom Lawson, former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces and previously Deputy Commander of NORAD.
- The Bank of Canada is expected to raise rates again this week. Vassy speaks with Armine Yalnizyan, an economist and Atkinson Fellow with the Future of Workers.
- Melissa Bourgeois, a family lawyer with One Family Law in Alberta. She has introduced a new approach for a more streamlined, faster, cheaper and more co-operative model of divorce.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Bob Fife, Robert Benzie and Stephanie Levitz.
- A Toronto landlord is launching a $1.6-million lawsuit against her former tenant, the tenant’s boyfriend and the City of Toronto. Allison Rasquinha joins Vassy to explain why.
Free For All Friday hosted by Amanda Galbraith features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show features panelists Mark Towhey, a columnist, radio host on News Talk 1010, author and former political advisor, and Elias Makos, host of The Elias Makos Show on CJAD in Montreal which airs from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET.
Topics:
- Ottawa will suspend advertising on Facebook and Instagram in an ongoing disagreement over the Online News Act. Was this the right call?
- Canadians are choosing to spend less on summer travel or not travel at all over financial concerns, according to a new survey. Are you surprised? Are you spending less?
- For the third time this week, Earth has set an unofficial heat record. How have you been dealing with the heat this week?
- Meta has officially launched its Twitter competitor, Threads. Is it possible to have a positive social media space? One free of toxicity, hate and negativity?
- A gender reveal party in B.C. sparked a brushfire. Should we stop this gender reveal party trend?
Robin Gill, filling in for Vassy Kapelos, speaks with a local MP to break down the deal. What is the substance of the agreement?
On today's show:
- A conversation with Irek Kusmierczyk, the MP for the riding of Windsor—Tecumseh, where the Stellantis plant will be.
- Kelsey McEwen, Chief Meteorologist on CTV Your Morning, provides an update on the heat wave in parts of Canada.
- Bridgitte Anderson, CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, on the B.C. port workers' strike.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Robert Benzie and Laura Stone.
- Today marks 10 years since the deadly Lac-Mégantic rail disaster. Gilbert Carette, who has been living in Lac-Mégantic for 36 years, says there has not been enough progress in rail safety.
- Jim Dukhovny, founder and CEO of Alef Aeronautics, on the world's first fully electric flying car which has been approved to begin test runs in the U.S.
The federal government has announced it will stop advertising on Facebook and Instagram. Guest host Robin Gill breaks down what this means going forward.
On today's show:
- David Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, on the heat waves in Ontario and Quebec.
- Hong Kong's leader says eight pro-democracy activists will be "pursued for life." Nathan Law, one of the activists, joins the show.
- Dan Kelly, president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, on how the B.C. port workers' strike is affecting Canadian businesses and the economy.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Scott Reid and Kory Teneycke.
- Alfred Hermida, an award-winning digital media scholar, author and journalist at the University of British Columbia, on Canada suspending advertising on Facebook and Instagram. Then, Senator Paula Simons, a former journalist, weighs in.
Robin Gill fills in for Vassy Kapelos. A port workers’ strike in British Columbia is stretching into its fourth day. How is this affecting the Canadian economy?
On today’s show:
- A conversation with Anita Huberman, the President and CEO of the Surrey Board of Trade.
- Jerry Martin, a safe supply advocate in B.C. who opened a mobile store in Vancouver to sell tested drugs such as heroin, meth and cocaine, has died of an overdose. Robin speaks with Krista Thomas, his partner.
- Should we scrap “best before” dates on groceries? And do you agree with Ontario’s plan to sell beer in corner stores? We take your calls.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Tim Powers, Karl Belanger and Elliot Hughes.
- On Canada Day, a tornado hit between the towns of Carstairs and Didsbury in Alberta. Between 9 to 14 homes were damaged or destroyed. Elisa Humphreys was one resident who lost her home. She joins the show.
Free For All Friday hosted by Amanda Galbraith features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show features panelists Vass Bednar, digital policy expert and executive director of McMaster University’s ‘Master of Public Policy in Digital Society’ program, and Andrew House, former Chief of Staff to Canada’s Public Safety Minister. He is now co-leader of the National Security Group at Fasken.
Topics:
- Google is set to remove news links in Canada. What do you think will come out of this? Do you think these are simply ‘intimidation tactics’, as one MP puts it?
- What are the wider implications of frictions between mayors and premiers and prime ministers?
- It’s Canada Day tomorrow. How do you feel about where the country is headed?
- A new survey has found that only 23 per cent of Canadians would pass the citizenship test. Do you think you’d pass?
- Sue Johanson, the beloved Canadian sex educator, has died. What are your favourite memories of Sue? Were you a fan?
Google says it will remove links to Canadian news from its search in response to the federal government's Online News Act. Vassy Kapelos speaks with an MP who says this is an "intimidation tactic."
On today's show:
- A conversation with Lisa Hepfner, the Liberal MP for Hamilton Mountain and a former journalist.
- Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen on how space exploration and technology is helping fight climate change.
- Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute, on her latest poll about how satisfied Canadians are with their premiers.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Mike Le Couteur, Robert Benzie and Laura Stone.
- Heather Butts, a correspondent with CTV National News, on a student charged in hate-motivated stabbings at the University of Waterloo.
- What do you love most about Canada? We take your texts.
Canada has surpassed its record for the largest area burned by wildfires in a single year. Vassy talks with someone from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre to get a sense of the current situation.
On today's show:
- A one-on-one conversation with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on a lack of equivalencies in federal dollars between Eastern and Western Canada and Alberta marking the deadliest month for overdose deaths in April.
- Olivia Chow, who has just been elected mayor in Toronto. How will she and Ontario Premier Doug Ford get on?
- The Daily Debrief panel with Michele Cadario, Tim Powers and Kathleen Monk.
- Marieke De Roos, communications officer at the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre, which coordinates mobilization of wildfire fighting resources.
- We play Vassy's full conversation with NDP leader Jagmeet Singh on food price inflation.
What does this mean for you? Vassy Kapelos breaks it all down.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Jimmy Jean, vice-president and chief economist at Desjardins.
- Canada's grocery industry doesn't have enough competition, the Competition Bureau says. Vassy speaks with Brad Callaghan, Associate Deputy Commissioner of policy, planning and directorate at the Competition Bureau.
- We play Vassy's full conversation with Leon Panetta, former United States Secretary of Defense, on tensions in Russia.
- The Daily Debrief political panel with Shachi Kurl, Elliot Hughes and Amanda Galbraith.
- Matt Farley, an artist known as ‘The Guy Who Sings Songs About Cities & Towns’, who has just created an album for every single U.S. state. He has even created an album for Canadian cities and towns.
Vassy Kapelos breaks down everything you need to know about an attempted coup by Russia's mercenary boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin.
On today's show:
- We play Vassy's full conversation with Mark Kimmitt, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, on the current tensions in Russia.
- We carry a live press conference from U.S. President Joe Biden following the uprising in Russia.
- A conversation with Kremlin critic Bill Browder, founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management and author of Red Noticeand Freezing Order,on the attempted coup.
- David Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment Canada, on air quality warnings due to smoke from wildfires in Ontario and Quebec.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Tim Powers, Tom Mulcair, Zain Velji.
- We play Vassy's conversation with Marissa West, president of General Motors Canada, on Canada's EV industry.
Free For All Friday hosted by Amanda Galbraith features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show features panelists Karen Restoule, CEO of BOLD Realities and Whose Land, and Chris Holski, News Editor with 580 CFRA in Ottawa.
Topics:
- Debris from the missing submersible Titan was found Thursday morning. Should there be a pause on Titanic exploration? Should we be regulating deep sea explorations? Whose responsibility is it to ensure accidents like this one don't happen?
- June is Pride Month. Is there a rise in LGBTQ2S+ hate in Canada?
- Ontario will bring back cursive writing as part of mandatory curriculum. Is this welcome news? What else should we be teaching young students?
- Meta has confirmed that it will end access to news on its social media sites for all Canadian users before Bill C-18, the Online News Act, comes into force. Are we okay with this?
- An Edmonton MP will file a ‘grievance’ about Taylor Swift tour’s lack of Canadian shows. Is this just shameless promotion by the MP or smart politics?
Graham Richardson, filling in for Vassy Kapelos, brings you the latest details in the hunt for a missing submersible carrying five passengers.
On today’s show:
- A conversation with Rick Murcar, the international training director for the National Association of Cave Divers and the owner of Aquatic Adventures of Florida.
- Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, who sentenced disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, is calling for an independent judicial inquiry into sport in Canada. She joins the show.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Marieke Walsh, Robert Benzie and Laura Stone.
- Jeremy Berke, the best friend of Evan Gershkovich — the Wall Street Journal correspondent being held in a Moscow prison.
- Do you have any road trip nightmare stories? We take your texts.
Vassy Kapelos provides the latest updates from the U.S. Coast Guard on the search for a missing Titanic submersible carrying five passengers.
On today's show:
- What is involved in such a search and rescue mission? Vassy speaks with Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, a retired Royal Canadian Navy officer and former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff.
- We play Vassy's full conversation with Blaine Higgs, Premier of New Brunswick, on the changes to the LGBTQ2S+ policy in schools.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Kory Teneycke, Kathleen Monk and Scott Reid.
- Senator Marty Deacon, who is hoping new legislation will push the government to regulate sports gambling advertisements in Canada.
Vassy Kapelos provides the latest updates on the search to find a submersible that vanished during a dive to the wreckage of the Titanic.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Colin Taylor, a passenger who was onboard OceanGate Expedition's Titan submersible last summer.
- Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh on his motion to tackle greedflation.
- Dorothy Shephard, who just resigned as New Brunswick's minister of healthy and inclusive communities, on why she left her position and the changes to N.B.'s LGBTQ2S+'s school policy.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Shachi Kurl, Sharan Kaur and Amanda Galbraith.
- Canadian ERs will remain in crisis if action isn't taken on staffing shortages and patients surges, a new report warns. Dr. Alika Lafontaine, president of the Canadian Medical Association, joins the show.
- CTV Ottawa reporter Dylan Dyson on the two Royal Canadian Air Force members who went missing after a Chinook helicopter crashed into the Ottawa River early Tuesday morning. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has since announced they've both died.
In a clip reviewed by The Vassy Kapelos Show, a Montreal bus driver is heard telling a 12-year-old student to speak French, saying it was disrespectful to speak to him in English. Vassy speaks with the mother of the student.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Amanda Mullan, whose daughter was scolded for speaking English.
- A one-on-one with Erin O'Toole, former Conservative leader, on the future of the party.
- We play Vassy's full conversation with Jennifer May, Canada's Ambassador to China, on the relationship between the two countries.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Zain Velji, Tim Powers and Tom Mulcair.
- Mike Scholes, a blind veteran, and his wife, Deborah Scholes, from Sussex, U.K. They are about to fly in a hot air balloon across the Atlantic Ocean, departing from New Brunswick.
Free For All Friday features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show is hosted by Mark Towhey and features panelists Ryan Price, news director and afternoon drive host on CFAX 1070 in Victoria, B.C. and Reshmi Nair, host of The Rush on News Talk 1010 in Toronto.
Topics:
- Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino remains under fire over his office's handling of information regarding notorious Canadian serial killer Paul Bernardo's transfer from a maximum-security prison to a medium-security institution.
- Is the Bank of Canada hiking rates to fight inflation helping or hurting average Canadians? Can we live in a 4% Bank of Canada interest rate world? How do you square a “hot” economy that needs to be cooled down, with unprecedented lineups at foodbanks and housing unaffordability?
- The Supreme Court of Canada ruled today the Safe Third Country Agreement between Canada and the United States is constitutional. Was this the right decision?
- Canada's population will hit 40 million today and is growing at a 'record-setting pace'. How big is too big? How do you feel about this?
- Canadian schools are experimenting with cellphone bans, but some parents say the devices are lifelines. Where do you stand?
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is not explaining why his staff didn't tell him about the controversial transfer of notorious child killer and rapist Paul Bernardo. Vassy Kapelos breaks down the latest.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Timothy Danson, the lawyer for the families of the teens who were murdered by Paul Bernardo and his then wife, Karla Homolka, in the early 1990s. Then, we take your calls.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Marieke Walsh, Laura Stone and Robert Benzie.
- Tina Daenzer, the COO and CFO of the Canadian Juries Commission. She was juror #1 on the Paul Bernardo case.
Yves Giroux, Parliamentary Budget Officer, breaks down his office's analysis with Vassy Kapelos.
On today’s show:
- Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, on the war in Ukraine and the Safe Third Country Agreement between Canada and the US
- Mike Duheme, RCMP Commissioner, on the latest with foreign interference
- The Daily Debrief panel with Elliot Hughes, Senior Advisor, Summa Strategies; Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data; Kathleen Monk, Principal Owner of Monk + Associates
- Richard Wagner, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Canada, on Russell Brown’s resignation and choosing a new justice
Celyn Harding-Jones explains her condition – a colloid cyst – and how things got where they are now to Vassy Kapelos.
On today’s show:
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Jagmeet Singh, NDP Leader, on how to move forward regarding foreign interference
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Aaron Blake, Senior Political Reporter with The Washington Post, on Donald Trump’s arraignment
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The Daily Debrief panel with Elliot Hughes, Senior Advisor, Summa Strategies; Shakir Chambers, Principal at Earnscliffe Strategies; Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute.
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Chief Mark Hill, Six Nations of the Grand River, on demanding better treatment from the federal government for Indian Day School (IDS) survivors.
Timothy Danson, lawyer for the families of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy, joins Vassy Kapelos to break down a new open letter sent to the commissioner of the Correctional Services of Canada.
On today’s show:
- Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, on David Johnston’s resignation and moving forward on examining foreign interference claims
- John Kirby, Spokesperson for the National Security Council, on if Canada may ever join AUKUS diplomacy with China despite aggression near the Taiwan Strait
- Retired Lieutenant-General Andrew Leslie, former Canadian Army Chief of Staff and MP for Orleans, on Canada and AUKUS and the factors that may have left us out
- The Daily Debrief panel with Zain Velji, Tom Mulcair, and Tim Powers
- Yulia Kovaliv, Ukrainian Ambassador to Canada, on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent surprise visit and the potential for Ukraine to join NATO
Free For All Friday, hosted by Amanda Galbraith, features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Karl Dockstader, co-host of One Dish One Mic which airs on Saturdays on News Talk 610 in Niagara, London and Windsor, and Natasha Hall, co-host of Montreal Now on CJAD 800 in Montreal.
Topics:
- Wildfires continue to burn across Canada. How have you felt about this past week? Is the government adequately prepared to deal with situations like this?
- The Bank of Canada has unexpectedly raised its key interest rate again. What does this mean politically?
- Notorious Canadian serial killer Paul Bernardo was moved to a medium-security prison in Quebec this week. Was this the wrong decision?
- The PGA Tour's merger with the Saudi-backed LIV Golf has reignited a debate over sportswashing. Let’s discuss.
- Apple will tweak iPhone’s ‘ducking’ autocorrect function. Was this ever an issue for you?
Graham Richardson, filling in for Vassy Kapelos, breaks down the latest updates on the wildfires situation in Canada that has blanketed the sky in smoke and has millions in the U.S. under air quality alerts.
On today’s show:
- Marieke deRoos, communications officer at the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre, which coordinates mobilization of wildfire fighting resources.
- Kelsey McEwen, chief meteorologist on CTV Your Morning, on the air quality and smoke forecast across the country.
- Arj Grewal, a veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces. He is now CEO of Ventus Respiratory Technologies, which creates respiratory protection for law enforcement, armed forces, and first responders.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star, Marieke Walsh, senior political reporter with The Globe and Mail and Laura Stone, Queen’s Park reporter with The Globe and Mail.
- Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been informed he is the target of a special counsel investigation over classified docs, sources say. Richard Painter, former chief White House ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush and professor of Law at the University of Minnesota, joins.
- The Liberals have unveiled a plan to make hybrid House of Commons sittings permanent. We take your texts and calls.
The PGA Tour's stunning merger with rival LIV Golf is the hot topic right now. What does it mean for the sport? Vassy Kapelos speaks with Declan Hill, who specializes in the study of organized crime and corruption in sports.
On today’s show:
- A conversation with Declan Hill, an investigative academic and journalist. He specializes in the study of organized crime and corruption in sports and is a professor of investigations at University of New Haven.
- The Bank of Canada has unexpectedly hiked its key interest rate by .25% to 4.75%. Kevin Page, president of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy in Ottawa and a former Parliamentary Budget Officer, shares his thoughts.
- We play Vassy’s full conversation with Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Canada, on the wildfire situation across the country.
- Kelsey McEwen, Chief Meteorologist on CTV Your Morning, on the smoke forecast for the coming days.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Kory Teneycke, Tom Muclair and Michele Cadario.
- Car thefts across Canada are reaching ‘national crisis’ levels. Bryan Gast, the VP of Investigative Services at Équité Association, joins to break down the latest statistics.
Canada's special rapporteur on foreign interference David Johnston was questioned by MPs at a committee about his role, his report into election meddling and more. Vassy Kapelos breaks down the key takeaways.
On today's show:
- Bob Fife, The Globe and Mail's Ottawa Bureau Chief, on David Johnston's testimony.
- Kelsey McEwen, Chief Meteorologist on CTV Your Morning, on the wildfire situation across the country, particularly looking at smoke conditions and what to expect in the days ahead.
- We play Vassy's full conversation with John Manley, Canada’s former finance minister and deputy prime minister, on a possible interest rate hike this week.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Tim Powers, Shachi Kurl and Sharan Kaur.
- Bill Blair, Minister of Emergency Preparedness of Canada, on the wildfire season in Canada so far.
- Akwasi Owusu-Bempah, author of the new book Waiting to Inhale: Cannabis Legalization and the Fight for Racial Justice.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Tim Danson, a lawyer representing the victims' families, who says they were given no warning or explanation for the move. Plus, we play reaction from politicians.
On today's show:
- We play Vassy's full conversation with Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources of Canada, on an unprecedented wildfire season and whether the federal government is looking to accelerate emissions targets.
- Tom Lawson, former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces, on Russia claiming to have thwarted a ‘large-scale’ Ukraine attack, as well as an internal email from the Canadian battle group commander in Latvia which highlights how Canadian troops in that country have had to purchase some gear themselves.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Tom Mulcair, Zain Velji and Tim Powers.
Free For All Friday, hosted by Amanda Galbraith, features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show features panelists Siri Agrell, former political advisor and a former journalist, and Jason Lietaer, president of Enterprise Canada.
Topics:
- A massive amount of land has already been scorched by wildfires in Canada this year. Should we not be better prepared for this as a country?
- Danielle Smith has been re-elected as Alberta’s premier. Are you surprised? What does this mean for the rest of the country?
- Kelowna has set up an "outdoor sheltering site" where people could sleep in tents between 6 p.m. and 9 a.m. every day. Do you think this is a good approach?
- Health Canada will be putting warning labels on individual cigarettes. Will these warnings help curb smoking?
- There is a new push to change the lyrics of O Canada. Would you support that?
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Jérémie Harris, who actively collaborates with policy and technical AI researchers at world-leading AI labs, including Google, DeepMind and OpenAI.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Jérémie Harris, the co-founder of Gladstone AI, an AI safety company. He has briefed senior members of Canadian and U.S. cabinet on AI risk, and trains senior U.S. defense and national security officials in AI.
- We play Vassy's full conversation with Halifax Mayor Mike Savage about a wildfire that continues to burn out of control near his city.
- Molly Deveau, a Nova Scotia woman. She and her 11-year-old son have lost their home and entire belongings to a wildfire.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Laura Stone, Marieke Walsh and Robert Benzie.
- Roger Hilton, Media Presenter and Defense Fellow with the think-tank GLOBSEC, on French President Macron calling on the West to offer Ukraine "tangible and credible" security guarantees.
An out-of-control wildfire near Halifax has forced about 16,000 people from their houses and has burned at least 151 homes to the ground. Vassy Kapelos speaks with two families who have lost everything.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Micaela Finlayson and her husband, Michael Finlayson. The couple has lost their home to the wildfire — which also happens to be the house Micaela grew up in.
- Jason Lavoie and his family have also lost everything in the Halifax-area wildfire. He describes how they escaped from the blaze.
- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith tells Vassy she wants to 'reset' the federal-provincial relationship. We play their full conversation.
- Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh discusses his motion calling for David Johnston to step aside as special rapporteur.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Scott Reid, Kory Teneycke and Kathleen Monk.
The United Conservative Party was elected for a second term in Monday's Alberta election. What does this mean for the rest of Canada? Vassy Kapelos breaks it down.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Janet Brown, principal of Janet Brown Opinion Research, and Jason Lietaer, president of Enterprise Canada who worked on Danielle Smith's campaign.
- Tim Houston, Premier of Nova Scotia, joins to discuss the latest updates on the wildfires in his province.
- Jenny Kwan, an NDP MP. She says she is being targeted by China — information she learned from a recent briefing with CSIS.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Amanda Galbraith, Shachi Kurl and Zain Velji.
- Rejeanne Fairhead, a 96-year-old Ottawa woman who set a new world record in the 5k race during Ottawa Race Weekend.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with a woman in Nova Scotia who is preparing to evacuate from her home due to an out-of-control wildfire.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Nova Scotian Cathryn Fox. Later, we check in with Creeson Agecoutay, Atlantic Bureau Chief for CTV National News.
- Alberta will choose a new premier today. Vassy speaks with Erika Barootes, senior campaign advisor for Danielle Smith, and Cheryl Oates, senior advisor for Rachel Notley.
- Bill Browder, Moscow's 'most wanted man' and author of 'Red Notice' and 'Freezing Order', who is in Ottawa to advocate for anti-Putin activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, who faces the longest-ever sentence for political prisoners in Russia.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Tim Powers, Zain Velji and Tom Mulcair.
- Erin Whitmore, executive director Ending Violence Association of Canada, on a first-ever national survey of sexual violence organizations.
Free For All Friday, hosted by Amanda Galbraith, features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show features panelists Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star, and Sharan Kaur, political strategist and former Deputy Chief of Staff to Bill Morneau.
Topics:
- David Johnston is recommending against a public inquiry on foreign interference in Canadian politics. Are you surprised by this decision? Was it the right one? Do you agree with the reaction from opposition parties?
- Canada has the highest household debt level in G7, according to a new report. Are you concerned about this? Are you surprised?
- Mississauga mayor Bonnie Crombie is preparing for a potential Ontario Liberal Party leadership run. In B.C, the party rebranded itself and is now called B.C. United to capture "an energetic, new feel.” In Quebec, the Liberal party is almost nonexistent. Is the Liberal party dead or is it revitalizing?
- Legendary singer Tina Turner has died at the age of 83 after a long illness. Were you a fan?
- How do you feel about converting offices into housing?
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Aled ab lorwerth, Deputy Chief Economist with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, about his new report. Then, we take your calls.
On today’s show:
- Legendary singer Tina Turner has died at the age of 83. Michael Williams, a music producer and journalist, joins to reflect on rock ‘n’ roll icon’s legacy.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Marieke Walsh, Robert Benzie and Mike Le Couteur.
- Arthur Ross, a 71-year-old who is set to accept his bachelor of arts degree at a convocation ceremony at the University of British Columbia this afternoon, 54 years after he first enrolled.
- Richard Madan, Washington Bureau Correspondent for CTV News, on Ron DeSantis’ U.S. presidential launch.
In a bid to cut carbon emissions, France has banned domestic short-haul flights where train alternatives exist. Should Canada do the same? Guest host Graham Richardson takes your texts and calls.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Barry Choi, a personal finance and travel expert.
- Mehmet Tohti, executive director of the Ottawa-based Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project, has been targeted by Beijing for years. He says he is shockingly disappointed by David Johnston's recommendations against a public inquiry into foreign interference in Canada.
- Senator Patrick Brazeau. Three years sober, he pushing for mandatory warning labels on alcohol.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Kory Teneycke, Scott Reid and Kathleen Monk.
- 2023 marks 200 years since Corunna, a small town in Ontario, nearly became Canada's capital. Tracy Kingston, chair of the Corunna 200 committee, joins the show.
Graham Richardson, filling in for Vassy Kapelos, breaks down the details on special rapporteur David Johnston's recommendations against calling a public inquiry into foreign interference in Canadian politics.
On today's show:
- We carry David Johnston's press conference live and take your texts and calls.
- Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin, shares his thoughts.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Shachi Kurl, Amanda Galbraith and Sharan Kaur.
- A conversation with Fred DeLorey, 2021 Conservative National Campaign Manager and Tom Mulcair, CTV political analyst and former NDP leader.
- Bonnie Crombie, Mayor of Mississauga, who is exploring a bid for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal party.
Free For All Friday, hosted by Amanda Galbraith, features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show features panelists Melanie Paradis, former senior staffer to Erin O’Toole and president of Texture Communications, and Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin.
Topics:
- Federal-provincial finger pointing continues. Stellantis has stopped all construction at its electric vehicles battery manufacturing plant in Windsor over a disagreement with the federal government about subsidies. Thoughts on this back and forth?
- The federal government has proposed a stricter bail system in a new bill. Is this too little too late? Does this feel reactionary?
- The Canadian Mental Health Association is recommending a ban on online gambling ads in Ontario. The father of P.K. Subban is also calling for those advertisements to be removed from hockey broadcasts. Should all provinces ban gambling ads?
- Prince Harry and Meghan were involved in a 'near catastrophic car chase' involving paparazzi. Was this an overreaction on their part? Or are we too obsessed with the couple?
- A ‘no barking’ sign at a Montreal dog park has unleashed fury from pet owners. Whose side are you on?
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Capt. Tim Perry, a WestJet pilot and president of the Air Line Pilots Association in Canada.
On today’s show:
- Brampton and Mississauga are set to become separate cities. Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie joins the show.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Robert Benzie, Marieke Walsh, Laura Stone and Kelly Cryderman.
- B.C. will send some cancer patients to the U.S. for faster radiation treatment, but it will cost the province three times the amount for treatment at home. Vassy speaks with B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix.
- Camille Quenneville, CEO of the Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario division, on the CMHA calling for a full ban on gambling ads.
Vassy Kapelos breaks down why construction has stopped at a Windsor EV battery plant site, and what this could signal.
On today's show:
- Josée St-Onge, Provincial Information Officer for Alberta Wildfire, discusses the current wildfire situation in that province which have triggered a special air quality statement.
- David Lametti, Minister of Justice of Canada, on the federal government proposing a stricter bail system in a new bill. Then, we take your calls.
- Daniel Blaikie, an NDP MP who tabled a motion in the House of Commons to get more unwritten rules—or conventions—spelled out.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Michele Cadario, Kory Teneycke and Kathleen Monk.
Vassy Kapelos is joined by Jens Stoltenberg.
On today's show:
- Economist Moshe Lander on inflation rising through April
- Vic Fedeli, Ontario Minister of Development, and Irek Kusmierczyk, Liberal MP for Windsor-Tecumseh, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, on the latest issues with the Stellantis EV battery deal
- The Daily Debrief Panel with Sharan Kaur, political strategist and former Deputy Chief of Staff to Bill Morneau; Amanda Galbraith, Principal at Navigator and host of Free for All Friday; Shachi Kurl, President, Angus Reid Institute
- Capt. Bernard Lewall, WestJet Pilots Master Executive Council Chair with the Air Line Pilots Association, on issuing 72-hours notice of potential strike action
Vassy Kapelos has the latest on the situation in Alberta as crews battle raging wildfires in the province.
On today's show:
- Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino discusses foreign interference in Canada and how the RCMP is dealing with so-called “Chinese police stations” in the country.
- Melissa Story, provincial information officer for the Alberta government, shares the latest update on the wildfire situation in the province.
- An interview with Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley about investments in the oil and gas sector.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Elliot Hughes, Tom Mulcair and Tim Powers.
- Lana Payne, Unifor national president, discusses Stellantis stopping construction at the EV battery plant site in Windsor, Ont.
Free For All Friday, hosted by Amanda Galbraith, features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show features panelists Chris Holski, News Editor with 580 CFRA in Ottawa, and Tamara Cherry, former crime reporter and founder of Pickup Communications. She is also author of The Trauma Beat: A Case for Re-Thinking the Business of Bad News.
Topics:
- MPs have voted to launch a study into China's 'intimidation campaign' against Michael Chong. Has Canada gone far enough with its actions?
- Smoke from Alberta’s wildfires now blankets most of Canada and we've deployed the army. Should we not be better prepared for this as a country? Why are we under-funding preparedness?
- The military is considering limiting access to alcohol to curb sexual misconduct. Thoughts on this? Are they missing the point here? Does this seem overly simplistic to you?
- Canada's new passport design has been unveiled. Do you like the changes?
- A Toronto school took down a sign saluting Mother's Day after criticism it was "exclusionary". Thoughts?
Vassy Kapelos provides the latest updates and details in the Thursday morning shooting that occurred near Ottawa.
On today's show:
- A hit with Jeremie Charron, reporter with CTV Ottawa, on the shooting in Bourget, Ont.
- Later in the show, we take an OPP press conference live and then speak with Chris Lewis, former OPP Commissioner and CTV public safety analyst.
- We play a part of Vassy's conversation with Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth of Canada, on a private member's bill from a Conservative MP which is stirring up debate over abortion in Canada.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Marieke Walsh, Robert Benzie and Laura Stone.
- Karl Subban, father of ex-NHL star P.K. Subban. He is calling for a ban on sports gambling ads in NHL games.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with a woman living in rural Alberta who tells Vassy she has been left to fend for herself against the wildfires that continue to rage in her community.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Samantha Callioux, co-owner of Go Hard Ranch in Yellowhead County, Alberta.
- Darryel Sowan, the emergency management communications co-ordinator for Little Red River Cree Nation, on the extent of damage in his community from the wildfires.
- Vincent Rigby, former national security and intelligence advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, on there being no indication Canada was invited to join the AUKUS defence pact.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Kory Teneycke, Kathleen Monk and Scott Reid.
- Brett Popplewell, bestelling author, journalist and professor, on his new book, Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past.
- Bob Rae, Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations, on Canada announcing a bid for a UN Human Rights Council seat.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with a Canadian man about the ways China intimidated his family while he and his wife were wrongfully detained for two years.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Kevin Garratt, a Canadian who was detained in China for two years.
- Rob Oliphant, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, on Canada expelling a Chinese diplomat.
- We play Vassy's conversation with Bill Blair, Minister of Emergency Preparedness, on the federal government's response to the Alberta wildfires.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Sharan Kaur, Amanda Galbraith and Marieke Walsh.
- What is the latest on the Hollywood writers' strike? Vassy speaks with Toronto screenwriter Anthony Farrell, whose credits include the U.S. comedy 'The Office'.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney about the relevancy of the monarchy in 2023. Then, we take your calls.
On today’s show:
- An exclusive conversation with former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
- Alberta has announced a state of emergency due to wildfires that continue to rage across the province. Christie Tucker, information unit manager for Alberta Wildfire with the Government of Alberta, joins Vassy to provide the latest updates.
- Conservative MP Michael Chong on the federal government weighing whether or not to expel a Chinese diplomat who targeted his family in 2021.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Tom Mulcair, Zain Velji and Tim Powers.
Free For All Friday, hosted by Amanda Galbraith, features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show features panelists Sharan Kaur, political strategist and former Deputy Chief of Staff to Bill Morneau, and Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star.
Topics:
- King Charles III's coronation is on Saturday. Do you think there will be renewed calls to separate from the monarchy following this?
- The Liberal Party of Canada kicked off its three-day policy convention in the nation's capital on Thursday. Let’s discuss the direction/future of the party. Should Trudeau lead the Liberals against Poilievre?
- The 'Godfather of A.I.' has quit Google in order to speak freely about the dangers posed by artificial intelligence. Are you concerned? What needs to be done?
- Legendary folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot has died at age 84. What does he mean to you? Were you a fan?
- Snoop Dogg is now involved in a Senators ownership bid. Do you care about celebrity support? Does it make a difference to a sports team?
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Morris Rosenberg, former president and CEO of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, in an exclusive interview regarding China-linked donations.
On today's show:
- A two-part interview with Morris Rosenberg, former head of the Trudeau Foundation.
- Debra Tice, the mother of Austin Tice—an American freelance journalist and a veteran U.S. Marine Corps officer who was kidnapped while reporting in Syria in 2012.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Laura Stone, Marieke Walsh and Robert Benzie.
- David Whelan, the twin brother of Paul Whelan, an American who has been detained in Russia since 2018.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with former CSIS director Ward Elcock about how intelligence regarding potential threats is shared with the federal government.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Ward Elock, former Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
- A panel on foreign interference featuring Liberal MP Rob Oliphant, Conservative MP Andrew Scheer and NDP MP Heather McPherson.
- Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian, television personality, political satirist and author, on being inducted to Canada's Walk of Fame. He also weighs in on the top political news of the day.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Michele Cadario, Tom Mulcair and Kory Teneycke.
Vassy Kapelos speaks to Gordon Lightfoot's long-time friends about his influence on the country's collective identity.
On today's show:
- The federal Liberals have put forward new amendments to its pending gun legislation. Marco Mendicino, Canada’s Minister of Public Safety, joins to discuss the revamped approach. Then, we hear from Nathalie Provost, the spokesperson for the gun control group PolySeSouvient.
- Sylvia Tyson, a Canadian musician best known as part of the folk duo Ian & Sylvia. Gordon Lightfoot broke through to international success when Ian and Sylvia recorded two of his songs, Early Morning Rain and For Lovin’ Me.
- U.S. Congressman Brian Higgins on the United States ending vaccine requirements for Canadians at the land border.
- Canadian musician Tom Cochrane reflects on Gordon Lightfoot's legacy.
- Nicholas Jennings, author of Lightfoot, the bestselling biography of Gordon Lightfoot, joins the show.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Shachi Kurl, Amanda Galbraith and Sharan Kaur.
Vassy Kapelos breaks down the details of a tentative contract agreement between the federal government and the Public Service Alliance of Canada that has brought an end to the 12-day strike affecting 120,000 workers across Canada.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Alex Silas, Regional Executive Vice-President for the PSAC National Capital Region. Then, we take your calls.
- We play Vassy's conversation with Mark Carney, former governor of the Bank of Canada, on the transition to net-zero, interest rates and the direction of the Liberal party.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Zain Velji, Tom Mulcair and Tim Powers.
- The controversial Bill C-11 to regulate online streaming has become law. What does this mean for Canadian creators? Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage of Canada, joins the show.
Free For All Friday, hosted by Amanda Galbraith, features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show features panelists Karl Dockstader, co-host of One Dish One Mic which airs on Newstalk 610 in Niagara, London and Windsor, and Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute.
Topics:
- It’s Day 10 of a nation-wide strike affecting more than 155,000 federal workers. How much longer do you think this will go on for? Which side should bend? Should the CRA tax deadline be extended?
- How shocked were you about Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon’s departures from Fox News and CNN? What does this mean for cable news?
- Bill C-11, a controversial government bill to overhaul Canadian broadcasting laws to regulate streaming services, has become law. Do you think this will be a big problem? What does it mean for online content in Canada?
- Infertility is a widespread issue, impacting nearly 18 per cent of the world's population. Despite that, in British Columbia, procedures to treat the medical condition are not covered. Should fertility treatments be publicly funded?
- Ed Sheeran has appeared in a New York City court to deny that his song Thinking Out Loud copied Marvin Gaye's song Let's Get it On. Whose side are you on?
Vassy Kapelos speaks with a Sudanese-Canadian who escaped the violence in Sudan on Monday.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Azza Ahmed, who made her way out of Khartoum via a German military flight.
- Mona Fortier, president of the Treasury Board, discusses where negotiations stand on day nine of a nation-wide strike affecting more than 155,000 federal workers.
- Chris Aylward, national president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, on strike negotiations.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
- The Daily Debrief political panel with Marieke Walsh, Robert Benzie and Laura Stone.
- Victor Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade of Ontario, on the Volkswagen EV battery plant planned for his province.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with MPs from Canada's three main political parties about the nation-wide strike impacting more than 155,000 federal workers.
On today's show:
- A panel with Greg Fergus, parliamentary secretary to the Treasury Board president, Stephanie Kusie, Conservative Treasury Board critic, and Daniel Blaikie, NDP finance critic.
- Chris Aylward, national president of the Public Service Alliance, provides an update on the status of negotiations with the Treasury Board. We take his presser live then take your calls.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Scott Reid, Kory Teneycke and Kathleen Monk.
- David Frum, senior editor at The Atlantic and a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, on Joe Biden announcing his re-election bid.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson about Artemis II, a new space race, and more.
On today's show:
- An exclusive chat with Bill Nelson, the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- It's day seven of a nation-wide strike affecting more than 155,000 federal workers. Chris Aylward, national president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, talks about the latest updates on negotiations.
- Airlines are responding to proposed reforms from the federal government that will beef up air passenger rights. Andy Gibbons, vice president of external affairs with WestJet, joins.
- A one-on-one conversation Penny Oleksiak, Canada’s most-decorated Olympian.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Sharan Kaur, Shachi Kurl and Shakir Chambers.
- Bob Rae, Canada's Ambassador to the United Nations, on the conflict in Sudan and Canada's response so far.
New changes to Canadian air passenger rights are putting the burden of proof on airlines, not travellers. Vassy Kapelos speaks with Omar Alghabra, Minister of Transport of Canada.
On today’s show:
- A conversation with Omar Alghabra, Minister of Transport of Canada. We also take your calls.
- It’s day six of a nation-wide strike affecting 150,000 federal workers. Treasury Board President Mona Fortier, who is leading negotiations for the federal government, joins.
- Nicholas Coghlan, Canada's former top envoy to Sudan, on Ottawa evacuating embassy staff from Sudan amid a violent conflict.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Tom Mulcair, Zain Velji and Tim Powers.
Free For All Friday, hosted by Amanda Galbraith, features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show features panelists Mike Kakuk, co-host of the Morning Drive on AM800 CKLW in Windsor, and Reshmi Nair, co-host of The Rush on Newstalk1010.
Topics:
- It’s day three of a national strike affecting 155,000 federal workers. How long do you think this will last? Do you think their demands are fair?
- Twitter has removed blue checkmarks from legacy verified accounts. How will this impact online communications in a time of growing misinformation and disinformation on digital platforms?
- Canada's inflation rate has fallen to its lowest level since August 2021. Are you optimistic for what’s to come?
- A Toronto Blue Jays pitcher is calling out United Airlines after he said the airline made his pregnant wife clean up a mess on her “hands and knees” made by their two-year-old daughter while on a flight. What do you think about this?
- A U.K. band used artificial intelligence to imagine what Oasis might sound like if they were to release a new album in 2023. Would you listen to an AI-created song or album?
Vassy Kapelos speaks with a Quebec woman whose family has just returned from a trip around the globe. Three of her four children are losing their vision due to a rare genetic condition and she wanted them to make as many “visual memories” as possible before they lose their sight.
On today’s show:
- It’s day two of a national strike affecting 155,000 federal workers. We play Vassy’s full conversation with Mona Fortier, President of the Treasury Board, and Chris Aylward, national president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada.
- Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, a retired Royal Canadian Navy officer and former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff, on a U.S. report which claims Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told NATO Canada will never meet its military spending target.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Laura Stone, Marieke Walsh and Robert Benzie.
- Eric Ham, a CTV News political analyst, bestselling author and former congressional staffer in the U.S. Congress, on the Pentagon leak which he says is a test of American dominance and a potential risk to Canada.
More than 155,000 federal workers have walked off the job in what the Public Service Alliance of Canada is billing as "one of the largest strikes in Canada’s history." Vassy Kapelos breaks down the latest details on how Canadians will be affected.
On today's show:
- We check-in with CTV reporters Jackie Perez, in Ottawa, and Matt Gilmour, in Montreal, about how the federal strike is affecting their cities.
- We hear from Chris Aylward, national president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada.
- Jeremy Berke, best friend of Evan Gershkovich—the Wall Street Journal correspondent being held in a Moscow prison.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Scott Reid, Kory Teneycke and Kathleen Monk.
- Sami Khoury, the head of the Communications Security Establishment's Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, on cyber threats—particularly those associated with foreign actors.
Vassy Kapelos discusses a rising trend in Canada: egg freezing and other fertility treatments. Why is it gaining popularity among Canadians?
On today's show:
- A conversation with Carolynn Dubé, executive director with Fertility Matters Canada.
- Federal workers will strike on Wednesday if the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the federal government don't reach a deal. Chris Aylward, national president of PSAC, joins the show.
- We play Vassy's full conversation with Pascale St-Onge, Minister for Sport of Canada, about the federal government restoring Hockey Canada's funding.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Shachi Kurl, Shakir Chambers and Sharan Kaur.
- Canada's inflation rate has fallen to the lowest level since August 2021. Jimmy Jean, vice-president and chief economist at Desjardins, joins.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with two of 60 signatories of an open letter imploring the federal government to start treating national security and defence as a top priority.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, a retired Royal Canadian Navy officer and former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff, and Kerry Buck, former Canadian Ambassador to NATO.
- Retired General Mark Kimmitt, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, on a leak of highly classified military documents.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Zain Velji, Melanie Paradis and Tom Mulcair.
- Brian Stelter, an American journalist best known as the former chief media correspondent for CNN, on the Dominion defamation trial against Fox News.
Free For All Friday, hosted by Amanda Galbraith, features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show features panelists Ken Eastwood, morning show host on Newstalk 1290 in London, ON, and Natasha Hall, co-host of Montreal Now on CJAD 800 in Montreal.
Topics:
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's long-serving chief of staff, Katie Telford, is testifying before a committee of MPs about allegations of foreign interference in federal elections. Do you think much will come out of this?
- Members of a union representing more than 120,000 federal public servants have voted in favour of going on strike. Do you think what they’re asking for is fair?
- A new survey shows more than half of Canadians say they're unprepared for retirement. Are you? Would you consider having a gig job?
- New York City has appointed its first-ever ‘rat czar’. PLUS… NPR has quit Twitter over a ‘government-funded’ label on their profile.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Moscow's most wanted man, Bill Browder, about a Putin activist who is facing up to 25 years in jail.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Bill Browder, founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, which was the investment adviser to the largest foreign investment fund in Russia until 2005, when Bill was denied entry to the country and declared a “threat to national security."
- Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, a senior fellow at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa and a former senior official in Canada’s Department of Finance, on the controversy leading to mass resignation at the Trudeau Foundation.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Robert Benzie, Marieke Walsh and Laura Stone.
- An exclusive interview with Denys Shmyhal, Prime Minister of Ukraine.
A union representing 120,000 federal public servants says the large majority of its members have voted in favour of a strike. Deb Hutton, filling in for Vassy Kapelos, speaks with the national president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada.
On today’s show:
- A conversation with Chris Aylward, National President of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC).
- Amanda Lang, BNN Bloomberg anchor of Taking Stock, a podcast and weekly business program on Bell Media Networks, on the Bank of Canada holding its key interest rate steady at 4.5 per cent.
- Keith Currie, president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, on a report which has found Canada will lose more than 40 per cent of its farm operators by 2033.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Scott Reid, Kory Teneycke and Kathleen Monk.
- Mississauga, Ontario is set to reconsider its ban on cannabis retail stores. Dipika Damerla, the city councillor who put forward the motion, joins the program.
The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation's president and board of directors have resigned en masse. What do we know so far? Vassy Kapelos breaks it down.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Bob Fife, The Globe and Mail's Ottawa Bureau Chief, on the Trudeau Foundation resignations.
- Roman Waschuk, Former Ambassador to Ukraine from 2014 to 2019, on Ukraine's prime minister appealing for more aid during a visit to Toronto. Then, Tom Lawson, former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces, joins the program.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Elliot Hughes, Amanda Galbraith and Shachi Kurl.
- Anna Kim, an 18-year-old teenager from Alberta who is legally blind. She is set to compete in an international archery competition.
Graham Richardson fills in for Vassy Kapelos. He speaks with a woman near Montreal who has been without power for six days and has lost income as a result.
On today’s show:
- A conversation with Alison Bright, a woman from Île-Bizard—near the Island of Montreal.
- Steven Chase, senior parliamentary reporter with The Globe and Mail, on his story regarding pro-Russian hackers who claim to have targeted Canada’s gas pipeline infrastructure.
- Would you consider going back to flip phones? We take your texts and calls.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Scott Reid, Tim Powers and Karl Belanger.
- Andrew Kim, the Canadian Psychological Association Chair in Addiction Psychology, on the dangers of online sports betting.
Vassy Kapelos, along with a special holiday edition of The Daily Debrief panel, discuss, debate and break down the top news stories of the day.
On today's show:
- The Daily Debrief panel with Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star, Marieke Walsh, senior political reporter with The Globe and Mail, and Mike Le Couteur, senior political correspondent for CTV News and host of The Debate.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
- Rachel Lenz, a Winnipeg mom who's been trying for 16 months to get a care home placement for her son with disabilities.
- We replay Vassy's past conversation with Jérémie Harris, co-founder of Gladstone AI, on Elon Musk and thousands of others calling for a pause on artificial intelligence development.
- We replay Vassy's past conversation with Mary McCoy, a Texas woman who has become the longest-serving female radio presenter in the world.
Vassy Kapelos takes your texts and calls: have you given up hope of owning your own home? Or are you optimistic about housing affordability?
On today's show:
- Aaron Rupar, an independent journalist and independent publisher of the Public Notice Newsletter, on Donald Trump pleading not guilty to 34 felony charges. Then, we hear from Elizabeth Holtzman, former district attorney in New York City.
- Peter Ivanyi, the lawyer of a migrant family who died trying to cross the St. Lawrence River.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Michele Cadario, Scott Reid and Kory Teneycke.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Renato Mariotti, former U.S. federal prosecutor, about what we can expect as former President Donald Trump faces criminal charges.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Renato Mariotti, former U.S. federal prosecutor in the Securities and Commodities Fraud Section of the United States Attorney's Office.
- Vassy speaks with Jeremy Hansen, a Canadian astronaut who is joining the Artemis II mission set to orbit the moon in 2024. He will be the first Canadian astronaut to encircle the moon.
- Roy Eriksson, Finland’s Ambassador to Canada, on Finland joining NATO.
- Yves Giroux, Parliamentary Budget Officer, on the carbon price.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Shakir Chambers, Sharan Kaur and Shachi Kurl.
- Johnathan Zoesman, a man from New York who is making a film based on his experiences living in northern Canada in the early 1970s.
Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen will join the Artemis II mission set to orbit the moon in 2024. Vassy Kapelos speaks with Dr. Roberta Bondar, the first Canadian woman in space, about the significance of this mission.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Dr. Roberta Bondar, the first Canadian woman and the world’s first neurologist in space.
- Richard Painter, former chief White House ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush, on Donald Trump facing criminal charges.
- Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Canada, on the carbon price increase.
- The Daily Debrief political panel with Zain Velji, Tom Mulcair and Tim Powers.
- Jérémie Harris, the co-founder of Gladstone AI, an AI safety company, on Elon Musk and thousands of others calling for a pause on artificial intelligence development.
Free For All Friday, hosted by Amanda Galbraith, features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show features panelists Ryan Price, news director and afternoon drive host on CFAX 1070 in Victoria, B.C., and Tom Mulcair, CTV political analyst and former NDP leader.
Topics:
- The 2023 federal budget was tabled on Tuesday. What is your overall reaction? Are you satisfied with what is proposed?
- Donald Trump has been indicted. Are you shocked? What does this mean going forward?
- Random, unprovoked murders in public spaces are becoming more frequent in Canada. How do we address this?
- SUVs are more popular than ever. How do feel about them?
- Are you worried that an AI picture of the Pope went viral?
The independent commission tasked with examining the deadliest mass shooting in modern Canadian history has just released its final report. Vassy Kapelos breaks down the biggest takeaways.
On today's show:
- We hear from Scott McLeod, brother of Nova Scotia shooting victim Sean McLeod, and Jessica Zita, the lawyer representing Lisa Banfield — the spouse of the killer.
- Karina Gould, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development of Canada, on new spending measures in the federal budget.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Mike Le Couteur, Marieke Walsh and Laura Stone.
- We play Vassy's full conversation with Irfan Sabir, Alberta's NDP justice critic, on a leaked Danielle Smith phone call with a COVID-19 protestor.
Vassy Kapelos discusses what is proposed in the 2023 Canadian federal budget and the impact it may have on you.
On today's show:
- We play Vassy's full conversation with federal finance minister Chrystia Freeland. Then, federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and Conservative finance critic Jasraj Singh Hallan respond.
- A conversation with Brian Kingston, president and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association, on one of the biggest line items in the federal budget tabled yesterday: investments in clean tech and responding to the United States' Inflation Reduction Act.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Scott Reid, Kory Teneycke and Kathleen Monk.
- Eric Szeto, producer with CTV W5, on an investigation into asbestos cement pipes in Canada.
Vassy Kapelos hosts a special edition of The Vassy Kapelos Show as Canadians wait patiently to see what the federal government has in store financially for the country.
On today’s show:
- Amanda Lang, BNN Bloomberg anchor of Taking Stock, a podcast and weekly business program on Bell Media Networks, on the upcoming budget.
- A conversation with Ted Mallett, Director of Economic Forecasting at The Conference Board of Canada.
- Karen Hogan, Auditor General of Canada, on her audit tabled in Parliament on Monday morning.
- Abdulla Daoud, executive director of The Refugee Centre in Montreal, on Roxham Road being closed.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Shachi Kurl, Sharan Kaur and Amanda Galbraith.
- Rodney Tingley, a man from New Brunswick who has formed an unlikely and heartwarming friendship with a grey squirrel named Peanut.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Tareq Hadhad, founder of Peace by Chocolate in Nova Scotia. Plus: what might Canadians expect to see in the federal budget tomorrow? We break it down.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Kevin Page, president of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy in Ottawa and a former Parliamentary Budget Officer, about Tuesday's budget.
- We play Vassy's full conversation with François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry of Canada, on U.S. President Joe Biden's visit to Ottawa.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Tom Mulcair, Jason Lietaer and Elliot Hughes.
Free For All Friday, hosted by Amanda Galbraith, features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show features panelists Sharan Kaur, political strategist and former Deputy Chief of Staff to Bill Morneau, and Andrew House, former Chief of Staff to Canada’s Public Safety Minister and now co-leader of the National Security Group at Fasken.
Topics:
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President Joe Biden is in Ottawa today for an official visit. What are the biggest priorities Biden and PM Justin Trudeau must discuss? How would you assess the relationship between Canada and the U.S. right now compared to the years under previous administrations?
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office announced Tuesday that his chief of staff, Katie Telford, will testify about foreign election interference. Is this necessary?
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Han Dong has announced he will be sitting as an independent MP after being the subject of allegations involving interference by China in Canadian affairs. Thoughts on how this has been handled?
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During an interaction with the reporters on Tuesday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford shared a tale of his haircut misadventures at Walmart. What are your haircut nightmare stories?
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Zellers is back the same week Nordstrom begins its liquidation sales. Do you have strong feelings about either?
U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive in Ottawa this evening, kicking off a two-day visit to the nation's capital. What is on the agenda? Vassy Kapelos breaks it down.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Bruce Heyman, former U.S. Ambassador to Canada and co-author of the best selling memoir The Art of Diplomacy: Strengthening the Canada US relationship in times of uncertainty.
- We play Vassy's full conversation with Kirsten Hillman, Canada's Ambassador to the United States.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Marieke Walsh, Laura Stone and Robert Benzie.
- Myles Sullivan, director of United Steelworkers, the largest private-sector union in North America for trade-EV workers. He will be attending Joe Biden's speech tomorrow.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's former national security and intelligence advisor, Vincent Rigby, about why he says the PM must assure Joe Biden about Canada's commitment to security.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Vincent Rigby, former national security and intelligence advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a visiting professor at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University. Then, we take your calls.
- We play Vassy's full conversation with Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs of Canada, on foreign interference special rapporteur David Johnston's mandate.
- A probe of foreign interference in Canadian elections should also investigate India, Sikh organizations say. Moninder Singh, acting spokesperson for the British Columbia Gurdwaras Council, joins to talk about why.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Michele Cadario, Kory Teneycke and Kathleen Monk.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chief of staff, Katie Telford, has agreed to testify before one of the committees investigating Chinese interference in Canada's elections. Plus, special rapporteur David Johnston's mandate has just been released. Vassy Kapelos speaks with two former CSIS directors to get their reactions.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Ward Elcock, former director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Then, Dick Fadden, former CSIS director and former national security advisor to Prime Ministers Justin Trudeau and Stephen Harper.
- Renowned victims' rights attorney Gloria Allred on former U.S. president Donald Trump facing possible criminal charges.
- Randy Boissonnault, Associate Minister of Finance of Canada, on the upcoming federal budget.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Shachi Kurl, Amanda Galbraith and Sharan Kaur.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is on his first trip to Moscow since Russia invaded Ukraine. What can we expect from his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin? Vassy Kapelos speaks with Vice-Admiral Mark Norman.
On today’s show:
- A conversation with Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, a retired Royal Canadian Navy officer and former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff.
- U.S. President Joe Biden is visiting Ottawa this week. What will his priorities be when he meets with PM Trudeau? David Cohen, the United States’ Ambassador to Canada, and Kirsten Hillman, Canada's Ambassador to the United States, join the show.
- An exclusive conversation with Adam Niedzielski, Poland’s Minister of Health, on Poland’s effort to support Ukraine against Russia’s aggression.
- Simon Donner, a climate scientist, professor at the University of British Columbia and member of Canada’s Net Zero Advisory Body, on the world’s top climate scientists issuing a ‘survival guide for humanity’ in a landmark U.N. climate change report published this morning.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Carlene Variyan, Tom Mulcair and Tim Powers.
Free For All Friday features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show is hosted by Tamara Cherry and features panelists Sean Vanderklis, co-host of One Dish One Mic which airs in Niagara, London and Windsor, and Sharan Kaur, political strategist and former Deputy Chief of Staff to Bill Morneau.
Topics:
- PM Trudeau has named former governor general David Johnston as the new independent special rapporteur on foreign interference. Does Johnston’s appointment get Trudeau off the hook for an inquiry?
- PM Trudeau says 2023 budget will include affordability measures 'that will directly help Canadians'. How are you feeling heading into the federal budget? What needs to be the priority?
- Transport Minister Alghabra has vowed to reform passenger rights regulations, and announced $76M to address traveller complaints. Are you satisfied with this?
- A naked protester drawing attention to Ontario’s plans to develop portions of the Greenbelt was kicked off stage by Avril Lavigne during Monday night’s Juno Awards. Do you think this was effective or appropriate?
- Canadians are uninterested in King Charles' coronation and the British monarchy, a survey suggests. Are you?
Vassy Kapelos breaks down what we know about David Johnston, who has been named as the new independent special rapporteur who will be looking into foreign interference.
On today’s show:
- Marco Mendicino, Public Safety Minister of Canada, on Johnston’s appointment.
- Olubukola Ajayi, a mother from Nigeria who lives in Ottawa who has been in the middle of a transcontinental custody battle that began in late 2021.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Laura Stone, Marieke Walsh and Robert Benzie.
- Mary McCoy, an 85-year-old woman from Texas who Guinness World Records has just verified as the globe’s longest-serving female radio presenter after nearly 72 years on the airwaves.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Thomas Clarke, owner of THC Distribution in Newfoundland, who was among one of the first to sell legal cannabis in Canada.
On today's show:
- We play Vassy's full conversation with Omar Alghabra, Minister of Transport of Canada, on reforming passenger rights regulations and investing $76-million to address traveller complaints.
- Retired Major General Scott Clancy, former director of operations for NORAD, on a U.S. drone that plunged into the Black Sea after an encounter with a Russian fighter jet.
- The Daily Debrief with Scott Reid, Tim Powers and Shachi Kurl.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with an advocate who says Canada is seeing the worst childcare worker shortage the sector has ever faced.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Carolyn Ferns, policy coordinator at the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care.
- We play Vassy's full conversation with François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry of Canada, on Canada being chosen for the first Volkswagen EV battery plant in North America.
- Why has Canada been left out of an expanded security deal between the U.S., U.K. and Australia? Tom Lawson, former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces, joins the show.
- Jérémie Harris, co-founder of Gladstone AI, on the top AI labs in the world stating they believe human-level AI is imminent and it will introduce a catastrophic risk to humanity.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Shakir Chambers, Shachi Kurl and Sharan Kaur.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Todd Phillips, Principal at Phillips Consulting LLC and former attorney with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in the US.
On today's show:
- International Trade Minister Mary Ng responds to election interference concerns, ethics violations follow up; Poilievre gives Conservative budget wishlist
- What happened at last night’s Oscars Ceremony with Matt Demers aka Mr. Hollywood
- We hear from you on what you want to see in the next federal budget
- The Daily Debrief with Tim Powers, Tom Mulcair and Zain Velji
- Governor General Mary Simon wants to use her platform to tackle online hate
Free For All Friday features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show is hosted by Deb Hutton and features panelists Karen Restoule, CEO of Bold Realities & Whose Land, and Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin.
Topics:
- A discussion on where the government is at with regards to taking action on foreign interference – from PM Trudeau appointing a “special rapporteur” on Monday to Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino announcing on Friday he will be launching public consultations on a foreign influence transparency registry.
- The leaders of Canada's major grocery chains insist that food price inflation is not caused by profit-mongering. Thoughts? What are the next steps for the government?
- Liberal and NDP MPs called out Conservative MP Michael Cooper over what they described as a "shameful" and "completely unacceptable" comment he made to Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly during a hearing on foreign interference on Thursday. Are we seeing a change in civility in politics right now?
- A lightning round, featuring a discussion on Canadian Olympians demanding COC withdraw their support of 'neutral' Russian athletes at the 2024 Games, former cabinet minister Marc Garneau resigning from the House of Commons, and more.
Long-time politician and former astronaut Marc Garneau is resigning his seat in the House of Commons. What led to his decision to step away? Vassy Kapelos speaks with Garneau in his first aired broadcast interview since his announcement on Wednesday.
On today's show:
- A one-on-one interview with Marc Garneau, a veteran politician and the first Canadian in outer space.
- We play Vassy's full conversation with Karina Gould, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development of Canada, on grocery store CEOs testifying in Ottawa on the rapid rise in food prices.
- Retired hurdler Perdita Felicien, who is among more than 40 Canadian Olympians who have signed an open letter calling for the Canadian Olympic Committee to reverse its support of Russians and Belarusian athletes participating as neutrals at upcoming Olympics in Paris.
- Brendon Benson, a Grade 12 teacher at Pickering College in Newmarket, Ontario. He explains why he is inviting ChatGPT into the classroom.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Robert Benzie, Laura Stone and Marieke Walsh.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
The CEOs of Canada's largest grocery store chains will testify in Ottawa today about the rapid rise in food prices. Vassy Kapelos speaks with federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh about what he will ask them.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Jagmeet Singh, federal NDP leader.
- Jimmy Jean, vice-president and chief economist at Desjardins, on the Bank of Canada holding its key interest rate at 4.5 per cent.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Scott Reid and Kathleen Monk.
- For International Women's Day, we speak with Jennifer Flanagan, president and CEO of Actua, the largest STEM outreach organization in Canada. She has been chosen to be part of the Canadian delegation to this week's UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Vassy Kapelos discusses the latest developments in how the federal government is responding to Canadians' concerns over alleged election meddling by China during the last two federal campaigns.
On today’s show:
- A conversation with Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety of Canada, on his government appointing a special rapporteur to investigate foreign interference.
- Lisa Raitt, former deputy leader with the Conservative Party of Canada, and Anne McLellan, former Liberal deputy prime minister of Canada, on their coalition calling for a stronger focus on growth ahead of the 2023 budget.
- Carol Todd, mother of Amanda Todd, on B.C. introducing legislation to protect those whose intimate images have been shared without consent.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Sharan Kaur, Amanda Galbraith and Shachi Kurl.
- Aiden Chase, a 16-year-old hockey player from Quebec. He, along with his mother, Laurie Philipps, are filing a complaint against Hockey Quebec after Aiden was allegedly subjected to racial slurs. They both join the program.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Conservative MP Ed Fast about his government's calls to prohibit euthanasia for people whose only medical condition is mental illness.
On today's show:
- We play Vassy's full conversation with Morris Rosenberg, who authored the report released last week on Chinese attempts to interfere in the 2021 federal election.
- Then, Dominic LeBlanc, Canada's minister of intergovernmental affairs, responds.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Tim Powers, Tom Mulcair and Zain Velji.
- Katlyn Levesque, aunt of Kiara Agnew—a 23-year-old Canadian woman who was killed at a resort in Mexico.
Free For All Friday features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show is hosted by Deb Hutton and features panelists Bob Richardson, senior counsel at National Public Relations and a former Ontario Liberal chief of staff, and Karen Gordon, principle of Gordon Strategy and host of Reputation Rescue with Bill Carroll on News Talk 580 CFRA in Ottawa.
Topics:
- The parliamentary panel studying allegations of foreign interference in elections heard from top intelligence officials this week, including the head of Canada's spy agency. Thoughts on what came out of the committee? What does the federal government do next?
- Newfoundland and Labrador health officials are heading back to Europe as part of the province's latest effort to recruit health workers from abroad. We have a national issue of retaining nurses. What can the federal government do to help? How do they deal with this?
- A lightning round featuring a discussion on governments banning Tik Tok, B.C. making prescription contraceptives free this year, and more.
There are dozens of patients who have been in Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health for years who no longer need to be there. Vassy Kapelos speaks with a physician at the hospital about why this is the case.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Dr. Vicky Stergiopoulos, a physician and scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
- We play Vassy's full conversation with Michael Wernick, former Clerk of the Privy Council, on Chinese election interference.
- Talk Science To Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Robert Benzie, Laura Stone and Marieke Walsh.
- Cst. Matt Messenger with the Calgary Police Service's Hate Crime Prevention Team, on how some police forces in Canada are beginning to consider attacks on homeless people as hate crimes.
Vassy Kapelos has an exclusive conversation with Marco Mendicino, Canada’s Public Safety Minister, regarding a new report which found there was no foreign interference that “threatened Canada’s ability to have a free and fair election” in 2021.
On today’s show:
- We play Vassy’s full conversation with Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety of Canada.
- Abdulla Daoud, executive director of The Refugee Centre in Montreal, who says the problem isn't the volume of asylum seekers coming to the irregular border crossing at Roxham Road, but the delay in processing applications.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Scott Reid, Tim Powers and Kathleen Monk.
- Rebecca Fee, the granddaughter of Louis Lamothe, who suffered a stroke in Arizona on Feb. 3. Following this, he racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills after his insurance company denied coverage.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Jim Diodati, Mayor of Niagara Falls, on his concerns about a potential hotel room shortage as a result of an influx of asylum seekers in the city.
On today’s show:
- Bob Fife, The Globe and Mail's Ottawa Bureau Chief, on calls for a public inquiry into alleged Chinese election interference.
- Dan Kelly, President and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, on small businesses struggling to repay CEBA loans.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Sharan Kaur, Shachi Kurl and Amanda Galbraith.
- Don Edwards, an ex-NHL goaltender. He is writing a book detailing the injustice surrounding his parents’ murder.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Dick Fadden, former director of CSIS and former national security advisor to Prime Ministers Justin Trudeau and Stephen Harper, who says Canada needs a public inquiry into foreign election interference.
On today's show:
- We play a snippet of Vassy's conversation with Defence Minister Anita Anand about Canada sending new tanks to Ukraine. Then, we have retired Lieutenant-General Andrew Leslie, former Canadian Army Chief of Staff, on to react.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Zain Velji, Tom Mulcair and Tim Powers.
- Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law and law professor at the University of Ottawa, on the censoring of news content by Google.
Free For All Friday features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show is hosted by Deb Hutton and features panelists Reshmi Nair, co-host of The Rush on Newstalk 1010 in Toronto, and Elias Makos, host of The Elias Makos Show on CJAD in Montreal.
Topics:
- Today is the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Do you think we will see a new phase to the west’s involvement in the war? From a military perspective, should Canada send more support? What is the significance of U.S. President Joe Biden’s surprise visit to Ukraine this week? Should allies further tighten sanctions?
- The Globe and Mail reports China tried to influence the outcome of the 2021 federal election, outlined in secret CSIS reports. Do you have any concerns about this being a CSIS leak? Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says foreign election interference should not be a partisan issue. Do you agree?
- The federal government is facing calls to close the irregular border crossing at Quebec's Roxham Road to asylum seekers. Should they?
- A lightning round, featuring a discussion on a Quebec educator who wants YouTube to be taught in every school on the continent, facial recognition in airports, and more.
The federal government has reached health-care funding deals with five provinces. Vassy Kapelos discusses what we know so far.
On today’s show:
- An exclusive conversation with Krišjānis Kariņš, Prime Minister of Latvia, on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
- We play Vassy’s full conversation with Kenny Chiu, a former Conservative MP who says he was targeted by Chinese efforts to defeat Conservatives during the 2021 federal campaign.
- Talk Science To Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Laura Stone, Mike Le Couteur and Marieke Walsh.
- Dominic Sicotte, president and CEO of the A-B. Foster Academy, who wants YouTube to be taught in every school on the continent.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with former CSIS director Ward Elcock about a House committee passing a motion to expand a study of foreign interference in elections.
On today’s show:
- Yulia Kovaliv, Ukraine's Ambassador to Canada, on the significance of U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Kyiv and the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
- Lloyd Axworthy, Canada’s former minister of foreign affairs and now-Chair of the World Refugee and Migration Council, on the Roxham Road border crossing and Safe Third Country Agreement.
- The Daily Debrief political panel with Michele Cadario, Kory Teneycke and Kathleen Monk.
- David Frum, senior editor at The Atlantic and a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, on the 2024 U.S. presidential race.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Sean Fraser, Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, about the Safe Third Country Agreement and Premier Francois Legault asking the federal government to redirect migrants to other provinces.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Sean Fraser, Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.
- Bob Fife, The Globe and Mail's Ottawa Bureau Chief, on a Globe investigation that outlines how China targets Canadian politicians and business leaders.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Sharan Kaur, Shachi Kurl and Tim Powers.
- Saad and Muthana Zora, Canadian brothers. They flew to Turkey last week to search for their sister, Samar, after being unable to get answers from the Canadian Embassy.
Free For All Friday features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show is hosted by Deb Hutton and features panelists Karl Dockstader, co-host of One Dish One Mic which airs on Saturdays on Newstalk 610 in Niagara, London and Windsor, and Chris Holski, News Editor with 580 CFRA in Ottawa.
Topics:
- The Public Order Emergency Commission has concluded the federal government met the threshold for invoking the Emergencies Act to bring an end to the Freedom Convoy protests and blockades. Deb speaks with Vassy Kapelos, chief political correspondent for CTV News and host of The Vassy Kapelos Show, and asks the panellists to weigh in on the report.
- Toronto Mayor John Tory has made his resignation official after days of controversy. He will step down tonight at 5 p.m. How do you deal with high-profile resignations such as this one?
- A lightning round, featuring a discussion on RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki retiring, Canada’s premiers accepting the federal health-care funding proposal and whether Vancouver should become a permanent Winter Olympics host city.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with George Smitherman, President and CEO of the Cannabis Council of Canada, on why cannabis producers in this country are struggling to survive.
On today's show:
- Gilles Rivard, former Canadian Ambassador to Haiti, on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledging more help for Haiti.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Laura Stone, Marieke Walsh and Robert Benzie.
- Brian Sauve, president of the National Police Federation and serving member of the RCMP, on Brenda Lucki leaving her post as RCMP Commissioner.
Vassy Kapelos takes your texts about John Tory's resignation over his affair with a younger staffer.
On today's show:
- Tom Lawson, former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces and previous Deputy Commander of NORAD, on a Russian bomber that was intercepted near Alaska.
- Ahmed Hussen, Canada’s Minister of Housing, on a report which says Canada needs to build 50 per cent more homes as the federal government plans for higher immigration levels.
- Chuck Hagel, former U.S. Secretary of State for former President Barack Obama, on the unidentified objects that have been shot down.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Kory Teneycke, Scott Reid and Kathleen Monk.
- Liberal MP Anthony Housefather, who wants to expedite having Canada Soccer before a parliamentary committee.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Canada’s public safety minister about what we know so far about the high-altitude objects that NORAD shot down over the weekend.
On today’s show:
- We play Vassy’s full conversation with Marco Mendicino, Canada’s Public Safety Minister.
- Peter MacKay, former Minister of National Defence and Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, on the political and military response to the aerial objects being downed over Canada and the U.S.
- Ranj Pillai, Premier of the Yukon, on the search to recover an unidentified object shot down over the territory.
- Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star, on Toronto Mayor John Tory prolonging his resignation to preside over a budget meeting.
- Will Canada follow the U.S.'s aggressive new approach to treat childhood obesity? Dr. Geoff Ball, a chair in obesity research who is working on the Canadian guidelines, joins the show.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Shachi Kurl, Amanda Galbraith and Sharan Kaur.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with NORAD's former director of operations about the latest developments in the effort to recover and investigate four objects in that have been shot down in North American airspace.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Retired Major General Scott Clancy, former director of operations for NORAD.
- We play Vassy's full conversation with Dominic LeBlanc, Canada's Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, about his government's proposed health-care funding deal.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Tom Mulcair, Zain Velji and Tim Powers.
- Darcy Michael, a Canadian comedian who is unhappy with Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act.
Free For All Friday features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show is hosted by Deb Hutton and features panelists Ryan Price, news director and afternoon drive host on CFAX 1070 in Victoria, B.C., and Sharan Kaur, political strategist and former Deputy Chief of Staff to Bill Morneau.
Topics:
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the federal government is prepared to spend $196.1 billion on health care over the next decade — including $46.2 billion in new spending on top of funds already budgeted. Are you surprised at the amount of money that was announced? Where does it go from here?
- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has accused CBC president Catherine Tait of launching a partisan attack on him, saying she is “not even pretending to be unbiased." Thoughts on this?
- Rebel News CEO Ezra Levant has launched a legal challenge alleging Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault violated his constitutional right to free expression when he Twitter-blocked him. If it’s not hate speech, is it appropriate to block someone in a case like this?
- A lightning round, featuring a discussion on the Chinese balloon, Western University’s student council voting to drop O Canada at the opening of meetings, and more.
With U.S. President Joe Biden promising to further tighten Buy American rules, what does it mean for Canada? Vassy Kapelos speaks with Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s Ambassador to the United States.
On today's show:
- Flavio Volpe, President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association, on Biden's Buy American plan and a study which found electric vehicles lose up to 30 per cent range when temperatures dip below freezing.
- Christopher Skeete, MNA for Sainte-Rose and the Quebec minister responsible for the region of Laval, on the deadly bus crash at a daycare.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Robert Benzie, Marieke Walsh and Stephanie Levitz.
- Jérémie Harris, the co-founder of Gladstone AI, an artificial intelligence safety company. His team actively collaborates with policy and technical AI researchers at world-leading labs, including OpenAI, which created ChatGPT. What is this new technology everyone is talking about?
Vassy Kapelos shares what we know about the fatal bus crash at a daycare in the Montreal suburb of Laval, Quebec.
On today's show:
- CTV Montreal's Amanda Kline provides the latest details from officials and eye witnesses about the bus crash.
- A conversation with Jean Charest, former Premier of Quebec, about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's proposed health-care funding deal.
- Retired Major General Scott Clancy, former director of operations for NORAD, on the Chinese balloon which U.S. officials say is part of a vast aerial surveillance program.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Michele Cadario, former Deputy Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Paul Martin and BC Premier Christy Clark, Kory Teneycke, former Director of Communications to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Kathleen Monk, Principal Owner of Monk + Associates.
- Roman Waschuk, former Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine, on Ukraine replacing its defence minister amid corruption scandals.
Vassy Kapelos provides the latest details as Canada's premiers meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over a health-care funding deal.
On today's show:
- Gary Mar, Alberta's former health minister, and Scott Reid, former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin, about the last time the provinces and federal government agreed on a multi-year health funding deal.
- A conversation with Andrew Furey, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Zein Almoghraby with Journalists for Human Rights. He is in Gaziantep, Turkiye, the epicenter of a deadly earthquake.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Amanda Galbraith, Shachi Kurl and Greg Weston.
- Larry Haas, former White House official, on a lookahead to the State of the Union Address.
Vassy Kapelos provides the latest details about the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that was found floating over military sites in the United States.
On today's show:
- Stephanie Carvin, a former national security analyst with the federal government and associate professor of international relations at Carleton University, on the Chinese balloon.
- We play Vassy's full conversation with David Eby, Premier of British Columbia, on tomorrow's health care meeting between the provinces and federal government.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Tom Mulcair, Zain Velji and Tim Powers.
- Vincent Giannopoulos, vice president for the St. Lawrence and East Coast for the Seafarers International Union of Canada, on sailors who have been stuck for months on tugboats in a Quebec port.
Free For All Friday features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show is hosted by Mark Towhey and features panelists Vass Bednar, executive director of McMaster University’s master of public policy in digital society program, and Ken Eastwood, morning show host on Newstalk 1290 in London, ON.
Topics:
- The Liberal government has withdrawn a series of controversial amendments to pending firearms legislation, C-21. Let's discuss.
- Federal Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau must drop Amira Elghawaby and get rid of this anti-Islamophobia position. Is there any real purpose for these roles or are they purely patronage and performative?
- The federal government is delaying the expansion of its medically assisted dying regime to people whose sole condition is a mental disorder for another year. Where do you stand on this?
- Do we expect to learn anything useful from British Columbia's drugs decriminalization experiment?
- Delissio pizza is being discontinued in Canada. Will you miss it? Will you revert to takeout? What other foods do you wish were still around?
A woman from Quebec tells guest host Kristy Cameron her car was stolen during a test drive after she had listed it on Facebook Marketplace and was shocked to learn it was later used in a robbery.
On today’s show:
- A conversation with Taylor-Anna Kobinger, a woman from Laval, Quebec.
- Bruce Heyman, former U.S. Ambassador to Canada, on Fox News host Tucker Carlson calling for the U.S. to “invade” and “liberate" Canada.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Laura Stone, Robert Benzie and Marieke Walsh.
- Gary Sands, senior vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers, on the cost of food in Canada. Then, we take your texts and calls.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with a long-time member of the International Olympic Committee, Dick Pound, about Russia's potential participation in the 2024 Paris Olympics and what it could mean if countries boycott.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Dick Pound, who was a longtime member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and a former Canadian Olympian. He is now an honorary IOC member.
- Kelsey McEwen, Chief Meteorologist on CTV Your Morning, on a massive cold snap coming for Eastern Canada.
- A conversation with Kamal Khera, Canada’s Minister of Seniors, on new voluntary standards released for long-term care homes in Canada.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Kory Teneycke, Scott Reid and Kathleen Monk.
- A funeral home in Halifax hosts an open mic night every month. We speak with Caroline McQuillan, who came up with the idea, and Noah Tye, a local musician who performs.
A three-year drug decriminalization experiment begins in British Columbia today—something that is likely to influence drug policy across Canada. Vassy Kapelos checks in with that province.
On today’s show:
- A conversation with Jennifer Whiteside, British Columbia’s Minister of Mental Health and Addictions.
- New national standards have just been released for long-term care homes devastated by the pandemic. Vassy speaks with Dr. Samir Sinha, chair of the Health Standards Organization technical committee that drafted the standards.
- We play snippets of Vassy’s conversation with Mark Holland, Government House Leader, and Andrew Scheer, Conservative House Leader, about government spending and the economy.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Shachi Kurl, Sharan Kaur and Amanda Galbraith.
- John Manley, Canada’s former finance minister and deputy prime minister, on Canada’s economic outlook and how the government can navigate it.
Affordability, inflation, and other economic matters are taking center stage as parliamentarians convene for the first time in 2023. Vassy Kapelos breaks down the biggest issues that are top of mind as January comes to a close.
On today's show:
- Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is calling for an emergency debate in the House of Commons on health care privatization. He joins the show.
- A conversation with Jean-Yves Duclos, Canada's Minister of Health, on a health care deal between the federal government and the provinces.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Zain Velji, Tom Mulcair and Tim Powers.
Free For All Friday features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show is hosted by Deb Hutton and features panelists Tamara Cherry, former crime reporter and founder of Pickup Communications, and Mike Kakuk, co-host of the Morning Drive on AM800 CKLW in Windsor.
Topics:
- A date has been set for Trudeau to meet with premiers to talk about a health care deal. Do you think anything will come out of this?
- Most Canadians are pessimistic about the economy, a survey has found. Are you? How did you feel about the interest rate announcement this week? How are you dealing with the issue of affordability right now?
- Justin Trudeau is courting a fight over the notwithstanding clause. Are we inching closer to a constitutional problem?
- A lightning round featuring a discussion on the recent rash of violence aboard Toronto’s TTC, Canada donating four Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine, and more.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Poland's Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, about countries sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
On today's show:
- We play an exclusive interview with Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister of Poland.
- A conversation with Heather Stefanson, Premier of Manitoba, about a health-care meeting between Canada's premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Robert Benzie, Marieke Walsh and Laura Stone.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Canada’s Associate Finance Minister about the economy and the prospect for a recession this year.
On today’s show:
- We play Vassy’s full conversation with Randy Boissonnault, Canada’s Associate Minister of Finance. Then, we take your calls.
- Jimmy Jean, Vice-President and Chief Economist at Desjardins, on the Bank of Canada raising its key interest rate.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Scott Reid, Kory Teneycke and Kathleen Monk.
- Today is Bell Let’s Talk. Vassy speaks with Dr. Leslie Buckley, Chief of Addictions for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, about what people can do if they want to quit drinking.
Graham Richardson fills in for Vassy Kapelos. He speaks with a former drug addict from British Columbia who wants to open a brick-and-mortar store selling heroin, meth, cocaine, and MDMA.
On today’s show:
- A conversation with Jerry Martin, who plans to sell heroin and meth from a Vancouver storefront with hopes to save lives.
- Lindsay May, a woman from Regina who had her dream destination wedding in Mexico cancelled multiple times when Sunwing halted her flights.
- Nakita Rees from Cambridge, Ontario, who was stunned to learn her lost baggage was obtained by charity.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Tim Powers, Shachi Kurl and Sharan Kaur.
- Aaron Sams, a U2 superfan from Nova Scotia. He learned of the band’s new album in a special letter from The Edge.
- Vassy Kapelos, host of The Vassy Kapelos Show. She joins the show from Hamilton, where she is covering the Liberal cabinet retreat.
- Andrew Furey, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, on his government passing a bill to send striking first responders back to work.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Anita Anand, Canada's Defence Minister, about whether our country is willing to send some of its battle tanks to Ukraine — something Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has repeatedly issued pleas for.
On today's show:
- We play a snippet of Vassy's conversation with Defence Minister Anita Anand. Then, retired Major-General David Fraser reacts.
- Kristy Hutchings, reporter with the Long Beach Press-Telegram, on a mass shooting near Los Angeles.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Tom Mulcair, Melanie Paradis and Carlene Variyan.
- David Johnston, former Governor General of Canada, on his latest book.
Free For All Friday features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show is hosted by Deb Hutton and features panelists Tom Mulcair, CTV political analyst and former federal NDP leader, and Karen Restoule, CEO of Bold Realities & Whose Land.
Topics:
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government is preparing to significantly ramp up the number of surgeries done in privately run for-profit clinics. What are your thoughts on this?
- Jacinda Ardern will resign as New Zealand’s prime minister. Is this a recognition of the challenges women in politics face?
- 171 anomalies have been discovered at a former residential school site in northern Ontario. Have we been treating this issue with enough urgency since the first discoveries out west?
- A lightning round featuring a discussion on Ivan Provorov, Pierre Poilievre’s support in Quebec, new alcohol guidelines in Canada and more.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Adam Oake, a Canadian who just returned home from the front lines of the Russian invasion in Ukraine.
On today's show:
- Yevheniya Kravchuk, a Ukrainian MP, on Canada facing pressure to send some of its Leopard 2 tanks.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Robert Benzie and Stephanie Levitz from the Toronto Star.
- Andy Knight, an Alberta professor who will assess the level of white supremacy in Canada's military over the next year and come up with a suggested policy to respond.
Graham Richardson, filling in for Vassy Kapelos, speaks with the wife of an Ontario man who was struggling to get around in Chile after Air Canada lost his customized wheelchair in Toronto. He was finally reunited with his wheelchair during our show.
On today’s show:
- A conversation with Kathie Hamilton, the wife of Jim Hamilton, who was in Chile for days without his wheelchair. Wendy Elliott, his step-daughter, also joins the show.
- Matt Gilmour, a video journalist with CTV Montreal, on Quebec appointing an external advisor after a protest by nurses partially shut down a Montreal hospital ER.
- David Coletto, a founding partner and CEO of Abacus Data, on a new poll in which the Conservatives lead Liberals by four percentage points.
- The Daily Debrief political panel with Scott Reid, Kory Teneycke and David Moscrop.
- Véronique Proulx, CEO of Quebec Manufacturers and Exporters Association, on Quebec taking a dwindling share of Canada’s new immigrants.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Scott Moe, Premier of Saskatchewan, about the potential for a health-care deal with the federal government.
On today’s show:
- A conversation with Scott Moe, Premier of Saskatchewan.
- Kendall Dilling, President of Pathways Alliance—a collaboration of companies representing approximately 95% of Canadian oil sands production—on the need to work collaboratively with governments on decarbonization.
- Jimmy Jean, vice-president and chief economist at Desjardins, on Canada's annual inflation rate slowing to 6.3 per cent in December.
- The Daily Debrief political panel with Shachi Kurl, Sharan Kaur and Amanda Galbraith.
- Janet Dermody, a Nova Scotia woman offering her waterfront property to developers in exchange for affordable housing.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has unveiled a plan to expand surgeries in private clinics. Vassy Kapelos speaks with Marit Stiles, incoming leader of Ontario's New Democrats, to get her reaction.
On today's show:
- We play Vassy's interview with Marco Mendicino, Public Safety Minister of Canada, about the Safe Third Country Agreement. Then, Jenny Kwan, NDP Critic for Housing, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship.
- A conversation with Marit Stiles, incoming leader of Ontario's New Democrats.
- The Daily Debrief political panel with Tom Mulcair, Tim Powers and Elliot Hughes.
- Brian Kingston, president and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association, on U.S. protectionism and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's visit to a rare earth elements plant in Saskatchewan.
Free For All Friday features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show is hosted by Deb Hutton and features panelists Bob Richardson, senior counsel at National Public Relations and a former Ontario Liberal chief of staff, and Chris Holski, News Editor with 580 CFRA in Ottawa.
Topics:
- The 'Three Amigos' summit wrapped up in Mexico City on Wednesday, where talks included a focus on trade and economic growth. Are you satisfied with what surfaced?
- Doug Ford says Ontario will accept Trudeau government’s conditions for new health-care funding. Do you think other premiers will follow?
- Are you satisfied with what came out of the transport committee meeting this week which looked at holiday travel chaos?
- A lightning round featuring a discussion on Prince Harry, Toronto homes being listed for sale without the homeowner's knowledge, Nike’s ‘Montreal Bagel’ Dunk shoe, and more.
The country's major airports and airlines are among witnesses appearing today during an emergency meeting of the House of Commons transportation committee regarding holiday travel chaos. Vassy Kapelos breaks down the key takeaways.
On today's show:
- Rachel Aiello, senior digital parliamentary reporter for CTV National News, on the transport committee.
- We play Vassy's full conversation with Congressman Brian Higgins, the U.S. representative for New York's 26th congressional district, on the Nexus application process update.
- Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin, CTV science and technology specialist.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Robert Benzie, Jason Lietaer and Laura D’Angelo.
- Elton Hall, Inspector with the Winnipeg Police Service's Organized Crime Division, on an increase in the number of untraceable 3D-printed 'ghost guns' being seized in Canada.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Marc Doret, mayor of Dorval, Quebec, on taking action to maintain his city’s bilingual status.
On today’s show:
- Duncan Dee, former chief operating officer at Air Canada, on air travel in our country right now and the FAA system outage that grounded flights across the U.S. this morning.
- A conversation with Tim Houston, Premier of Nova Scotia, on the health-care system in his province.
- Andriy Shevchenko, former Ukraine Ambassador to Canada, on Canada announcing it will purchase a U.S.-made missile defence system for Ukraine
- The Daily Debrief panel with Scott Reid, Kory Teneycke and Kathleen Monk.
Vassy Kapelos talks with Erin McIntyre, a cousin of Allison Holthoff — the 37-year-old woman who died in a Nova Scotia hospital on New Year's Eve after waiting hours for care.
On today’s show:
- We play Vassy’s full conversation with Omar Alghabra, Minister of Transport of Canada, on MPs launching a special study into holiday travel chaos.
- Louise Blais, special advisor with the Business Council of Canada and former Canadian Ambassador to the UN, on the ‘Three Amigos’ summit.
- The Daily Debrief political panel with Shachi Kurl, Amanda Galbraith and Sharan Kaur.
- Bill Kuhn, a biographer and historian specializing in the Royal Family, and author of 'Prince Harry Boy to Man’, on Prince Harry’s new memoir.
In an exclusive interview with Vassy Kapelos, former finance minister Bill Morneau speaks about the Trudeau government's management of the economy and whether he has regrets over ethics scandals.
On today’s show:
- We play Vassy’s interview with Bill Morneau, former Minister of Finance of Canada.
- Sylvie De Bellefeuille, a lawyer with the Quebec-based advocacy group Option consommateurs, and Ian Jack, a vice-president with CAA, on the federal government looking to strengthen air passenger protection rules after holiday travel chaos.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Elliot Hughes, Tim Powers and Tom Mulcair.
- Slava Medvedenko, a former NBA star who sold off his championship rings to help Kyiv teens play basketball.
Free For All Friday features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show is hosted by Deb Hutton and features panelists Elias Makos, host of The Elias Makos Show on CJAD in Montreal and Reshmi Nair, co-host of The Rush on Newstalk 1010 in Toronto.
Topics:
- What advice would you give Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heading into 2023?
- What advice would you give the Conservatives and NDP heading into 2023?
- New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says the holiday travel woes that left thousands of passengers stranded outside Canada show why there should be more competition in Canada's airspace. Do you agree?
- A lightning round featuring Prince Harry's new book and a conversation on when it becomes socially unacceptable to wish someone a Happy New Year.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Omar Alghabra, Canada's Minister of Transport, about his conversation with Sunwing after hundreds of Canadians were stranded in Mexico and elsewhere due to the airline cancelling their flights home.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Omar Alghabra, Canada's Minister of Transport.
- Larry Haas, former White House official, on Republican Kevin McCarthy falling short on multiple ballots for House speaker.
- Tony Ferrari, NHL Draft/Prospect Analyst for The Hockey News, on Canada's gold medal game against Czechia in the 2023 World Junior Championship.
- Jon Calvano, long-time coach of Canadian hockey star Connor Bedard, on the 17-year-old breaking records at the tournament.
- The Daily Debrief political panel discussion with Robert Benzie, Laura Stone and Catherine Lévesque.
After hitting record numbers, immigration minister says meeting targets helps cover labour and demographic shortages. Vassy Kapelos speaks with Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.
On today's show:
- Aaron Blake, Senior Political Reporter with The Washington Post, breaks down why Kevin McCarthy has not been voted House Speaker in the United States.
- Patrick Gobeil, a Sunwing passenger from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan details his travel woes on a delayed return from Mexico.
- Ian Bremmer, President of Eurasia Group and Author of the Book, The Power of Crisis.
- The Daily Debrief with Elliot Hughes, Political commentator and senior advisor at Summa Strategies; Melanie Paradis, President of Texture Communications and former deputy campaign manager for Erin O’Toole; and Kathleen Monk, Owner of Monk + Associates.
Toronto’s mayor proposes a nearly $50 million police budget increase in community safety push. Vassy Kapelos speaks with Mayor John Tory.
On today's show:
- Retired Lieutenant-General the Honourable Andrew Leslie, former Canadian Army Chief of Staff and MP for Orleans on the latest between Russia and Ukraine
- Dr. Zain Chagla, an infectious diseases physician and associate professor at McMaster University, on Canada’s decision to require negative COVID-19 tests from Chinese travelers
- Dave Naylor, TSN Football Insider, on the cardiac arrest incident involving Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills
- We hear from you on if Canada should hold on to the monarchy and monarchy as celebrity
- The Daily Debrief with Sharan Kaur, Amanda Galbraith, and Shachi Kurl
Free For All Friday features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show is hosted by Mike Kakuk and features panelists Sharan Kaur, political strategist and former Deputy Chief of Staff to Bill Morneau, and Karl Dockstader, co-host of One Dish One Mic which airs in Niagara, London and Windsor.
Topics:
- Which story from 2022 resonated most with you? Which ones do you think will have the most influence on next year?
- With countless flight cancellations and delays over the past few weeks, are you now avoiding travel? How can this be solved?
- 'Freedom Convoy' organizers are now promising a 'world unity convoy' in Winnipeg in February. Thoughts?
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau answered a bunch of Canadians’ questions in a year-end video and explained how a dog would wear pants. Do you agree?
- Do you have any New Year’s Resolutions?
Mike Kakuk, filling in for Vassy Kapelos, hosts the final show of the year with today’s top newsmakers.
On today’s show:
- We check back in with Jenna Baker, a Sunwing passenger who has been stranded in Cuba with her 3-year-old daughter since December 24th. She is trying to get home to Winnipeg.
- Justin Bates, CEO of the Ontario Pharmacists Association, on how Ontarians will soon be able to visit pharmacies across the province to receive treatment for common ailments.
- Jeff Ross, CEO of Miromatrix, on making pig livers humanlike in a quest to ease organ shortages.
- A year-end Daily Debrief panel with Tim Powers, Susan Smith and Garry Keller.
- Eric Alper, publicist, music commentator and radio host, on the top music highlights of the year.
- Sawyer Nicholson, an 11-year-old 5k runner from Ontario who has won multiple first-place medals at adult competitions.
Guest host Mike Kakuk speaks with a Winnipegger who has been stranded with her young daughter in Cuba for four days with little communication after Sunwing cancelled her flight.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Jenna Baker who has been trying to fly home to Winnipeg.
- Gábor Lukács, a Canadian air passenger rights advocate, on what the rights of air passengers are.
- Wayne Redekop, Mayor of Fort Erie, Ontario, on a community that was crystallized in ice following last week's major winter storm.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Scott Reid, Greg Weston and David Moscrop.
- Wayne Babych, a former NHL player, who is part of a group called Canadian Friends of Hockey in Ukraine which helps Ukrainian kids play hockey.
Free For All Friday features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show is hosted by Mark Towhey and features panelists Ryan Price, news director and afternoon drive host on CFAX 1070 in Victoria, BC, and Karen Gordon, Principle of Gordon Strategy and host of Reputation Rescue with Bill Carroll on News Talk 580 CFRA in Ottawa.
Topics:
- The federal government aims to let in 465,000 immigrants next year, despite serious shortages in housing and health care. Thoughts on this?
- The back-to-office mandate has some public-service parents scrambling to find child care. What do you think of this mandate?
- What are your expectations for the new year regarding affordability?
- A lightning round featuring a discussion on a massive winter storm moving across Canada right now, favourite Christmas movies, best holiday traditions, and more.
Vassy Kapelos, joined by some of Canada's top journalists, breaks down the biggest and most memorable stories of the year and anticipates what will be making headlines in 2023.
On today's show:
- A special year-end Daily Debrief panel discussion with journalists Marieke Walsh, Rick Bell and Robert Benzie.
- A special holiday call-in cooking show with celebrity chef Christine Cushing.
- Kelsey McEwen, Chief Meteorologist on CTV Your Morning, provides an update on the massive snowstorm hitting Canada this weekend.
- David Bradbury, a Newfoundland man who drove home in a rental car after his flight from Toronto was cancelled on Sunday.
- Taryn Caley, a traveller with a baby who also had her flight cancelled and has been stuck in Vancouver for days.
- Kevin Page, former Parliamentary Budget Officer and the founding President and CEO of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy, on what inflation could look like in the new year.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Detective Sergeant Terry Browne of the Toronto Police Homicide Squad on what we know about the 'swarming' attack over the weekend.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Detective Sergeant Terry Browne of the Toronto Police Homicide Squad.
- Rachel Notley, leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party and former Premier of Alberta, on the Sovereignty Act and the NDP's pitch for economic stability.
- Regan Hasegawa, reporter with CTV News Vancouver, joins us live from the Vancouver International Airport where there have been "unprecedented" cancellations and delays due to winter weather.
- Kelsey McEwen, Chief Meteorologist on CTV Your Morning, on a significant storm this weekend.
- Carmi Levy, CTV tech analyst, on Elon Musk saying he will step down as Twitter CEO.
- The Daily Debrief with Scott Reid, Kory Teneycke and Kathleen Monk.
- Kerry Buck, former Canadian Ambassador to NATO, on Ukraine President Zelenskyy meeting with U.S. President Biden on his first known trip outside Ukraine since Russia invaded.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with a man who spent nine hours on a tarmac in YVR as a snowstorm caused chaos on the west coast.
On today’s show:
- A conversation with Mohanad Arafe, a passenger who flew from Montreal to Vancouver.
- A year-end conversation with Stephen Poloz, former governor of the Bank of Canada, on inflation and the Canadian economy.
- Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of rape at his second sexual misconduct trial. Gloria Allred, who represents one of the accusers, joins.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Shachi Kurl, Amanda Galbraith and Sharan Kaur.
- Adrian Dix, British Columbia's Health Minister, on a health funding deal with the federal government.
Vassy Kapelos provides the latest updates regarding the mass shooting in Vaughan.
On today’s show:
- A conversation with Steven Del Duca, Mayor of Vaughan.
- Beatrice Vaisman, a reporter and anchor with CP24, and Chris Lewis, former OPP Commissioner and CTV public safety commissioner, break down the latest details in the Vaughan shooting.
- Steven Guilbeault, Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, on leaders reaching a historic deal at COP15 to protect nature's biodiversity.
- Lori Burns and Cindie D’Agostino, co-founders of The Vest Project, a non-profit organization that is raising funds to purchase defensive safety gear for people in Ukraine.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Tim Powers, Tom Mulcair and Zain Velji.
- Judge Stephen Haberfeld, a former Assistant Watergate Special Prosecutor in Washington, D.C, on the Jan. 6 committee’s final public hearing.
Free For All Friday features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show is hosted by Deb Hutton and features panelists Ken Eastwood, morning show host on Newstalk 1290 in London, ON, and Jennifer Pagliaro, crime reporter with Toronto Star.
Topics:
- Canada's premiers are demanding to meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the nation's health-care crisis. Should the federal government be providing more health-care funding right now?
- Do you think we are seeing a potential federal election in 2023?
- Why does Alberta Premier Danielle Smith keep getting herself into situations where she needs to publicly apologize?
- A lightning round featuring a discussion on a massive winter storm moving across Canada right now, the government revoking a sanctions waiver on turbines used to pump natural gas from Russia to Germany, and more.
What are the predictions for Trudeau, Poilievre and the other federal leaders in the New Year? Vassy Kapelos brings you the latest projections and more.
On today's show:
- Kelsey McEwen, Chief Meteorologist on CTV Your Morning, on a massive winter storm heading across the Prairies, Ontario and Quebec.
- Pedro Antunes, the Chief Economist at The Conference Board of Canada, on a slowdown in Canada’s housing market.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Robert Benzie, Marieke Walsh and Rick Bell.
- Rachel Aiello, Senior Digital Parliamentary Reporter for CTV National News on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's speech to Liberal Party members at their first in-person national Christmas party since pre-pandemic times.
- Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist and founder of Nanos Research, on predictions for Canada's leaders heading into 2023.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety, on a proposed amendment to the government's gun control bill which is stirring controversy.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety. Then, we take your calls.
- David Phillips, Environment Canada Senior Climatologist, on a 3,000 km-long storm which is heading into Canada and will impact four provinces.
- The Daily Debrief panel with Scott Reid, Kory Teneycke and Kathleen Monk.
- Larisa Galadza, Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine, joins the show.
- Our first 'Holiday Angel' segment, featuring Patricia Wilson with the Ottawa Centre Refugee Action, and Hussen Aljared, who is celebrating his his one-year anniversary of arriving in Canada.
Vassy Kapelos speaks with NDP leader Jagmeet Singh about the New Democrats possibly abandoning a deal to support the federal Liberals if the government doesn't take action on the health care crisis.
On today's show:
- A conversation with federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh.
- Charles Sousa, the new Member of Parliament for Mississauga-Lakeshore and former Ontario finance minister, joins the show. What does an Ontario byelection say about Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre?
- The Daily Debrief Tuesday panel with Amanda Galbraith, Laura Stone and Sharan Kaur.
- David Whelan, the twin brother of Ottawa-born Paul Whelan, who has been detained in Russia since 2018.
Vassy Kapelos debuts her brand-new national radio program featuring the biggest newsmakers of the day.
On today's show:
- A conversation with Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc on Canada's premiers demanding an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over health-care funding.
- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on the controversial Sovereignty Act.
- Monday's Daily Debrief political panel with Zain Velji, Tom Mulcair and Tim Powers.
- Jasmine Dann, a Canadian who is overseeing a mine clearance operation near Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Our daily "fact-check" segment.