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?