• Israel plans to retaliate against Iran with Middle East on edge
    Oct 2 2024

    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.
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Israel begins ground incursion in Lebanon
    Oct 1 2024

    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.
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Free For All Friday
    Sep 27 2024

    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?

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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Liberals have until Oct. 29 to meet Bloc’s demands
    Sep 26 2024

    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.

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • MPs to vote today on Poilievre's motion of non-confidence
    Sep 25 2024

    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.
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Environment Ministers discuss climate change plans
    Sep 24 2024

    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.
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • NDP needs to decide whether 4 million Canadians deserve dental care
    Sep 23 2024

    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.
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Free For All Friday
    Sep 20 2024

    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?

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    1 hr and 19 mins