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.

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: 
<ul>
<li> 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. </li>
<li>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. </li>
<li>The Daily Debrief Panel with Kory Teneycke, Michele Cadario, and George Soule.</li>
<li>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.</li>
</ul>

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.

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.

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Chrystia Freeland and her future as Finance Minister

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?

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:
<ul>
<li>Phil Gurski, CEO of Borealis Threat &amp; 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.</li>
<li>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.</li>
</ul>
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?

Free For All Friday

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. 

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: 
<ul>
<li>A special edition of The Daily Debrief Panel featuring Tim Powers, Laura D'Angelo, and George Soule. </li>
<li>Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist joins Vassy for his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'. </li>
<li>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. 
 
</li>
</ul>

Vassy's Book Club

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. 

Listen to Vassy's full conversation with the Minister of Immigration Marc Miller on the upcoming changes to permanent resident levels. 
On todays show: 
<ul>
<li>Listen to Vassy's full conversation with David MacNaughton and François-Philippe Champagne about U.S/Canada relations. </li>
<li>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.</li>
<li>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</li>
<li>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. </li>
</ul>

Chrystia Freeland and her future as Finance Minister

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