Free For All Friday - Hour 1

Amanda Galbraith breaks down today's biggest stories with Canada's top newsmakers.

On today's show:

• The Liberals are surging past the Tories into majority territory, but there are some serious caveats to this batch of data. Shachi Kurl of the Angus Reid Institute breaks down the numbers for us.
• Should I renew my mortgage? Should I buy a new house? Ian Lee from Carleton University's Sprott School of Business digs into a complex housing market as the federal election looms large.

Free For All Friday - Hour 2

Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss this week's five biggest news stories. Attending today's session are public affairs consultant Bob Richardson and Chris Day of Hill and Knowlton.

1. Ready or not, here comes a federal election! Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to drop the writ on Sunday, with either late-April or early-May serving as the next Voting Day. What are the primary strengths and weaknesses for each party? More importantly, which topic will determine who forms government?
2. In regards to their communication strategies, have the Liberals and Tories both fumbled the football?
3. As a testy trade war continues with the Trump administration, is Canada in unavoidable danger of an economic recession?
4. In light of today's economic uncertainty, are you shelving any major purchases?