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>

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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.

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Immigration minister says upcoming changes to permanent resident levels are significant

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>

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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. 

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: 
<ul>
<li>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. </li>
<li>Carmi Levy, CTV tech expert joins guest host Tamara Cherry to discuss the biggest tech stories of the week. </li>
<li>The Daily Debrief Panel with Shachi Kurl, Chris Day, and Sabrina Grover. </li>
<li>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. </li>
</ul>

Immigration minister says upcoming changes to permanent resident levels are significant

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