Robin Gill, filling in for Vassy Kapelos, covers breaking news that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, are separating after 18 years of marriage. What are the details we know—or don't know—so far? 

On today's show: 
Rachel Aiello, senior digital parliamentary reporter with CTV News, joins following the breaking news. 
A conversation with Tim Powers, chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data, on Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau separating. 


Vassy Kapelos, host of The Vassy Kapelos Show and chief political correspondent for CTV News, and Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator, weigh in.


Judy Trinh, a correspondent for CTV National News, and Tom Mulcair, CTV political analyst and former NDP leader, join the program. 
In other news, according to the Retail Council of Canada, theft is up at stores and they blame inflation and organized crime. Robin speaks with Rui Rodrigues, executive advisor of loss prevention and risk management for the Retail Council of Canada (RCC).


11 inmates have been mistakenly released from a Hamilton jail since 2021, documents show. Asgar Manek, a Hamilton-based lawyer who represented a mistakenly released inmate, joins. 
A one-on-one with Rechie Valdez, Canada’s Minister of Small Business. She is the first Filipina woman elected as a Member of Parliament in Canada and is now the first Filipina-Canadian to serve in cabinet.

Robin Gill, filling in for Vassy Kapelos, covers breaking news that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, are separating after 18 years of marriage. What are the details we know—or don't know—so far? 
On today's show: 
<ul>
<li>Rachel Aiello, senior digital parliamentary reporter with CTV News, joins following the breaking news. </li>
<li>A conversation with Tim Powers, chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data, on Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau separating. </li>
<li>
Vassy Kapelos, host of The Vassy Kapelos Show and chief political correspondent for CTV News, and Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator, weigh in.
</li>
<li>
Judy Trinh, a correspondent for CTV National News, and Tom Mulcair, CTV political analyst and former NDP leader, join the program. 
</li>
<li>In other news, according to the Retail Council of Canada, theft is up at stores and they blame inflation and organized crime. Robin speaks with Rui Rodrigues, executive advisor of loss prevention and risk management for the Retail Council of Canada (RCC).</li>
<li>
11 inmates have been mistakenly released from a Hamilton jail since 2021, documents show. Asgar Manek, a Hamilton-based lawyer who represented a mistakenly released inmate, joins. 
</li>
<li>A one-on-one with Rechie Valdez, Canada’s Minister of Small Business. She is the first Filipina woman elected as a Member of Parliament in Canada and is now the first Filipina-Canadian to serve in cabinet.</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.