Dr. Andrew Boozary, primary care physician, researcher, and founding executive director of the Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine at the University Health Network joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss the new initiative. 

On todays show: 
Marion Hayes, Executive director, Montgomery Business improvement area joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss what it's like for residents and businesses right now in Calgary. 
Elizabeth May, Co-Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss her parties call for unified action against foreign interference. 
Demetrios Nicolaides, Alberta's Minister of Education joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss the upcoming cell phone ban, and the challenges that may arise during its implementation. 
The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Shachi Krul, and Saeed Selvam.
Richard Matern, Director of Research, Food Banks Canada joins Robin to discuss Food Banks Canada's latest report. 

Dr. Andrew Boozary, primary care physician, researcher, and founding executive director of the Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine at the University Health Network joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss the new initiative. 
On todays show: 
<ul>
<li>Marion Hayes, Executive director, Montgomery Business improvement area joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss what it's like for residents and businesses right now in Calgary. </li>
<li>Elizabeth May, Co-Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss her parties call for unified action against foreign interference. </li>
<li>Demetrios Nicolaides, Alberta's Minister of Education joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss the upcoming cell phone ban, and the challenges that may arise during its implementation. </li>
<li>The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Shachi Krul, and Saeed Selvam.</li>
<li>Richard Matern, Director of Research, Food Banks Canada joins Robin to discuss Food Banks Canada's latest report. </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.

The Vassy Kapelos Show

Toronto’s University Health Network aims to treat homelessness as a health issue

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?

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>Darrell Bricker, CEO, Ipsos joins Mark to discuss population growth within Canada.</li>
<li>Carmi Levy, tech journalist and analyst joins Mark to discuss the future of batteries.. do we need Lithium?</li>
<li>Dr. Jonathan Lai, Executive Director of Autism Alliance of Canada joins Mark to talk about Canada’s first National Autism Strategy.</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, 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?

Free For All Friday

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.

House Leader Karina Gould joins Vassy Kapelos after the Liberal government survived a non-confidence vote sparked by the Conservatives.
On todays show: 
<ul>
<li>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. </li>
<li>CTV science and technology specialist Dan Riskin joins Vassy Kapelos for the weekly segment Talk Science to Me. </li>
<li>The Daily Debrief Panel with Laura Stone, Marieke Walsh, and Mike Le Couteur.</li>
<li>Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Environment Minister Stephen Guilbeault to discuss if a carbon tax increase will be paused in Canada.</li>
</ul>

Liberals have until Oct. 29 to meet Bloc’s demands

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. 

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: 
<ul>
<li>Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Ontario's Minister for Economic Development Vic Fideli on national security concerns surrounding Chinese EVs in Canada.</li>
<li>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. </li>
<li>Judie Saunders, NYC Sexual abuse litigator and former prosecutor joins gest host Stefan Keyes for this weeks 'The Explainer' segment. </li>
<li>The Daily Debrief Panel with George Soule, Andrew Perez, and Jordan Paquet.</li>
<li>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. </li>
</ul>

Toronto’s University Health Network aims to treat homelessness as a health issue

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