The Vassy Kapelos Show

Free For All Friday - Hour 1. Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers. On today's show: · Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former NDP Leader joins Amanda to discuss to historical week of politics that played out. · Marieke Walsh. senior political reporter with The Globe and Mail joins Amanda to discuss how the federal Liberals need to pick new leader on March 9 as the rules for leadership race are defined · Carmi Levy, CTV Tech Expert joins Amanda to chat about Meta's decision to end its fact checking program. Free For All Friday - Hour 2. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Kim Wright, Principal and Founder, Wright Strategies and Chris Day, President, Winston Wilmont. PANEL TOPICS: Topic 1: New leadership rules, Trudeau stepping down, who will replace him? Topic 2: Trump says he would consider economic force to acquire Canada - was the government's response enough? Topic 3: Your take on when we will see the next election, and what party/leader is most likely to win. Topic 4: Jean Chrétien, 91, tells young people to get married, dress better Topic 5: New Years resolutions - are they unrealistic? Is there a more achievable way to set goals?

Monica Rodriguez, LA City Councilwoman, 7th District joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss the deadly and devastating fires in the Los Angeles. On todays show:

Listen to Vassy's discussion with Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator, and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin, Kory Teneycke, former Director of Communications to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and now co-founder and CEO of Rubicon Strategy and Kathleen Monk, Principal Owner of Monk + Associates and former director of communications to Jack Layton on the possible path forward for the Liberal party. On todays show:

Derek Burney, former chief of staff for Brian Mulroney, and former Canadian ambassador to the US joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss the comments today from President-elect Donald Trump about how he would be open to using 'economic force' to acquire Canada as the 51st state. On todays show:

Anthony Housefather, Liberal MP from Montreal and one of the MP's who joined the growing calls for the Prime Minister to step down earlier in the year joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss Justin Trudeau's decision to step down as leader. On todays show:

Stefan Keyes fills in for Vassy Kapelos and rings in the new year! On today's show...

Stefan Keyes fills in for Vassy Kapelos, who continues her Christmas holidays. On today's show...

Stefan Keyes fills in for Vassy Kapelos, as we slowly recover from the mid-week turkey comas. On today's show...

Free For All Friday – Hour 1 Guest host Tim Powers breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada’s top newsmakers. On today’s show: Free For All Friday – Hour 2 Political pundits from across the country join guest host Tim Powers to dissect this week's Top 5 stories. Closing out the final edition of 2024 is Conaptus founder Jamie Ellerton, Niipaawi founder Cam Holmstrom, and NorthStar Public Affairs senior advisor Sabrina Grover. Topic 1: Another key meeting between members of Canada's Cabinet and members of Donald Trump's team. Topic 2: A late-January non-confidence vote that the Conservatives might be planning. Topic 3: Recapping the top stories of 2024. Topic 4: Trying to predict the top stories of 2025. Topic 5: Managing healthy diets during the holidays and preparing your New Year's resolutions.

Eric Ham, CTV U.S. Political Analyst joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss the recent string of posts from the president-elect and his son referencing Canada as the '51st state'. On todays show:

Mike Le Couteur, Senior political correspondent with CTV News joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss the growing calls from within the Liberal party for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down. On todays show:

Free For All Friday – Hour 1 Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada’s top newsmakers. On today’s show: Free For All Friday – Hour 2 Political pundits from across the country join Amanda Galbraith to dissect this week's Top 5 stories. Closing out the pre-Christmas episode is Winston Wilmont President Chris Day and Laura D'Angelo of Enterprise Canada. Topic 1: Prime Minister Trudeau rearranges the Cabinet chairs again Topic 2: Trudeau's best efforts to roll with the punches might result in a knockout punch from the Opposition, as the NDP threatens to topple the Liberals and force an early election Topic 3: Predicting the top political headlines for 2025 Topic 4: Do today's kids have coping problems? Topic 5: Christmas traditions

The past 12 months have been, to put it one way, absolutely bananas. The events of the past 7 days is further proof of that. On Friday, Canada's Prime Minister prepares to shuffle his Cabinet. But what can we expect as 2025 finally arrives? Joining us for a 4-part Daily Debrief Panel is Toronto Star reporter Robert Benzie, who works at Queen's Park alongside Globe and Mail reporter Laura Stone. She is Globe and Mail colleagues with senior political reporter Marieke Walsh. In Hour 2, we spread some Christmas cheer with our Christmas Angel segment. Then, we talk science with CTV's Dan Riskin. After that, we talk a little bit of tech with tech expert Carmi Levy. And finally, we turn things over to the listeners, who deliver their bold predictions for 2025. On behalf of the entire team at the Vassy Kapelos Show, we hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Listen to Vassy's full conversations with Liberal MP's Wayne Long and Ken Hardie as they call for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down. On todays show:

Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Liberal MP Antony Housefather & Liberal MP Helena Jaczek as they call for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland stepped down. On todays show:

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has announced she's resigning from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet hours before she was set to table the fall economic update. Lori Turnbull, Professor of Political Science at Dalhousie University joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss. On todays show:

Free For All Friday – Hour 1 Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada’s top newsmakers. On today’s show: Free For All Friday – Hour 2 Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week’s panel features host Amanda Galbraith; Garry Keller, Vice President of StrategyCorp; and Karen Restoule, VP at Crestview Strategy and Senior Fellow at the MacDonald Laurier Institute. Topic 1: Labour minister says Canada Post workers could soon be forced back to work – is this the right answer? Is it coming too late? Topic 2: Let’s go over the latest on tariffs, Trump, Trudeau, tariffs, premiers, and more Topic 3: The GST/HST holiday begins Saturday – do you think this will be effective? Could it have been implemented better? Topic 4: Trudeau makes fresh bid to recruit Mark Carney amid tensions with Freeland – worst breakup in history --What’s the worst, longest, or most extensive breakup you’ve had? What’s the deal with this one? Topic 5: Do you have a holiday purchase you’ve been saving for the GST break?

Guest host Amanda Galbraith speaks with Jim Bookbinder, Professor of Management Science at the University of Waterloo, on the logistical challenges. On today's show:

Vassy Kapelos speaks to economist Moshe Lander on the impact of this decision and risk of potential US tariffs going into 2025. On today’s show:

Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Rechie Valdez Minister of Small Business of Canada as they discuss the GST holiday measures being passed in the house and how they come with concerns from small business owners that it won't lead to higher sales. On todays show: