The Vassy Kapelos Show
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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Free For All Friday - Hour 1 Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers. Just don't ask her how she feels about the Micah Parsons trade to Green Bay. On today's show: The United States has imposed new tariffs on imported shipments under $800, threatening some Canadian small
A week after Prime Minister Carney removed some counter-tariffs on U.S. goods to 'align' with the Americans, steel producers are questioning why Canada's tariff rate on steel imports remains at only 25%. Vassy Kapelos digs deeper with Francois Desmarais, the Vice-President of Industry Affairs with the Canadian Steel Pr
Trans Mountain CEO Mark Maki tells Vassy Kapelos that the federal government’s focus should be on maximizing TMX’s existing capacity first, and then think about green-lighting any new pipeline projects. On today's show: As the week winds down, more Canadian federal ministers are in D.C. for scheduled meetings with U.S.
Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc has traveled to Washington to meet with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Guest host Tim Powers gathers the latest developments from CTV Senior Political Correspondent Mike LeCouteur, who is joining us from D.C. On today's show: Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada has narr
The most recent national polling by Abacus Data shows the Conservative Party ahead of the Carney Liberals by two points. The last time the federal Tories held any sort of lead was before April's federal election. Vassy Kapelos sifts through the stats with Abacus Data Vice-President Eddie Sheppard. On today's show: Prim
Free For All Friday - Hour 1 Amanda Galbraith dissects and debates today's biggest stories with Canada's top newsmakers. On today's show: Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced that Canada will drop numerous retaliatory tariffs against the United States. However, Canada's tariffs on the auto, steel, and aluminum sect
