The Vassy Kapelos Show

Graham Richardson is filling in for Vassy Kapelos this afternoon. Within a 24-hour period, Justin Trudeau’s worst fear has come true, as Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives claimed a Liberal stronghold in Toronto. Has Monday’s byelection changed the entire landscape of Canada’s present-day government? Vassy Kapelos drops by to explain further in Hour 1. Later in the program, John Wright from Maru Public Opinion delivers his unique perspective on Monday's stunning outcome, as he lived in that riding for over 41 years. In the NHL, the Edmonton Oilers emptied the tank against the Florida Panthers last night. Unfortunately, they ran out of gas just before the photo finish was taken, as a pivotal Game 7 slipped away. Former NHL coach and Stanley Cup champion Greg Gilbert delivers his reaction. Finally, we examine the biggest political headlines with our Daily Debrief Panel. Today's conversation features Shakir Chambers of Earnscliffe Strategies, Shachi Kurl of the Angus Reid Institute, and Saeed Selvam of NATIONAL.

Matt Cauz, TSN 1050 host and co-host of the ‘Macko and Cauz’ podcast joins Vassy ahead of the potentially historic game seven tonight between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers. On todays show: Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Sean Fraser on the governments plan to close the supply gap and the impact it could have on home prices. Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg about his expectations for all allies to meet the defence spending target. The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Zain Velji, and Kristy Kirkup.  Flavio Volpe, President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association joins Vassy to discuss what imposing a surtax on Chinese EV's would mean.

Free For All Friday - Hour 1 Guest host Scott Reid breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers. On today's show: Matt Cauz, TSN 1050 host and co-host of podcast ‘Macko and Cauz’ joins Scott to look ahead to game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals tonight. Scott recaps historical moments that have happened on June 21st  throughout history. 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 Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data and Andrew Perez, Principal at Perez Strategies and a Liberal strategist. Truck with anti-Muslim messaging registered to Rebel News Network Ontario jobs 'at risk' if Canada doesn't match U.S. tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles says Doug Ford U.S Presidential debate predictions Prospect of an Oilers comeback as we move into game 6 tonight

The Honourable Perrin Beatty, President and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss the call for Canada to meet it's to boost its military spending to 2% of its GDP. On todays show: Gurpreet Vinning, partner at Government Relations Firm Prospectus and has worked for cabinet ministers at the federal and provincial level joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss how John Rustad has claimed another small victory over his former party, snatching B.C. United candidate Chris Moore to run for the B.C. Conservatives. David Phillips, Senior Climatologist, Environment Canada joins guest host Robin Gill to go over the heat wave that's sweeping across central Canada. Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist joins guest host Robin GIll for his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'. The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Marieke Walsh, and Laura Stone. Eddie Sheerr, NTV’s Chief Meteorologist joins Robin Gill with the latest on an out-of-control wildfire that forced officials to order residents to flee their homes in Churchill Falls, Newfoundland. Amy Knight, Russian Politics and History Expert joins guest host Robin Gill to breakdown how Russia and North Korea have signed a mutual defence partnership.

Paul Bagnell, Anchor at BNN Bloomberg joins guest host Robin Gill to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question. On todays show: Andrew Graham, CEO of Borrowell joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss the first program in Canada that allows renters to report up to 24 months of past rent payments. Kelsey McEwen, Chief Meteorologist for CTV's Your Morning joins guest host Robin Gill to go over the 'heat dome'.  The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, Kathleen Monk, and Kory Teneycke. Matt Cauz, TSN 1050 host joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss the Oilers winning game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Dr. Mitch Shulman, a CTV Medical Analyst and an emergency medicine specialist joins guest host Robin Gill to breakdown the 'Zyn' fad after Zyn pouches were recalled, and not authorized for sale in Canada.

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. 

David Coletto, Founder, Chair and CEO of Abacus Data joins Vassy to go over the latest polling from Abacus that shows a 20 point Conservative lead. On todays show:  Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly on how she believes Poilievre is making the issue of foreign interference a partisan issue. Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh as he calls out MPs linked to foreign inference but says he won't be engaging in further action against them. The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Michele Cadario and Tom Mulcair.  

Free For All Friday - Hour 1. Guest host Scott Reid breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers. On today's show: Evan Solomon is the publisher of GZERO Media and on the senior management team of Eurasia group. He’s a political contributor to CTV news and joins Scott to discuss the US-Canada summit. Scott recaps historical moments that have happened on June 14th  throughout history. 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 Chris Day, President, Winston Wilmont and Lindsay Maskell, Liberal Strategist, former advisor to the McGuinty government. Foreign Interference - NDP leader says he's more alarmed after reading unredacted intelligence report Alberta NDP MLA’s resignation shines a light on the fragile state of our democracy Gen X Approaching Retirement Crunch Time with Savings Regrets For Geoffrey Hinton, the godfather of AI, machines are closer to humans than we think

Sarah List is an Ontario mother  who joined Vassy to share her story after her daughter Rosie almost died following a tonsillectomy at McMaster Children’s Hospital. On todays show:  Listen to Vassy's full conversation with MP's Andrew Scheer and Francesco Sorbara to debate the federal government's plan to increase Canada's capital gains tax. Kenny Chiu, Former Member of the House of Commons of Canada joins Vassy to discuss how the House of Commons is expected to pass a foreign-interference bill. Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Tech Specialist with his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'  The Daily Debrief with Robert Benzie, Marieke Walsh, and Laura Stone. 

Patrick and Rebecca Schillemat, Volunteers with Wounded Warriors Canada join Vassy to discuss their participation in the five day cycling tour in France that retraces the footsteps of Canadian heroes as we mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day. On todays show: Listen to Vassy’s two part interview with Chrystia Freeland on the capital tax gains proposal announcement and the criticism it is facing from the opposition. Jon Erlichman, Senior anchor for BNN Bloomberg joins Vassy to answer this weeks ‘The Explainer’ question “what is the stock market actually?”. The Daily Debrief Panel with Marieke Walsh, Scott Reid, and Kory Teneycke.

Elizabeth May, Co-Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands joins Vassy to discuss her findings from reading the full unredacted report from NSICOP.   On todays show: Jackie Porter, Certified Financial Advisor joins Vassy to discuss how the new capital gains measures will affect Canadians.   Dan Stanton, former CSIS Executive Manager joins Vassy to discuss how the Liberals support a push to have public inquiry probe that claims that parliamentarians helped foreign states. The Daily Debrief Panel with Tom Mulcair, Shakir Chambers and Sabrina Grover.

Dr. Kathleen Ross, President, Canadian Medical Association joins Vassy to give reaction to Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland's announcement on capital gains yesterday. On todays show:  Richard Fadden, Former Deputy Minister of National Defence of Canada and former director of CSIS joins Vassy to discuss how there has been no agreement among parties on releasing names of 'witting' foreign interference participants. We heard from you during 'Have Your Say' on your thoughts on the capital-gains measures.  The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Zain Velji, and Shannon Proudfoot.  Bernadeth Betchi, Current Canadian Human Rights Commission Employee joins Vassy to discuss how Canada is to have its human rights accreditation reviewed by an international body over anti-black discrimination.  

Free For All Friday - Hour 1. Guest host Scott Reid breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers. On today's show: Arthur Milnes, a public historian who specializes in the lives and legacies of all 23 Canadian Prime Ministers on how Ottawa is considering a foundation to honour Brian Mulroney. Scott recaps historical moments that have happened on June 7th  throughout history. 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 Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former Federal NDP Leader and Karen Gordon, Principal, Gordon Strategy. Ford cabinet shuffle Foreign Agents   Interest rate cut and if it changes anything politically Strikes, strikes and strikes. As well as some Stanley Cup predictions.

Calgary Liberal MP George Chahal says he is opposed to the deportation of the truck driver responsible for the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in 2018. He joins Vassy to discuss how is trying to rally support among his colleagues to block the deportation of Jaskirat Singh Sidhu. On todays show: Listen to Vassy's full conversation with a panel of MPs  as they discuss the bombshell report on MPs 'wittingly' taking part in foreign interference and the RCMP's statement on it.  Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist with his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'. The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Marieke Walsh, and Hannah Thibedeau. Terry Copp, Canadian Military Historian, Director Emeritus, Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada on the importance of D-Day in a Canadian context. 

Jimmy Jean, Vice-president and chief economist at Desjardins joins Vassy to discuss what the cut to the key rate means moving forward. On todays show:  Procurement Parliamentary Secretary Charles Sousa joins Vassy to give his reaction to the auditor general's concerns on the awarding of federal contracts to McKinsey. Jon Krohn, host of the Super Data Science podcast / Chief Data Scientist at the machine learning company Nebula answers this weeks 'The Explainer' question. The Daily Debrief Panel with Marieke Walsh, Scott Reid, and Kory Teneycke. Tim Cook, Chief Historian at the Canadian War Museum, editor and author of 18 books on Canadian military history joins Vassy to discuss the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the importance of remembering Canadian history.   

Nathan Janzen, Deputy Chief Economist, RBC and lead author of the report joins Vassy to discuss his new report 'Canada’s Growth Challenge: Why the economy is stuck in neutral'. On todays show:  Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs to give his reaction to a new report saying some MPs were 'wittingly assisting' foreign states. Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault joins Vassy to talk about new funding to help Canadian cities adapt to the impacts of climate change. The Daily Debrief Panel with Shachi Kurl, Saeed Selvam and Cole Hogan. Oleksandra Matviichuk, Head of the civil liberties association in Ukraine which was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize joins Vassy.  

Dawn Desjardins, Chief Economist, Deloitte Canada  joins Vassy to discuss what may come out of Wednesday's interest rate decision amid speculation of further rate cuts. On todays show:  Listen to Vassy's full conversation with James Comey, Former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Trump's felony conviction and why he says the former U.S. president could still win a second term. Listen to Vassy's conversation with Sarah Taylor, Canada's ambassador to Russia on the current tense relations with the Kremlin amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Tom Mulcair and Zain Velji.  John Viveiros, Host of ‘Hot Take Hockey’ on the Edmonton Oilers moving to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in 18 years. 

Free For All Friday - Hour 1. Guest host Scott Reid breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers. On today's show: Joy Malbon, CTV Canadian TV Washington Bureau Chief on how Donald Trump was found guilty on all counts in hush-money trial. Scott takes your texts and calls on the effects on Canada during a Trump presidency. Scott recaps historical moments that have happened on May 31st throughout history. 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 Tim Powers, Chair, Summa Strategies and Sabrina Grover, Principal, Shakti Strategies. Can Trump come to Canada as a convicted felon? Emigration from Canada to the U.S. hits a 10-year high as tens of thousands head south Is it time to lower the voting age in Canada? The collapse of the cinema box office - what does it take for you to go to the movies now, would you rather just wait for the film to come up at home?

 Eric Ham, CTV U.S. Political Analyst joins Vassy to breakdown the latest as Jurors are entering their second day of deliberations  following closing arguments in the New York hush money trial of former President Donald Trump. On todays show: Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux joins Vassy to explain how his office may have 'slightly over-estimated the economic impact of the carbon tax. When adolescents reject Mom’s advice, it’s still VERY helpful - sometimes even more so!  Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist joins Vassy for his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'. The Daily Debrief Panel with Marieke Walsh, Robert Benzie and Laura Stone. Former Canadian ambassadors Bob Peck and Peter MacArthur join Vassy to discuss their dismay in learning that funding for the National Field of Honour has been fast dwindling and that its future could be in peril. Peter and Bob are on a mission to save the financially beleaguered military cemetery. If you're interested in signing the petition please visit: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Sign/e-4984  

Vassy Kapelos speaks with Tom D’Amico, Director of Education for the Ottawa Catholic School Board, about the classroom consequences they’re seeing and the scope of the new lawsuit. On today's show: Mark Gerretsen, Deputy Government House Leader; Chris Warkentin, Deputy Conservative Whip; Peter Julian, NDP House Leader on the controversy surrounding House Speaker Greg Fergus The Explainer: Dr. Ivan Litinov, Director of the Division of Dermatology at the McGill University Health Centre on whether sunscreen is dangerous, which TikTok claims The Daily Debrief panel with Scott Reid, Kory Teneycke, Kathleen Monk Roger Hilton, a Canadian working as a defence fellow at GLOBSEC, an international think-tank based in Slovakia, on the latest possible developments in Ukraine and NATO involvement as that progresses