Free For All Friday

Free For All Friday - Hour 1.

Tamara Cherry, filling in for Amanda Galbraith, breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.

On today's show:

Lawrence Douglas, the author of 'Will He Go? Trump and the Looming Election Meltdown in 2020', discusses the Jan. 6 hearings. 

Dr. Ryan Norris, an ecologist and University of Guelph biologist, on monarch butterflies now being listed as endangered internationally.

For today's cross-country road trip segment, we speak with John Tory, Mayor of Toronto, Ontario. What are the hidden gems in his city?

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 are Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator, and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin, and Mark Mendelson, CTV crime analyst and former Toronto Homicide Detective.

Topics:

Is the Canadian government doing enough to respond to the global climate emergency?

Doug Ford is planning to give the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa 'veto' powers that could only be overruled by a two-thirds vote by their respective city councils. Do you think this is a good idea?

The Conservative Party of Canada has announced that it will hold a third leadership debate for the candidates, although Pierre Poilievre is not expected to attend.

People are boycotting Canadian Tire after realizing the store sells guns. Is this a big deal?

Brad Pitt is turning heads after he wore a skirt on the red carpet for the premiere of his new film. Do you think you could rock a skirt?