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.
Episodes
Father Ricardo Da Silva, Jesuit Priest and Associate Editor, America Media and producer of the podcast Inside the Vatican joins Vassy Kapelos with his reaction to Cardinal Robert Prevost becoming the first American pope as Pope Leo XIV.
On today's show:
- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on a possible separation referendum and western ali...
Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator, and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin joins guest host Stefan Keyes to give reaction and analysis following Prime Minister Mark Carneys meeting with U.S President Donald Trump.
On todays show:
- Listen to the full conversation with Conservative MP-elect Andrew Scheer as he speaks about the duties he will be taking on as Conservative Leader Pierre...
David Paterson, Ontario’s Representative in Washington DC joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss the highly anticipated face-off between Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House.
On todays show:
- Colton Praill, CTV National News Correspondent joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss how the Conservative caucus held their 1st meeting since their election loss.
- The Daily Debrief Panel ...
Frank McKenna, Former Canadian Ambassador to the United States and Former Premier of New Brunswick joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss what should be the expectations ahead of Prime Minister Carneys meeting tomorrow with U.S President Donald Trump.
On todays show:
- Anthony Wilson-smith, President & CEO of Historica Canada joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss how The First Canadian Army were all hailed as heroes, ...
Vassy Kapelos is joined by Frank McKenna, Former Canadian Ambassador to the United States and Former Premier of New Brunswick, to discuss how Prime Minister Mark Carney can approach dealing with US President Donald Trump.
On today's show:
- Andrew Scheer, Conservative-Saskatchewan Elect and former Conservative Party leader, on Pierre Po...
Scott Aitchison, re-elected MP for Parry Sound–Muskoka joins host Vassy Kapelos following Monday nights election results with the Liberals winning a minority government to discuss the future of the Conservative party.
On todays show:
- Bruce Fanjoy, Liberal MP-Elect for Carleton, joins host Vassy Kapelos to reflect on the campaign after defeating Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre for the seat he's held for 20 year...
Lori Turnbull, Professor of Political Science at Dalhousie University joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss Mark Carney leading the Liberals to a narrow victory on Monday in an election dominated by issues like affordability, tariffs and annexation threats from U.S. President Donald Trump.
On todays show:
- Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former NDP Leader joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss how NDP Leader Jagmeet...
Pete Fry, Vancouver City Councillor joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss the tragic fatal vehicle attack at the Lapu Lapu festival in Vancouver that left eleven people dead.
On todays show:
- David Coletto, founder, Chair and CEO of Abacus Data joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss the final election poll from Abacus Data that shows a tightening of the race between the Liberals and the Conservatives.
- Lydia Mil...
An earlier meeting between Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump is under serious scrutiny, as the federal election campaign enters its final days. Vassy Kapelos explores further during The Rundown.
On todays show:
- We gather the latest on the campaign trail from CTV's Abigail Bimman, CTV's Mike LeCouteur, and CTV's Rachel Aiello.
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China says it wants to team up with Canada to push back against American 'bullying'. V...
Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Economist Don Drummond as he breaks down the economic measures included in the parties' costed platforms to deal with the uncertainty of U.S. tariffs.
On todays show:
- Vassy is joined by Judy Trinh, CTV National News Correspondent, Rachel Aiello, CTV National News Correspondent and Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent, CTV National News for the latest from the campaign trails. ...
Éric Blais, President of Headspace Marketing in Toronto, joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss how advertisements impact an election campaign, and to help break down the strategy behind each parties choice of advertisement.
On todays show:
- Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent, CTV National News, Abigail Bimman, CTV News Correspondent and Rachel Aiello, CTV National News Correspondent join host...
Professor Michael W. Higgins, Vatican Affairs Analyst And Author Of ‘The Jesuit Disruptor, a Personal Portrait of Pope’ joins host Vassy Kapelos to reflect on the legacy left behind by Pope Francis after his passing on Easter Monday at age 88.
On todays show:
- Vassy is joined by Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent, CTV National News, Rachel Aiello, CTV National News Correspondent and Abigail Bimman...
Vassy Kapelos is joined by CTV's Mike Le Couteur, Rachel Aiello, and Abigail Bimman to unpack how the three main party leaders fared at the French debate and what might be coming in the English one.
On today's show:
- Gilles Duceppe, former leader of the Bloc Quebecois, on the significance of the French debate for that party and expectations moving forward
- Talk Scien...
Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former NDP Leader joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss how The Green Party had its invitation for tonight's debate rescinded less than 12 hours before the debate is set to start.
On todays show:
- Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Ed Fast, Outgoing Conservative MP who says his party held a “sham” nomination process in his B.C. riding, where he has endorsed an Independent c...
Barry J. McLoughlin, President, TLC Transformational Leadership Consultants Inc. joins guest host Tim Powers to talk about the importance of debates and how they shape and influence the election.
On todays show:
- Guest host Tim Powers is joined by Rachel Aiello, CTV National News Correspondent, Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent, CTV National News and Abigail Bimman, CTV News Correspondent for the latest on the cam...
Vassy is joined by Rachel Aiello, CTV National News Correspondent, Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent, CTV National News and Abigail Bimman, CTV News Correspondent to get the latest from each party on the campaign trail.
On todays show:
- Vassy is joined by Ali Velshi, MSNBC Chief Correspondent, Jason Kenney, former Conservative cabinet minister and former Premier of Alberta and Amanda Lang, CTV’s Chief ...
Vassy Kapelos is joined by CTV US Political Analyst Eric Ham to unpack the 90-day temporary pause on reciprocal tariffs for everyone but China and what the political ramifications of that might be moving forward.
On today's show:
- CTV's Abigail Bimman, Rachel Aiello, and Mike Le Couteur provide updates from the campaign trails with the three main parties
- Talk Scienc...
Vassy Kapelos speaks with Elizabeth May and Jonathan Pedneault, co-leaders of Canada's Green Party, about the current economic state of Canada and how the party proposes to fund some of its platform promises if elected.
On today's show:
- Charles Souza, Liberal Candidate for Mississauga Lakeshore in Ontario, and Andrew Scheer, Conservative Candidate for Regina—...
Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Stephen Poloz, Former Bank of Canada Governor, Special Advisor at Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt and John Manley, Former Liberal Finance Minister, Chair of Jeffreys financial Canada and Chair of the Telus Corp board as they discuss the economic impacts of Trumps tariffs.
On todays show:
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Abigail Bimman, CTV News Correspondent, Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent...
Sandy Yong - a Personal Finance Writer, TEDx Speaker, and Award-Winning Author of ‘The Money Master’ - joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss how the stock market crash will affect the pocketbooks of Canadians, and to discuss what approach Canadians should take in terms of playing the market right now.
On todays show:
- Matt Cauz, a TSN 1050 Host and a Co-Host of the 'Macko & Cauz' Podcast, joins Vassy to disc...
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