The Vassy Kapelos Show - Sound Bites

The Vassy Kapelos Show - Sound Bites

All the best audio from Vassy Kapelos on CFRA.

Episodes

October 9, 2025 9 mins

As the Canada Post strike reaches two full weeks, representatives from the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have met with Minister Joel Lightbound, who is tasked with monitoring Canada's largest courier for the Carney government. CUPW negotiator Jim Gallant joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss how those talks went.

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University of Calgary researchers are encouraging Canadians to send them their toenails, all in the name of cancer prevention. Vassy Kapelos chats with Dr. Aaron Goodarzi, a Professor at the university's Charbonneau Cancer Institute.

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October 9, 2025 19 mins

Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Bloomberg News reporter Brian Platt, CTV News senior political correspondent Mike LeCouteur, and CTV National News correspondent Rachel Aiello.

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October 8, 2025 20 mins

Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Laura D’Angelo, Vice President, National Strategy and Public Affairs, Enterprise Canada, Jeff Rutledge, Vice President, McMillian Vantage and Stephanie Levitz, senior reporter in The Globe and Mail's Ottawa bureau

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Vassy Kapelos speaks with Canadian Olympian Andre De Grasse and Paralympian Cindy Ouellet.

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France is going to have its fifth prime minister in two years after Emanuel Macron's government lost another confidence vote this week. Vassy Kapelos speaks with The Globe and Mail's Europe correspondent Paul Waldie about the political meltdown that could threaten stability in the eurozone. 

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Vassy Kapelos is joined by tech analyst and journalist Carmy Levy for a look at the top tech stories of the week.

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Vassy Kapelos speaks with Middle East expert Thomas Juneau, Professor at the University of Ottawa's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.

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October 7, 2025 18 mins

Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Garry Keller, Vice President with Strategy Corp, Sharan Kaur, Principal at Navigator, Former Deputy Chief of Staff to Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Nojoud Al Mallees, Economics Reporter for The Globe and Mail

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Prime Minister Mark Carney is set for his second face to face meeting with US President Donald Trump as his government holds out hope for a tariff relief deal. Vassy Kapelos speaks with Brian Clow, Former Deputy Chief of Staff to PM Justin Trudeau and the lead on Canada-US trade for the PMO during 2017-2020 NAFTA negotiations.

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Vassy Kapelos speaks with John Klotz, certified financial planner with Investment Planning Counsel, about the unusual case of an Ontario woman on the hook for more than $600,000 in taxes on her late parents' estate.

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October 6, 2025 18 mins

Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Zain Velji, a political campaign strategist and partner at Northweather, Tim Powers, chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data, and Tom Mulcair, CTV political analyst and former NDP leader. 

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October 2, 2025 8 mins

Guest host Stefan Keyes speaks with Barbara Cartwright, CEO of Humane Canada and former Chair of the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada, about the life and legacy of Jane Goodall.

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October 2, 2025 19 mins

Stefan Keyes hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Laura Stone, Queen’s Park reporter with The Globe and Mail, Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star, and Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent, CTV National News

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October 2, 2025 8 mins

CTV science and technology specialist Dan Riskin joins Stefan Keyes for the weekly segment Talk Science to Me. 

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Vassy Kapelos speaks with Theo Argitis , Senior Vice President of Policy at the Business Council of Canada.

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Marion Sandilands, constitutional lawyer and partner with Conway LLP, joins Vassy Kapelos to help answer this week's Explainer question: What is the Notwithstanding Clause?

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October 1, 2025 19 mins

Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Laura D’Angelo, Vice President, National Strategy and Public Affairs, Enterprise Canada, Jeff Rutledge, Vice President, McMillian Vantage and Stephanie Levitz, senior reporter in The Globe and Mail's Ottawa bureau

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September 29, 2025 19 mins

Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Sabrina Grover, senior advisor with Northstar Public Affairs, Tim Powers, chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data, and George Soule, former director of communications for the federal NDP

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Vassy Kapelos speaks with Algonquin Elder and Chancellor of the University of Ottawa, Claudette Commanda, ahead of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. 

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