CTV Power Play with Vassy Kapelos Podcast

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Power Play, a daily look at Canada’s political landscape. Recorded in Ottawa featuring all the political news and issues that matter most. Hosted by CTV's Vassy Kapelos, the program is a must for political insiders.

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CTV Power Play with Vassy Kapelos Podcast episodes:

05.06.2024
Power Play #1646: Ceasefire deal? Israeli ambassador one-on-one
Iddo Moed, Israeli Ambassador; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Gary Mar, George Soule & Laura Stone
05.03.2024
Power Play #1645: Three Indian nationals arrested and charged in Nijjar killing
Vassy Kapelos, CTV News Chief Political Correspondent; Dominic LeBlanc, Public Safety Minister; Kenny Chiu, Former Conservative MP; Dan Kelly, Canadian Federation of Independent Business; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Laryssa Waler, Gurratan Singh & Rachel Aiello.
05.02.2024
Power Play #1644: Back-to-office boost and chance of a coming interest rate cut
Stéphanie Montreuil, Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada; Amber Kanwar, BNN Bloomberg; The Globe and Mail’s Robert Fife and Steven Chase; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, John Tory and Tom Mulcair.
05.01.2024
Power Play #1643: Dramatic shift in tone of House debate
Mark Holland, Health Minister; Jagmeet Singh, NDP Leader; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Gary Mar, Karl Bélanger & Laura Stone
04.30.2024
Power Play #1642: Poilievre expelled from House of Commons for calling PM ‘wacko’
Steven MacKinnon, Government House Leader; Melissa Lantsman, Deputy Conservative Leader & Gord Johns, NDP Mental Health & Harm Reduction Minister; Scott Moe, Saskatchewan Premier; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair & Marieke Walsh.
04.29.2024
Power Play #1641: MPs targeted by China-backed hackers
Liberal MP John McKay, Conservative MP Garnett Genuis; The Front Bench with Kathleen Monk, Dan Moulton, Shakir Chambers and Robert Benzie; Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown
04.28.2024
Power Play #1640: Alberta seeks sweeping powers over municipalities
Ric McIver, Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister; National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, Assembly of First Nations; The Front Bench with Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Gurratan Singh & Rachel Aiello; Joy Malbon, CTV News
04.26.2024
Power Play #1639: Massive Honda EV Deal
François-Philippe Champagne, Industry Minister; Vic Fedeli, Ontario Economic Development Minister; Joy Malbon, CTV News; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, John Tory and Tom Mulcair.
04.25.2024
Power Play #1638: Is the budget a political flop for Liberals?
Pollsters Christian Bourque, Shachi Kurl and David Coletto; former U.S. secretary of defense Leon Panetta; The Front Bench with Saeed Selvam, Gary Mar, Karl Belanger and Marieke Walsh.
04.24.2024
Power Play #1637: Doctors vs. feds on capital gains
Dr. Kathleen Ross, Canadian Medical Association; Robert Benzie, The Toronto Star; Joy Malbon, CTV News; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair, Robert Benzie & Nik Nanos.
04.22.2024
Power Play #1636: Massive Honda EV Plant to be Announced in Ontario
Flavio Volpe, Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association & David Adams, Global Automakers of Canada; Steven Guilbeault, Environment Minister; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Shakir Chambers, Kathleen Monk & Laura Stone
04.19.2024
Power Play #1635: Budget watchdog: Pension planners could be ‘collateral damage’ of capital gains tax hike
Bob Rae, Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations; Yves Giroux, Parliamentary Budget Officer; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Gurratan Singh and Rachel Aiello.
04.18.2024
Power Play #1634: Does Dominic LeBlanc want the PM’s job?
David Dodge, Former Bank of Canada Governor; Rachel Aiello, CTV News; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, John Tory and Tom Mulcair.
04.17.2024
Power Play #1633: Federal Budget Debrief: Could it Exacerbate Inflation?
Anita Anand, Treasury Board President; Rachel Aiello, CTV News; The Front Bench with: David Herle, Gary Mar, Brian Topp and Marieke Walsh
04.17.2024
Power Play #1632: Federal budget released
Jagmeet Singh, NDP Leader; Amanda Lang, BNN Bloomberg; Strategy Session with: Scott Reid, Kory Teneycke & Kathleen Monk; Chrystia Freeland, Finance Minister; Jasraj Singh Hallan, Conservative Finance Critic; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Rona Ambrose, Tom Mulcair and Robert...
04.16.2024
Power Play #1631: Federal budget coming, will there be new taxes?
Bob Rae, Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations; David Dodge, Former Bank of Canada Governor; the Front Bench with: Dan Moulton, Shakir Chambers, Kathleen Monk and Laura Stone.
04.12.2024
Power Play #1631: Feds unveil housing strategy
Seamus O’Regan, Labour Minister; Danielle Smith, Alberta Premier; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Gurratan Singh & Rachel Aiello.
04.10.2024
Power Play #1630: PM Trudeau testifies at elections interference inquiry
Mike Le Couteur, CTV News; Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, China Strategic Risks Institute & Dan Stanton, Former CSIS Executive Manager.
04.10.2024
Power Play #1629: PM’s Top Advisers Testify on Foreign Interference Inquiry
Judy Trinh, CTV News; Guy Saint-Jacques, Former Canadian Ambassador to China; Jean-Francois Perrault, Chief Economist at Scotiabank and Jimmy Jean, Chief Economist at Desjardins; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair and Robert Benzie.
04.09.2024
Power Play #1628: Minister Bill Blair on Defence Policy Update
Bill Blair, Defence Minister; Yves Giroux, Parliamentary Budget Officer; The Front Bench with: Dan Moulton, Shakir Chambers, Kathleen Monk and Laura Stone.
04.06.2024
Power Play #1627: Alberta Minister on PM’s Housing Cash Conditions: He can keep his money
Jason Nixon, Alberta Social Services Minister; Judy Trinh, CTV News; Anthony Housefather, Liberal – Quebec; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Graver, Laryssa Waler, Gurratan Singh and Rachel Aiello.
04.04.2024
Power Play #1626: MPs debate housing solutions
MP Panel with: Chris Bittle, Andrew Scheer & Jenny Kwan; Charlie Angus, Outgoing NDP MP; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, John Tory and David Coletto; Ivo Daalder, Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO & Roland Paris, Former Foreign Policy Advisor...
04.04.2024
Power Play #1625: Feds Announce $23.5 Billion In Spending In One Week
Jenna Sudds, Families, Children & Social Development Minister; Erin O’Toole, Former Conservative Leader; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Gary Mar, Karl Bélanger and Nojoud Al Mallees
04.04.2024
Power Play #1624: PM Announces Billions for Housing Infrastructure, with Conditions for Provinces
Sean Fraser, Housing Minister; Robert Fife and Steven Chase from The Globe and Mail; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair and Robert Benzie.
04.01.2024
Power Play #1623: Budget to include national school food program
Anita Anand, Treasury Board President; Gen. (Ret’d) Tom Lawson, Former Chief of the Defence Staff & Kerry Buck, Former Canadian Ambassador to NATO; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Shakir Chambers, Kathleen Monk & Laura Stone.
03.29.2024
Power Play #1621: Pierre Poilievre meets with Manitoba premier
Jenna Sudds, Families, Children and Social Development Minister; Rachel Chernos Lin, Toronto District School Board; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, John Tory and Tom Mulcair.
03.27.2024
Power Play #1620: Scott Moe responds to PM Trudeau saying Tory premiers are ‘misleading’ Canadians on the carbon tax
Scott Moe, Saskatchewan Premier; Mike Duheme, RCMP Commissioner; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Gary Mar, Karl Bélanger and Marieke Walsh.
03.26.2024
Power Play #1619: Tories bringing premiers to House committee on carbon tax hike
Blaine Higgs, New Brunswick Premier; Robbyn Lewis, Maryland State Delegate & Antonio Hayes, Maryland State Senator; Pedro Antunes, Conference Board of Canada; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, James Moore, Tom Mulcair and Robert Benzie; Adrian Ghobrial, CTV News
03.25.2024
Power Play #1618: Canadians evacuated from Haiti
André François Giroux, Canadian Ambassador to Haiti; Bob Rae, Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations; MP Panel with: Francesco Sorbara, Andrew Scheer and Richard Cannings; The Front Bench with: Dan Moulton, Shakir Chambers, Kathleen Monk and Laura Stone.
03.21.2024
Power Play #1617: Liberals survive carbon tax confidence vote
Bill Blair, Defence Minister; MP Panel with: Adam van Koeverden, Andrew Scheer & Laurel Collins; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, John Tory and Tom Mulcair
03.20.2024
Power Play #1616: Liberal MP Anthony Housefather not ruling out crossing floor to Tories
Tim Houston, Nova Scotia Premier; Anthony Housefather, Liberal – Quebec; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Gary Mar, Karl Bélanger and Marieke Walsh
03.19.2024
Power Play #1615: Ben Mulroney remembers his father
Ben Mulroney, Brian Mulroney’s Son; Kirsten Hillman, Canadian Ambassador to the U.S.; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair and Robert Benzie.
03.18.2024
Power Play #1614: Singh forces vote on Palestinian state
Kevin Lamoureux, House Leader Parliamentary Secretary & Heather McPherson, NDP Foreign Affairs Critic; Bill Browder, Hermitage Capital Management; The Front Bench with: Dan Moulton, Shakir Chambers, Kathleen Monk and Laura Stone.
03.15.2024
Power Play #1613: Environment commissioner on carbon tax effectiveness
Jerry DeMarco, Environment and Sustainable Development Commissioner; Jean-François Roberge, Quebec French Language Minister; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Gurratan Singh and Rachel Aiello.
03.13.2024
Power Play #1612: 7 premiers ask feds to halt carbon price increase
Dennis King, P.E.I. Premier; MP Panel with: Adam van Koeverden, Andrew Scheer & Peter Julian; The Front Bench with: Carlene Variyan, Gary Mar, Karl Bélanger and Laura Stone.
03.12.2024
Power Play #1611: Furey versus the feds on the carbon tax
François-Philippe Champagne, Industry Minister; Bob Rae, Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair and Robert Benzie.
03.09.2024
Power Play #1610: Canada to resume UNRWA funding
Bob Rae, Canadian Ambassador to the UN; Katherine Judge, CIBC Capital Markets; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Gurratan Singh and Rachel Aiello.
03.08.2024
Power Play #1609: 6 killed including 4 children in Ottawa homicide
Eric Stubbs, Ottawa Police Chief; Judy Trinh, CTV News; Mark Sutcliffe, Ottawa Mayor; Bruce Heyman, Former U.S. Ambassador to Canada; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, John Tory and Tom Mulcair; Joy Malbon, CTV News.
03.07.2024
Power Play #1608: Government suspends ArriveCan contractors
Charles Sousa, Procurement Parliamentary Secretary; Stéfane Marion, National Bank of Canada & Jean-François Perrault, Scotiabank; Frank McKenna, Former Canadian Ambassador to the United States; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Gary Mar, Kathleen Monk and Marieke Walsh.
03.06.2024
Power Play #1607: Will Saskatchewan fight back?
Scott Moe, Saskatchewan Premier; David MacNaughton, Former Canadian Ambassador the United States; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair and Robert Benzie; Joy Malbon, CTV News.
03.05.2024
Power Play #1606: Feds won’t stop full carbon tax rebate in Saskatchewan, minister says
Jonathan Wilkinson, Energy and Natural Resources Minister; James Rajotte, Alberta's Senior Representative to the United States & Davit Paterson, Ontario’s Representative In Washington, D.C.; The Front Bench with: Dan Moulton, Shakir Chambers, Karl Belanger and Laura Stone.
02.23.2024
Power Play #1605: Liberals, NDP reach pharmacare deal
Anne McGrath, Principal Secretary to NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh; Yuliya Kovaliv, Ukrainian Ambassador to Canada; Heather Wright, CTV News; The Front Bench with Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis and Gurratan Singh.
02.22.2024
Power Play #1604: U.S. Ambassador to NATO calls out Canada
Julianne Smith, U.S. NATO Ambassador; Danielle Smith, Alberta Premier; Amira Elghawaby, Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, John Tory and Tom Mulcair.
02.22.2024
Power Play #1603: Poilievre: “Female spaces should be exclusively for females”
Hannah Hodson, Former Federal Conservative Candidate; Gen (Ret’d) Tom Lawson, Former Chief of the Defence Staff & Vice-Adm (Ret’d) Mark Norman; The Front Bench with: Dan Moulton, Lisa Raitt, Karl Bélanger and Marieke Walsh
02.21.2024
Power Play #1602: NATO head expects Canada to say when it will meet defence-spending target
Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General; Bonnie Crombie, Ontario Liberal Leader; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Gary Mar, Tom Mulcair and Robert Benzie.
02.16.2024
Power Play #1601: UN Ambassador and Belarusian opposition leader on Russia announcing Navalny died in prison
Bob Rae, UN Ambassador; Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian Opposition Leader; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Gurratan Singh and Rachel Aiello.
02.15.2024
Power Play #1600: Defence minister says Canada agreed to meet NATO spending target
Bill Blair, Defence Minister; Ward Elcock, Former CSIS Director; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, Tom Mulcair and Paul Wells.
02.15.2024
Power Play #1599: Carbon tax rebrand
Seamus O’Regan, Labour Minister; Joël-Denis Bellavance, La Presse & Bill Curry, The Globe and Mail; The Front Bench with: Elliot Hughes, Monte Solberg, Karl Bélanger and Marieke Walsh.
02.14.2024
Power Play #1598: Could Liberal-NDP deal collapse?
Gudie Hutchings, Rural Economic Development Minister; Yves Giroux, Parliamentary Budget Officer; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Gary Mar, Tom Mulcair and Robert Benzie.
02.12.2024
Power Play #1597: Auditor General on ArriveCan: 'Glaring disregard' for basic management
Karen Hogan, Auditor General; Natalka Cmoc, Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine; The Front Bench with: Dan Moulton, Shakir Chambers, Kathleen Monk and Laura Stone; Yasir Naqvi, Health Parliamentary Secretary.

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CTV Power Play with Vassy Kapelos Podcast episodes:

Power Play #1646: Ceasefire deal? Israeli ambassador one-on-one

Power Play #1645: Three Indian nationals arrested and charged in Nijjar killing

Power Play #1644: Back-to-office boost and chance of a coming interest rate cut

Power Play #1643: Dramatic shift in tone of House debate

Power Play #1642: Poilievre expelled from House of Commons for calling PM ‘wacko’

Power Play #1641: MPs targeted by China-backed hackers

Power Play #1640: Alberta seeks sweeping powers over municipalities

Power Play #1639: Massive Honda EV Deal

Power Play #1638: Is the budget a political flop for Liberals?

Power Play #1637: Doctors vs. feds on capital gains

Power Play #1636: Massive Honda EV Plant to be Announced in Ontario

Power Play #1635: Budget watchdog: Pension planners could be ‘collateral damage’ of capital gains tax hike

Power Play #1634: Does Dominic LeBlanc want the PM’s job?

Power Play #1633: Federal Budget Debrief: Could it Exacerbate Inflation?

Power Play #1632: Federal budget released

Power Play #1631: Federal budget coming, will there be new taxes?

Power Play #1631: Feds unveil housing strategy

Power Play #1630: PM Trudeau testifies at elections interference inquiry

Power Play #1629: PM’s Top Advisers Testify on Foreign Interference Inquiry

Power Play #1628: Minister Bill Blair on Defence Policy Update

Power Play #1627: Alberta Minister on PM’s Housing Cash Conditions: He can keep his money

Power Play #1626: MPs debate housing solutions

Power Play #1625: Feds Announce $23.5 Billion In Spending In One Week

Power Play #1624: PM Announces Billions for Housing Infrastructure, with Conditions for Provinces

Power Play #1623: Budget to include national school food program

Power Play #1621: Pierre Poilievre meets with Manitoba premier

Power Play #1620: Scott Moe responds to PM Trudeau saying Tory premiers are ‘misleading’ Canadians on the carbon tax

Power Play #1619: Tories bringing premiers to House committee on carbon tax hike

Power Play #1618: Canadians evacuated from Haiti

Power Play #1617: Liberals survive carbon tax confidence vote

Power Play #1616: Liberal MP Anthony Housefather not ruling out crossing floor to Tories

Power Play #1615: Ben Mulroney remembers his father

Power Play #1614: Singh forces vote on Palestinian state

Power Play #1613: Environment commissioner on carbon tax effectiveness

Power Play #1612: 7 premiers ask feds to halt carbon price increase

Power Play #1611: Furey versus the feds on the carbon tax

Power Play #1610: Canada to resume UNRWA funding

Power Play #1609: 6 killed including 4 children in Ottawa homicide

Power Play #1608: Government suspends ArriveCan contractors

Power Play #1607: Will Saskatchewan fight back?

Power Play #1606: Feds won’t stop full carbon tax rebate in Saskatchewan, minister says

Power Play #1605: Liberals, NDP reach pharmacare deal

Power Play #1604: U.S. Ambassador to NATO calls out Canada

Power Play #1603: Poilievre: “Female spaces should be exclusively for females”

Power Play #1602: NATO head expects Canada to say when it will meet defence-spending target

Power Play #1601: UN Ambassador and Belarusian opposition leader on Russia announcing Navalny died in prison

Power Play #1600: Defence minister says Canada agreed to meet NATO spending target

Power Play #1599: Carbon tax rebrand

Power Play #1598: Could Liberal-NDP deal collapse?

Power Play #1597: Auditor General on ArriveCan: 'Glaring disregard' for basic management

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