Free For All Friday - Hour 1.

Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.

On today's show:

• Sean Simpson, Senior Vice President, Ipsos Public Affairs on the recent IPSOS polling showing Canadians priorities in the upcoming 2024 budget.
• Kate Beirness, Host of TSN’s NCAA Basketball Coverage on how It’ll cost more to see a Caitlin Clark game than the men’s Final Four.
• Gary Boyle, The Backyard Astronomer gives a look ahead to Mondays solar eclipse.

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 Karen Gordon, Principal, Gordon Strategy and Alyson Fair, BlueSky Strategy Group, Communications and Media Consultant.

Topic 1: Budget announcements – Is laying them out ahead of the actual budget a good idea?

Topic 2: Foreign interference - India, Pakistan attempted to interfere in Canada's elections a CSIS report shows

Topic 3: Canada's unemployment rate rises to 6.1 per cent

Topic 4: This new trend of not speaking until noon called ‘speech fasting’

Topic 5: Solar eclipse 2024 in Canada