The Carney government is scrapping the new Digital Services Tax after trade talks with the U.S. broke down over the issue. Guest host Tim Powers speaks with David Pierce, Vice-President with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, about why the new tax was so controversial and why the Americans wanted it gone.

On today's show:

Mark Sutcliffe, Mayor of Ottawa, on the latest on the City of Ottawa employee charged with vandalizing the National Holocaust Monument

William Pellerin, trade lawyer, with an update on the Carney government's goal of dismantling interprovincial trade barriers

The Daily Debrief Panel with Tom Mulcair and Chris Day

Eddie Sheppard from Abacus Data on Canada's national pride ahead of Canada Day, and what the new polling data suggests

On today's show:

• Listen to Amanda's conversation with CTV military analyst Major General (Ret.) David Fraser, about everything that happened in the Middle East this week.

• How are Canadians feeling about the state of the nation ahead of Canada Day? Amanda speaks with Jon Roe from the Angus Reid Institute

• CTV film critic Richard Crouse joins the show with his top picks at the box office this summer.

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 Sharan Kaur, Political Strategist and Former Deputy Chief of Staff to Bill Morneau and Garry Kellar, Vice President at Strategy Corp

PANEL TOPICS:

Topic 1: Canada commits to 5% NATO spending target

Topic 2: Carney government’s Bill C-5 passes the Senate

Topic 3: An 80’s summer? Why some parents want to turn back the clock for their kids

Topic 4: Jeff Bezos’s wedding targeted by protests in Venice

Unpacking what we do - and don't - know about the success of the U.S. strike on Iran's nuclear facility. Vassy Kapelos speaks with (Ret.) General Tom Lawson, a former Chief of Defense Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces.

On todays show:

Bill Curry, Deputy Bureau Chief for the Globe and Mail, explains how the federal infrastructure bank provided $1 billion in loans for B.C. Ferries to buy Chinese-made ships.

Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology specialist, joins Vassy for his weekly 'Talk Science to Me' segment.

The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Laura Stone, and Graham Richardson.

Pam Hemphill, Ex-'MAGA Granny', joins Vassy to discuss how she was commended by former U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence for refusing her January 6th pardon.