David Coletto, founder, Chair and CEO of Abacus Data joins guest host Graham Richardson to discuss the latest polling from Abacus showing a 20-point lead for the conservatives, as well Canadians thoughts on what leader would be best to host a dinner party and more. 

On todays show:

• Aaron Blake, Senior Political Reporter with The Washington Post joins guest host Graham Richardson to discuss Trumps hush money trial. 
• We hear from you to get your predictions on the NHL playoffs. 
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers. Tom Mulcair, and Sabrina Grover. 
• James Duthie, Canadian sportscaster for TSN and the host of TSN's hockey coverage joins Graham to talk playoff predictions. 

 

Free For All Friday - Hour 1.

Guest host Scott Reid breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.

On today's show:

• Dan Arnold, Chief strategy officer at Polara. Former director of research and advertising at the PMO gives reaction on Tuesday’s budget.
• We take your calls and texts on what the liberal government can do to turn things around.
• Scott recaps historical moments that have happened on April 19th throughout history.

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 Shakir Chambers, Principal at Earnscliffe Strategies and Sabrina Grover, Principal, Shakti Strategies.

Topic 1: Israeli missile hits Iran, US officials say

Topic 2: Federal minister Dominic LeBlanc says he supports PM, but doesn’t deny leadership organizing report

Topic 3: Political leaders say they value journalism, but they're afraid of questions

Topic 4: New Taylor Swift album

Topic 5: NHL playoff predictions

In our new series Digging Deeper: Canada's Toxic Drug Crisis, we explore the various components that are contributing to the overdose crisis in Canada. 

Part 1: We speak with former addict Chris Cull, who has lived to tell his story.
 
Part 2: We speak with Traci Letts who is Vice-Chair of Moms Stop The Harm. Traci lost her son Mike to a toxic overdose at the age of 31.
 
Part 3: Dr. Monty Ghosh explains the science behind addiction and the toxicity of drugs.
 
Part 4: Marcus Gee, columnist with The Globe and Mail joins to discuss the pronounced debate on safe supply and supervised consumption. 

CTV U.S. Political Analyst Eric Ham joins Vassy to discuss Trumps hush money trial - and the state of Trumps and Bidens campaign.

On todays show:

• Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Anita Anand as she defended her government's budget saying they kept inflation below three per cent.
• Dan Riskin with his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me' 
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Laura Stone, Robert Benzie, and Marieke Walsh. 
• Marcus Gee joins Vassy for the final part of ‘Digging Deeper’ to discuss the pronounced debate over safe supply and supervised consumption.

Listen to Vassy’s full conversation  with Chrystia Freeland after her government unveiled its federal budget.

On todays show:

• Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh after the government released its federal budget and shares his concerns.
• The Explainer on what's the purpose of a budget lock up - and reacting to your texts on yesterdays budget.
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Tom Mulcair, and Scott Reid. 
• Digging Deeper: Canada's Toxic Drug Crisis Part 3 debuts with Dr. Monty Ghosh who joins Vassy to explain the science behind addiction and the toxicity of drugs.
• Cindy Woodhouse, National Chief, AFN joins Vassy to share her reaction to the budget. 

David Dodge, Former Bank of Canada Governor and former Deputy Finance Minister joins Vassy to discuss the reaction to his comments from his interview on Power Play yesterday evening and look ahead to todays budget. 

 

On todays show:

• Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Bob Rae, Ambassador for Canada to the UN on when Israel could respond to Iran's attack and ways to de-escalate tensions in the region.
• We take your calls and texts on what you'd like to see in todays budget.
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Saeed Selvam, and Cam Holmstrom.
• Digging Deeper: Canada's Toxic Drug Crisis Part 2 debuts with Traci Letts, Vice-chair of Moms Stop The Harm, she also lost her son Mike to an overdose at the age of 31. 

Thomas Juneau, Associate Professor, Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa joins Vassy to discuss the Iranian attack on Israel that took place Saturday involving hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles.

On today’s show:

• Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Minister of Housing, Sean Fraser the political imperative to focus on Canada's housing crisis amid the Liberals' slump in the polls.
• Listen to Vassy's  exclusive interview with former British prime minister Boris Johnson as he shares his take on global politics and issues.
• The Daily Debrief Panel Tom Mulcair, Melanie Paradis, and Zain Velji.
• The debut of our new series 'Digging Deeper: Canada's Toxic Drug Crisis' with former addict and founder of Inspire By Example, Chris Cull. 

Free For All Friday - Hour 1.

Guest host Mark Towhey breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.

On today's show:

• Adriane Gear, President of the BC Nurses’ Union on B.C. to require hospitals have designated spaces for patient illicit drug use
• Kevin Page, president of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy in Ottawa, and a former Parliamentary Budget Officer on how will the  Liberals pay for billions in promised spending and loans?
• Dan Stanton, Former CSIS executive manager to wrap up what we saw at the inquiry into foreign interference this week.
• Nicholas Pope, Human Rights Lawyer at Hameed Law on judicial vacancies building up.

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 Bob Richardson, senior counsel at National Public Relations, Melanie Paradis, Conservative strategist and former senior staffer to Erin O’Toole, and President of Texture Communications and Cam Holmstrom, Founder and Principal, Niipaawi Strategies.

Topic 1: NDP abandons carbon tax

Topic 2: Why can’t we have more judges? How short are we? How big a problem is this?

Topic 3: Rules for RRSP and mortgages

Topic 4: Budget: Who’s going to pay for all this?

Topic 5: The rules are the rules… unless they’re ridiculous. Can a team score in 0.3 seconds?

Steven Chase, Senior Parliamentary Reporter with the Globe and Mail joins Vassy to unpack Prime Minister Justin Trudeaus testimony given yesterday before the national public inquiry into foreign interference.

On today’s show:

• Jean-François Perrault, Senior Vice-President & Chief Economist, Scotiabank to look ahead to upcoming April 16th budget, and to give his reaction on the Bank of Canada’s interest rate decision.
• Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist with his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me' 
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Marieke Walsh, Robert Benzie, and Laura Stone. 
• Dawn and Arthur Morewood, on their cycling journey from Florida to Ottawa.

Margaret McQuaig-Johnston, Board Director with the China Strategic Risks Institute and she’s also a Senior Fellow at the Graduate of School Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa joins guest host Robin Gill with the latest from the inquiry into foreign interference. 

On today’s show:

• David Williams, Vice President of Policy at the Business Council of British Columbia joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss the latest announcements from the Bank of Canada.
• British Columbia's Lieutenant Governor Janet Austin joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss how she's leading the charge against human trafficking.
• Robin Gill guest hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Scott Reid and Teneycke.
• Randall Bartlett, Chartered Financial Analyst and Senior Director of Canadian Economics at Desjardins on if the recent pre-budget housing announcements are enough to restore affordability.
• Carmi Levy, CTV Tech Expert with the top weekly tech stories.