Dr. Paul Kershaw, Policy professor at the University of British Columbia and founder of Generation Squeeze joins Vassy to discuss how the “fairness for every generation” message foreshadows what the answer will ultimately need to be.  

On today’s show:

• Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Minister of Defence Bill Blair as he provides more insight into the federal government's latest military funding announcement.
• Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Parliamentary Budget Officer, Yves Giroux on the government’s latest spending promises ahead of the federal budget.
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Shachi Kurl, Jamie Ellerton and Saeed Selvam.
• George Takach, formerly one of Canada's leading technology lawyers, and now an author about technology and geopolitics joins Vassy to discuss his new book 'Cold War 2.0'.

Tom Lawson, former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces and previously Deputy Commander of the NORAD joins Vassy to give his reaction on the recent defence policy review that projects Canada spending 1.76% of its GDP on defence in 2029-30.

On today’s show:

• Steve MacKinnon, Government House Leader on how the Federal gov't is doing more than its 'fair share' on housing.
• Mayor Jim Diodati has said this eclipse is set to be the biggest event in the history of the city and joins Vassy to discuss what to expect today in Niagara. 
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Tom Mulcair, Tim Powers, and Zain Velji. 
• Gary Boyle, The Backyard Astronomer breaks down the science behind todays total solar eclipse. 

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

Jenna Sudds, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development of Canada joins Vassy to discuss why these new federal investments are what 'Canadians need.'

On today’s show:

• Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist with his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Laura Stone, and Mike Le Couteur.
• Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Erin O’Toole, Former Conservative leader on his hope that an inquiry will help curb efforts of foreign interference.

Judy Trinh, CTV National News Correspondent joins Vassy to break down the latest from the testimonies at the foreign interference inquiry. 

On today’s show:

• Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing on how Canada has to be open and honest about the time frame to improve housing stability. 
• Amanda Lang, BNN Bloomberg, Host of Taking Stock on BNN Bloomberg, CTV and the iHeart radio network to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question regarding the rising interest rates in Canada.
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Kathleen Monk and Scott Reid.

Paula Blanchard, a B.C resident who discovered her best friend of two decades is also her half sister joins Vassy to tell the story of how DNA testing lead her to discover her best friend of two decades was also her half sister.

On today’s show:

• Randall Bartlett, Senior Director, Canadian Economics, Desjardins gives a reality check on Canada's housing market.
• Roger Hilton, a Canadian working as a defence fellow at GLOBSEC, an international think-tank based in Slovakia on how NATO has changed since it's inception 75 years ago.
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Erika Barootes, Shachi Kurl, and Saeed Selvam.  

   

Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation joins guest host Amanda Galbraith to discuss how the increase of carbon pricing will affect Canadians. 

On today’s show:

• Dawn Desjardins, Chief Economist, Deloitte Canada on how Canada appears likely to skirt a recession, and begin recovering in second half of 2024.
• Carmi Levy, CTV tech expert on TikTok and Snapchat respond as Ontario school boards sue social media giants.
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers and Zain Velji. 
• Emma Gilchrist, Founder and editor-in-chief of The Narwhal on the life and death of Bob the Elk.

Sajjid Lakhani, Manager of government relations at impact public affairs Canada, and Former specialist assistant to Ron Mckinnon joins guest host Graham Richardson to discuss the significance of framing the upcoming budget around generational fairness.

On today’s show:

• Rachel Chernoslin, Toronto District School Board Chair joins Graham Richardson to discuss how four Ontario school boards are suing Snapchat, TikTok, and Meta for $4.5 billion.
• Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist with his weekly segment ‘Talk Science To Me’.
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Laura Stone, and Marieke Walsh.
• Chris Ragan, an Associate Professor and the founding Director of McGill University’s Max Bell School of Public Policy on the upcoming increase in carbon pricing.

RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme joins Vassy to discuss the action plan released to implement recommendations from the Mass Casualty Commission  

On today’s show:

• Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Blaine Higgs, Premier of New Brunswick on several premiers asking to testify on the carbon tax.
• Robert Knobel, Associate Professor in the Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy at Queen’s University to answer this weeks ‘The Explainer’ question.
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, Kathleen Monk and Kory Teneycke.
• Robert Fife, Globe and Mail's Ottawa Bureau Chief on the foreign interference inquiry.
• Adrian Ghobrial, CTV News National Correspondent with the latest on the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse.

André François Giroux, Canada’s Ambassador to Haiti joins Vassy to discuss the evacuations of 36 Canadians in Haiti since yesterday. 

On today’s show:

• Tony Grace, CTV National News Correspondent on the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse after a ship collided with support beam.
• Joel DeBellefeuille, Father of a student to discuss the $1.5M lawsuit that was filed after Quebec teacher was accused of selling students' artwork online.
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Rock, Shachi Kurl and Shakir Chambers.
• Dave Perry, President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on the high price tag of equipment driving delays in defence policy update.
• Jimmy Jean, Vice-president and chief economist at Desjardins on the Bank of Canada sounding the alarm on low productivity