David Paterson, Ontario’s Representative in Washington DC joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss the highly anticipated face-off between Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House.

On todays show:

• Colton Praill, CTV National News Correspondent joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss how the Conservative caucus held their 1st meeting since their election loss.
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Shachi Kurl, Shakir Chambers, and Michele Cadario. 
• Flavio Volpe, President, Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss the impact of U.S tariffs on Canada's auto industry. 
• Dr. Christopher Labos, cardiologist and medical writer with a degree in epidemiology joins Stefan Keyes to discuss the surge of measles cases taking place in Ontario. 

Frank McKenna, Former Canadian Ambassador to the United States and Former Premier of New Brunswick joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss what should be the expectations ahead of Prime Minister Carneys meeting tomorrow with U.S President Donald Trump.

On todays show: 

• Anthony Wilson-smith, President & CEO of Historica Canada joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss how The First Canadian Army were all hailed as heroes, 80 years ago this week when they endured some of the toughest fighting in the Second World War to push the Germans back and lead the way into the Netherlands in late 1944 and into 1945.
• Lori Turnbull, Professor of Political Science at Dalhousie University joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss the uncertain future for the Conservative Party of Canada and what challenges Mark Carney will face as Canada's new Prime Minister. 
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Tom Mulcair and Zain Velji.
• Mark McGowan, Professor of History & Celtic Studies, St. Michael's College, University of Toronto joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss how the selection of a new Pope is set to start on May 7.
• Jayna Hefford, PWHL Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations joins guest host Tim Powers to discuss this years PWHL playoffs.

That's all she wrote.

Vassy looks back at the election that was, digging deeper below the headline result at some major voter shifts that happened. We also try and figure out what happens to each of the losing party’s leaders and the three things Vassy thinks will define Mark Carney’s time as Prime Minister.

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Free For All Friday - Hour 1

Amanda Galbraith breaks down today's biggest stories with Canada's top newsmakers.

On today's show:

• Dr. Christopher Labos, cardiologist and medical writer with a degree in epidemiology on the ongoing measles outbreaks in various parts of Canada and his level of concern
• Flavio Volpe, President, Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, on the shift reduction at the GM Oshawa plant announced this morning, pushing for tariff removals, and CUSMA-compliant auto parts being exempt from tariffs implemented by the U.S.
• Carmi Levy, Tech Journalist and Analyst on Meta's Mark Zuckerberg suggesting there's a market for personalized AI friends to make up for a lack of real ones

Free For All Friday - Hour 2

Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss this week's five biggest news stories. Attending today's session are Deirdra Tindale, Vice President at Crestview Strategies and Bob Richardson, Senior Counsel at National Public Relations.

1. Prime Minister Mark Carney's first remarks since election — what do we make of what we heard? Expectations for the first 100 days of the new government?
2.  Election debriefs – it’s been five days, the dust has settled, what do you think this election result means for the country in terms of Western alienation voiced by premiers Danielle Smith and Scott Moe?
3. Election debriefs — what do you make of how things broke down across party lines? Some provincial and the federal NDP are pointing fingers at each other while Pierre Poilievre works to identify a landing spot and the NDP are reduced significantly.
4. Revisiting our segment on personalized AI friends — are you open to this? Should the clamp be brought down on that? Other concerns?
5. Former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick and his girlfriend Jordon Hudson have been catching media attention including an odd interview on CBS Sunday Morning — what's going on here?

Vassy Kapelos is joined by Frank McKenna, Former Canadian Ambassador to the United States and Former Premier of New Brunswick, to discuss how Prime Minister Mark Carney can approach dealing with US President Donald Trump.

On today's show:

• Andrew Scheer, Conservative-Saskatchewan Elect and former Conservative Party leader, on Pierre Poilievre losing his seat and tensions between the federal and some provincial Conservative parties on how to move forward
• James Duthie, Host of TSN hockey coverage, on the second round of the NHL playoffs with several Canadian teams still in contention
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Queen's Park Bureau Chief, The Toronto Star; Laura Stone, Queen's Park reporter, The Globe and Mail; and Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent, CTV National News
• Jennifer Howard, Former National Campaign Director for federal NDP and Jagmeet Singh’s Chief of Staff; former NDP minister in Manitoba, on the collapse of the NDP, the factors at play, and what might come next for the party

Scott Aitchison, re-elected MP for Parry Sound–Muskoka joins host Vassy Kapelos following Monday nights election results with the Liberals winning a minority government to discuss the future of the Conservative party. 

On todays show:

• Bruce Fanjoy, Liberal MP-Elect for Carleton, joins host Vassy Kapelos to reflect on the campaign after defeating Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre for the seat he's held for 20 years.
• Listen to Vassy's full conversation with NDP MP-elect Don Davies who says 'the rebuilding starts tomorrow' after the party lost official status, winning only seven seats in Parliament.
• Daniel Béland, James McGill Professor, Department of Political Science, McGill University joins Vassy to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question from Jessica on Instagram that reads "What is a minority government and how does it work?". 
• Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Laura D’Angelo, Vice President, National Strategy and Public Affairs, Enterprise Canada, Jeff Rutledge, Vice President, McMillian Vantage and Stephanie Levitz, senior reporter in The Globe and Mail's Ottawa bureau.

Lori Turnbull, Professor of Political Science at Dalhousie University joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss Mark Carney leading the Liberals to a narrow victory on Monday in an election dominated by issues like affordability, tariffs and annexation threats from U.S. President Donald Trump.

On todays show:

• Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former NDP Leader joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss how NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has failed to secure his re-election, and announced he will step down once an interim leader is appointed.
• Mayor of Vancouver Ken Sim joins guest host Stefan Keyes to give the latest on the tragic Lapu Lapu festival attack.
• Stefan Keyes guest hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Jamie Ellerton, Founding Partner at Conaptus, Dan Moulton, Partner, Crestview Strategy, Liberal strategist and George Soule, Former director of communications for the NDP and Communications and PR strategist.
• Mark Masters, Sports Reporter, TSN joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss how The Ottawa Senators have a pulse in the battle of Ontario as they head into game five tonight again The Toronto Maple Leafs. 

Pete Fry, Vancouver City Councillor joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss the tragic fatal vehicle attack at the Lapu Lapu festival in Vancouver that left eleven people dead.

On todays show: 

• David Coletto, founder, Chair and CEO of Abacus Data joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss the final election poll from Abacus Data that shows a tightening of the race between the Liberals and the Conservatives. 
• Lydia Miljan- Professor of Political Science, University of Windsor joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss the end of the election campaign and what challenges the next Prime Minister will face.
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Tom Mulcair, and Zain Velji. 

Regina George is that you? 

We made it! 5 weeks down, just two days to go. Vassy takes a look at what the polls tell us will happen Monday, how the margin of error might have an impact, platforms that use fairytale math and what could happen after the election. 

Vassy Kapelos has what you need to know about week five of the federal election campaign. Make sure to subscribe for new episodes every Friday.

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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:

• We reflect on the legacy of Pope Francis, as world leaders prepare to bid farewell one last time. Joining the show ahead of Saturday's ceremony is Mark McGowan, a Professor of History at St. Michael's College.
• CTV chief political correspondent Vassy Kapelos breaks down the final days of the election campaign, and explains how they could impact Monday's final decision.
• Amid a very tense trade war, a Canadian town is planning to hug it out with its American neighbours. We hear from the Deputy Mayor of St. Stephen, New Brunswick.

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 CTV political analyst Kathleen Monk and Laura D'Angelo from Enterprise Canada.

Topic 1: The home stretch of the federal election campaign has arrived. What are your final predictions ahead of Monday's final vote? Could it be the last election for Singh and Poilievre?

Topic 2: Has this been a 'boring' election? If so, in what way?

Topic 3: Remember when the Quebec government slapped a university tuition hike for out-of-province students? Well, a judge from the Quebec Superior Court has overturned that policy. Will that plan be scrapped or will the province work around it?