The Vassy Kapelos Show Podcast

Guest host Tim Powers is joined by CTV's Jeremie Charron with details on the concerns from Sikh activists and the political balancing act between inviting Modi and working with India versus the concerns against it.

On today's show:

• Adam van Koeverden, Secretary of State for Sport and MP for Burlington North – Milton West, on how the new Carney government will approach sport and his new role
• Sayward Montague, Director of Advocacy at the National Association of Federal Retirees and co-chair of the Women Veterans Research and Engagement Network (WREN), on calls to mark June 12 as a Day of Advocacy for Women Veterans
• Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star; Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent, CTV National News
• Donal Gill, Assistant Professor in Canadian Politics, Concordia University, on the significance of Michael Sabia being brought in as PM Carney's new head of the public service
• Mark Masters, Sports Reporter, TSN , tees up game 4 of Edmonton Oilers vs. Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup Finals

Vassy Kapelos is joined by Yoshua Bengio, President & Scientific Director, LawZero and Full Professor at Université de Montréal, and Founder and Scientific Advisor of Mila – Quebec AI Institute, about this new initiative and its significance in AI.

On today's show:

• Karen Hogan, Auditor General, on the details of her latest reports
• John Bolton, Former National Security Adviser to US President Donald Trump and Ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush, on the latest developments in the LA protests and the federal response
• The Explainer: Ryan Manucha, Research Fellow, C.D. Howe Institute and Author, Booze, Cigarettes, and Constitutional Dust-Ups: Canada's Quest for Interprovincial Free Trade, answers this question — what barriers to interprovincial trade exist right now? How much will free internal trade really impact the economy? 
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Supriya Dwivedi, Former Senior Adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; Jeff Rutledge, Vice President, McMillian Vantage; Stephanie Levitz,  senior reporter in The Globe and Mail's Ottawa bureau

Vassy Kapelos is joined by Bill Curry, Deputy Ottawa Bureau Chief, The Globe and Mail, to go over the details of the report and reflect on how the story developed over the years and what may change moving forward.

On today's show:

• Gen. Jennie Carrigan, Canada’s Chief of Defence Staff, on the government's commitment to hitting 2% spending on defence this year
• Eric Ham, CTV US Political Analyst and Former Congressional Staffer, on the ongoing protests in Los Angeles and the political firestorm that has developed
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Sebastian Skamski, Former Director of Media Relations for Pierre Poilievre; Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute; and Sharan Kaur, Political Strategist and Former Deputy Chief of Staff to Bill Morneau
• Shaun Hildebrand, President, Urbanation on the new National Rent Report showing continued year-over-year decreases and then Victor Tran, Rates.ca Mortgage and Real Estate Expert, with a broader look at the housing market
• John Viveiros, Host, Hot Take Hockey, on the blowout 6-1 loss the Edmonton Oilers took from the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup Playoffs

Vassy Kapelos is joined by Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent, CTV National News to talk through what we know so far.

On today's show:

• Minister of Internal Trade Chrystia Freeland on the government's new One Canadian Economy bill and opposition concerns with it
• Eric Ham, CTV US Political Analyst and Former Congressional Staffer, on the ongoing protests in Los Angeles and the political firestorm that has developed
• Dan Kelly, CEO, Canadian Federation of Independent Business, on the importance of today's meeting addressing the removal of interprovincial trade barriers
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Zain Velji, a political campaign strategist and partner at Northweather, he formerly worked with Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley; Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former NDP Leader; and Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data
• Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on convincing BC Premier David Eby to be open to a west coast pipeline and optimism with new major energy infrastructure projects

Free For All Friday - Hour 1

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

• Frank McKenna, Former Canadian Ambassador to the United States and Former Premier of New Brunswick, on the prospects of a new Canada/US trade deal
• Sabrina Geremia, VP and Country Manager, Google Canada, on Google's new AI Opportunity Fund in Canada
• Barry Avrich, award-winning filmmaker and author on his new book The Devil Wears Rothko

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 Sharan Kaur, Political Strategist and Former Deputy Chief of Staff to Bill Morneau; Brian Lilley, Political Columnist, Toronto Sun.

1. Canada/US deep into trade talks: do you think this deal can get done? Is it realistic to expect it before the G7? Is trying to get a deal the right move?
2. Trump/Elon relationship explodes: what's going on here? Was this an inevitability? Could this have significant ripple effects?
3. First Ministers Meeting, Bill 5, and energy projects: is the grand consensus to Build Canada already crumbling? Eby staunch on pipelines, Bill 5 in Ontario facing notable pushback, etc.
4. This specific Deloitte commercial: we'll just react to this — how true to your life does this feel?
5. Loblaw pulls Folgers coffee from shelves over 'unjustified' cost increases PLUS Lululemon stock plunges in historic rout as tariffs eat away at its profit: what do you make of the move from Loblaw? Are the prices changes justified or are businesses trying to get away with hikes? More to come?