The Vassy Kapelos Show iHeartRadio

Dr. Kathleen Ross, President, Canadian Medical Association joins Vassy to give reaction to Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland's announcement on capital gains yesterday.

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Richard Fadden, Former Deputy Minister of National Defence of Canada and former director of CSIS joins Vassy to discuss how there has been no agreement among parties on releasing names of 'witting' foreign interference participants.
We heard from you during 'Have Your Say' on your thoughts on the capital-gains measures. 
The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Zain Velji, and Shannon Proudfoot. 
Bernadeth Betchi, Current Canadian Human Rights Commission Employee joins Vassy to discuss how Canada is to have its human rights accreditation reviewed by an international body over anti-black discrimination.  

Free For All Friday - Hour 1.

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

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Arthur Milnes, a public historian who specializes in the lives and legacies of all 23 Canadian Prime Ministers on how Ottawa is considering a foundation to honour Brian Mulroney.
Scott recaps historical moments that have happened on June 7th  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 Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former Federal NDP Leader and Karen Gordon, Principal, Gordon Strategy.


Ford cabinet shuffle
Foreign Agents  
Interest rate cut and if it changes anything politically
Strikes, strikes and strikes. As well as some Stanley Cup predictions.

Calgary Liberal MP George Chahal says he is opposed to the deportation of the truck driver responsible for the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in 2018. He joins Vassy to discuss how is trying to rally support among his colleagues to block the deportation of Jaskirat Singh Sidhu.

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Listen to Vassy's full conversation with a panel of MPs  as they discuss the bombshell report on MPs 'wittingly' taking part in foreign interference and the RCMP's statement on it.
 Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist with his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'.
The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Marieke Walsh, and Hannah Thibedeau.
Terry Copp, Canadian Military Historian, Director Emeritus, Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada on the importance of D-Day in a Canadian context. 

Jimmy Jean, Vice-president and chief economist at Desjardins joins Vassy to discuss what the cut to the key rate means moving forward.

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Procurement Parliamentary Secretary Charles Sousa joins Vassy to give his reaction to the auditor general's concerns on the awarding of federal contracts to McKinsey.
Jon Krohn, host of the Super Data Science podcast / Chief Data Scientist at the machine learning company Nebula answers this weeks 'The Explainer' question.
The Daily Debrief Panel with Marieke Walsh, Scott Reid, and Kory Teneycke.
Tim Cook, Chief Historian at the Canadian War Museum, editor and author of 18 books on Canadian military history joins Vassy to discuss the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the importance of remembering Canadian history. 

 

Nathan Janzen, Deputy Chief Economist, RBC and lead author of the report joins Vassy to discuss his new report 'Canada’s Growth Challenge: Why the economy is stuck in neutral'.

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Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs to give his reaction to a new report saying some MPs were 'wittingly assisting' foreign states.
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault joins Vassy to talk about new funding to help Canadian cities adapt to the impacts of climate change.
The Daily Debrief Panel with Shachi Kurl, Saeed Selvam and Cole Hogan.
Oleksandra Matviichuk, Head of the civil liberties association in Ukraine which was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize joins Vassy.

 

Dawn Desjardins, Chief Economist, Deloitte Canada  joins Vassy to discuss what may come out of Wednesday's interest rate decision amid speculation of further rate cuts.

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Listen to Vassy's full conversation with James Comey, Former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Trump's felony conviction and why he says the former U.S. president could still win a second term.
Listen to Vassy's conversation with Sarah Taylor, Canada's ambassador to Russia on the current tense relations with the Kremlin amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Tom Mulcair and Zain Velji. 
John Viveiros, Host of ‘Hot Take Hockey’ on the Edmonton Oilers moving to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in 18 years.