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:

• Phil Gurski, CEO of Borealis Threat & Risk Consulting, former Senior Strategic Analyst with CSIS joins Mark to discuss how the public safety minister revealed how and when Toronto terror plot suspects came to Canada.
• Larry Haas, Political Author and Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council and former Communications Director and Press Secretary for Vice President Al Gore joins Mark to discuss the key takeaways from first Harris and Walz interview.

Free For All Friday - Hour 2.

Guests from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Sabrina Grover, Sr Advisor, Spark Advocacy and NorthStar Public Affairs, Fred DeLorey, Partner, NorthStar Public Affairs and former National Campaign Manager for the Conservative Party of Canada and Cam Holmstrom, Founder and Principal, Niipaawi Strategies.

Topic 1: Poilievre must hold his tongue for the sake of his party’s image

Topic 2: Is Singh finished? NDP lose five points of support in new national poll

Topic 3: Eighteen years and $46-billion later, the CPP admits it could have earned more just by buying index funds

Topic 4: Does Canada need more EV price incentives?

Join us for a very special edition of The Vassy Kapelos Show where we debut a book club with local Ottawa author, Katie Tallo.

On todays show:

• A special edition of The Daily Debrief Panel featuring Tim Powers, Laura D'Angelo, and George Soule.
• Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist joins Vassy for his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'.
• Vassy hosts the first edition of her book club with author of the novel 'Dark August' Katie Tallo. This features panelists from the CTV network such as Patricial Boal, Host of Ottawa At Work, Rosey Ehdah, Host of CTV Morning Live, and Noah Wachter, producer of The Vassy Kapelos Show.

Listen to Vassy's full conversation with the Minister of Immigration Marc Miller on the upcoming changes to permanent resident levels.

On todays show:

• Listen to Vassy's full conversation with David MacNaughton and François-Philippe Champagne about U.S/Canada relations.
• Dr. Richard Bazinet, professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto joins Vassy for this weeks 'The Explainer' segment about what diets actually work.
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star, Marieke Walsh, senior political reporter with The Globe and Mail and Mike Le Couteur, Senior political correspondent with CTV News
• Mike Moffatt, Assistant Professor with the Ivey Business School and senior director of policy and innovation at the Smart Prosperity Institute joins Vassy to discuss the upcoming changes to permanent resident levels.

Vassy Kapelos, CTV News Chief Political Correspondent joins gust host Tamara Cherry to discuss how day 3 of the Liberal cabinet retreat will be focused on Canada-U.S. relations.

On todays show:

• Stephen Maher, Long time political journalist and author of ‘The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau’ joins guest host Tamara Cherry to discuss how Canada's leaders have approached the debate over safe supply.
• Carmi Levy, CTV tech expert joins guest host Tamara Cherry to discuss the biggest tech stories of the week.
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Shachi Kurl, Chris Day, and Sabrina Grover.
• Syed Hussan, Executive Director, Migrant Workers Alliance for Change joins guest host Tamara Cherry to discuss the Liberal governments announcement on restricting temporary foreign workers.

Flavio Volpe, President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association joins guest host Tamara Cherry to discuss Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's announcement on new tariffs on Chinese EV's.

On todays show:

• Vassy Kapelos, CTV News Chief Political Correspondent joins guest host Tamara Cherry live from Halifax to help break down the latest announcements made this morning by the Liberal government.
• Chris Reynolds, Business Reporter at The Canadian Press joins guest host Tamara Cherry to discuss how the rail shutdown will have ripple effects through revenue and reputation.
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Zain Velji and Tom Mulcair.
• Robert Riggs, Middle East Geopolitical Risk Consultant joins guest host Tamara Cherry to help break down how it appears that over the weekend Israel and Hezbollah have stepped back from the brink of a wider war.

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:

• Dr. Bruce Curran, associate professor in the faculty of law of the University of Manitoba joins Mark to talk about the Canadian rail workers challenging the governments decision to refer the dispute to the labor board.
• Dr. Sonu Gaind, Chief of Psychiatry at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and a Professor at the University of Toronto joins Mark to discuss Canada’s delay on including mental in MAiD.
• Annette Meeks, Republican Strategist joins Mark to discuss the speech delivered last night at the DNC by Vice President Kamala Harris.

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 NDP Leader and Garry Keller, Vice President, StrategyCorp.

1. Canada rail workers union to challenge government decision to refer dispute to labor board.
2. How should the Republican party approach the campaign with Kamala Harris as the opponent.
3. Ontario CUPE president Fred Hahn rejects call to resign over social media post criticized as antisemitic
4. Is this the grocery story you’ve been searching for?
5. What would you do with the worlds largest diamond?

Dr. Bruce Curran, associate professor in the faculty of law of the University of Manitoba joins guest host Tamara Cherry to discuss his opinion piece from The Globe and Mail where he discusses who is to blame for the railway labour dispute.

On todays show:

• Vassy Kapelos, CTV News Chief Political Correspondent joins guest host Tamara Cherry to give us a recap of what happened on day 3 at the National Democratic Convention and took ahead to the speech that will be given tonight by Vice President Kamala Harris.
• Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology expert with his weekly segment 'Talk Science To Me'.
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Laura Stone, Marieke Walsh and Robert Benzie.
• Elliot Tepper, Senior Fellow at the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University joins guest host Tamara Cherry to discuss to give an overview on Ukraine's incursion into the Kursk region of Russia.

Laura Stone, Queen’s Park reporter with The Globe and Mail joins guest host Tamara Cherry to discuss how Ontario will be closing 10 supervised consumption sites and ban other locations under new rules.

On todays show:

• Vassy Kapelos, CTV News Chief Political Correspondent joins guest host Tamara Cherry live from the DNC in Chicago to discuss what we saw on day two, and what's to come for day three.
• Richard Painter, former chief White House ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush and professor of Law at the University of Minnesota joins guest host Tamara Cherry to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question on the purpose of National Conventions.
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid, Kathleen Monk, and Jordan Paquet.
• George Takach, formerly one of Canada's leading technology lawyers, and now an author about technology and geopolitics joins guest host Tamara Cherry to discuss how a survey found that Conservative supporters show higher susceptibility to Russian disinformation.