The Vassy Kapelos Show

Graham Richardson fills in for Vassy Kapelos. Flight attendants at WestJet could walk off the job on Sunday if their union and the airline don't reach a settlement agreement, putting long weekend travel plans up in the air for thousands of Canadians. Amra Durakovic from Flight Centre Travel Group Canada outlines what travelers should know.
On today's show:
CTV's Rachel Aiello has the latest on Canada-USA Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc's trip to Washington.
Graham chats with Shachi Kurl, the President of Angus Reid Institute, about a new poll that shows climate policy is driving voters away from the Carney Liberals. Not only that, those voters are going straight to the Orange Crush.
Talk Science To Me with CTV Science and Technology specialist Dan Riskin: The reasons why not having a defined career plan might be a good thing.
The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Marieke Walsh and Rob Benzie.
During the 2025 election campaign, the Liberals promised to increase a key tax credit to support the mining sector. The Association for Mineral Exploration say the Carney government has not made good on that promise. Graham speaks with President Todd Stone.

Graham Richardson fills in for Vassy Kapelos. Canadians are learning details of Minister LeBlanc's official trade mission to D.C. this week on social media, as his office is refusing to share any details about his itinerary with the media. Graham chats with CTV National News correspondent Rachel Aiello about what we do know.
On today's show:
The opposition is demanding answers on the Gordie Howe Bridge deal at a special Parliamentary Committee meeting today. Graham is joined by Shuvaloy Majumdar, a Conservative MP and the Tories' Opposition Critic for Canada-USA Relations.
Digging deeper into Canada's trade response with Scotty Greenwood, the founder of Ottawa Street Strategy and a former U.S. Diplomat to Canada.
The Explainer with Dr. Brian Wirzba, the President of the Alberta Medical Association: What to know about Alberta's experiment with private healthcare.
The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Stephanie Levitz, Sabrina Grover, and Jordan Paquet.
Graham speaks with Tim Fleiszer, the Executive Director of the Concussion Legacy Foundation of Canada, about the push to ban heading in kids' soccer.
Rob Benzie, the Queens Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star, dissects a possible brewing feud between the Carney Liberals and the Ford Ontario PCs.

Graham Richardson fills in for Vassy Kapelos. Canada-USA Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc and top trade negotiator Janice Charette are heading to D.C. for meetings today, with a new round of U.S. tariffs set to take effect on August 19th. The Daily Debrief Panel, featuring Sharan Kaur and Jamie Ellerton, debates the government's response to the latest tariff threat.
On today's show:
Graham chats with Shamira Madhany, the Managing Director for World Education Services Canada, about how changes to the immigration system could address pressures in the healthcare system.
It's been one week since a group of Ontario First Nations called for a public inquiry on the government's wildfire response. Graham checks in with Wilfred King, the Head Chief of the Gull Bay First Nation, about why he's demanding answers.
Money Talk with John Klotz: Keeping the family cottage in the family.
Canada has a new Task Force on Modernizing Government, with a mandate to speed up bureaucracy across the country. Graham chats with Executive Director David McLaughlin about what it hopes to accomplish.
CTV"s Judy Trinh joins the show with an update on the Canadian NATO intern who has been accused of espionage.

Graham Richardson sits in for Vassy Kapelos. After weeks of delay and political controversy, traffic finally started flowing across the Gordie Howe Bridge at approximately 11:50AM Eastern Time today. CTV Windsor's Travis Fortnum joins us live from the Canadian side.
On today's show:
A new national survey has found that 1-in-10 Canadian emergency physicians are leaving the specialty. Graham speaks with Dr. Michael Herman, an ER doctor in Ottawa and a spokesperson for the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians.
POLITICO reports that the Carney government is sitting on a proposal from Meta to restore access to news content on its platforms. Professor Michael Geist from the University of Ottawa discusses how the Online News Act fits into the broader trade negotiation picture.
Tech Check with tech analyst Carmi Levy: It took OpenAI just one week to notice one of its models had gone rogue and escaped containment.
The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Zain Velji, George Soule, and Tim Powers.
Proposed changes to the Canada Labour Code are aimed at avoiding costly labour disruptions, such as the 2023 and 2024 B.C. port strikes. We delve into that subject with Derrick Hynes, the President and CEO of the Federally Regulated Employers, Transportation, and Communications.
CTV Vancouver's Kraig Krause has the latest on the B.C. wildfire situation.

Tim Powers fills in on the Graham Richardson Show - where we talk politics and also have a little bit of fun! You can catch us every single Friday from Noon until 2PM.
On today's show:
Diamond Isinger, a former Special Advisor on Canada-U.S. Relations to the Trudeau government, discusses Canada's response to the latest round of American tariffs.
Tim speaks with Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tony Wakeham about this week's Council of the Federation meeting in Charlottetown.
Remembering the 1976 Montreal Olympics with Greg Joy, who won Silver in High Jump for Canada that year.
David Wiens, the President of the Dairy Farmers of Canada, joins Tim for a discussion about supply management. This very topic is at the centre of a new round of Trump tariffs, which are scheduled to take effect August 19th.
Ryan Adams from Canadian Blood Services shares an urgent appeal for donors, as blood supply has dropped 20 percent within the last 2 months.
Bernadette Shea, the author of 'Thumbin' the Rock: A Newfoundland Hitchhiking Odyssey', joins Tim for an in-depth chat into her latest work.
Tech analyst Carmi Levy discusses how an OpenAI autonomous model 'escaped' containment during a testing exercise, and then hacked into a separate company's systems.