The Vassy Kapelos Show

Feb 06 2025 100 ep. 12 mins 76

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VKS: The Daily Debrief - Thursday panel

Feb 06 2025 19 mins

Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Laura Stone, Queen’s Park reporter with The Globe and Mail, Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star, and Marieke Walsh, senior political reporter with The Globe and Mail. Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherev

VKS: Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin

Feb 06 2025 8 mins

Is a more challenging job a better job? CTV science and technology specialist Dan Riskin joins Vassy Kapelos for the weekly segment Talk Science to Me. Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @VassKapelosShow and on Instagram at @VassyKapelosShow.

The Daily Debrief - Wednesday Panel

Feb 05 2025 19 mins

Vassy Kapelos hosts The Daily Debrief Panel alongside Amanda Galbraith, Partner and Co-founder of Oyster Group; Laura D’Angelo, Vice President, National Strategy and Public Affairs, Enterprise Canada; and Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent, CTV National News.

The Explainer: Why does most of our energy go to the United States?

Feb 05 2025 8 mins

For this week's edition of The Explainer Vassy is joined by Richard Masson, Executive fellow at the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy and former CEO of the Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission to answer this question: Why does most of our energy go to the United States?

'This is the question': Trump says the US will take over Gaza – does he mean it?

Feb 05 2025 9 mins

The Washington Post senior political reporter Aaron Blake joins Vassy Kapelos to unpack Trump's latest assertion the US can take over Gaza, whether he's even serious, and where it fits in the current political landscape.

The Daily Debrief - Tuesday panel

Feb 04 2025 19 mins

Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Shakir Chambers, Vice President of Oyster Group; Rachel Aiello, National Correspondent, CTV News; and Saeed Selvam, Vice President of Public Affairs at NATIONAL Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Fo

How much stock can we put into the tariff pause? Auto parts manufacturers' group weighs in

Feb 04 2025 9 mins

Flavio Volpe, President, Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, joins Vassy Kapelos to follow up on the new tariff pause between Canada and the US and what this rocky road has and will mean for the industry.

VKS: The Daily Debrief - Monday panel

Feb 03 2025 18 mins

Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Zain Velji, a political campaign strategist and partner at Northweather, Tim Powers, chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data, and Tom Mulcair, CTV political analyst and former NDP leader. Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, Spo

VKS: "Trumps tariffs will hurt Americans first" Canadian economist says

Feb 03 2025 9 mins

Anil Wasif, Toronto-based economist, manager of the research team at Infrastructure Ontario joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss how understanding why the Trump administration has embraced tariffs is key to developing Canada's response. Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @V

VKS: Aviation safety expert on the deadly mid-air collision that took place in Washington D.C

Jan 30 2025 9 mins

Keith Mackey, President, Mackey International Aviation Safety Consultants joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss how the deadliest American aviation accident in 40 years may have occurred. Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @VassKapelosShow and on Instagram at @Vas