Sébastien Michaud lived through every car enthusiast's worst nightmare when his dream car, a blue 1992 Honda Prelude, was stolen from his Moncton driveway last month. Dealing with a swathe of thefts, police were not optimistic, but after Michaud successfully mobilized the car community in the Maritimes, things started looking up.

Michaud tells Vassy Kapelos how it felt to lose his car and how strangers came together the help get it back.

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The federal government has no shortage of problems to address in the fall economic statement, including housing availability and affordability, grocery costs, interest rates, and more.

There is pressure from one side to spend more and another to spend less as the government says they value fiscal restraint but have teased significant investments.

Armine Yalnizyan, economist, business columnist, and Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers joins Vassy Kapelos to talk through the financial factors at play, what those mean for everyday people, and the different ways the federal government can respond today.

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The Stellantis battery plant in Windsor is under fire amid reports that upwards of 1600 South Korean temporary foreign workers could staff the plant, causing concerns that a project heavily subsidized by the government is not benefitting Canadian workers.

Irek Kusmierczyk, MP for Windsor-Tecumseh and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development, was not able to confirm those numbers but tells Vassy Kapelos that while South Korean staff will be at the plant in roles including installation and training, the expectation the government gave Stellantis is to maximize Canadian workers, including the 2500 staff that will build batteries being Canadian.

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According to a new report from Oxfam Canada, the top 1% wealthiest people pollute more than 2/3 of the world, or roughly 5 billion people. Much of this comes from investments made by the super-wealthy in industries causing greater emissions.

Oxfam Canada policy manager Ian Thomson joins Vassy Kapelos to talk through what those numbers mean and potential solutions, including proposing taxation directed to green initiatives.

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. 

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Former CEO of OpenAI -- the maker of ChatGPT -- Sam Altman, is now working on advanced artificial intelligence at Microsoft. This comes following a whirlwind weekend of drama in which Altman was ousted by the company's board and picked up elsewhere.

Jérémie Harris, the co-founder of Gladstone AI, an AI safety company, tells Vassy Kapelos this conflict functions as a microcosm of the speed vs. safety debate in the industry and could have major consequences.

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There's no shortage of economic concerns at hand for the federal government ahead of tomorrow's fall economic statement, including high interest rates, recently rising unemployment, slowing growth and affordability issues.

Desjardins vice-president and chief economist Jimmy Jean joins Vassy Kapelos to break down those factors, where the economy stands now, and what he's expecting to hear tomorrow.

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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 Mike Le Couteur, host of The Debate on CTV News Channel. 

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