The Best of Vassy Kapelos

The top newsmakers, political headlines, your go-to daily debrief. Vassy loves politics and she’ll make sure you do too. The Vassy Kapelos Show will keep you informed through hard-hitting interviews with the major players, entertaining analysis and debate with your favourite pundits and all the details and context you need on breaking news as it comes into our newsroom.

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VKS: Two former CSIS directors weigh in on calls for a public inquiry into foreign interference

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chief of staff, Katie Telford, has agreed to testify on Chinese interference in Canada's elections. Plus, special rapporteur David Johnston's mandate has been released. Vassy Kapelos speaks with Ward Elcock, former CSIS director, and Dick Fadden, former CSIS director and former national security advisor to the Prime Minister, to get their reactions.

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VKS: The Daily Debrief - Tuesday panel

Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Sharan Kaur, political strategist and former Deputy Chief of Staff to Bill Morneau, Amanda Galbraith, principal at Navigator and host of Free For All Friday, and Shachi Kurl, president of the Angus Reid Institute.

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VKS: Russia and China - Xi meets with Putin

Chinese President Xi Jinping is on his first trip to Moscow since Russia invaded Ukraine. The pair is set to discuss Beijing’s Ukraine peace proposal, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin. What does Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, a retired Royal Canadian Navy officer and former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff, think about this? He joins Vassy Kapelos.

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VKS: The Daily Debrief - Monday panel

Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Carlene Variyan, associate vice-president of Summa Strategies, 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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VKS: Landmark U.N. climate change report issues a ‘survival guide for humanity’

The world’s top climate scientists are issuing a ‘survival guide for humanity’ in a landmark U.N. climate change report published Monday morning. Simon Donner, a climate scientist, professor at the University of British Columbia and member of Canada’s Net Zero Advisory Body, joins Vassy Kapelos to talk about Canada’s climate commitments and where things stand now.

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VKS: Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin

Why does time fly by when you're having fun? And if you thought Chat-GPT was powerful, get ready for GPT-4. CTV science and technology specialist Dan Riskin joins Vassy Kapelos for the weekly segment Talk Science to Me.

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VKS: The Daily Debrief - Thursday panel

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.

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VKS: ‘This was my dream’ - Texas woman officially world's longest-serving female radio presenter

Mary McCoy, an 85-year-old woman from Texas, has just been verified by Guinness World Records as being the globe's longest-serving female radio presenter. After nearly 72 years on the airwaves, does she have any plans to retire? She joins Vassy Kapelos on the program.

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