Explore every episode of the podcast CTV Power Play with Vassy Kapelos Podcast
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
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| Power Play #1779: Liberal MP Writes to Caucus Calling for New Leader | 28 Jun 2024 | 00:47:27 | |
Chuck Todd, NBC News; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Gurratan Singh & Rachel Aiello | |||
| Power Play #1778: Biden vs. Trump Debate Tonight | 27 Jun 2024 | 00:52:40 | |
Biden vs. Trump panel with: Joy Malbon, Eric Ham, Nik Nanos; Geoffrey Hinton, Artificial Intelligence Pioneer; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, John Tory and Tom Mulcair | |||
| Power Play #1669: Jagmeet Singh one-on-one on why he says there are traitors in Parliament | 14 Jun 2024 | 00:47:24 | |
Jagmeet Singh, NDP Leader; Annie Bergeron-Oliver, CTV News; Witold Dzielski, Polish Ambassador to Canada & Kaspars Ozolins, Latvian Ambassador to Canada; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis & Gurratan Singh. | |||
| Power Play #1668: Jagmeet Singh: There Are Traitors in Parliament | 13 Jun 2024 | 00:48:23 | |
Mike Le Couteur, CTV News & Marieke Walsh, The Globe and Mail; Stephen Lecce, Ontario Energy Minister; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, John Tory & Tom Mulcair | |||
| Power Play #1667: MPs Debate Capital Gains Tax Hike | 12 Jun 2024 | 00:47:39 | |
MP Panel with: Francesco Sorbara, Andrew Scheer & Don Davies; Bill Browder, Hermitage Capital Management; The Front Bench with: Carlene Variyan, Gary Mar, Karl Bélanger & Marieke Walsh | |||
| Power Play #1666: Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on Capital Gains Tax Changes | 11 Jun 2024 | 00:47:42 | |
Elizabeth May, Green Party Leader; Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister & Finance Minister; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair and Robert Benzie. | |||
| Power Play #1665: Will foreign interference inquiry scope expand? | 10 Jun 2024 | 00:47:26 | |
The Globe and Mail’s Steven Chase, and intelligence experts Dan Stanton and Wesley Wark; The Front Bench with Kathleen Monk, Dan Moulton, Shakir Chambers and Laura Stone; Alberta NDP MLA Shannon Phillips | |||
| Power Play #1664: Calgary Risks Running Out Of Water | 07 Jun 2024 | 00:47:21 | |
Jyoti Gondek, Calgary Mayor & Mike Savage, Halifax Mayor; Heather Wright, CTV News; Marit Stiles, Ontario NDP Leader; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Gurratan Singh & Rachel Aiello | |||
| Power Play #1663: Foreign Meddling Debate Dominates Political Debate | 06 Jun 2024 | 00:47:26 | |
Guy Saint-Jacques, Former Canadian Ambassador to China & Dan Stanton, Former CSIS Executive Manager; Todd Battis, CTV News; Sabrina Nanji, Queen’s Park Observer; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, Tom Mulcair & Kristy Kirkup. | |||
| Power Play #1662: Are There Foreign Agents In Parliament? | 05 Jun 2024 | 00:47:56 | |
MP Panel with: Taleeb Noormohamed, Michael Chong & Peter Julian; John Manley, Former Finance Minister; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Gary Mar, Karl Bélanger & Marieke Walsh | |||
| Power Play #1661: PBO: Gag Order Keeping Gov’t Carbon Tax Data Secret | 04 Jun 2024 | 00:47:22 | |
MP Panel with: Adam van Koeverden, Andrew Scheer & Peter Julian; Charles Sousa, Procurement Parliamentary Secretary; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, James Moore, Tom Mulcair & Robert Benzie. | |||
| Power Play #1660: One-on-ones with: Supreme Court Chief Justice, Environment Minister & Public Safety Minister | 03 Jun 2024 | 00:47:34 | |
Richard Wagner, Supreme Court Chief Justice; Steven Guilbeault, Environment Minister; The Front Bench with: Dan Moulton, Rudy Husny, Kathleen Monk & Laura Stone. | |||
| Power Play #1777: Byelection Fallout & Alberta Wants Out of National Dental Plan | 26 Jun 2024 | 00:48:31 | |
Mark Holland, Health Minister; Joy Malbon, CTV News; Jean-François Perrault, Scotiabank & Beata Caranci, TD Bank Group; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Gary Mar, Karl Bélanger & Marieke Walsh | |||
| Power Play #1659: Trump Plans to Appeal 34 Felony Convictions | 31 May 2024 | 00:47:15 | |
Sarada Peri, Former Speechwriter for President Barack Obama & Richard Painter, Former Ethics Lawyer for President George W. Bush; Frank McKenna, Former Canadian Ambassador to the U.S.; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Karl Bélanger & Rachel Aiello | |||
| Power Play #1658: Does PBO Mistake Change Carbon Tax Debate? | 29 May 2024 | 00:48:06 | |
Joy Malbon, CTV News; David Frum, The Atlantic & Brian Stelter, Vanity Fair; Yves Giroux, Parliamentary Budget Officer; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Laryssa Waler, Gurratan Singh & Marieke Walsh | |||
| Power Play #1657: MPs Debate: Should Speaker Fergus Resign | 28 May 2024 | 00:47:32 | |
MP Panel with: Mark Gerretsen, Chris Warkentin & Peter Julian; Shachi Kurl, Angus Reid Institute & David Coletto, Abacus Data; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair and Robert Benzie. | |||
| Power Play #1656: Ex Tory Nomination Candidates Speak To CTV | 27 May 2024 | 00:47:32 | |
Colton Prail, CTV News; Sabrina Maddeaux, Former Conservative Nomination Candidate & Rachel Gilliland, Former Conservative Nomination Candidate; The Front Bench with: Dan Moulton, Gary Mar, George Soule & Laura Stone; Teresa Norris, HPV Global Action. | |||
| Power Play #1655: Canada’s UN Ambassador Bob Rae on ICJ Ordering Halt to Israel’s Rafah Offensive | 24 May 2024 | 00:47:13 | |
Bob Rae, Canada’s United Nations Ambassador; Kevin Falcon, B.C. United; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Gurratan Singh & Rachel Aiello; Garrett Barry, CTV News. | |||
| Power Play #1654: U.S. Senators Urge Trudeau To Spend More On Defence | 24 May 2024 | 00:47:33 | |
Gen. (Ret’d) Tom Lawson, Fmr. Chief of the Defence Staff & Vice-Adm. (Ret’d) Mark Norman, Royal Canadian Navy Commander; Alexis von Hoensbroech, WestJet CEO; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, John Tory and Tom Mulcair. | |||
| Power Play #1653: MPs on Grocery Prices: Food Costs Up 20% In Last Three Years | 22 May 2024 | 00:48:59 | |
MP Panel with: Taleeb Noormohamed, Andrew Scheer & Don Davies; David MacNaughton, Former Canadian Ambassador to the U.S.; The Front Bench with: Carlene Variyan, Gary Mar, Karl Bélanger & Nojoud Al Mallees | |||
| Power Play #1652: BC Conservative Leader on negotiations with BC United & Ottawa rejects Toronto’s drug decriminalization request | 17 May 2024 | 00:55:12 | |
John Rustad, BC Conservative Leader; Caroline Maynard, Information Commissioner; The Front Bench with: Carlene Variyan, Melanie Paradis, Gurratan Singh & Rachel Aiello. | |||
| Power Play #1651: Poilievre calls for summer fuel tax holiday | 16 May 2024 | 00:47:29 | |
MP Panel with: Adam Van Koeverden, Melissa Lantsman & Charlie Angus; Joy Malbon, CTV News; Wab Kinew, Manitoba Premier; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, John Tory & Tom Mulcair. | |||
| Power Play #1650: Wildfire evacuation orders in B.C. and Alberta | 14 May 2024 | 00:51:16 | |
Andrew Johnson, CTV News; Rob Fraser, Mayor of the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality; François-Philippe Champagne, Industry Minister; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair and Laura Stone. | |||
| Power Play #1776: Liberals Lose Byelection For Seat They’d Held Since 1993 | 25 Jun 2024 | 01:16:27 | |
Scott Reid, Kory Teneycke & Kathleen Monk; Karina Gould, Liberal Cabinet Minister & Liberal Party Ontario Campaign Co-Chair; Shachi Kurl, Angus Reid Institute & David Coletto, Abacus Data; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair & Robert Benzie; Nik Nanos, Nanos Research; Journalists Panel with: Evan Solomon, Marieke Walsh, Judy Trinh & Paul Wells. | |||
| Power Play #1649: Will job growth delay interest rate cuts? | 10 May 2024 | 00:47:17 | |
Douglas Porter, BMO & Stephane Marion, National Bank of Canada; Soraya Martinez Ferrada, Tourism Minister; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Gurratan Singh and Rachel Aiello. | |||
| Power Play #1648: Bank of Canada warns of risks to mortgage holders | 09 May 2024 | 00:47:23 | |
David Dodge, Former Bank of Canada Governor; Jon Allen, Former Canadian Ambassador to Israel; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, John Tory and Judy Trinh. | |||
| Power Play #1647: FEDS VS UNIONS ON IN-OFFICE WORK | 08 May 2024 | 00:47:18 | |
Chris Alyward, Public Service Alliance of Canada; Gen. (Ret’d) Tom Lawson, former Chief of the Defence Staff; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Shakir Chambers, Karl Bélanger and Marieke Walsh. | |||
| Power Play #1647: Feds grant B.C. request to recriminalize public drug consumption | 07 May 2024 | 00:47:42 | |
Ya’ara Saks, Mental Health and Addictions Minister; Mike Duheme, RCMP Commissioner; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Rona Ambrose, Tom Mulcair and Paul Wells | |||
| Power Play #1646: Ceasefire deal? Israeli ambassador one-on-one | 06 May 2024 | 00:53:47 | |
Iddo Moed, Israeli Ambassador; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Gary Mar, George Soule & Laura Stone | |||
| Power Play #1645: Three Indian nationals arrested and charged in Nijjar killing | 03 May 2024 | 00:50:56 | |
Vassy Kapelos, CTV News Chief Political Correspondent; Dominic LeBlanc, Public Safety Minister; Kenny Chiu, Former Conservative MP; Dan Kelly, Canadian Federation of Independent Business; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Laryssa Waler, Gurratan Singh & Rachel Aiello.
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| Power Play #1644: Back-to-office boost and chance of a coming interest rate cut | 02 May 2024 | 00:47:19 | |
Stéphanie Montreuil, Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada; Amber Kanwar, BNN Bloomberg; The Globe and Mail’s Robert Fife and Steven Chase; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, John Tory and Tom Mulcair. | |||
| Power Play #1643: Dramatic shift in tone of House debate | 01 May 2024 | 00:47:23 | |
Mark Holland, Health Minister; Jagmeet Singh, NDP Leader; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Gary Mar, Karl Bélanger & Laura Stone | |||
| Power Play #1642: Poilievre expelled from House of Commons for calling PM ‘wacko’ | 30 Apr 2024 | 00:51:36 | |
Steven MacKinnon, Government House Leader; Melissa Lantsman, Deputy Conservative Leader & Gord Johns, NDP Mental Health & Harm Reduction Minister; Scott Moe, Saskatchewan Premier; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair & Marieke Walsh. | |||
| Power Play #1641: MPs targeted by China-backed hackers | 29 Apr 2024 | 00:47:21 | |
Liberal MP John McKay, Conservative MP Garnett Genuis; The Front Bench with Kathleen Monk, Dan Moulton, Shakir Chambers and Robert Benzie; Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown | |||
| Power Play #1775: Big Toronto Byelection Tonight | 24 Jun 2024 | 00:47:25 | |
Cristina Tenaglia, CTV News; Judy Trinh, CTV News; Nik Nanos, Nanos Research; Naheed Nenshi, Alberta NDP Leader; The Front Bench with: Scott Reid, Shakir Chambers, Grorge Soule & Laura Stone. | |||
| Power Play #1640: Alberta seeks sweeping powers over municipalities | 28 Apr 2024 | 00:47:36 | |
Ric McIver, Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister; National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, Assembly of First Nations; The Front Bench with Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Gurratan Singh & Rachel Aiello; Joy Malbon, CTV News | |||
| Power Play #1639: Massive Honda EV Deal | 26 Apr 2024 | 00:47:26 | |
François-Philippe Champagne, Industry Minister; Vic Fedeli, Ontario Economic Development Minister; Joy Malbon, CTV News; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, John Tory and Tom Mulcair. | |||
| Power Play #1638: Is the budget a political flop for Liberals? | 25 Apr 2024 | 00:47:30 | |
Pollsters Christian Bourque, Shachi Kurl and David Coletto; former U.S. secretary of defense Leon Panetta; The Front Bench with Saeed Selvam, Gary Mar, Karl Belanger and Marieke Walsh. | |||
| Power Play #1637: Doctors vs. feds on capital gains | 24 Apr 2024 | 00:47:34 | |
Dr. Kathleen Ross, Canadian Medical Association; Robert Benzie, The Toronto Star; Joy Malbon, CTV News; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair, Robert Benzie & Nik Nanos. | |||
| Power Play #1636: Massive Honda EV Plant to be Announced in Ontario | 22 Apr 2024 | 00:50:22 | |
Flavio Volpe, Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association & David Adams, Global Automakers of Canada; Steven Guilbeault, Environment Minister; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Shakir Chambers, Kathleen Monk & Laura Stone | |||
| Power Play #1635: Budget watchdog: Pension planners could be ‘collateral damage’ of capital gains tax hike | 19 Apr 2024 | 00:47:25 | |
Bob Rae, Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations; Yves Giroux, Parliamentary Budget Officer; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Gurratan Singh and Rachel Aiello. | |||
| Power Play #1634: Does Dominic LeBlanc want the PM’s job? | 18 Apr 2024 | 00:47:33 | |
David Dodge, Former Bank of Canada Governor; Rachel Aiello, CTV News; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, John Tory and Tom Mulcair. | |||
| Power Play #1633: Federal Budget Debrief: Could it Exacerbate Inflation? | 17 Apr 2024 | 00:47:26 | |
Anita Anand, Treasury Board President; Rachel Aiello, CTV News; The Front Bench with: David Herle, Gary Mar, Brian Topp and Marieke Walsh | |||
| Power Play #1632: Federal budget released | 17 Apr 2024 | 01:25:25 | |
Jagmeet Singh, NDP Leader; Amanda Lang, BNN Bloomberg; Strategy Session with: Scott Reid, Kory Teneycke & Kathleen Monk; Chrystia Freeland, Finance Minister; Jasraj Singh Hallan, Conservative Finance Critic; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Rona Ambrose, Tom Mulcair and Robert Benzie. | |||
| Power Play #1631: Federal budget coming, will there be new taxes? | 16 Apr 2024 | 00:47:30 | |
Bob Rae, Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations; David Dodge, Former Bank of Canada Governor; the Front Bench with: Dan Moulton, Shakir Chambers, Kathleen Monk and Laura Stone. | |||
| Power Play #1774: National Indigenous Peoples Day | 21 Jun 2024 | 00:48:29 | |
Gary Anandasangaree, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister; Natan Obed, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami; John McKay, Liberal – Ontario; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Karl Bélanger & Rachel Aiello. | |||
| Power Play #1631: Feds unveil housing strategy | 12 Apr 2024 | 00:48:26 | |
Seamus O’Regan, Labour Minister; Danielle Smith, Alberta Premier; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Gurratan Singh & Rachel Aiello. | |||
| Power Play #1630: PM Trudeau testifies at elections interference inquiry | 10 Apr 2024 | 00:23:22 | |
Mike Le Couteur, CTV News; Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, China Strategic Risks Institute & Dan Stanton, Former CSIS Executive Manager. | |||
| Power Play #1629: PM’s Top Advisers Testify on Foreign Interference Inquiry | 10 Apr 2024 | 00:48:22 | |
Judy Trinh, CTV News; Guy Saint-Jacques, Former Canadian Ambassador to China; Jean-Francois Perrault, Chief Economist at Scotiabank and Jimmy Jean, Chief Economist at Desjardins; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair and Robert Benzie. | |||
| Power Play #1628: Minister Bill Blair on Defence Policy Update | 09 Apr 2024 | 00:47:36 | |
Bill Blair, Defence Minister; Yves Giroux, Parliamentary Budget Officer; The Front Bench with: Dan Moulton, Shakir Chambers, Kathleen Monk and Laura Stone. | |||