Free For All Friday - Hour 1.

Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.

On today's show:

• Casey Babb, Senior Fellow with the MacDonald Laurier Institute and Advisor to Secure Canada joins Amanda to look ahead to Monday October 7th and reflect on what that anniversary means for Jewish Canadians.
• Rob Buffam, Legislative Reporter with CTV Vancouver joins Amanda to give a snapshot ahead of BC’s provincial election on October 19th.
• Ritesh Kotak, Tech and Cybersecurity Expert joins Amanda to discuss what it would mean if 23AndMe sold it’s DNA information to the highest bidder.

Free For All Friday - Hour 2.

Guests from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Melanie Paradis, former senior staffer to Erin O’Toole, and President of Texture Communications and Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star.

Topic 1: Bloc leader says the deadline still stands after Liberals vote against pension motion - Will we face a snap election this year?

Topic 2: Canadians three times more positive about Kamala Harris than Donald Trump, survey says.

Topic 3: BC Election - Conservatives are surging in the polls, has the NDP’s time in BC come to an end?

Topic 4 Kicker topic: Remember That DNA You Gave 23andMe?

Topic 4.5 Kicker topic: The surprising ways hybrid work changed people’s grooming habits and notions of personal time.

The Bloc is threatening the Trudeau government with an ultimatum: meet its demands on old age security and supply management or it will to work with opposition parties to force an election. Vassy Kapelos speaks with key players.

On today’s show:

• We play Vassy’s full interview with Karina Gould, Government House Leader. Then, we hear from Bloc Québécois House Leader Christine Normandin.
• Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin.
• The Daily Debrief with Robert Benzie, Rachel Aiello and Hannah Thibedeau.
• Nour El-Khadri, a professor at the University of Ottawa and a Lebanese Canadian, on his perspective of the conflict back home and his thoughts on Canada’s response so far.
• Dr. Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald, Financial Security Research Director at the National Institute on Ageing, explains how Old Age Security works.

Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Israeli Ambassador Iddo Moed to discuss Iran's 'unfathomable' barrage of ballistic missiles and what Israel's response could be.

On todays show:

• Tom Lawson, former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces and previously Deputy Commander of the NORAD joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss what the risk of a conventional war between Iran and Israel is after yesterday's attack.
• Dr. Jean Seely, head of breast imaging at Ottawa Hospital. She is also the president of the Canadian Society of Breast Imaging joins Vassy Kapelos to answer this weeks ‘The Explainer’ question from Judy on Instagram that asked “Do mammograms work?”
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Laura Stone, Scott Reid, and Amanda Galbraith.
• Vassy's takes your calls on texts on the increase to OAS.

Minister of Defence Bill Blair joins Vassy to discuss Canada's strategy to repatriate Canadians stuck in Lebanon amid an imminent Israeli incursion.

On todays show:

• Canada's Governor General Mary Simon joins Vassy to discuss Truth and Reconciliation Day and the criticism she's faced on her French language skills.
• David Coletto, founder, Chair and CEO of Abacus Data joins Vassy to discuss the new polling from Abacus Data that shows the NDP passes Liberals outside of Quebec while the Conservatives lead by 22.
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Saeed Selvam, and Joël-Denis Bellavance.
• Dr. Paul Kershaw, Policy professor at the University of British Columbia and founder of Generation Squeeze joins Vassy to discuss the report card that shows more progress required to achieve federal budget promise around generational fairness.

Free For All Friday - Hour 1

Guest host Mark Towhey breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.

On today's show:

• Darrell Bricker, CEO, Ipsos joins Mark to discuss population growth within Canada.
• Carmi Levy, tech journalist and analyst joins Mark to discuss the future of batteries.. do we need Lithium?
• Dr. Jonathan Lai, Executive Director of Autism Alliance of Canada joins Mark to talk about Canada’s first National Autism Strategy.

Free For All Friday - Hour 2

Guests from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Sabrina Grover, Sr Advisor, Spark Advocacy and NorthStar Public Affairs, Alex Chreston, Vice President with Crestview Strategy and Marion Nader, Co-CEO Nexus Strategy Group, Former NDP Strategist.

Topic 1: Will the Liberals make it to Christmas? How do they regain ‘confidence’ in Canadians after the non-confidence votes coming through. Have the NDP and the Bloc positioned themselves well?

Topic 2: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has lost 205 firearms since 2020, including machine-guns

Topic 3: Feds eyeing new ways to publicly flag possible foreign interference during elections – A senior federal official says the government is mulling new ways to inform the public about possible foreign interference developments during an election campaign. Would this be beneficial?

Topic 4: I like dining alone. I’m great company. Do you?

House Leader Karina Gould joins Vassy Kapelos after the Liberal government survived a non-confidence vote sparked by the Conservatives.

On todays show:

• Dennis Alpert, Political Strategist and former White House Senior Staffer under Al Gore joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss Kamala Harris's newly announced economic plan as well as looking ahead to what the U.S election may hold.
• CTV science and technology specialist Dan Riskin joins Vassy Kapelos for the weekly segment Talk Science to Me.
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Laura Stone, Marieke Walsh, and Mike Le Couteur.
• Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Environment Minister Stephen Guilbeault to discuss if a carbon tax increase will be paused in Canada.

Marieke Walsh, senior political reporter with The Globe and Mail joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss Pierre Poilievre’s attempt to topple the minority Liberal government through a non-confidence motion.

On todays show:

• Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Ontario's Minister for Economic Development Vic Fideli on national security concerns surrounding Chinese EVs in Canada.
• Eric Ham, CTV U.S. Political Analyst joins guest host Stefan Keyes to set the stage for the U.S election that is only 6 weeks away.
• Judie Saunders, NYC Sexual abuse litigator and former prosecutor joins gest host Stefan Keyes for this weeks 'The Explainer' segment.
• The Daily Debrief Panel with George Soule, Andrew Perez, and Jordan Paquet.
• Jason Ploegher, Northern Ontario man who solved the mystery of the sunken taxi in Larder Lake joins guest host Stefan Keyes to discuss his amazing discovery.

Chris Ragan, an Associate Professor and the founding Director of McGill University’s Max Bell School of Public Policy joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss the carbon pricing policy and its impacts.

On todays show:

• Vassy takes your calls and texts to hear if you'd like to have an early election.
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Shakir Chambers, Shachi Kurl, and Sabrina Grover.
• Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Bob Rae, Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations on Israel and Hezbollah's intense fighting in Lebanon and what Canada is doing to aid peace talks.
• Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux on the Bloc Quebecois' proposal for higher OAS and how much that would cost Canadians.