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CTV Power Play with Vassy Kapelos Podcast — 139 episodes
Power Play #2249: Liberals launch public competition to restore 24 Sussex
Power Play #2248: Carney shares details of phone call with Trump
Power Play #2247: Feds considering listing three northern projects in ‘national interest’
Power Play #2246: Exclusive: U.S. Ambassador to Canada speaks with CTV
Power Play #2245: Police officer and two others dead in Montreal shooting
Power Play #2244: MPs debate party policies heading into summer
Power Play #2243: House rises for the summer
Power Play #2242: Committee recommends against MAID expansion for mental illness
Power Play #2241: Liberal bail reform bill becomes law
Power Play #2240: U.S. and Iran reach tentative deal
Power Play #2239: Liberals table bill on forced labour following U.S. tariff threat
Power Play #2238: Gordie Howe International Bridge opening postponed indefinitely
Power Play #2237: Liberals introduce bill regulating social media for kids under 16
Power Play #2236: Carney says Gordie Howe International Bridge will open this week
Power Play #2235: Louise Arbour becomes Canada’s 31st Governor General
Power Play #2234: Canada adds 88,000 jobs in May
Power Play #2232: Liberals unveil national A.I. strategy
Power Play #2231: U.S. proposes tariff on Canada over forced labour concerns
Power Play #2230: Leblanc meets with Trump’s trade czar
Power Play #2229: Tories call for emergency debate on recession
Power Play #2228: China’s foreign minister in Ottawa for first time in decade
Power Play #2227: Carney says a strong Canada will help ‘make America great again’
Power Play #2226: Outgoing Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault speaks with CTV News
Power Play #2225: Steven Guilbeault to resign as an MP
Power Play #2224: Western premiers meet in Alberta
Power Play #2223: Alberta adds question on separation to fall referendum
Power Play #2222: Premier Danielle Smith to address Albertans
Power Play #2221: Will Alberta Premier Smith address referendum question soon?
Power Play #2220: U.S. pauses long-standing joint continental defence board
Power Play #2219: Feds, Alberta strike deal on carbon pricing, pipeline timeline
Power Play #2218: Judge rules against Alberta separation petition
Power Play #2217: Sources: Carbon pricing deal likely on Friday
Power Play #2216: Erskine-Smith says he still intends to resign federal seat
Power Play #2215: Trump: Iran ceasefire on ‘life support’
Power Play #2214: Carney and Smith meet in Ottawa
Power Play #2213: Liberals promise faster regulatory approvals
Power Play #2212: Honda halts $15B EV plant in Canada: report
Power Play #2211: Louise Arbour named as Canada’s next Governor General
Power Play #2210: Feds unveil new tariff relief package
Power Play #2209: Alberta separatist group ordered to remove voter database from website
Power Play #2208: Liberals consider privatizing airports
Power Play #2207: Fallout from the Liberals’ budget update
Power Play #2206: Budget update
Power Play #2204: Federal government approves natural gas pipeline expansion in B.C.
Power Play #2203: A ‘trade’ war of words
Power Play #2202: Carney says U.S. doesn’t dictate terms of free trade with Canada
Power Play #2201: Canada-U.S. Trade Minister speaks with Power Play
Power Play #2200: Ford government grounds jet purchase after backlash
Power Play #2199: Iran declares Strait of Hormuz ‘completely open’
Power Play #2198: Day three of Liberal majority
Power Play #2197: CTV News speaks with President of Finland
Power Play #2196: Carney secures majority government
Power Play #2195: Three crucial byelections could secure Liberal majority
Power Play #2194: MP Gladu speaks to reporters for the first time since crossing floor
Power Play #2193: Liberals descend on Montreal for national convention
Power Play #2192: Carney poaches another Conservative MP
Power Play #2191: Trump threatens Iran: “Whole civilization will die”
Power Play #2190: Artemis II crew circles the moon in historic flyby
Power Play #2189: Poilievre calls for gas taxes to be cut until 2027
Power Play #2188: Countdown to Artemis II launch
Power Play #2187: Remembering Stephen Lewis
Power Play #2186: Avi Lewis wins NDP leadership
Power Play #2185: NDP set to choose new federal leader
Power Play #2184: Liberal MP’s questioning of committee witness sparks opposition uproar
Power Play #2183: Air Canada CEO summoned to Ottawa over English-only video
Power Play #2182: April 1st deadline on Ottawa-Alberta MOU looms
Power Play #2181: Two dead after Air Canada plane, truck collide
Power Play #2180: Trump calls NATO allies “cowards”
Power Play #2179: EXCLUSIVE: RCMP says no current clandestine activities linked to India
Power Play #2178: Pierre Poilievre joins Joe Rogan’s podcast
Power Play #2177: Gas prices surging across Canada
Power Play #2176: Trump pressures allies to help open Strait of Hormuz
Power Play #2175: Canadian economy sheds 84,000 jobs in February
Power Play #2174: Are Liberals courting more floor crossers?
Power Play #2173: NDP MP Lori Idlout crosses floor to Liberals
Power Play #2172: Shots fired at U.S. consulate in Toronto
Power Play #2171: Trump provides update on operation in Iran
Power Play #2170: Ottawa, Alberta reach agreement to streamline major projects
Power Play #2169: Carney: Canada won’t rule out military participation in Middle East conflict
Power Play #2168: War spreads across Middle East
Power Play #2167: Carney holds first news conference since leaving for India
Power Play #2166: Carney says Canada backs Trump on Iran
Power Play #2165: Carney touches down in India
Power Play #2164: India no longer targeting Canadians, senior official says
Power Play #2163: CTV News’ exclusive with OpenAI
Power Play #2162: Russia’s war on Ukraine enters 5th year
Power Play #2161: Violence erupts across Mexico following death of cartel leader
Power Play #2160: Trump pledges new 10% global tariffs after Supreme Court loss
Power Play #2159: U.S. President Donald Trump mulls leaving CUSMA: reports
Power Play #2158: MP Matt Jeneroux crosses floor to the Liberals
Power Play #2157: Carney unveils long-awaited defence industrial strategy
Power Play #2156: LeBlanc leads massive trade delegation to Mexico
Power Play #2155: New details in Tumbler Ridge shooting as federal politicians arrive for vigil
Power Play #2153: Nine dead, including shooter, following B.C. mass shooting
Power Play #2154: Tumbler Ridge mayor speaks with CTV News
Power Play #2152: Trump threatens to block opening of Gordie Howe International Bridge
Power Play #2151: Jimmy Lai’s son speaks with CTV News
Power Play #2150: Canada opens new consulate in Greenland
Power Play #2149: Canada’s EV rebates returning, sales mandate ending
Power Play #2148: Carney and Poilievre meet one-on-one
Power Play #2146: Poilievre wins leadership review vote with 87% support
Power Play #2147: Harper’s official portrait unveiled
Power Play #2145: Poilievre to face leadership vote
Power Play #2144: Trump officials met Alberta separatists
Power Play #2143: Premiers meet in Ottawa
Power Play #2142: Carney denies Davos speech walk-back
Power Play #2141: House returns with GST rebate boost
Power Play #2140: PM leaves cabinet retreat without taking questions
Power Play #2139: Trump: Canada...should be grateful
Power Play #2138: Carney in Davos: the old world order ‘is not coming back’
Power Play #2137: Trump gunning for Greenland
Power Play #2136: Carney inks trade deal with China’s Xi
Power Play #2135: The cost of ‘buying Canadian’
Power Play #2134: François Legault quits
Power Play #2133: Trump to Iranian protesters: "help is on the way"
Power Play #2132: Carney’s China challenge
Power Play #2131: Carney heading to China next week
Power Play #2130: Vance claims media coverage of shooting ‘irresponsible’, Minnesota Governor accuses White House of promoting ‘propaganda’
Power Play #2129: Mayor: We do not want ‘ICE’ in Minneapolis
Power Play #2128: U.S. action in Venezuela sparks pipeline debate in Canada
Power Play #2127: What’s next for Venezuela with: Former CIA Director David Petraeus & Former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton
Power Play #2126: Canada, U.S. reps to meet in January to review CUSMA
Power Play #2125: Unpacking the top political stories of 2025
Power Play #2124: Pablo Rodriguez resigns as Quebec Liberal Leader
Power Play #2124: Can the feds counter trade war by buying Canadian?
Power Play #2123: Pierre Poilievre one-on-one: doesn’t say more members won’t cross floor
Power Play #2122: Another MP leaves Conservatives for Liberals
Power Play #2121: House rises for 2025
Power Play #2120: Interest rates: Canada holds, U.S. cuts
Power Play #2119: House defeats CPC pipeline motion & Kirsten Hillman stepping down as U.S. Ambassador
Power Play #2118: Conservatives to force House vote on pipeline agreement with Alberta
Power Play #2117: North American leaders hold 45-minute meeting on sidelines of FIFA draw
Power Play #2116: B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad resigns
Power Play #2115: Steven Guilbeault speaks to CTV: 2030 emissions targets “impossible”
Power Play #2114: Algoma Steel CEO: Feds knew business plan before loaning company $400M
Power Play #2113: Carney shuffles cabinet: Marc Miller back in
Power Play #2112: Federal-Alberta energy deal fallout
Power Play #2111: Federal & Alberta governments sign major energy deal
Power Play #2110: Tariff relief for steel & lumber sectors