Free For All Friday - Hour 1

Amanda Galbraith breaks down today's biggest stories with Canada's top newsmakers.
On today's show:

• Frank McKenna, Former Canadian Ambassador to the United States and Former Premier of New Brunswick, on the prospects of a new Canada/US trade deal
• Sabrina Geremia, VP and Country Manager, Google Canada, on Google's new AI Opportunity Fund in Canada
• Barry Avrich, award-winning filmmaker and author on his new book The Devil Wears Rothko

Free For All Friday - Hour 2

Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss this week's five biggest news stories. Attending today's session are Sharan Kaur, Political Strategist and Former Deputy Chief of Staff to Bill Morneau; Brian Lilley, Political Columnist, Toronto Sun.

1. Canada/US deep into trade talks: do you think this deal can get done? Is it realistic to expect it before the G7? Is trying to get a deal the right move?
2. Trump/Elon relationship explodes: what's going on here? Was this an inevitability? Could this have significant ripple effects?
3. First Ministers Meeting, Bill 5, and energy projects: is the grand consensus to Build Canada already crumbling? Eby staunch on pipelines, Bill 5 in Ontario facing notable pushback, etc.
4. This specific Deloitte commercial: we'll just react to this — how true to your life does this feel?
5. Loblaw pulls Folgers coffee from shelves over 'unjustified' cost increases PLUS Lululemon stock plunges in historic rout as tariffs eat away at its profit: what do you make of the move from Loblaw? Are the prices changes justified or are businesses trying to get away with hikes? More to come?

Guest host Stefan Keyes speaks with Matthew Holmes, Executive Vice President and Chief of Public Policy, Canadian Chamber of Commerce, about what that group wants to see the government do in response to a spike in steel and aluminum tariffs implemented by the US.

• Julie Simmons, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Guelph, on the throne speech passing in the House of Commons without a vote "on division" and what that might mean moving forward
• Eric Ham, CTV US Political Analyst and Former Congressional Staffer, on the new US travel ban and new polling responding to the use of tariffs in Canada
• John Viveiros, Host, Hot Take Hockey, on the Edmonton Oilers taking the first game in the Stanley Cup Playoffs
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star; Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent, CTV National News; Laura Stone, Queen’s Park reporter with The Globe and Mail
• Dr. Dave Williams, Canadian physician, public speaker, CEO, author, and retired CSA astronaut remembers former astronaut and federal minister Marc Garneau
• John Gradek, aviation management expert and lecturer, McGill University, on the need for water bombers during wildfire season

Hear Vassy's full interview with David Paterson, Ontario's representative in Washington.

On today's show:

• Pedro Antunes, Chief Economist with the Conference Board of Canada, breaks down the Bank of Canada's latest interest rate decision.
• Infectious disease specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch discusses vaccine guidelines.
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Laura D'Angelo, Jeff Rutledge, and Abigail Bimman.
• Hear yesterday's full interview with Canada's Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree.