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Power Play, a daily look at Canada’s political landscape. Recorded in Ottawa featuring all the political news and issues that matter most. Hosted by CTV's Vassy Kapelos, the program is a must for political insiders.
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Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu; Keir Giles, Russian Military Expert; The Front Bench with Zita Astravas, Jamie Ellerton and Karl Bélanger; Canadian A.I. Minister Evan Solomon and German A.I. Minister Karsten Wildberger.
Conservative Canada-U.S. Relations Critic Shuv Majumdar; CTV National News Correspondent Abigail Bimman; CTV Vancouver Legislative Bureau Chief Rob Buffam; The Front Bench panel with Christy Clark, Marco Mendicino, Lisa Raitt and James Rajotte.
CTV National Correspondent Rachel Aiello; A panel with Irish Ambassador John Concannon and German Ambassador Matthias Lüttenberg; CTV National Correspondent Abigail Bimman; The Front Bench panel with Sharan Kaur, Louis Hamann, Erika Barootes, Dimitris Soudas and Marieke Walsh.
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne; British Columbia Premier David Eby; The Front Bench with Dan Moulton, Shakir Chambers, Kathleen Monk and Laura Stone; Three of Canada’s top CEOs: Cameco CEO Tim Gitzel, Linamar CEO Linda Hasenfratz and Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez.
Invest in Canada Chair Dominic Barton; A.I. Minister Evan Solomon; The Front Bench with Brian Gallant, James Moore, Tom Mulcair and Joël-Denis Bellavance.
CTV’s Adrian Ghobrial in New York City; CTV’s Heather Wright in Gander, NL; David Collenette, former Transport Minister who led Canada’s aviation response during 9/11; CTV’s Judy Trinh; The Front Bench panel with Zita Astravas, Jamie Ellerton, Karl Bélanger, Marie Vastel & Rachel Aiello.
A live presser with Prime Minister Mark Carney; U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin; The Front Bench panel with Christy Clark, Marco Mendicino; James Moore & James Rajotte; John Manley, former Foreign Affairs Minister during 9/11.
CTV National News Correspondent Abigail Bimman; A panel of two members of the Prime Minister’s committee on Canada-U.S. economic relations, former Conservative Deputy Leader Lisa Raitt and former Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Ralph Goodale; CTV National News Ottawa Bureau Chief Graham Richardson; Former B.C. Conservative MLA Peter Milobar; The Front Bench panel with Sharan Kaur, Louis Hamann, Dimitris Soudas, Erika Barootes & Stephanie Levitz.
An exclusive conversation with B.C. Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay; An exclusive conversation with Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon; The Front Bench panel with Dan Moulton, Shakir Chambers, Kathleen Monk and Laura Stone.
Public Works and Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound; Conservative campaign manager and chief of staff to leader Pierre Poilievre; The Front Bench panel with Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Karl Bélanger and Marie Vastel.
CTV National News Correspondents Abigail Bimman and Mike Le Couteur; Gen. Jennie Carignan, Chief of the Defence Staff; The Front Bench panel with Christy Clark, Marco Mendicino, James Moore and Tony Clement.
Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon; CTV News B.C. Bureau Chief Andrew Johnson; CTV News Senior Correspondent Heather Wright; The Front Bench panel with Sharan Kaur, Laura D’Angelo, Jamie Ellerton, Dimitris Soudas and Marieke Walsh.
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra; A Canada-U.S. panel with former Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Derek Burney and Brian Clow, former deputy chief of staff to former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; CTV News Quebec Bureau Chief Genevieve Beauchemin; The Front Bench panel with Louis Hamann, Dimitris Soudas, Kathleen Monk and Laura Stone; CTV News Senior Political Correspondent Judy Trinh.
CTV News Quebec Bureau Chief Genevieve Beauchemin; Energy Minister Tim Hodgson; CTV News Senior Political Correspondent Mike Le Couteur, CTV News National Correspondent Judy Trinh; A live press conference about the deadly shooting in Montreal.
Retired General Tom Lawson, former Chief of the Defence Staff, and Dennis Horak, one of Canada's last representatives to Iran before we cut off diplomatic ties; An MP panel with Liberal Caucus Chair James Maloney, Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer and NDP House Leader Heather McPherson; The Front Bench panel with Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Karl Bélanger and Rachel Aiello.
Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon; CTV News National Correspondent Rachel Aiello; Nik Nanos, Nanos Research; Former Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole; The Front Bench panel with Marco Mendicino, James Moore and Anne McGrath.
Canadian Senator Pamela Wallin; The Front Bench panel Sharan Kaur, Laura D’Angelo, Jamie Ellerton, Dimitris Soudas and Marieke Walsh; TSN Senior Correspondent Rick Westhead and former Canadian men's national team soccer player Tosaint Ricketts.
Justice Minister and Attorney General Sean Fraser; The Front Bench panel with Dan Moulton, Shakir Chambers, Kathleen Monk and Laura Stone; Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty.
Defence Minister David McGuinty; CTV News Chief Financial Correspondent Amanda Lang; CTV News Senior Political Correspondent Mike Le Couteur; The Front Bench with Brian Gallant, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair and Robert Benzie.
CTV News Senior Political Correspondent Mike Le Couteur; Conservative Foreign Affairs Critic Michael Chong; Canada Post spokesperson Jon Hamilton; The Front Bench panel with Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Karl Bélanger and Nojoud Al Mallees.
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