
CTV Question Period with Vassy Kapelos Podcast
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QP Podcast #334: What political challenges lie ahead in 2021?
Host Evan Solomon discusses what political stories may come in the year ahead with Infectious disease specialist Dr. Abdu Sharkawy, Parliamentary Budget Officer, Yves Giroux, Conservative critic Semhar Tekeste, Political commentator Supriya Dwivedi, CTV's Political commentator Tom Mulcair, Tonda MacCharles, Robert Fife and Joyce Napier.

QP Podcast #333: Question Period quiz to test your political knowledge
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week's top political stories with The Canadian Press’s Stephanie Levitz, Toronto Star’s Tonda MacCharles, CTV News’ Annie Bergeron-Oliver, and Molly Thomas.

CTV QP Podcast #332: Year-end interview with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week's top political stories in a full feature interview with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Former NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, CTV News' Joyce Napier and Dr. Abdu Sharkawy.

CTV QP Podcast # 331: Thousands of COVID-19 vaccines heading to Canada
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week's top political stories with Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole, Procurement Minister Anita Anand, Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, Green Party Leader Annamie Paul, CTV's Joyce Napier, The Star's Tonda MacCharles and infectious disease specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch.

CTV QP Podcast 330: Canada predicts early January for COVID-19 vaccine
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week's top political stories with Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin who is the vice president of logistics and operations within the Public Health Agency of Canada, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs, CTV's Joyce Napier, Dr. Caroline Quach, Budget officer Yves Giroux, Bloomberg's Amanda Lang and Canadian Press reporter Stephanie Levitz.

QP Podcast 329: Confusion over Canada's vaccine rollout
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week's top political stories with Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc, MPs Michelle Rempel Garner and Don Davies, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, Former Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Tom Lawson, former NATO Commander Maj.-Gen. David Fraser, National Post's John Ivison, University of Ottawa Law and Medicine Professor Amir Attaran, Toronto Star's Tonda MacCharles, BNN Bloomberg's Amanda Lang and Perrin Beatty from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.

QP Podcast 328: COVID-19 vaccine confusion grows across Canada
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with Minister Anita Anand, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister, Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart, Former premier Kathleen Wynne, Green Party Leader Annamie Paul, CTV News' Joyce Napier and Stephanie Levitz of The Canadian Press.

QP Podcast 327: Provinces scramble to combat surges of COVID-19 cases
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino, The Lincoln Project’s Tom Nichols and Republican strategist Ford O’Connell, CTV News’ Joyce Napier, Former CSIS director Richard Fadden, and Tonda MacCharles.

QP Podcast 326: Joe Biden elected as 46th U.S. president after divisive campaign
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with CTV News Washington correspondent Richard Madan, Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne, Former Governor of Vermont Howard Dean, Former U.S National Security Advisor John Bolton, Stephanie Levitz of The Canadian Press, CTV News’ Joyce Napier & Former Industry Minister James Moore, President of the Foundation for Research on Equal Oppurtunity Avik Roy and The Atlantic’s David Frum.

QP Podcast 325: Sean Spicer weighs in on the upcoming U.S. election
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, MSNBC’s Ali Velshi and The Atlantic’s David Frum, former U.S. ambassador Bruce Heyman and Former Canadian ambassador Gary Doer, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, Former Maryland Rep. Donna Edwards, CTV News’ Richard Madan and Toronto Star’s Tonda MacCharles.

QP Podcast 324: Health Minister Patty Hajdu on China's COVID-19 response
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with Health Minister Patty Hajdu, Former White House coronavirus task force member Oliva Troye, Sipekne'katik First Nation Chief Mike Sack, Fisheries and Oceans Minister Bernadette Jordan, CTV News' Joyce Napier, disease specialist Dr. Abdu Sharkawy Pollster Nik Nanos and Stephanie Levitz of The Canadian Press.

QP Podcast 323: Bob Woodward weighs in on Trump’s COVID-19 response
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Washington Post journalist and bestselling author, Bob Woodward, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Perry Bellegarde, Conservative health critic Michelle Rempel Garner, The Toronto Star’s Tonda MacCharles CTV News’ Joyce Napier and Former CSIS director Richard Fadden.

QP Podcast 322: Former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton discusses Trump
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton, Procurement Minister Anita Anand, Green Party leader Annamie Paul, Dr. Abdu Sharkawy, CTV News’ Joyce Napier and Stephanie Levitz of The Canadian Press.

QP Podcast 321: U.S. President Trump in hospital after COVID-19 diagnosis
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with political science professor David Frum and Avik Roy from The Foundation for Research and Equal Opportunity, Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough, Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, Parliament Budget Officer Yves Giroux, BNN Bloomberg’s Amanda Lang and CTV News’ Joyce Napier, CTV News’ Richard Madan, infectious disease specialist Dr. Abdu Sharkawy and former U.S. Ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman.

QP Podcast 320: NDP and Liberals reach deal on COVID aid bill
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Deputy Conservative Leader Candice Bergen, Angus Reid Institute's Shachi Kurl, CTV's Infectious Disease specialist Dr. Abdu Sharkawy, CTV News' Joyce Napier and Stephanie Levitz from The Canadian Press.

QP Podcast 319: Remembering the life of former PM John Turner
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with former prime minister Paul Martin; Small Business Minister Mary Ng; Albert Premier Jason Kenney; Intensive & Palliative Care Physician Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng; The Toronto Star's Tonda MacCharles; CTV News' Joyce Napier and Former deputy prime minister John Manley.

QP Podcast 318: Federal government launches review of pandemic alarm system
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with Health minister Patty Hajdu, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, Canadian ambassador to the U.S., Kirsten Hillman, CTV's Joyce Napier, radio host Jamil Jivani, opposition critic Pierre Poilevre and CTV pollster Nik Nanos.

QP Podcast 317: Analyzing Trudeau's decision to resist calls to free Meng Wanzhou
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with Michael Kovrig's wife Vina Nadjibulla; Former Canadian Diplomat Robert Fowler; Former CSIS Director Richard Fadden; Liberal MP Greg Fergus; Interim Wexit Canada Leader Jay Hill; Indigenous Activist Pam Palmater; CTV News' Molly Thomas; CTV News' Joyce Napier.

QP Podcast 316: Jagmeet Singh defends calling Bloc MP a racist in the HoC
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with NDP Jagmeet Singh; Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains; Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power; Nik Nanos of Nanos Research; The Toronto Sun's Adrienne Batra; CTV News' Molly Thomas; Former NDP Leader Tom Mulcair; CTV News' Joyce Napier.

QP Podcast 315: RCMP acknowledges systemic racism in the force
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde; Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough; Conservative Employment Critic Dan Albas; Finance Parliamentary Secretary Sean Fraser; NDP Employment Critic Daniel Blaikie; Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux; The Globe and Mail Ian Bailey; CTV News' Molly Thomas; Conservative MP Michael Chong.

QP Podcast 314: Debating systemic anti-Black racism in Canada
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh; Diversity and Inclusion Minister Bardish Chagger, Black Lives Matter Canada Sandy Hudson; Former OPP Commissioner Chris Lewis; Former U.S. Undersecretary for Defense Christine Wormuth; University of Toronto Sociology Professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah; The Globe and Mail Ian Bailey and CTV News' Molly Thomas.

QP Podcast 313: Will China retaliate against Canada after Meng Wanzhou ruling?
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne; NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh; Former Canadian Ambassador to China Guy Saint-Jacques; Former CSIS Director Richard Fadden; SEIU Healthcare President Sharleen Stewart; The Globe and Mail's Robert Fife; CTV News' Joyce Napier; Former Interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose.

QP Podcast 312: Tories calling for Canada to take tougher stance on China
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with Finance Minister Bill Morneau, Foreign Affairs Parliamentary Secretary Rob Oliphant, NDP Deputy House Leader Heather McPherson, Conservative MP Garnett Genuis, BNN Bloomberg’s Amanda Lang, Globe and Mail reporter Laura Stone, CTV's Annie Bergeron-Oliver, CTV's Joyce Napier and Conservative leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis.

QP Podcast 311: More than $150B set aside to aide Canadians during COVID-19
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough; Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer; Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips; Parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux, The Globe and Mail's Robert Fife; NDP critic Nathan Cullen; CTV News' Annie Bergeron-Oliver, CTV News' Joyce Napier.

QP Podcast 310: What does the next phase of financial support looks like for Canadians?
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough; Parliamentary leader Elizabeth May; former Sask. Premier Brad Wall; NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh; Former NDP Leader Tom Mulcair; Former Stephen Harper Campaign Director Jenni Byrne; CTV News' Joyce Napier and CTV News' Annie Bergeron-Oliver.

QP Podcast 309: Feds announce ban on assault-style weapons
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with Public Safety Minister Bill Blair; Alberta Premier Jason Kenney; Retired Vice-admiral Mark Norman; Former Deputy Prime Minister John Manley; Former Interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose; CTV News' Annie Bergeron-Oliver; CTV News' Joyce Napier.

QP Podcast 308: How should Canada reopen the economy amid COVID-19?
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with Small Business Minister Mary Ng, Former deputy RCMP commissioner Pierre-Yves Bourduas and CTV’s public safety analyst Chris Lewis, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, Annie Bergeron-Oliver, Joyce Napier, former NDP leader Tom Mulcair and former public safety minister Ralph Goodale.

QP Postcast 307: Will more funding for the energy sector be enough?
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with Finance Minister Bill Morneau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, CTV's Annie Bergeron-Oliver and Joyce Napier, former NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, former Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose, Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart and Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie.

QP Podcast 306: Criteria for the newly-passed wage subsidy plan
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Dr. Isaac Bogoch and Dr. Michael Warner and the Scrum.

QP Poscast 305: Will aid from the government be enough for small businesses?
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with CTV News Political Commentator Tom Mulcair, Small Business Minister Mary Ng, CPC leader Andrew Scheer, N.L. Premier Dwight Ball, CFIB’s Dan Kelly and CFNU’s Linda Silas.

QP Podcast 304: When can Canadians expect to get money from the government?
Question Period host in isolation Evan Soloman discusses the week in politics with Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Navdeep Bains, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, Infectious disease specialist Dr. Neil Rau, President and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Perrin Beatty, Former Finance Minister Ralph Goodale, and CTV News reporters Glen McGregor and Annie Bergeron-Oliver.

QP Podcast 303: Feds ramp up production of medical equipment
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs, Business Council of Canada CEO Goldy Hyder, Canadian Federation of Independent Business CEO Dan Kelly, Former U.S. Ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman, Former Health Minister Anne McLellan, Question Period host in isolation Evan Soloman, CTV News reporters Glen McGregor and Annie Bergeron-Oliver.

QP Podcast 302: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discusses the COVID-19 outbreak
Exclusive interview with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the COVID-19 outbreak and Canada’s response plan. NDP Health Critic Don Davies, Conservative Health Critic Matt Jeneroux and Finance Parliamentary Secretary Sean Fraser. Former Industry Minister James Moore, Former Finance Minister John Manley. Former Health Minister Anne McLellen, Stephanie Levitz from The Canadian Press, CTV News’ Joyce Napier and political journalist Craig Oliver and former Ontario Chief Medical Officer Dr. Richard Schabas discuss the COVID-19 pandemic.

QP Podcast 301: Analyzing tourism repercussions due to COVID-19
Economic Development Minister Melanie Joly, Conservative leadership candidate Rudy Husny, Conservative health critic Matt Jeneroux, NDP MP Laurel Collins, Angus Reid Institute’s Shachi Kurl, Tonda McCharles, Robert Fife and Annie Bergeron-Oliver.

QP Podcast 300: What are the options to resolve railway blockades?
Justice Minister David Lametti, Liberal MP Sean Fraser and Conservative MP Garnett Genius and NDP MP Scott Davis, Former Ont. Premier Kathleen Wynne and Former B.C. Premier Christy Clark, B.C. MLA Ellis Ross, Tonda MacCharles, and Stephanie Levitz.

QP Podcast 299: What’s next for Canada with Trudeau calling to end the blockades?
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with Public Health Minister Bill Blair, Conservative leadership candidate Peter MacKay, The Globe and Mail’s Robert Fife, Pollster Nik Nanos, Toronto Star reporter Tonda MacCharles and Indigenous activist Pam Palmater.

QP Podcast 298: Finding a solution to the blockades and anti-pipeline protests
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller, National Chief Perry Bellegarde, Chinese Ambassador to Canada Cong Peiwu, The Globe and Mail’s Robert Fife, Toronto Star reporter Tonda MacCharles, Indigenous activist Pam Palmater and Sara MacIntyre.

QP Podcast 297: Examining Canada’s role in the coronavirus outbreak
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with Foreign Affairs Minister Francois- Philippe Champagne, The Globe and Mail’s Robert Fife, Toronto Star reporter Tonda MacCharles, Pollster Nik Nanos, The Canadian Press’ Stephanie Levitz, PM’s Special Advisor to the Prairies Jim Carr, Indigenous activist Pam Palmater and MP John Barlow.

QP Podcast 296: Are Canada’s coronavirus measures enough?
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with Health Minister Patty Hajdu, Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, Conservative leadership candidate Rick Peterson, CTV political commentator Tom Mulcair, Annie Bergeron-Oliver, Former CSIS Director Richard Fadden, The Canadian Press’ Stephanie Levitz and The Toronto Star’s Tonda MacCharles.

QP Podcast 295: Do social conservatives have a place in the Conservative party?
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with Brad Trost, Lisa Raitt, MP Eric Duncan, The National Post's John Ivison, The Globe and Mail's Michelle Carbert, The Globe and Mail's Robert Fife, CTV political commentator Tom Mulcair, Pollster Nik Nanos, and former Harper campaign director Jenni Byrne.

QP Podcast 294: Compensating the victims of the Iran plane tragedy
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with Parliamentary Secretary Omar Alghabra, Kevin O'Leary, Andrew MacDougall, Melissa Lantsman, Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage, Interim Green Party Leader Jo-Ann Roberts, CTV’s Craig Oliver, Angus Reid Institute's Shachi Kurl, The Canadian Press' Stephanie Levitz, The Globe and Mail's Michelle Carbert, and former Immigration Minister Chris Alexander.

QP Podcast 293: Canada’s next steps after Iran plane tragedy
Evan Solomon and his guests discuss what’s next for Canada in the wake of the Iran plane crash that left 176 people dead including 57 Canadians.

QP Podcast 292
Host Evan Solomon discusses the week’s top political stories with CTV News Political Commentator Tom Mulcair, CTV’s Craig Oliver, Jenni Byrne, interim Green Party leader Jo-Ann Roberts, Joyce Napier and Toronto Star reporter Tonda MacCharles.

QP Podcast 291: Test your political knowledge with QP's 2019 quiz
Evan Soloman, Don Martin, Robert Fife, Annie Bergern-Oliver play a political quiz game featuring the top stories of 2019.

QP Podcast 290: Andrew Scheer steps down as Conservative leader
Conservative MPs Michelle Rempel Garner, Candice Bergen, former Conservative deputy leader Lisa Raitt, former Stephen Harper communications director Kory Teneycke and Conservative MP Jenni Bryne, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Tom Mulcair, author David Frum, CTV’s Craig Oliver, Joyce Napier and Toronto Star reporter Tonda MacCharles.

QP Podcast 289: PM Trudeau’s comments at NATO on Trump go viral
Government House Leader Pablo Rodriguez, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Conservative House Leader Candice Bergen, NDP MP Don Davies, Liberal MP Mark Gerretsen, Former U.S. Ambassador to Canada Bruce Heymen, CTV’s Craig Oliver, Joyce Napier, Toronto Star reporter Tonda MacCharles and Nik Nanos.

QP Podcast 288: Deputy Conservative leader pledges shared values
Deputy Conservative Leader Leona Allesev, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister, Former Stephen Harper communications director Kory Teneycke, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, CTV’s Craig Oliver and Joyce Napier, and Toronto Star reporter Tonda MacCharles.

QP Podcast 287: The Liberals have a new team, but still face old problems
Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna, Government House Leader Pablo Rodriguez, Conservative MP Michael Barrett, NDP MP Peter Julian, CTV News' Joyce Napier, CTV News' Craig Oliver, The Toronto Star's Tonda MacCharles, Vancouver Mayor, Kennedy Stewart, Nik Nanos.

QP Podcast 286: Will the Liberals make concessions to other leaders?
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Former Industry Minister James Moore, Former Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, Fisheries and Ocean Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, Former Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre, CTV News' Joyce Napier, CTV News' Craig Oliver, The Toronto Star's Tonda MacCharles, Former Deputy Conservative Leader Lisa Raitt.

QP Podcast 285: How the Liberals can rebuild trust in western Canada
Liberal MP Carla Qualtrough, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister, Conservative MP Garnett Genuis, Liberal MP Mona Fortier and NDP MP Jack Harris, Former NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, CTV’s Craig Oliver and Joyce Napier, and Toronto Star reporter Tonda MacCharles and Interim Green Party Leader Jo-Ann Roberts.