CTV Power Play Podcast

Israel’s Ambassador to Canada Iddo Moed; The Front Bench with Kathleen Wynne, Tony Clement and Nathan Cullen; Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux.

Steven MacKinnon, Government House Leader; Damien Kurek, Former Conservative MP; The Front Bench with: Sharan Kaur, Jamie Ellerton, Karl Bélanger & Hannah Thibedeau; National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, Assembly of First Nations.

Mike Le Couteur, CTV News; Maura Healey, Massachusetts Governor; Jody Thomas, Former National Security Advisor to PM Trudeau; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Rona Ambrose, Tom Mulcair and Colton Praill.

Kirsten Hillman, Canadian Ambassador to the United Stakes; Political Panel with: Jason Kenney, Derek Burney & John Manley; Susan Holt, New Brunswick Premier; The Front Bench with: Colton Praill & Matina Stevis-Gridneff.

Mike Duheme, RCMP Commissioner & Trevor Daroux, Commanding Officer of Alberta RCMP; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, Tony Clement & Nathan Cullen; Jared Polis, Colorado Governor.

Mike Le Couteur, CTV News; Sukh Dhaliwal, Liberal – British Columbia; Nik Nanos, Nanos Research; The Front Bench with: Sharan Kaur, Jamie Ellerton, Karl Bélanger & Hannah Thibedeau.

Karen Hogan, Auditor General; John Bolton, Former National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, James Moore, Tom Mulcair & Robert Benzie.

Chief of the Defence Staff General Jennie Carignan; Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi; The Front Bench with Scott Reid, Shakir Chambers, Kathleen Monk and Laura Stone.

New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt; Former senior advisor to former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Supriya Dwivedi; former Canadian Ambassador to China Guy Saint-Jacques; The Front Bench with Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Rachel Aiello.

Former Canadian Ambassadors to the U.S. Frank McKenna and Derek Burney; Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux; The Front Bench with Mary Ng, Tony Clement and Nathan Cullen

Vic Fedelli, Ontario Economic Development & Trade Minister; Don Davies, Interim NDP Leader; The Front Bench with: Sharan Kaur, Jamie Ellerton, Karl Bélanger & Robert Benzie; Kathy Le, CTV News.

David Patterson, Ontario Representative in Washington; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair & Laura Stone; Gary Anandasangaree, Public Safety Minister.

Colton Prail, CTV News; National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak; Chrystia Freeland, Transport & Internal Trade Minister.

Chief Tammy Cook-Searson, Lac La Ronge Indian Band & Robert Smith, Cross Lake Mayor; Tood Loewen, Alberta Forestry Minister; Christopher Skeete, Quebec Economy Minister; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis & Gurratan Singh; Michal Baranowski, Polish Deputy Trade Minister.

Wab Kinew, Manitoba Premier; George Fontaine, Flin Flon Mayor; Derek Burney, Former Canadian Ambassador to the United States; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, Rona Ambrose & Robert Fife; Alex Karpa, CTV News.

MP Panel with: Mike Kelloway & Jasraj Singh Hallan; The Front Bench with: Sharan Kaur, Jamie Ellerton, Karl Bélanger & Stephanie Levitz; Andrew Bevan, Liberal Campaign Director.

The Right Honourable Kim Campbell, Former Prime Minister; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, James Moore, Tom Mulcair & Robert Benzie; Cadet Warrant Officer Olivia Vernelli, Queen’s flower-bearer & escort.

Steven MacKinnon, Government House Leader; Melissa Lantsman, Deputy Conservative Leader; Abigail Bimman, CTV News; Don Davies, Interim NDP Leader; The Front Bench with: Dan Moulton, Shakir Chambers, Hannah Thibedeau & Laura Stone.

Kevin Cramer, Senator – North Dakota (R); Jim Gallant, Canadian Union of Postal Workers; Jon Hamilton, Canada Post; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis & Gurratan Singh.

Ido Moed, Israeli Ambassador to Canada; Don Davies, Interim NDP Leader; Rachel Aiello, CTV News; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, Monte Solberg & Nathan Cullen.

Pete Hoekstra, U.S. Ambassador; Mike Le Couteur, CTV News; Rachel Aiello, CTV News; The Front Bench with: Sharan Kaur, Jamie Ellerton, Karl Bélanger & Hannah Thibault.

Jon Hamilton, Canada Post; Jim Gallant, Canadian Union of Postal Workers; Mike Le Couteur, CTV News; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair & Robert Benzie.

Steven MacKinnon, Government House Leader; Micharl Kovrig, Former Canadian diplomat; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Tony Clement & Nathan Cullen.

François-Philippe Champagne, Finance Minister; John Brassard, Conservative MP-elect – Ontario; The Front Bench with: Sharan Kaur, Jamie Ellerton, Graham Richardson & Nik Nanos

The Right Honourable Mark Carney, Prime Minister; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair & Robert Benzie.

Rachel Aiello, CTV News; Kirsten Hillman, Canadian Ambassador to the U.S.; Rebecca Shulz, Alberta Environment Minister; The Front Bench with: Dan Moulton, Shakir Chambers, Kathleen Monk & Laura Stone.

David McLaughlin, Former Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney & Eddie Goldenberg, Former Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Jean Chrétien; The Front Bench with: Sabrian Grover, Anthony Koch, Gurratan Singh & Rachel Aiello; Nik Nanos, Nanos Research.

Erin O’Toole, Former Conservative Leader; Scott Moe, Saskatchewan Premier; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, Tony Clement & Nathan Cullen.

Danielle Smith, Alberta Premier; The Front Bench with: Sharan Kaur, Jamie Ellerton, Karl Bélanger & Hannah Thibedeau; Adrian Ghobrial, CTV News.

Mike Le Couteur, CTV News; David Patterson, Ontario Representative in Washington; Joy Malbon, CTV News; The Front Bench with: Dan Moulton, Shakir Chambers, Kathleen Monk & Laura Stone.

David Cohen, Former U.S. Ambassador to Canada; Abigail Bimman, CTV News; Shachi Kurl, Angus Reid Institute; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis & Gurratan Singh.

John Bolton, Former Trump National Security Advisor; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, Monte Solberg & Nathan Cullen; David Coletto, Abacus Data.

Andrew Scheer, Conservative-elect – Saskatchewan; Jennifer Howard, NDP Campaign Director; The Front Bench with: Sharan Kaur, Jamie Ellerton, Karl Bélanger & Hannah Thibedeau.

Bruce Fanjoy, Liberal-elect – Ontario; Don Davies, NDP-elect – British Columbia; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair & Robert Benzie.

The Front Bench: Former BC premier Christy Clark, former Conservative minister Tony Clement, former NDP MP Nathan Cullen; former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig; Nik Nanos, Nanos Research.

Strategy Session with: David Herle, Kory Teneycke & Kathleen Monk; Campaign trail reporters with: Mike Le Couteur, Abigail Bimman, Judy Trinh, Jeremie Charron & Rob Buffam; Nik Nanos, Nanos Research; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, James Moore & Tom Mulcair.

Nik Nanos, Nanos Research; The War Room: Jason Lietaer, Enterprise Canada, Zita Astravas, Wellington Advocacy, and Anne McGrath, spokesperson for the NDP campaign; CTV’s Chief Financial Correspondent Amanda Lang; The Front Bench: Sharan Kaur, Sovereign Advisory, Jamie Ellerton, Conaptus, Karl Bélanger, Traxxion Strategies, and Laura Stone, The Globe and Mail.

CTV's Colton Praill; The Front Bench: Lisa Raitt, former Conservative deputy leader, Tom Mulcair, CTV News political analyst, Brian Gallant, former New Brunswick Premier, Robert Benzie, the Toronto Star; CTV's Genevieve Beauchemin; Don Drummond, former chief economist of TD Bank.

CTV’s Colton Praill; Perry Bellegarde, former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations; CTV’s Mike Le Couteur, CTV’s Abigail Bimman, CTV’s Rachel Aiello; The Front Bench: Dan Moulton, Crestview Strategy, Shakir Chambers, Oyster Group, Kathleen Monk, Monk + Associates, Hannah Thibedeau, Global Public Affairs.

April 17, 2025: Liberal Leader Mark Carney, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh face-off in English-language debate

Quebec issues-focused panel: Tom Mulcair, CTV News Political Analyst, Dimitri Soudas, former communications director to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Dominique Anglade, former leader of the Quebec Liberal Party; CTV’s Mike Le Couteur, CTV’s Judy Trinh, CTV’s Abigail Bimman, CTV’s Rachel Aiello; Jonathan Pedneault, Green Party Co-Leader; Gilles Duceppe, former Bloc Québécois leader.

CTV’s Colton Praill; Brian Kingston, President and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association; Outgoing Conservative MP Ed Fast; Nik Nanos, Nanos Research; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, James Moore, Tom Mulcair and Rob Benzie.

Candidates panel with: Yasir Naqvi, Liberal Candidate, Melissa Lantsman, Conservative Candidate, Alistair MacGregor, NDP Candidate; The Front Bench with: Kathleen Monk, Monk + Associates, Laura D’Angelo, Enterprise Canada, Shakir Chambers, Oyster Group, Laura Stone, The Globe and Mail.

Lana Payne, Unifor; CTV News campaign reporters: Judy Trinh & Mike Le Couteur; The Front Bench with: Matt Barns, Anthony Koch & Allison Gifford; Big City Battlegrounds with: CTV’s Todd Battis, Nathan Downer & Tara Nelson.

CTV News campaign reporters: Abigail Bimman, Rachel Aiello & Mike Le Couteur; Kory Teneycke, Rubicon Strategy Inc.; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, Monte Solbert & Nathan Cullen; Nik Nanos, Nanos Research.

Amanda Lang, CTV News Chief Financial Correspondent & Joy Malbon CTV News Washington Bureau Chief; The War Room with: Zita Astravas, Andrew Brander & Anne McGrath; The Front Bench with: Sharan Kaur, Jamie Ellerton, Kathleen Monk & Hannah Thibedeau; Green Party Co-Leaders: Elizabeth May & Jonathan Pedneault.