Free For All Friday - Hour 1.

Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.

On today's show:

• Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist and Founder of Nanos Research joins Amanda to discuss the new polling conducted by Nanos on which leader Canadians would prefer to negotiate with Donald Trump.
• David Adams, President of the Global Automakers of Canada to discuss what took place at the summit hosted by Justin Trudeau about bolstering the economy in the face of Canada’s rapidly changing relationship with its largest trading partner.
• TSN Football Insider Dave Naylor joins Amanda live from New Orleans to set the stage for Super Bowl Sunday.

Free For All Friday - Hour 2.

Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Sharan Kaur, Former Deputy Chief to Bill Morneau, Chris Day, Senior Vice-President and Ottawa General Manager, Hill and Knowlton and Bob Richardson, senior counsel at National Public Relations.

PANEL TOPICS:

Topic 1: Canadians pick Mark Carney over Pierre Poilievre, Chrystia Freeland and Karina Gould to negotiate with Donald Trump: Nanos survey

Topic 2: Everything tariffs – We’re in a 30 day reprieve, how should we prepare now?

Topic 3: Ontario Election. All the ingredients to make an interesting dish, but does anyone care?

Listen to Vassy's full interview with Michael Duheme, Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on how the RCMP has deployed 35% more personnel to the Canada/US border.

On todays show:

• Listen to Vassy's full conversation with International Trade and Economic Development Minister Mary Ng as they discuss negotiating with the U.S. over trade irritants, such as the digital services tax.
• Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist joins for his weekly segment 'Talk Science to Me'.
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Laura Stone, Robert Benzie, and Marieke Walsh.
• Valerie Plante, Mayor of Montreal joins Vassy to discuss the Big city mayors caucus and to giver her response to the threat of tariffs.

Vassy Kapelos speaks with Aaron Blake, Senior Political Reporter on The Washington Post, on the surprise element on these latest Trump comments and how seriously they ought to be taken moving forward.

• David Phillips, Senior Climatologist, Environment Canada, on the snow hitting BC and frigid temperatures in the prairies
• Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson on the tariff pause, energy and oil resources, and more.
• The Explainer: Richard Masson, Executive fellow at the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy and former CEO of the Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission answers "Why does most of our energy go to the United States?"
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Amanda Galbraith, Partner and Co-Founder of Oyster Group; Laura D'Angelo, Vice President of National Strategy and Public Affairs; Enterprise Canada; Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent, CTV National News
• Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on the tariff pause, energy and oil resources, and more.