Free For All Friday - Hour 1

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

On today's show:

• Prime Minister Carney’s new message on trade: Don’t expect a tariff-free trade deal by August 1st.
• We've got another depressing report on housing starts and homebuilder sentiments. We check in on Canada's housing crisis with Mike Moffatt.
• How important is Indigenous buy-in for major infrastructure projects? Karen Restoule, the Director of Indigenous Affairs and a Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, weighs in.
• The viral Coldplay couple: A PR nightmare for a CEO and his Head of HR, as an alleged affair meets the Internet.

Free For All Friday - Hour 2

Hosts from all over the country join The Roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. Today's edition features Laura D’Angelo from Enterprise Canada and Jeff Rutledge from McMillian Vantage.

Topic 1: Prime Minister Carney’s new message on trade

Topic 2: Pierre Poilievre's leadership problems continue to burn, not fade away

Topic 3: What happened to Canada's housing crisis?

Topic 4: Should we save the ostriches, or send them to Dr. Oz's house?

If Canadian suppliers are shut out of U.S. markets, Industry Minister Melanie Joly says the country's Steel industry will need government support to survive. She joins Vassy Kapelos for an in-depth conversation.

On today's show:

• First Nations leaders meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney over recent pushback of Bill C-5.
• Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe talks trade negotiations ahead of next week's First Ministers meeting.
• Talk Science To Me with CTV Science and Technology specialist Dan Riskin.
• The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Mike Le Couteur, Laura Stone, and Rob Benzie.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will be implementing new tariffs on foreign steel, as the feds pledge financial support for the Canadian steel industry. He says there is no trade deal on the table that Canada can accept right now, particularly with its closest neighbour. But as August 1st draws closer, the Carney Liberals are still talking to their American counterparts, as President Trump continues to dangle 35 percent tariffs on all Canadian goods after that date.

On today's show:

• Reaction from the steel industry to Prime Minister Carney's latest announcement. Francois Desmarais, the V.P. of the Canadian Steel Producers Association, pays us a visit.
• Analysis on the latest round of U.S. trade negotiations with Brian Clow, a former Deputy Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He led the trade negotiation file for the PMO during Donald Trump's first term as American President.
• Washington Post columnist Philip Bump joins Vassy Kapelos to answer this week's Explainer question: Why is MAGA mad about the Epstein Files?
• The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Jeff Rutledge, Abigail Bimman, and Nick McRoberts.
• Is there a possible Royal reunion in the offing? CTV royal commentator Afua Hagan weighs in.