Vassy Kapelos
Vassy Kapelos is a senior political journalist whose work centres on federal power, policy and the people driving decisions in government and business. Her coverage focuses on leadership changes, economic and climate policy, and Canada’s role in global affairs, delivered through interview-led reporting and flagship daily and weekly political broadcasts.
Leadership changes and party dynamics
Kapelos devotes sustained attention to shifts in political leadership, treating resignations, caucus unrest and candidate controversies as signals of deeper party dynamics.
Recent coverage includes stories on senior cabinet figures choosing not to seek re-election, high-profile ministers leaving cabinet, and members of Parliament stepping aside, presented as moments that reshape the balance of power. She reports on internal moves against party leaders, including groups of governing-party MPs preparing to urge a prime minister to step down, and coverage of a prime minister’s team being caught off guard by the resignation of a top finance figure.
Her reporting also follows the pressure that by-elections and individual MP decisions create for party leaders and their strategies. In one segment she examines the resignation of a Conservative MP and links it to broader questions about the party leader’s direction and internal expectations. During campaigns she writes about why a particular election is not “just another” contest, signalling a focus on stakes, context and voter sentiment rather than only daily tactics.
Kapelos covers disciplinary and reputational crises within parties with the same structural lens. She has reported on a Conservative candidate being removed after audio surfaced of a joke involving the prime minister and the death penalty, framing it within questions about standards and vetting. Across these stories, the emphasis is on how individual decisions, whether resignations or removals, reveal the health of party brands and leadership relationships.
Climate, energy and economic policy
A second thread in Kapelos’s work is close tracking of climate, energy and economic policy, especially where they intersect with political leadership and industrial strategy. Her coverage of the Carney government includes climate decisions that prompt a senior environment minister to resign as an MP, highlighting how policy choices carry personal and political costs. She follows major economic projects such as liquefied natural gas developments and their distribution across regions, linking them to the government’s early project slate and broader economic agenda.
Kapelos examines electric vehicle mandates and “Buy Canadian” rules as emblematic of the tension between climate objectives, industrial competitiveness and political messaging. She has reported on pauses to EV targets, reviews of EV mandates and the introduction of domestic content requirements, treating each announcement as part of a larger effort to balance environmental ambition with economic realities.
Her work frequently connects these files to Canada–U.S. trade, including a forthcoming advisory council focused on bilateral trade and the implications of American tariff and procurement policy for Canadian exporters.
Her economic reporting is not limited to government policy statements. Kapelos has covered corporate structures and tax planning, including a story on more business entities linked to a major asset manager being registered to a Bermuda address that also houses a bike shop. She also delves into affordability and public service performance, with coverage of Canada’s toxic drug crisis, the RCMP investigation into the ArriveCan app, and an extended interview with the housing minister describing affordability as both a crisis and an opportunity.
Canada’s role in global security and diplomacy
Kapelos regularly connects domestic politics to Canada’s position in global security and diplomacy. She has interviewed Canada’s next ambassador to the European Union about why Europe’s security challenges matter to Canadians, drawing out links between overseas instability and domestic economic and security concerns. In another extended interview, she speaks with a Latvian member of the European Parliament about Russia’s aggression and the risk of NATO’s collective defence clause being tested, framing the conversation around strategic threats and alliance cohesion.
Her coverage often considers how foreign elections and leadership changes affect Canada.
She has examined what a Kamala Harris presidency would mean for Canada, using that scenario to explore trade, security and diplomatic implications. Kapelos also looks at summitry and multilateral meetings, describing the mood inside key summits and assessing what was accomplished and what remains unresolved, which gives audiences a sense of both atmospherics and outcomes.
Economic statecraft is a recurring motif, including stories exploring U.S. tariff strategies and the expected impact on Canadian goods and government contracts. In her radio work she has discussed counter-tariffs and escalating measures between Canada and the United States, treating them as part of a broader pattern in bilateral economic relations.
Across these global pieces, she keeps the focus on why distant events and negotiations have direct consequences for Canadians and their political choices.
Interview-driven political programs
Kapelos’s reporting is amplified through the daily and weekly political programs she hosts for CTV News. She is the chief political correspondent, hosting the weekday political program Power Play and the Sunday political journal of record Question Period, as well as a national weekday radio program, The Vassy Kapelos Show.
These shows position her at the centre of the national conversation on politics, giving her regular access to key decision-makers and strategists.
Power Play is described as a marquee daily political program that talks to the people and players who dominate the political scene, with regular front bench panellists providing analysis. Question Period is presented as a national political landmark that offers a weekly update from Parliament Hill and explains why developments there matter.
On radio, The Vassy Kapelos Show is pitched as a daily debrief featuring top newsmakers, hard-hitting interviews, analysis and debate on political headlines and breaking news.
Within these formats, Kapelos uses direct interviews, panels and issue segments to build out her reporting themes. She conducts one-on-one interviews with ministers, ambassadors and other senior figures, such as the housing minister, Canada’s next EU ambassador and security officials, to probe policy details and political strategy. Her programs also create space for sustained discussions, including deep dives into crises like toxic drug use and the functioning of core public systems, which complement her beat coverage with broader policy context.
Taken together, Kapelos’s body of work presents a reporter who treats politics as a system of power, policy and people, and who uses multiple broadcast platforms to unpack how decisions in that system affect both national direction and everyday life.
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