CTV Power Play with Vassy Kapelos Podcast
Sep 25, 2026 · 50 min · 16 segments
Former White House Communications Director in Trump’s first term, Anthony Scaramucci; CTV News Chief Political Correspondent Vassy Kapelos; Pollster Nik Nanos; The Front Bench with Zita Astravas…
Anthony ScaramucciGuest
Jamie EllertonPanelist
Rachel AielloPanelist
Zita AstravasPanelist
Nik NanosGuest
Karl BélangerPanelist
Vassy KapelosA lot of other trade with Canada.
You know, we're still getting what we need from them in terms of oil, gas, potash, all of these things.
We're shipping ag back and forth across the border.
So there's still a lot of strong trade between the two countries.
We're comfortable with where we are.
You know, the Canadians, again, periodically they come and they want to have a deal.
When they do, we talk.
As we saw before, we gave them a deal.
They left.
They call us now and then, and we have good conversations about potential deals.
But it's not – there's no urgency on our side, I would say.
U.S. Trade Representative Jameson Greer's latest evaluation of where things stand on the Canada-U.S. trade file.
As you heard, the Americans aren't feeling any urgency to strike a deal with Canada.
Trade talks between the two countries remain on ice after negotiations broke down in August.
The U.S. has blamed Canada for the impasse, and Canada is blaming the Americans.
Meanwhile, the minister in charge of Canada-U.S. trade gave this assessment of the current state of the
relationship.
So I took note of Ambassador Greer's comments this morning.
They're very consistent with the conversations I've had with him over the last number of weeks.
He and I have had probably a couple of conversations a week.
since the negotiations were interrupted over a month ago.
And you'll excuse me if I don't stick around here too long this afternoon, because I'm talking to him again later this afternoon.
A lot of other trade with Canada.
You know, we're still getting what we need from them in terms of oil, gas, potash, all of these things.
We're shipping ag back and forth across the border.
So there's still a lot of strong trade between the two countries.
We're comfortable with where we are.
You know, the Canadians, again, periodically they come and they want to have a deal.
When they do, we talk.
As we saw before, we gave them a deal.
They left.
They call us now and then, and we have good conversations about potential deals.
But it's not – there's no urgency on our side, I would say.
U.S. Trade Representative Jameson Greer's latest evaluation of where things stand on the Canada-U.S. trade file.
As you heard, the Americans aren't feeling any urgency to strike a deal with Canada.
Trade talks between the two countries remain on ice after negotiations broke down in August.
The U.S. has blamed Canada for the impasse, and Canada is blaming the Americans.
Meanwhile, the minister in charge of Canada-U.S. trade gave this assessment of the current state of the
relationship.
So I took note of Ambassador Greer's comments this morning.
They're very consistent with the conversations I've had with him over the last number of weeks.
He and I have had probably a couple of conversations a week.
since the negotiations were interrupted over a month ago.
And you'll excuse me if I don't stick around here too long this afternoon, because I'm talking to him again later this afternoon.
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