Ian Urquhart, professor emeritus of political science, University of Alberta

Catherine Griwkowsky, legislature reporter, AB Today and Colin Aitchison, director, Western Canada with Enterprise Canada and formerly a staff member with the Kenney and Smith governments

Paul McLauchlin is the reeve of Ponoka County, a fifth-term councillor and former president of Rural Municipalities of Alberta

Alan Cross, music historian and host of the Ongoing History of Music

Crime is getting a lot of attention on the campaign trail. The shop Canadian trend is going strong; are business's taking advantage of it? And Alan Cross joins us to share what he learned about Canadian music fans on his cross-country tour.

Ari Goldkind, criminal defence lawyer and legal commentator

We go through the in's and outs of Election Polling with Janet Brown. Canadian retailers are seeing a surge in domestic sales amid 'Buy Canadian' movement. World markets rally after Trump gives tariff exemption to electronics. And Canada must plan for life without Elon Musk's Starlink.

Rob McMahon is an associate professor in media and technology studies and in political science at the University and a member of the First Mile Connectivity Consortium

Melise Panetta, lecturer of marketing in the Lazaridis School of Business Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University

Dr. Eric Kam, economics professor at Toronto Metropolitan University

Janet Brown, owner, Janet Brown Opinion Research

Tegan Hill, director of Alberta Policy at the Fraser Institute

Spencer Fernando is a Canadian writer, political commentator and campaign fellow. He has previous experience in policy analysis and communications

Arash Abizadeh, political science professor, McGill University

Data is showing less Canadians are interested in going to the United States. Much of the pushback has to do with the new border security measures. Shaye speaks with an academic who decided to cancel multiple trips. Hear his reasoning. Crowd sizes - - a lot of chatter about crowd sizes. Are parties reporting them accurately? How does it reflect the polls? Will it help influence or sway voters? Spencer Fernando digs into those questions and more.

On Wednesday we talked about the up and down stock market. Today, we jump into the fluctuating price of oil. How damaging is it to our economy? When will it rebound? Those questions and more answered by Joe Calnan, energy security analyst and energy security forum manager at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. How are young gun owners approaching this election? An interesting conversation with Rod Giltaca, head of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights. Advocates are up in arms over the provinces decision to cut the child and youth support program. Holly Mathias goes in-depth on how severely this will impact our kids.

Holly Mathias is a doctoral candidate, 2023 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Scholar and Killam Laureate in the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta

Rod Giltaca, head of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights Coalition

Marc Goldwein, a Washington-based economics professor and senior policy director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, which advises both major U.S. parties

Joe Calnan is an Energy Security Analyst and Energy Security Forum Manager at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

The trade war is forcing some Canadians to get rid of their Florida homes at an inopportune time. Alberta is planning to create an independent police force as an alternative option to the RCMP. And with the markets crashing, are you keeping a closer eye on your retirement savings?

Kevin Powers is managing principal at Project Advocacy, a consulting firm that works with major projects facing public and political opposition

Tyler Gandam, president of Alberta Municipalities and Mayor of Wetaskiwin