The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
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The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
The Bridge reflects on the issues of the day, covering topics such as politics, public health, technology, and more. Find out more at https://www.thepetermansbridge.com
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Ask Me Anything 2 and The Random Ranter
More, in fact a lot more, of your questions in our latest attempt at an Ask Me Anything program. Again I try to get to as many of your questions about...
The Day After The Carney Speech
We start today with a few thoughts about yesterday's Davos speech by Prime Minister Carney -- its had, for the most part, a very positive reaction fro...
Moore-Butts: Is Trump's America Any Different Than Germany in the Mid-Thirties?
Calling Trump a "fascist" or a "Nazi" has become far more commonplace in the past few months given ICE, Venezuela and Greenland. But is it correct? Th...
Greenland Used To Be A Punchline, Now Could It Mean The End of NATO?
Lots to discuss with Dr Janice Stein on this week's conversation with the director of the Munk School at the University of Toronto. We call the segmen...
Good Talk -- Made in China.
Mark Carney was in China for the past few days and leaves with a pocketful of deals. Sounds good but how good is it? It's a busy Good Talk with more o...
Ask Me Anything -- And, The Random Ranter
We've never tried this before and it's a legitimate question to ask, why not? We've never had so many entries and we are likely to have enough for two...
Put Down Your Phone -- A Wednesday End Bits Special
A collection of "news you can use" stories from The Bridge's end bits favourites. Why day dreaming is better than doom scrolling; why a second passpor...
Carney to China -- Do The Benefits There Outweigh The Problems Here?
It's a "Reporter's Notebook" Tuesday with The Economist's Rob Russo and The Toronto Star's Althia Raj joining forces again to give us what they're hea...
Venezuela to Greenland to .... Canada?
Mondays on The Bridge mean Dr Janice Stein, and this week she outlines her theory about what was really happening behind the scenes in Venezuela as th...
Good Talk - "Despair versus Hope -- Despair is Winning"
The year is off to a fast start, and so is the Good Talk panel. How worried should Canada be after the US invasion of Venezuela and Donald Trump's con...
Your Turn -- Your Predictions for 2026
First Your Turn of the new year and the question fits the timing. We were looking for your predictions for 2026, and as always you delivered. Plus, Th...
A Wednesday End Bits Special - How to Deal With Border Phone Searches
The latest episode starts with how to prepare yourself if US Customs searches your phone records. You like end bits and we enjoy giving you some every...
A Moore-Butts Conversation -- Is Affordability An Issue That Governments Can Even Solve?
There are hardly any governments in the world right now who aren't faced with an "affordability" crisis? Voters want action but what action is even po...
Trump/Venezuela -- Be Worried Canada, Be Very Worried
Trump invades Venezuela, grabs Nicolas Maduro and his wife, says he will run the country for a while, and he's going to fix the country's oil producti...
Moore Butts Encore - Is Ottawa Ready For A Possible Two Front Referendum Battle?
Encore Episode. James Moore and Gerald Butts are back with another one of their highly anticipated "Conversations". This time it centres around the po...
Moore Butts Encore - Why Are Pipelines So Hard To Build?
Encore Episode. Alberta and Canada seem close to a deal on a memorandum of understanding about a new pipeline to the west coast. But now how do you ma...
Moore Butts Encore - How Do You Explain Last Week?
Encore Episode. Last week was quite something, even for Canadian politics. A big-time Liberal budget with a huge deficit, while chaos ruled in the Con...
Moore Butts Encore -- The Trump, Carney, Ford Mess
Encore Episode. How do two former Ottawa pros see the Trump, Carney, Ford story -- does it really matter? Will it make a real difference? Former Harpe...
Moore Butts Encore -- Is This Any Way To Run A Country?
Encore Episode. The country was founded on the principle that it's a confederation where both federal and provincial levels of government have powers...
Moore-Butts Encore: Making Tough Choices
Encore Episode. For the last fifteen years different governments in Ottawa have known tough choices were going to have to be made about the Post Offic...
Moore Butts Encore: Disagree Better -- Is That Even Possible?
Encore Episode. Society is trying to understand if there is an answer to this dilemma of disagreeing with respect and not hate.
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Good Talk Encore: Taking on the U.S. Ambassador, Was It About Time?
Encore Episode. The U.S. Ambassador to Canada was in Banff yesterday for what turned out to be a tense conversation with former Canadian diplomat Coli...
Encore Episode with the BBC's Lyse Doucet
Encore Presentation. She's the BBC's Chief International Correspondent, a great storyteller and a proud Canadian. Lyse Doucet has her first book out...
Encore: Keith Boag on Donald Trump -- What To Make Of Trump 2.0
Encore Presentation. Some of you have been writing, asking "where is Keith Boag?" Today the answer, as the former Washington correspondent brings us u...
Good Talk -- It's a Bob Rae Day
With both Chantal and Bruce away this week, a special program for our final Good Talk of 2025. Bob Rae, fresh from his five years at the United Nation...
Your Turn -- Your Happy Moment of 2025
This week's question was simple: What made you happy in 2025?They shared them with us for this week's Your Turn. Even the Random Ranter was asked to j...
A Wednesday End Bits Special
Some of the best of what was left over -- another Wednesday end bits special.
More proof of how the rich get rich, how social media is not wor...
Reporter's Notebook -- Raj and Russo On Poilievre Trying to Get His Act Together
Days after the latest floor crossing it's still the talk of Ottawa. Althia Raj and Rob Russo are back for their every second Tuesday, Reporter's Noteb...
Is Putin Dialing Back On His Ukraine Dreams?
As the year ends, are we finally seeing some significant movement on a path to a ceasefire in Ukraine? Dr. Janice Stein from the Munk School at the Un...
Good Talk -- The Conservative Bleeding Continues As The Year Ends
For the third time in a month a Conservative jumps ship, with two of them joining the Liberals. Will there be more? Ottawa starts to close down for th...
"The Midterms Are Coming, The Midterms are Coming" - A Random Rant for the Ages
It's Thursday and that means Your Turn ...the question this week is soft and cuddly -- are you looking forward to winter? But Thursdays also mean the...
Who and What Is Underwater in Canada's Arctic?
Ottawa has been studying whether Canada should purchase up to a dozen submarines to help protect Canada's Arctic. It's a program that would cost dozen...
Moore Butts - Is Ottawa Ready For A Possible Two Front Referendum Battle?
James Moore and Gerald Butts are back with another one of their highly anticipated "Conversations". This time it centres around the possibility that t...
Why Hasn't Canada Condemned The US Boat Attacks On Venezuela?
Canada says it hasn't taken part in the alleged drug boat attacks in the Caribbean, but why hasn't Canada condemned the US actions. That's the first q...
Good Talk -- "A Week in Politics Is A Long Time"
It's been quite the week, especially in Quebec, where there are lessons for politicians across the country. Chantal Hebert and Bruce Anderson join the...
Your Turn -- American F35 or Swedish Gripen
The emails coming into The Bridge this week were humming. You wanted your say on the debate about which fighter jet Canada should buy and you didn't h...
Wednesday Endbits Special
The best of the leftovers we call the Endbits Specials and they've become very popular. Today, another session on how to relieve stress; where not to...
Raj and Russo -- Back to the Future
What to make of Mark Carney's decision to reach back into the Trudeau cabinet to replace another minister who quit? That's the question to the Toronto...
Europe's Move Towards Military Recruitment -- Will Canada Be Far Behind?
Whether it's voluntary recruitment or a form of military draft, it's happening in different parts of Europe as fear of war with Russia mounts. Ukrain...
Good Talk -- The Pipeline Deal That Could Make or Break The Liberals
Twelve hundred people were on their feet in Calgary yesterday applauding Mark Carney and Danielle Smith for the deal they signed that could lead to a...