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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Good Talk -- Do Canadians Really "Hate" Americans?
A new poll in the United States has Americans being told that there's a real chill from Canadians about their southern neighbours, and the word "hate"...
Your Turn -- What's On Your Mind?
A wide variety of thoughts and opinions on Your Turn this week. From the Olympics, to Donald Trump, to health care, to all the snow this year, you've...
What Should You Be Asking Your Aging Parents?
The latest of our Wednesday End Bits Specials has everything for everyone today. From counting heads on planet Earth to charging heads at Rome's Trev...
Moore Butts - How To Handle A Rogue MP
How do you handle an MP who goes rogue from his own party? That's a question for this week's Moore Butts conversation. But first, Gerry Butts on the...
Good Talk -- Has Trump Lost It? Is It Advantage Canada?
Remember that old saying "Stick a fork in him, he's done"? Some people are beginning to say that about Donald Trump, which may well work in Canada's f...
Good Talk -- Has Trump Lost It? Is It Advantage Canada?
Remember that old saying "Stick a fork in him, he's done"? Some people are beginning to say that about Donald Trump, which may well work in Canada's f...
Your Turn - Return To The Office or Work From Home?
Thursday means Your Turn, today with a special guest host tandem. Our focus: A question on many workers' minds since COVID hit in 2020 - should we nee...
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. Also, how passport stamps are a thing of the past, a...
Raj/Russo: Let's Break A Deal -- Trump Threatens Gordie Howe
Really? Donald Trump now says he will refuse to allow the multi-billion-dollar new bridge between Canada and the U.S. to be opened. That's the bridge...
The Jeffrey Epstein Scandal Goes Global
It used to be seen as a passing, dirty, American sex scandal in the beginning, but over time it has also involved an ex-President, business, political...
Good Talk -- Running From Behind: Why Pierre Poilievre Should Listen To A Winner
Not even a week after Pierre Poilievre's resounding victory at the leadership review vote in Calgary, the Conservative leader found himself strugglin...
Your Turn on The Olympics, and The Random Ranter
For the next two weeks, people around the world will be making a choice about what they watch on their various devices -- the Olympics or anything els...
End Bits Special -- Using AI to Detect AI Cheating
This week's Wednesday End Bits special has a potpourri of useful (and yes some useless!) information. From the latest artificial intelligence concerns...
Moore Butts -- Can Political Makeovers Work?
What does and what should Pierre Poilievre do now after receiving a ringing endorsement from his party? Was the Poilievre we saw on the weekend the sa...
Should Canada Include Nuclear Weapons In Its Defence Strategy?
Canada is about to spend billions of dollars on upgrading its defence capabilities. Has the discussion about what to do been broad enough? There's one...
Good Talk - Is The White House Conducting Foreign Interference in Alberta?
Alberta is at the centre of two major stories as the week ends -- Pierre Poilievre is in Calgary tonight waiting for his party's verdict on his leader...
Ask Me Anything 3 - Plus The Random Ranter
The third and final installment in our January series of "Ask Me Anything", your questions for me about, well, about anything! And questions you sure...
The Secret of Longevity -- A Simple Solution
Look what we found for this week's Wednesday End Bits special --- a huge study, done over thirty years, and what it concludes is the best secret of lo...
Raj and Russo: Will Pierre Poilievre Hold On To His Job?
It's a big week for Conservatives. On Friday night in Calgary Pierre Poilievre gets the verdict from his party membership -- a leadership review vote...
Facing The New Reality -- Canada vs the U.S.
As we said on Good Talk, everything changed last week Is the government, and are Canadians, ready for the situation we now find ourselves in with the...
Good Talk -- The Week Everything Changed
First, Mark Carney said the rupture is real and our days tied to the US are over. Twenty four hours later, Donald Trump implies "You better be careful...
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...