May 15 2023 — Peter Mansbridge — Our two political heavyweights, Conservative James Moore and Liberal Gerry Butts, move their latest non-partisan discussion to the question of lies and their growing place in modern politics. Like it or not the lie is in the toolbox of politics and Donald Trump isn’t the only one using it. How did that happen and where […]
May 12 2023 — Peter Mansbridge — The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge — It’s a simple issue but one that gets people talking and today some “good talk” with Chantal and Rob Russo filling in for Bruce. Images of Canadian history or drawings of Canadiana — what do you think best reflects our passports? Plus a new challenge for Conservatives, and a controversial return of Donald Trump. All […]
May 11 2023 — Peter Mansbridge — The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge — Look out, he may be on his way back. The People’s Party leader is said to be about to enter a byelection. race for a federal seat in Manitoba. If he does what impact would that have not only on his party but on the Conservative party as well. Bruce is off this week, […]
Apr 28 2023 — Peter Mansbridge — The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge — It was supposed to be a throwaway two-minute chat, but we ended up talking about Trudeau and the Coronation for 12 minutes. Why? You might want to listen! Chantal and filling in for Bruce, our friend Rob Russo. Also some substantial talk about the biggest strike in Canadian history and why it’s taking so long […]
Apr 5 2023 — Peter Mansbridge — The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge — Its been a wild forty eight hours in the United States so how much did you watch? Bruce puts the Smoke Mirrors and The Truth microscope on the media and the way its covered the Trump indictment. And then on the same theme, what is happening at “60 Minutes”?
Mar 31 2023 — Peter Mansbridge — The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge — Lots to talk about today …we lead with the story that’s the lead almost everywhere in the world this weekend — the Trump indictment. But then the mess around the RCMP, the mess around Danielle Smith, and finally the NDP in a post-budget world. Chantal and Bruce continue their trash the host talk!
Mar 29 2023 — Peter Mansbridge — The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge — Of course, it was Chrystia Freeland’s budget but some could argue it was Jagmeet Singh’s budget too. Whatever the case the NDP was pretty happy and it sure seems the Liberal/NDP deal will stay intact meaning no election this year. Lots to talk about and Bruce is up for some good back and forth. Also […]
Mar 24 2023 — Peter Mansbridge — The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge — At a time when trust in the media is at a low ebb, is the media’s work on the China story helping or hurting its reputation? Chantal and Bruce have their thoughts, and then Chantal beats me up over the use of the term “traitor”. Just another day in the life of Good Talk!
Mar 17 2023 — Peter Mansbridge — The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge — David Johnston seemed to have it all when Stephen Harper picked him as Governor General in 2010. Everyone lined up from all parties to praise Johnston. The man with twenty-one letters AFTER his name was golden, until this week. And, do you have your party planned for Coronation Day?
Feb 24 2023 — Peter Mansbridge — The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge — Doug Ford wedding party thrown for his daughter and attended by figures who paid for entry, figures that may have eventually benefitted from the Ford government. Plus on Justin Trudeau and his handling of the leaked CSIS story. Watch VIA YouTube below:
Jul 20 2020 — Peter Mansbridge — Policy Magazine — Canadians are hibernators. We are no different, really, from many of the animals that roam our wonderful land. For five or six months a year, we put on our long johns and basically say, “Wake me in April.” For some of us, that means lying on the couch watching hockey, cuddling up with a good […]
Oct 18 2019 — Peter Mansbridge — CBC — Too often in past elections, we have focused on what the parties feel the issues are or what the media conclude the issues are. That’s not a criticism as much as it is a reflection of the reality of covering these often crazy races from one policy announcement to another, from one manufactured crisis to […]
May 14 2018 — Peter Mansbridge — CBC — The wedding of the year, with all its pomp and pageantry, is almost upon us. There’s much talk about what it all means as Prince Harry marries Meghan Markle — for Britain, for the monarchy and for the approaching post-Elizabethan era. After all, this will not be your normal royal wedding. She’s older than he […]
Jan 29 2016 — Peter Mansbridge — CBC — The first prime minister I interviewed was Pierre Trudeau. It was in the late 1970s during an era of very conventional formats. David Halton, the CBC’s legendary chief political correspondent then, and I sat at a highly polished Parliament Hill table alongside the prime minister, and questioned him on the issues of the day. It […]
Nov 5 2015 — Peter Mansbridge — CBC — In a private moment hours before becoming Canada’s 23rd prime minister, Justin Trudeau was climbing the stairs in an empty Parliament Building, holding his two eldest children by the hands, when he made an unscheduled stop in a hallway holding the portraits of former prime ministers. “Who is that?” Trudeau asked his son and daughter.