The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge

Time in the cabinets of Pierre Trudeau, John Turner and Jean Chretien allowed Axworthy to see power close up.

A lot of things changed in our world on the night Trump won the US Presidency. What about climate change?

Some of the proposed appointments to the Trump cabinet have surprised, but none more so than his intelligence & security positions.

Donald Trump's win has changed everything so why not change the Canadian election timetable?

If the decision is made to cut government services, where would YOU cut? Then the Ranter on where all the small cars have gone.

An encore of author Ted Barris joins us today to discuss his latest book, Battle of Britain - Canadian Airmen in Their Finest Hour.

Bill Fox is a former senior reporter, a top political advisor to a former prime minister, and a former executive for major companies. He's also an author specializing in discussion about the media.

Janice Stein, may surprise you because she's not quite as pessimistic as others.

Why Americans delivered the result they did, and then, they deal with how Canada is reacting to the decision and what it means for us.

Important memories that so many of you don't want to see forgotten.

What happens next? Keith Boag and Bruce Anderson join us for a comeback of the ages.

Today, it's a nailbiter in the final hours before Americans decide on the outcome of their presidential election.

Janice Stein from the Munk school at the University of Toronto with her take on what a Trump or Harris victory would mean.

Rob Russo of The Economist subs for Bruce Anderson today, and we get all of this with Rob and Chantal.

The Random Ranter tries to explain how and why his political views have changed in recent years.

An encore of  a feature interview with celebrated Canadian military historian Tim Cook about his latest book hitting the shelves.

Going into the final days of the 2024 US election campaign and if you believe the polls, a big if, then things are so close smart analysts aren't picking a winner.

It's certainly being thrown around a lot but is it being used well? And, Janice is here to talk Middle East and Russia-Ukraine as well.

So, did he dodge the coup?  Does Justin Trudeau now have a clear path to the next election?   After weeks of rumours and coded, secret talk, the plotters had their say in the caucus, and then it seemed everyone moved on.  Or have they?  Chantal and Bruce are here to chat about all this and more because there's always more!

Lots of your letters again this week, and many of them are about elections.  Both provincial ones in Canada and the big one south of the border. But there are lots more issues on your mind as well with your thoughts from across the country. Then, of course, it's Random Ranter time with his thoughts about what's almost always on the mind of voters in elections around the world these days.