The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge

A prime minister is considering his future with most of his remaining caucus considering theirs.

The fallout from the Syria story, to both Russia/Ukraine and Israel/Hamas.

The minister of finance prepares her Monday Economic Statement while rumours fly, again, that Mark Carney is about to join the cabinet.

Plus, the Ranter was all too willing to get into it again with Trump, this time and his Canada obsession. 

An encore of Syria's Assad government fell and the dictator fled the country.  What happens now and who will pick up the pieces?

He must love baiting Canada and Trudeau. Trump was at it again in a with a new post.

Syria's Assad government fell and the dictator fled the country.  What happens now and who will pick up the pieces?

A week after their Mar a Lago dinner what was actually accomplished by the Trudeau-Trump dinner? Is Canada now dancing to the Trump tune or is there a chance for a meaningful all-Canadian approach to dealing with the new President and his agenda?  Bruce and Chantal join in for their assessment of the new top line item on the Ottawa political calendar.

This week's question sounded simple enough but we got lots of different answers.  The question was, "What is a journalist?" prompted by the changing nature of journalism or at least the assumption from a lot of people that journalism isn't what it used to be.  Answers came from across the country and around the world, and offered an array of opinions.  Plus the Random Ranter drops in with his take on drugs and crypto.

Encore Episode: So how did the media do during the most consequential election of our time? Lots of different opinions on that but today we focus on the views of one person, someone who has a great deal of expertise on this issue. 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. Today he's our guest.