The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge

After a night of bizarre Twitter goings-on, Bruce and Chantal hold court on the future of Elon Musk and his 44 billion dollar gamble. Also up for discussion, can the RCMP commissioner survive the convoy inquiry?  And how seriously should we take the toe to toe "confrontation" between Justin Trudeau and Xi Jinping?

Lots of your letters on Your Turn on a variety of Issues from masks, to maps, to immigrant doctors.  Plus the Random Ranter stands up to Elon Musk over Twitter.

So he's in the race for 2024 but what are his chances? Bruce Anderson joins for SMT with thoughts on Donald Trump and Mike Pence on a big week for both. And a seemingly simple idea from Pierre Poilievre may be just the way to make some people more comfortable with the Conservative leader.

Brian Stewart's weekly commentary on Ukraine has a twist.  After months of calls for Putin to be overthrown, Brian reports on new theories that suggest no matter what happens in the near, the world might be better with Putin IN power.  Also, a new health study on what happens in the moments after your heart stops. 

Covid is still with us but what has health experts worried is the spread of respiratory disease especially among youngsters in school. As a result, some authorities are suggesting that masks be put back on.  No mandates, at least not yet.  Dr Zain Chagla joins us.  Plus, the world will be eight billion strong as of tomorrow. Good news or bad? And more with some pretty interesting "end bits".

It wasn't what Donald Trump and his band of deniers expected and they are still trying to figure out what happened.  Bruce and Chantal have their thoughts on what those US midterm results should mean to Canadian Conservatives. Plus whither Canada-China relations?

Some truly wonderful and sometimes emotional letters from you, listeners to The Bridge, about what Remembrance Day means to you.  Even the Random Ranter gets in on the act with his thoughts.  It's a special show.

At the time of this recording the results were still being counted and in fact may still be counted for a few days, or even weeks, yet.  But one thing is clear: the Republican rout some expected in the US midterms did not happen. Bruce tries to clear the smoke and mirrors from the story.  Also Doug Ford changes his plans to use the notwithstanding clause -- what does that say about his leadership. And more on our theme this week about "remembering".

It's a centuries-old tactic in war, to deceive your enemy.  Is that what the Russians are up to in Ukraine?  And if so are the Ukrainians falling victim to the strategy?  Brian Stewart takes a look at the issue of deception, in another of his regular weekly columns.  And Ted Barris drops by to talk about his new book, "The Battle of the Atlantic" as we continue our theme of "remembering" this week.

With Remembrance Day coming up this Friday The Bridge devotes some time this week to "remembering".  Beginning today with a feature interview with Tim Cook and the stories behind his terrific new First World War book, 'Life Savers and Body Snatchers".  And among our end bits today, what do you think the most common dog name in Canada is?