The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge Your Turn -- What's On Your Mind?
Feb 19, 2026
A wide range of listener concerns are shared, from Olympic moments and Paralympic scheduling to shifting U.S. politics and worries about democratic decline. Voices debate military spending, defense procurement and recruitment. Listeners raise climate urgency, rising provincial deficits, foreign media ownership, gambling ad harms, heavy snowfall impacts and everyday struggles like accessibility and homelessness.
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Paralympics Timing Undermines Visibility
- Paralympics scheduling after the Olympics undermines their prominence.
- T.C. Chang argues hosting Paralympians afterward treats them like an afterthought.
Cheap Gas Fueled By Unsustainable Fracking
- The Random Ranter links cheap gas to Trump's pro-fracking policies and volatile fracking economics.
- He warns low prices won't last due to short-lived, expensive fracked wells and boom-bust cycles.
Listeners Focus On Social Bonds And Inequality
- Inequality and chosen family resonate strongly in listeners' letters.
- Multiple contributors discuss homelessness, chosen families for LGBTQ+ people, and social supports.