The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge Good Talk -- Do Canadians Really "Hate" Americans?
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Feb 20, 2026 Panelists debate whether rising Canadian hostility toward the United States is real or media exaggeration. They dissect Alberta's referendum move and the political forces driving separatist sentiment. The conversation also covers Conservative and NDP leadership struggles, oil-driven economic anxiety, and worries about US actions toward Iran.
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NDP Leadership Rhetoric Risks Isolation
- Avi Lewis's rhetoric paints Mark Carney as favoring a big-state, pro-petroleum security posture, alarming moderates.
- Bruce Anderson and Chantal Hébert warn such radical framing risks isolating the federal NDP and provincial partners.
Why The NDP Contracted Nationally
- The federal NDP failed to transition from movement to governing contender after the Orange Wave.
- Losing blue-collar ground and 'virtue marketing' to Justin Trudeau and Conservatives shrank their electoral appeal.
Virtue Marketing Lost Core Voters
- 'Virtue marketing' ceded working-class voters to Conservatives and eroded NDP's practical policy appeal.
- Bruce Anderson argues Canadians now prefer pragmatic, centrist problem-solving over ideological purity.