The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge

Every Friday is your chance to express a view -- your e-mails with your questions, comments and thoughts.  Today is no exception with entries from across the country and around the world.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Thursday is what we call a potpourri day and today is no exception.  Everything from the Impeachment trial, guns, Covid-19, the Olympics (with an anecdote that may shock you), to whether there is an anti-Conservative bias in social media.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

When January 6th happened, the rioters threatened to "hang Mike Pence".  Now that Donald Trump is on trial in the US Senate, Mike Pence's story of that decay is critical, but he isn't talking.  It's just one of the topics worth considering in this week's Smoke Mirrors and The Truth with Bruce Anderson joining as he always does each Wednesday from Ottawa. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A year ago the news of the pandemic shut down the travel business. Thousands of Canadian jobs were affected, as were dozens of Canadian companies.   Customers were stranded in countries around the world.  Today the inside story of how one company moved to repatriate their travelers, and begin the slow process of trying to save their businesses. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Lots of questions still persist about vaccines and variants.  Today we go to Edmonton for some answers from infectious disease specialist Dr. Lynora Saxinger.  And there are some encouraging signs.   We also talk about Dan Levy, Lorne Michaels and The Weeknd.  And then a very special guest on the late great Christopher Plummer. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Every Friday is your chance to express a view -- your e-mails with your questions, comments and thoughts.  Today is no exception with entries from across the country and around the world. And a bonus appearance this week from Abacus Data Chairman Bruce Anderson with fresh out of the field research on how Canadians are getting restless about the government's performance on the vaccine rollout. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A recent LA Times report investigates a number of "incidents" that have aviation experts concerned about how pilots who've been laid off because of Covid are getting "rusty" and suggest this is a safety issue.  Just one of the items on this week's potpourri episode ... including a pandemic boom in snowmobile use! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's Wednesday and that means "Smoke, Mirrors and The Truth" with Bruce Anderson in his regular slot and joining us for a frank discussion about diplomacy in a covid world, Canada's Ambassador to the United Nations Bob Rae.  He's open, frank and pretty laid back.  Bob Rae on the Bridge.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A number of new scientific studies are showing that the ice melt underway on our planet is happening at an increasing rate with some absolutely startling numbers being recorded from satellite imagery.  But do you care?  Is it affecting your life?  Author and Public Policy expert Adam Lajeunesse from StFX University in Nova Scotia has the answers.   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What was really behind the latest travel restrictions imposed by Ottawa, and whatever happened to the excitement surrounding vaccines?  Two key stories The Bridge looks at with two special guests -- both who focus on science not politics.  Dr Lisa Barret in Halifax and Dr Isaac Bogotch in  Toronto.  And then for some thing very different, will you need a covid sniffing dog to get you into a Leafs (or Habs, Jets, Senators, Flames, Oilers, Canucks) game? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.