Your Turn -- What Canada Means To You, and The Ranter On The Trade War
A summer away from The Bridge has given you lots to think about, especially about the importance of your country. Comments from coast to coa...
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20 of 1,512 episodesWho Is Donald Trump?
For the past two years, we have relied on the very experienced foreign and domestic correspondent, Keith Boag, to give us his take on Donald...
Raj/Russo -- Behind The Trade War Blues
Our first Reporters Notebook of our new season brings together The Economist's Rob Russo and the Toronto Star's Althia Raj. The topic -- wha...
The World According To Stein -- Launching A New Year
All summer I was getting mail... lots of it. Most of it starting with "Where's Janice?" Seems like many of you were suffering from Stein dep...
Good Talk Encore - Carney vs Trump: What Happens Now?
Encore Episode. It's been a week. Canada/US relations have never been so low. Attacks on each other's trade strategies, attacks on our sover...
Good Talk - Carney vs Trump: What Happens Now?
It's been a week. Canada/US relations have never been so low. Attacks on each other's trade strategies, attacks on our sovereignty, even a p...
Moore-Butts Encore Episode: Is Trump's America Any Different Than Germany in the Mid-Thirties?
Encore Episode. Calling Trump a "fascist" or a "Nazi" has become far more commonplace in the past few months given ICE, Venezuela and Greenl...
Moore-Butts Conversation Encore Episode -- Is Affordability An Issue That Governments Can Even Solve?
Encore Episode. There are hardly any governments in the world right now who aren't faced with an "affordability" crisis. Voters want action...
Moore Butts Conversation Encore - Is Ottawa Ready For A Possible Two Front Referendum Battle?
Encore Episode. James Moore and Gerald Butts are back with another one of their highly anticipated "Conversations." This time it centres aro...
Encore Episdoe: Moore Butts Conversation #28 - Why Are Pipelines So Hard To Build?
This week seems to be all pipelines all the time. Alberta and Canada seem close to a deal on a memorandum of understanding about a new pipel...
Smoke, Mirror and The Truth -- A Summer of '26 Special
SMT is one of the first shows we used to do when the podcast started all those years ago; Bruce Anderson would join me and we'd lay an SMT v...
Encore Episode: Moore Butts #26 -- The Trump, Carney, Ford Mess
How do two former Ottawa pros see the Trump, Carney, Ford story -- does it really matter? will it make a real difference? Former Harper cabi...
Good Talk -- A New Orange Cloud Descends on the Canada/US Relationship
It's our first Summer of '26 special Good Talk and there's lots to talk about. This week it's wildfires and the smoke they cause, upsetting...
Moore Butts Encore - Is This Any Way To Run A Country?
Encore Episode. The country was founded on the principle that it's a confederation where both federal and provincial levels of government ha...
Moore-Butts Encore Episode - Making Tough Choices
Encore Episode. For the last fifteen years different governments in Ottawa have known tough choices were going to have to be made about the...
MOORE BUTTS Encore Episode: Disagree Better - Is That Even Possible?
Encore Episode. After soul searching in the United States and beyond, James Moore and Gerry Butts take on the question of how to "disagree b...
Episode 1500 -- Welcome to The Summer of 2026
Today is a big deal for The Bridge. First, it's the 1500th episode of our program/podcast, and second, it's our last show before we begin ou...
Moore Butts - When Is The Right Time For A Leading Politician To Retire?
It's a very difficult decision to make whether you are a professional athlete or a practising politician. When to retire. But the time comes...
Will The Iran War Ever Be Over?
Mondays with Dr. Janice Stein are always a learning experience, and it sure has been since the end of February, with the war in Iran. And in...
Good Talk: Canada Wins - Canada Wins!
Sometimes sport can be such a nice distraction. Like last night. Canada's first-ever win in World Cup Soccer. Nice distraction for the PM, w...