The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge - Your Turn -- Your Predictions for 2026

Episode Date: January 8, 2026

First Your Turn of the new year and the question fits the timing. We were looking for your predictions for 2026, and as always you delivered. Plus, The Random Ranter is on the DL this week, down with the flu, so the show is all yours! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

And hello there, Peter Mansbridge here. You're just moments away from the latest episode of The Bridge. It's Thursday. That means your turn, the first your turn of 2026. So the question? Predictions. Your predictions. For 2026, they're coming right up.

And hello there. Welcome to Thursday. First, the bad news. Bad news is the random ranter has the flu. You know, and we thought he was able to defeat everything that came his way. But no, not the flu. He's got the flu. So he begged off for this week.

And because we're nice people here at the bridge, we said, You get better. You get better for next week. And besides, we got so many predictions for 2026 from our loyal audience. So let's get right to it. We'll dive right in. I mean, there was, I said it was wide open. You could make your prediction about anything.

The only thing that it turned out that I said no to were there were a number of people, and I don't think they did this because they're bad people. I think they just did it because that's what they were predicting. They were predicting, well, they were predicting the passing of certain people during 2026, and it just didn't feel right that we'd be putting that on the air. So those, I'm afraid, will not make it. They've reached the dust bin.

of the bridge for the first week of 2026. But let's get to the rest, starting with Drew Penner in Ottawa. We had a lot of new writers this week. Drew Penner writes, Canadian sovereignty will change in 2026. Initially, it'll be economic, surrendering more of our sovereignty in areas around lumber, dairy, rare minerals, and energy, to appease Washington. The intention being to stave off

a more direct intervention politically and militarily. I foresee NATO growing weaker and Canada becoming increasingly tethered to the USA. Ultimately, Mark Carney's efforts to diversify our economy will not come quick enough

and will be the junior partner in an unspoken political union. I hate to be right about this, but I'm feeling increasingly disappointed and despondent. Yeah, you certainly sound that way. Tara LeBlanc in Amherst, New Bruns, or Nova Scotia, what am I saying? My 2026 prediction. Either Trump fails to secure a conviction against Nicholas Maduro,

or Maduro is convicted, but the price is right, and Trump pardons him. Either way, Maduro walks free within a matter of months. interesting prediction Tim Stott in Minnesota, Manitoba My prediction for 2026 is Venezuela is going to backfire on the U.S.

And they will end up in a modern-day Vietnam scenario. All the same players have interests in the region and South America is prime for guerrilla warfare scenarios. Andrew Wilson in Harrow, Ontario.

that's deep southwestern Ontario I think 2026 is going to bring a war or bring war strife and struggle across the globe I can only hope we remain sheltered in the shadows here as my wife and I bring our first child into the world in this dark year now Jeremy Girardi in Windsor Ontario

I predict the U.S. House and Senate flip to Democratic control. Two of the older conservative Supreme Court justices, Alito and Thomas, will retire. A couple of things about that. The midterm elections are November 3rd of this year. All 435 House of Representatives seats and 33 of the 100 Senate seats are at stake. The U.S. Supreme Court justices do not have. have a mandatory retirement age, unlike Canadian Supreme Court justices, who must retire at age 75, so the U.S. ones can choose when they step down.

Clarence Thomas is the oldest justice at the moment. He's 77 years old. Samuel Olito is next oldest at 75. I wouldn't put a lot of money on either one of them retiring, but we'll see. Pierre Roy in Ottawa I've been stating this for the past year to anyone who would listen there will be no American midterm elections this fall Trump will manufacture an emergency to justify some sort of martial law or at the very least a bare naked cancellation

not a postponement of the elections this of course is a prelude to the cancellation of the next presidential elections in 2008 and beyond Another one in the same vein from Denise Santillard in Winnipeg. No midterm elections in the U.S. Trump will declare himself a war president and as such will remain in power until North and South America are firmly within U.S. control, likely an indefinite term.

He will rewrite the American Constitution and imprison political opponents and eliminate the U.N. Rick Boprey in Calgary. Donald Trump will finally get his comeuppance. Okay, more wishful thinking than prediction. Take your pick at the tipping point. There's so much to choose from,

but at some point Congress will be forced to act. As Churchill once said, you can always count on the Americans to do the right thing after they've tried everything else. The question is, how much damage will, he reek, Trump, that is, while we wait. Ruthie Muller in Toronto, President Trump's power will erode. As Trump gains internationally, he will lose domestically because of his imperialist

ambitions. Trump was elected by a base that supported him not to get involved in foreign wars. His cover-up on the Epstein file was the first chink in his armor because he showed himself to be one of those despised elites. this fear of Trump's power will force countries like Canada to become more independent. We got a lot of predictions about Donald Trump, by far the one subject you wrote about the most, and we'll sprinkle them through the rest of the program, but for now let's move on. Andrew Cormack in Orange County, California.

We will see a major correction in global stock markets led by the seriously overvalued, tech companies. The TSX was up nearly 30% in 2025, led by tech, banks, and energy stocks. Kyle 80

in Peterborough, Ontario. I predict an unpredictable world in which reality is too cumbersome to be recognized as truth. Matthew Scalarsic in Vernon, B.C.

Mark Carney said all the right things in 2025. In 2026, he needs to act. Unfortunately, I don't predict many dirty shovels. Our country seems to have morphed from game changers to trend followers. Insulin, the pacemaker, and the Avroarrow, to name a few past accomplishments. Though today, we're like economists. We tell you how great it's going to be and get paid regardless of outcome. batter up, Mr. Carney.

Please prove me wrong. Frank Wang in Surrey, BC. I predict that the World Cup games held in the U.S. will be a mess. There are potential issues with visas for the players and spectators. We might also see potential detention or mistreatment of visitors that do make it into the U.S. Additionally, there may be protesters of these events that clash with law enforcement,

and the U.S. National Guard Patrick Ben in Vancouver. I predict that Trump will annex Greenland in 2026. Let's not kid ourselves. Adding the vast mineral wealth of Greenland to the oil wealth of Venezuela would place the USA in an unassailable position in this world. And no future U.S. administration would relinquish these gains.

Remember how far. funny the whole Greenland story was a year ago and then slowly but surely through the year got more and more serious just like the Canada story just like the Venezuela story Josh Winters writing from beautiful Squamish BC normally he's in Surrey Josh writes in 2026 AI will continue to expand and it isn't just getting smarter it's showing up everywhere in our phones, homes, jobs, even government services. It's moving from screens into the physical world, from a tool to more of a teammate. It's helping in hospitals, predicting wildfires, supporting public services, and assisting

workplaces. But the question I keep asking myself is, can AI do this? But who benefits, who decides, and ultimately, who pays the price? Jason Hanford, or Yeson-Hanford, I'm not sure, in Calgary. It'll take 10 years for Venezuela to rebuild its infrastructure to feed heavy oil to American refineries in the Gulf area. With the timeline to build a new pipeline in Canada being around 10 years, I would hope fellow Canadians continue to unify and focus on developing our infrastructure. to try and diversify our exports.

My prediction is the Republicans will win the midterms this year and their president will continue to run around like a monkey with a machine gun and this will keep Canadians focused on our new path maybe more of a wish than a prediction. Sitting governments rarely win the midterms. Only a couple of times in the last, what, 100 years? Steve Abba in Toronto, the U.S. midterm elections will overturn the Republican majority in both the Senate and the House. A good prediction, right? Sorry, Trump and his band of despicable rogues, thieves, and bandits will declare the honest and free elections invalid.

He will enforce this as necessary with national guards, regular military, and those police forces that choose to support him. resistance will be mostly non-existent and democracy will die in America Scott Labus in Blind Bay, BC that's in the southern interior I expect significant global change and a return to heightened international conflict recent actions by the U.S. signal

a more unstable geopolitical environment Canada must prepare to act as a sovereign player not merely a vassal state. This requires rebuilding our military and shifting from reliance on resource extraction toward strengthening domestic capabilities, including AI infrastructure and a resilient industrial base.

Constant Menzies in Narl Manitoba. One way or another, Mark Carney will obtain a majority government this year. Despite Christia Freeland's announcement, just this week, by the way, of relinquishing her seat soon, and so the liberals could now be two seats short of a majority, the immediacy and gravity of a strong unified Canada will trump all. This will either encourage more floor crossers or a general election. I'm pretty sure we're going to see one of the other this year. You know, most minority governments last 18 months,

two years of the most. Pat Wharton in Vernon, BC. My prediction is Trump won't survive 2026. The U.S. is like a pressure cooker on high and something has to give when you sow hate and division, it comes back at you. Well, it's already talk of another impeachment process. A similar note from Doug Moore in Nunus Bay, B.C., that's the east coast of southern Vancouver Island.

President Trump is going increasingly rogue with each passing month. Be it sickness, impeachment, or indictment, or revolt on the part of his own party, I predict that he will not be president by the end of 2026. James Knoop in Shanghai, China. There will be increasing pressure on China to step in and uphold the international order. Countries will want protection from the arbitrary military might of the United States. I believe the Peloponnesian war started in a similar way, which saw the Spartans pressured by other nations to overthrow Athens.

thus our concept of hegemonic power was developed. James Conjuring of the Peloponnesian War isn't bad. That war was fought from 431 to 404 BC between the two leading city states in ancient Greece, Athens, and Sparta. Each was a superpower looking to dominate the Greek world. Michael Brown in Lynn, Ontario, that's near Brockville. 2026 will be the last year that Canada exists as a fully united country. This year, Quebec will vote in favor of a provincial constitution embracing sovereignty. Then in 2027, Quebec separatists aided by powerful outside forces opposed to our values

will be rage-baited and supercharged by social media to vote in favor of a sovereignty association leading to chaos for Canada in 2017. Any chance we could have like a happy one prediction here soon? Tom Coshon in Whitby, Ontario. Doug Ford will decide run for the federal conservative leadership after Pierre Pahliav loses the confidence vote

on his leadership review. He will be the early front runner, but lose due to his U.S. business gamesmanship and his lack of French. Mike Baranick in Bellevold, Ontario. I predict in 2026, we will find out what Trump's plan is for Canada. We're not going to like it.

Michelle Kaufman in Toronto I predict that Canadians will live out 2026 in a constant state of exasperation at the relentless daily shenanigans going on south of the border my how the mighty have fallen they just don't know it yet Shannon Bradley in Cochran Alberta my prediction for 2026 is from

a global perspective, and I think all Canadians should remain very worried. I predict the world order will continue to shift in ways heretofore thought unimaginable. I don't see it as a very happy New Year. Michael Joyce in Richmond Hill, Ontario, that's a northern suburb of Toronto. Here's my prediction. Neither Donald Trump nor J.D. Vance will be president of the United States at the end of 26. Trump's health is in decline and he's almost certainly going to have a crisis in 2026. J.D. Vance is not ready to replace him as

president and if he does, I predict a quick resignation followed by more chaos. That's all pretty chaotic. John Minchell in Comox Valley, B.C. I predict that with the incursion in Venice and the U.S. administrations at admiration for the Monroe Doctrine that Canada is going to have to prepare itself to stand apart from the U.S.

and reach out to more potential allies in the Western Hemisphere and elsewhere in all spheres of influence. Sean Carter in Calgary 2026 is the year where Iran implodes and further destabilizes a region that is already on the brink. their patron Russia is on the ropes and Iran is in the depths of a water crisis that will only get worse.

Tough times ahead for them. I can't believe this. We're almost halfway through and I don't think there's been a... Well, I guess if you're a Quebec sovereigness, that was a positive letter prediction that you heard a couple once ago, but most aren't Quebec sovereignists

who listen to this program. So we're getting a lot of negative stuff here. But we'll keep plotting along. We're bound to see something soon. Lisi Legg in Calgary. 2026 will continue to be dominated by personality

driven political theater. The beacon of democracy is flickering as we become addicted to spectacle and sleight of hand. There are no lines in the sand. Leaders flex their power muscles to divert attention from inconsistencies,

lack of compassion, and incompetence. Threats to civil liberties, dismantling guardrails, unlawful deeds, acts of violence, are turning back the clock to times that were less protective of our fellow humans. Three in a row from Calgary,

this one from Megan Previll. My prediction for 2020, is that Pierre Pollyev passes his leadership review with about 80% support. It fails to stabilize the party. Instead, two conservative MPs cross the floor together, signaling that internal fractures persist after the vote. The result is in collapse, but normalization dissent becomes strategic. Not shocking, and the opposition continues to hollow out in plain sight. Don Dufour in Ottawa.

My prediction is that there will be no federal election called in 2026. My reasons? More floor crossings activity from conservative to liberal following the conservative leadership review to manufacture the liberal majority and a passable but weak result for Polyev in said review to effectively take whatever mild breeze may be left in his tattered sales. Don Whitmore in Colonna, B.C. Unfortunately, with Trump's kidnapping of Maduro and his corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, all signals point to him suspending the U.S. midterm elections on some pretext.

There is no way that he and his squad of synchofance can achieve their version of U.S. Manifest Destiny with a Democrat House and Senate. Senate, and it's all down ill from there. I'm getting so depressed here. Deb Greening, District of Lakeland, Saskatchewan. My prediction for 2026 is that there can be no predictions. The chaos we find ourselves in throughout the world leaves us incapable of knowledge-based forward thinking, and therefore reduces us to wild speculation at best, an exercise in futility.

Pat Provo in San Basil de Grande Quebec. The GOP will lose control of both the House and the Senate. Americans do not want a dictator. Trump's base is losing faith as the President appears increasingly reckless and faces growing health concerns. The unprecedented capture of the Venezuelan President and threats against our other nations could escalate tensions and potentially lead to impeachment

proceedings against President Trump. As I mentioned a few moments ago, there's already talk in Washington of impeachment proceedings for Trump. This would be his third go with impeachment, right? Helen Maugh in Toronto, Christia Freeland

will resign her seat in Parliament, return to Ukraine, and work with Zelensky to secure a peace deal and rebuild that country. With a deal signed in the promise of a truce, Zelensky will call for elections to be held. Christian Freeland, always passionate about the independence of Ukraine and well qualified to form a government,

consequently will run in that election to lead Ukraine and will win. The free world will cheer. All right, Helen. Thank you win the prize for the first cheerful. letter, William Ross in Toronto. In 2026, the neighborhood bully, having successfully taken your lunch money, will be emboldened to continue plundering with impunity.

The question, how did my lunch money get into your pocket? Is the precursor to, how did America's oil get under Venezuela's dirt? Whether the other kids will see the extortion as a threat to themselves and stand up to the bully remains to be seen. Okay, we're going to take a break. We're about halfway through, maybe even a little more than halfway through. But as I said, there are a lot of letters, eh?

Lots of them. A? We'll be back right after this. And welcome back, Peter Mansbridge here with The Bridge, the Thursday episode. That means your turn. And it also usually means the random ranter. But the ranter, if you miss the top of the show today, has the flu. So we gave him the day off. Hopefully he'll be back next week.

I'm sure he will. You're listening to Your Turn on the Bridge on Sirius X-N. Channel 167, Canada Talks, or on your favorite podcast platform. Glad to have you with us. Okay, let's get back to some of your letters here. The question this week, if you haven't figured it out already,

is what's your prediction for 2026? It can be about anything. William Ross in Toronto. Oh, no, we read William's letter. Gord Roseberry in Saskatoon. My prediction for this year is a continuation of financial hardship, eventually leading to an economic collapse somewhere. Mark Engeldon, Barrier, BC, that's 60 kilometers north of Camloods, in the North Thompson Valley.

Definitely, Trump is going to cheat in and challenge the results of the 2026 midterms. Why? Because it looks like the only way he can hold on to power. It will be a big mess. Robert Lockhart in Annasmore, Ontario, that's near Peterborough. My prediction is also a hope

that governments around the world will place much higher priority on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increased energy efficiency to help combat climate change. Although our federal governments, federal government, pull back on climate policies and actions, there are hints that a new climate change and

renewable energy strategy will be introduced soon. I've given up on the Ontario government. Renee Meggs in Canmore, Alberta. I predict in 2026 international laws will continue to be violated. The U.S. invasion of Venezuela is the canary and the coal mine. The U.S., Russian and or Chinese governments will invade or intensify their efforts to dominate other countries by any means of their disposal. This may include assassinating or arresting country leaders. In preparation, countries such as Canada, Greenland, Mexico, Colombia, and Taiwan will shore up their defenses. What a mess. René used a less polite word than that. What a mess Trump has created. John Mullen in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

My prediction is that Trump will find something to villainize Canada, probably an unfair trade practice, to justify an adversarial positioning of the U.S. military against Canada. I don't believe it will be blunt or overtly aggressive. It will be just enough to normalize it with his population and enough to make its first step towards the threat of aggression to attempt to force us into a positive position to negotiate a 51st state terms.

Actually, it doesn't say positive position, just says position, which is correct. Callum Arnold in Elliott Lake, Ontario. For 2026, I predict George R.R. Martin will publish his long-awaited winds of winter. At the very least, I can, hope his prediction comes true. Winter is coming.

Okay. How many of you know who George R.R.R. Martin is. I bet some of you do. He's the author of Five, A Song of Ice and Fire novels, including Game of Thrones. The Sixth novel in the series, The Winds of Winter, has been expected for about 14 years, but there's been no sign of it. and Martin has admitted he's had problems with it. Edward Peters in Camloops, BC. I predict significant civil unrest within the USA.

Kidnapping a bad guy like Maduro is one thing. Credibly threatening civil democracies such as Canada or Greenland is a different matter. I choose to have faith in the goodness of our average U.S. neighbor. Here we go. Fannie Bay, British Columbia, Marilyn Wallace writes in, housing prices have been dropping in several major Canadian markets, which I predict will continue in 2026. Although I am a senior who may suffer some loss in the value of my home, I am encouraged to see that housing affordability for our young families

and essential workers may become possible again. Well, give you a checkmark on that one, Marilyn. It's a nice positive letter. Well, positive, except if you were banking on a windfall from a wholesale. But I bet you're going to get more than you've paid for it. Bill McVeigh in Calgary, I predict that Donald Trump will attempt to prevent the U.S. midterm elections from taking place. As you can see, we've had a number of letters like that.

My guess is that he will claim a national crisis that requires the existing Congress to stay in power. The argument will be bogus, of course, but no one in a position of power in the U.S. government seems willing to oppose him, and he has no intention of stepping down in 2028. Jake Young in Emerson, Manitoba. My prediction is bleak. Welcome to all the rest of the letters. But that's how I see the world these days, unfortunately, especially after last weekend. Greenland will fall before Valentine's Day this year.

That's only a month away. Everything is a bargaining chip. This will only be the first step. I sure hope this is wrong. Pamela McDermott in Burlington, Ontario. I predict that many countries will be looking at acquiring nuclear weapons because Trump has so destabilized historical alliances and has become not only undependable

but is plausibly becoming a threat. That's an interesting prediction, Pamela. Mark Renick in Guelph, Ontario, I predict that the U.S. will occupy Greenland as a way to secure it, but they will leave its sovereignty intact. I don't know Mark I'm not quite sure how you do that

Rob Biarnison in Carbury, Manitoba This letter has a couple of Star Wars references that Star Wars fans will recognize and others won't so let's see how many you get In 2026, the Darkside's agenda of conquest and control will prevail and escalate. The forces, vanilla statements, and lack of resolve will assure its cowardly trend towards irrelevance. That's right, too.

Cleve Myers and Fairview, BEI. November midterms in the U.S. will be suspended. Each extreme move emboldens Trump who appears to seek unchecked power like those he envies. Constitutional limits fail with a spineless Congress and a suspension leaving Republicans in control continues the unchecked aggression. A bogus national security crisis will be created

perhaps involving Venezuela or Greenland or even Canada. Well, I hope this prediction proves wrong. show it is no longer just a crazy thought. Tony Pillow is in Calgary. Due to the relative success of the anti-vax movement in Canada, there will be a Mumps outbreak in Canada in 2026. Do you remember when the Mumps vaccine started? It started in Canada in 1960.

and the success of immunization programs ever since, cases of mumps in Canada have decreased by more than 99%. But when vaccination rates fall, diseases can return. If you look at measles, Canada had only 16 cases between 2020 and 203. But then the number jumped to more than 100 in 2024 and more than 5,000 cases in 2025. Michael Pash in Victoria This is an expectation more than a prediction

Sometime in 2026 the regime in Washington will jump the shark Some action or event will finally be the step too far Will it be Greenland An attempt to sabotage the midterms More Epstein files Another final straw is yet unseen Who knows

It's shocking that it hasn't happened yet, but it will. America has fallen into the sewer. Eventually, the stink will be too much. You know where the expression jump to shark comes from? Got to be old and know this. Comes from the TV show Happy Days. In a 1997 episode, Henry Winkler's character, the Fonz, literally jumps over a shark while water skiing.

It was a ridiculous moment and completely unnecessary in the context of the show. So the expression has come to mean doing something that proves you've reached your best before date. Ken Pellowshock in Newstad, Ontario. On the road to World War III, one or more of NATO's founding members will leave the alliance. I really hope I'm wrong.

Canada is one of the 12 founding countries of NATO. Here are the others. Belgium, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Maryam Rajabali in Colonna B.C. In 2026, I suspect the central political issue won't be policy, but urgency. While governments promise to build a stronger Canada for the future, my concern is whether we're acting fast enough to protect Canadian sovereignty in the present.

The year ahead may test not our values, but our willingness to move before time runs out. Rick McKendee in Gatineau, Quebec. My prediction's wish is that in 2026, there will be a counter-movement of artists, politicians, and citizens who will appeal to our better nature and encourage us to work out our differences, peacefully. We need people like John Lennon and Yoko Ono to gather in a hotel room in Montreal and plead, all we are saying is give peace a chance. In March of 69, there was John Lennon and Yoko Ono, who started a bed-in for peace at a hotel in Amsterdam.

Then in May, they checked into room 1742 of Montreal's Queen Elizabeth Hotel and started their next week-long peace protest. It was the end of this bed-in that a historic and spontaneous performance of Give Peace a Chance was recorded. And guess what? It was about 20 years ago. I was at a speech in Montreal and I stayed at the Queen Elizabeth.

And the hotel management gave me room 1742. It was awfully hard to fall asleep in there simply because it was a history-making room. Now, I'm sure lots of things have changed in there, like the bed and the couch and the chairs and all that. But they put pictures up on the walls of John and Yoko from that era and from that time in the hotel. So it was pretty neat.

I assume anybody can get that room. I hadn't thought of it, and they gave it to me, and I was more than happy. Ken Malagos in Regina. U.S. naval blockade of Canadian oil en route to China. That's my prediction. U.S. does not want to have their adversaries take advantage of replacement oil that they at one time would have sourced from Venezuela. Jeff Fisher in Riverview, New Brunswick.

Pierre Pollyev will win his leadership review, because the deck is stacked in his favor, but he will not survive the year as the leader. Do we welcome Doug Ford now or later? I know we said you could have only one prediction we'd read on here. Jeff has a second one. Too good not to pass on. Here it is.

Bruce Anderson will finally get Chantelle-A-Barre to admit he is right on something. The other exception to the one prediction rule is being made because Brendan Rowe or Brendan Rowe of Toronto wrote a pretty good poem. Here it is. I think this is the last one. This is the last one. We finally have some nice predictions in here.

Not all of them, but some. 2026. Predictions I speak. Peach-colored president gets impeached. Trudeau marries Katie Perry. Fireworks roar. Pierre Pollyev becomes a footnote, nothing more. Agninton Crosstown turned 17, embarrassingly unused. Jays win the World Series.

Leifes stay confused. One-bedroom condos, bottom, minus 38% down in Toronto and Vancouver. Canada buys sob, coasting the USA and F-35 plan. A bear or Mansbridge, next Governor General Carney, ponders on his walk. Sure is going to make for a riveting next good talk. That's one prediction you will never have to worry about from either one of us. And that's not to slide Governor's General. They do a great job, but it's a job I don't think anybody in their right mind would want

for lots of different reasons. Anyway, there are your predictions for 2026. And it took until almost the very last one. one, to have a prediction about the Blue Jays. Well, they're spending money like they're going to win, so let's hope they do. Give us at least one thing to cheer about this year. But it looks pretty bleak for a lot of people. And I'm sorry you feel that way.

I understand why you feel that way. I mean, there have been enough reasons pointing to difficult times, right? Okay, a few words about what's coming up. Tomorrow, of course, is good talk. Bruce and Chantelle will be here, and we'll try and bring you up to date on where things stand in our crazy world these days but tonight I'm I'm in Ottawa

and I'm really looking forward to going to the town cinema and I understand already that it's all for a good cause it's a basically it's a charitable event we're supporting program that Bruce

Anderson and his wife Nancy Jameson and their daughter Molly Anderson and Kate Purchase all got together and started quite some time ago and Rick Anderson in support of the Jamie Anderson Scholarship Fund Parliamentary interns

and we've raised a lot of money over the years and different events and this latest one is something Bruce and Molly thought of in terms of political films, having a kind of festival of political films and it started in the fall and it'll be running through right through into the spring

every month or so. There's a new film from the past that has a political threat. And tonight's film is a face in the crowd, which you may have heard of. You've got to go back away. It's a black and white movie. but it's a great movie in terms of today's politics too

it's about charisma and celebrity and overconfidence there's a theme through this movie that will if you watch it will immediately make you think of what we're witnessing today south of the border So tonight I'm looking forward to being there And I hope many of you are there

Who are able to get to the town cinema in Ottawa It should be a fun evening I think even We're inviting people to come to A little restaurant The Bruce and I are partners in Along with a number of other people in Ottawa as well

called Gia Cantina it's a great little restaurant and that'll be for after the event anyway that's it for today I wanted to give you a plug about tonight

in Ottawa but tomorrow morning good talk with Chantelle and Bruce look forward to doing it I hope you'll be there with us All right. That's going to do it for today. I'm Peter Mansbridge. Thanks so much for listening. Talk to you again in about 24 hours.