A GST holiday, 250 dollar cheques, what's next as the Liberals try to win back Canadians in the months before an election. If it looks desperate, then call it that, is the way some are describing the latest actions of the Trudeau government. Chantal Hebert and Bruce Anderson have their say on yet another week where the Trudeau liberals look like they are floundering.

A potpourri of concerns from listeners across the country. Everything from climate action, to potshots at Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre, to bike lanes and pet care. And because it's Thursday, we also have the Random Ranter and he joins the chorus started by Chantal Hebert last Friday calling for a federal election soon to clarify Canada's position in the upcoming relationship with Donald Trump.

Today an encore presentation of an episode that originally aired on October 15th .Lloyd Axworthy has been in Canadian politics and public service for most of his adult life and his reflections on that time are more than interesting for those who follow the country's ups and downs. Time in the cabinets of Pierre Trudeau, John Turner and Jean Chretien allowed Axworthy to see power close up. Also, in today's conversation to reflect on the differences between the Liberal party of that era and the one today.

A lot of things changed in our world on the night of November 5th when Donald Trump won the US Presidency and began his journey back to the White House. What about climate change? Will concerns about it drop off the radar seeing as many in the new administration are climate deniers? Professor Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist who teaches at Texas Tech, makes a return to the Bridge to talk about the latest on the climate debate.

Some of the proposed appointments to the new Donald Trump cabinet have surprised many, but none more so than his planned intelligence and security positions. Foreign affairs and defence security analyst Dr Janice Stein turns her regular Monday appearance on the Bridge into a discussion on that this week. How will US allies respond to the new appointments and what will happen to their sharing of secrets?

Donald Trump's win has changed everything so why not change the Canadian election timetable? That's Chantal's suggestion this week and it provides a lot of Good Talk with Bruce and me. In fact that suggestion is the basis for the whole hour this week with lots of off ramps into the economy, immigration and Elon Musk. 

The premise of this week's question is simple: if the decision is made to cut government services and expenditures, where would YOU cut? Now, not everyone agrees with the premise and we hear from them as well, but many others do suggest ways to cut.  And then the Random Ranter joins us -- he wants to know where all the small cars have gone.

Today an encore presentation of an episode that originally aired on September 10th. Author Ted Barris joins us today to discuss his latest book, Battle of Britain - Canadian Airmen in Their Finest Hour. Once again Ted recounts stories from our history we had forgotten or simply didn’t know.

So how did the media do during the most consequential election of our time? Lots of different opinions on that but today we focus on the views of one person, someone who has a great deal of expertise on this issue. Bill Fox is a former senior reporter, a top political advisor to a former prime minister, and a former executive for major companies. He's also an author specializing in discussion about the media. Today he's our guest.

A week later, what should we be thinking? Janice Stein, our regular Monday contributor, may surprise you because she's not quite as pessimistic as others. Today she explains why, by using our two common themes of the past few years -- Russia/Ukraine and the Middle East.