The election will be called this weekend and the country's voters will be determining Canada's future. There could be as many as six main leaders but the main contest will be between Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre. Are they ready for the five or six weeks ahead? Chantal Hebert and Rob Russo are here for some Good Talk on that.

Week Two of your letters under the title, "What's on your mind". Mostly it's about our differences with our neighbor and long time ally The United States. Canadians remain angry and very concerned about what may lie ahead. But some of you have ideas and you suggest them. Plus the Random Ranter is here with his view on what Pierre Poilievre has to say.

Encore episode. We always get letters when we ask for them but never quite like this week. The question was the old fallback --What's On Your Mind? Well, you responded in record numbers, and in all cases they seem to deal with the situation Canada finds itself in with its neighbour, the United States, and specifically its President. The Random Ranter stays single focused too.

There seems to be a poll a day recently and while they're each a bit different, there is one common theme. The Liberals are back and the race between them and the Conservatives is very tight. Long gone are the huge leads the Conservatives had. And the NDP? -- they've collapsed. So how are the political pros responding to this? That's the question for Smoke, Mirrors and The Truth panelists Bruce Anderson from the Liberals and Fred DeLorey from the Conservatives.

Talk about a quick trip. In less than 48 hours Prime Minister Carney will talk to Volodymyr Zelensky, meet with President Macron, Prime Minister Starmer and have an audience with the King. Then an Arctic stop on the way home. What can be accomplished and will the pictures all be in campaign ads by week's end? And why no meeting yet with Donald Trump? Janice Stein is here on all that and more, including the possible ceasefire in Ukraine.

Day One of the Carney administration reveals a much smaller cabinet, almost half the size of previous ones of late. But is this all about optics or does it really mean a slimmer, more accountable and effective "war" cabinet for the fight ahead? Chantal and Rob tackle that question along with the latest rumblings about what's really happening in the chaotic trade talks with the United States.

We always get letters when we ask for them but never quite like this week. The question was the old fallback --What's On Your Mind? Well, you responded in record numbers, and in all cases they seem to deal with the situation Canada finds itself in with its neighbour, the United States, and specifically its President. The Random Ranter stays single focused too.

The Moore Butts combo is back with a big question -- how do you cut government waste and does Elon Musk have the answer? James Moore, the former Conservative cabinet minister. Gerald Butts, the former Liberal top strategist, get back together on their long running series here on The Bridge to tackle this question.

Bruce Anderson and Fred Delorey drop by for a Smoke Mirrors and the Truth episode that deals with what is now a daily issue -- how to deal with the Trump Factor in A Campaign? Can Trump remain the top issue during a campaign and if so how do you deal with it and him? The Anderson-DeLorey spin room will handle that today.

Janice Stein's regular Monday visit to The Bridge tackles a number of key foreign affairs issues starting with the impact a new Canadian prime minister will have on the relationship with the United States. It's now Mark Carney versus Donald Trump --- should that make a difference? Also, we will release the question of the week.