Lots up for discussion on Good Talk this week -- public service unions are fighting Ottawa over remote work, Mark Carney's view on carbon tax, more on Pierre Poilievre on the "notwithstanding clause" and how the issue of abortion could be involved, and the CBC and its executive bonuses. Chantal and Bruce join me for all that and a few words about Rex too.

Good Talk -- Is Three Days A Week At The Office Too Much?

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Four hostages were rescued from Hamas over the weekend by Israeli special forces, but does that change the situation in Gaza at all?  In fact, does it force an even longer war? Dr Janice Stein has her regular Monday analysis on this and on the Ukraine-Russia war where things may be about to change. Plus the latest on elections in India and South Africa.

After the Hostage Rescue, Does the Gaza Situation Change?

There are big issues for Bruce and Chantal to handle this week. There are good conversations on these three issues: whether certain unnamed Parliamentarians have been dealing with foreign actors and what should be done about it; an interest rate cut and whether it is a signal of a changing economic outlook; and, as Pierre Poilievre takes one of his MPs to the woodshed, he's getting great reviews for doing so.

Good Talk - Is it Treason or McCarthyism?

This week's question makes you think and listeners certainly did with a variety of answers, all of which are worth considering. As always the answers come from across the country with a cross section of suggestions.

Your Turn -- What I Know Now I Wish I'd Known In My Youth

Today an encore presentation of an episode that originally aired on June 3rd. With the 80th anniversary of perhaps the greatest military gamble in history upon us this week, we look at D-Day.  Canada played a significant role that day, one in which we can be extremely proud.  Today we invite the well-known and much respected British historian James Holland onto The Bridge to guide us through the highlights of a day that changed the Second World War.

Encore Presentation - D-Day -- 80 Years Later

One of my favourite journalists, Nahlah Ayed, brings to light a little-known Canadian story that centres around preparations for D-Day. It really is at its heart a love story, but it's also a spy story with all the twists and turns that both elements can deliver. Another D-Day special as this week marks 80 years since that historic day.

Good Talk -- Is Three Days A Week At The Office Too Much?

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