The governing Liberals went into a caucus retreat this week down in the polls, concerned about unity and without a clear plan to pull themselves back together. On the other end of the weekend, have the political winds shifted? Three backbench MPs — Kody Blois, Arielle Kayabaga and Anthony Housefather — discuss what they heard. The CBC’s Jacques Poitras also joins the program to talk about how a New Brunswick policy governing the use of pronouns in schools has kicked off similar policies across the country. Canada’s top soldier, Gen. Wayne Eyre, shares for the first time his memories of a chaotic battle in Croatia, where Canadian peacekeepers engaged in an intense firefight. Plus — Canada’s ambassador to the UN, Bob Rae, discusses how the international community must prepare for even more intense disasters in the future.