{"podcast":{"title":"The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge","slug":"the-bridge-with-peter-mansbridge-1185022","podcast_index_feed_id":1185022,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/imTmqqal","website_url":"http://www.thepetermansbridge.ca","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/5b7d8c77-15ba-4eff-a999-2e725db21db5/424c5796-cb88-4d2e-aee3-d5b22e8f8a78/3000x3000/thebridgepod-1920x1920-sxmbug.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Manscorp Media Services","episode_count":1498,"summary":"The Bridge reflects on the issues of the day, covering topics such as politics, public health, technology, and more. Find out more at https://www.thepetermansbridge.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T06:18:10.983904+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bridge-with-peter-mansbridge-1185022"},"episode":{"title":"Moore-Butts: Do Advisory Councils Make A Difference Or Are They Just Show?","slug":"moore-butts-do-advisory-councils-make-a-difference-or-are-they-just-show","published_at":"2026-04-28T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bridge-with-peter-mansbridge-1185022/moore-butts-do-advisory-councils-make-a-difference-or-are-they-just-show","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bridge-with-peter-mansbridge-1185022","url":"http://www.thepetermansbridge.ca","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/sxm.simplecastaudio.com/8320b314-54be-4799-89db-a305caaaff89/episodes/647af430-5131-4198-b00b-a2d1195e4804/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=8320b314-54be-4799-89db-a305caaaff89&awEpisodeId=647af430-5131-4198-b00b-a2d1195e4804&feed=imTmqqal","summary":"Amid much fanfare the government announced last week that it has established a new advisory council on trade with emphasis on the challenging situation with the United States. Looks impressive with some big names and a non partisan flavour. But do these work or are they just a gimmick? Former Harper cabinet minister James Moore and former Trudeau PMO adviser Gerald Butts have their thoughts.","meta_description":"Amid much fanfare the government announced last week that it has established a new advisory council on trade with emphasis on the challenging situation wi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2645,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bridge-with-peter-mansbridge-1185022/episodes/moore-butts-do-advisory-councils-make-a-difference-or-are-they-just-show/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bridge-with-peter-mansbridge-1185022/moore-butts-do-advisory-councils-make-a-difference-or-are-they-just-show.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}