Nice Photo Op -- Where's Canada?

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Nice Photo Op -- Where's Canada?

FromThe Bridge with Peter Mansbridge

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Mar 14, 2023

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The leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia meet in California to discuss how to deal with China in the Pacific. The pictures of the three standing in front of a nuclear sub were impressive, but is it worth asking "where was Canada?" And then our regular Tuesday update with Brian Stewart on the war in Ukraine -- is a spring offensive on its way from Ukraine?

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