36 Facts About Peter Mansbridge

Peter Mansbridge was born on July 6,1948 and is a British-born Canadian retired news anchor.

Peter Mansbridge was host of CBC News Network's Mansbridge One on One.

On September 5,2016, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation announced that Peter Mansbridge would be stepping down as chief correspondent and anchor on July 1,2017, after the coverage of Canada's 150th-anniversary celebrations.

Peter Mansbridge is a Distinguished Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto.

Peter Mansbridge was born on July 6,1948, in London, England.

Peter Mansbridge's father received a Distinguished Flying Cross medal for his service as a navigator aboard an Avro Lancaster bomber during World War II.

Peter Mansbridge next served in the Royal Canadian Navy in 1966 and 1967 as a Royal Canadian Navy Pilot Trainee but left because this two year RCN Officer training plan required everyone joining to be a High School graduate.

Peter Mansbridge worked as a ticket agent for Transair at Churchill Airport in Churchill, Manitoba.

In 1968, Peter Mansbridge was discovered by Gaston Charpentier, a station manager for the local Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio station CHFC, when he heard Peter Mansbridge making a flight announcement.

In 1971, Peter Mansbridge moved to Winnipeg to continue as a reporter for the CBW radio station and in the next year, he joined CBWT-TV as a reporter.

In 1975, Peter Mansbridge became a reporter in Saskatchewan for the CBC's flagship evening news program The National.

Peter Mansbridge was the announcer of CBC News' This Week In Parliament, which was hosted by colleague Don Newman; Peter Mansbridge provided the voice-over for the opening, intro, and ending of the program.

On May 1,1988, Peter Mansbridge debuted as the sole anchor of The National.

In 1992 he became co-anchor with Pamela Wallin of CBC Prime Time News, which replaced The National as CBC Television's main network newscast; when the newscast reverted to the name The National in 1995, Peter Mansbridge resumed his role as the program's sole anchor.

Peter Mansbridge has anchored coverage of many world events, both in the studio and on the scene.

Peter Mansbridge was on the air live when the 2003 invasion of Iraq began and anchored coverage of it.

Peter Mansbridge reported extensively from Normandy both 50 and then 60 years after D-Day and from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands for the fiftieth anniversary of V-E Day.

Peter Mansbridge reported from the Netherlands for the sixtieth anniversary of V-E Day.

Lisa LaFlamme taking over for Robertson meant that Peter Mansbridge is the only male chief anchor among the big three English networks in Canada.

The former Canadian Heritage Minister, James Moore, stated that, while Peter Mansbridge could disclose his salary on his own accord, the Canadian Government could not be compelled to do so.

In 2014, the CBC provided a document to the Canadian Senate Committee on Transport and Communications indicating that Peter Mansbridge earned $80,000 per year.

Later that year, CBC released additional documents to both the Senate and on its own webpage demonstrating that four CBC "on-air" employees earned more than $300,000 per year ; while the CBC did not disclose the name of these employees, it was speculated that Peter Mansbridge was likely in this group of four.

In 2016, an anonymous source revealed CBC internal documents to CANADALAND's Jesse Brown indicating Peter Mansbridge's salary, including additional remunerations on top of his base pay, was roughly $1.1 million per year for a number of years prior to 2014.

Peter Mansbridge defended himself saying he gave about 20 speeches each year, about half of them unpaid, and that he often donates part of the money to charity.

Peter Mansbridge was the second CBC employee discovered to be accepting money from outside agencies for speaking fees.

In 2016, anonymous insider sources from the CBC told CANADALAND that the CBC compensated Peter Mansbridge for losing earnings from speaking fees; Peter Mansbridge denies this claim.

In 2016, Peter Mansbridge announced his retirement from hosting The National, and step down as Chief Correspondent of CBC News after anchoring CBC's Canada Day coverage on the country's 150th anniversary.

Peter Mansbridge made his final broadcast from The National on June 30,2017; and made his final live coverage during Canada Day on July 1,2017, paving the way for his retirement.

From October to December 2017, Peter Mansbridge undertook a 17-stop cross-Canada storytelling tour.

Peter Mansbridge has been married to Canadian actress Cynthia Dale since November 14,1998, and they have a son, William, born in 1999.

Peter Mansbridge has two daughters from a first marriage to Parm Dhillon, which ended in 1975.

Peter Mansbridge kept pebbles from a visit to the Battle of Dieppe site in France, dirt from Vimy Ridge, and sand from the beaches at Normandy, as well as pieces of the Berlin Wall and the Great Wall of China.

Peter Mansbridge was and is an avid and longtime fan of the original Winnipeg Jets and the current Winnipeg Jets, having attended the signing of Bobby Hull in 1972 while working as a reporter for CBWT.

Since the 2019 Canadian federal election, Peter Mansbridge has hosted a daily podcast called The Bridge.

Peter Mansbridge has won several honours throughout his career, including 13 Gemini awards.

Peter Mansbridge has received a number of honorary degrees; these include:.