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The Agenda with Steve Paikin is TVO's flagship current affairs program - devoted to exploring the social, political, cultural and economic issues that are changing our world, at home and abroad. The Agenda airs weeknights at 8:00 PM EST on TVO - Canada's largest educational broadcaster.
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During Black History Month, The Agenda invites author Marie Carter to discuss her latest book, In The Light of Dawn: The History and Legacy of a Black Canadian Community. She will be joined by Dr. Afua Cooper, Canadian historian and scholar to discuss how a small, rural town in Ontario shaped Black history across the nation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Will healthcare, housing, or tariffs decide the upcoming Ontario election? Host Steve Paikin asks Erin Kelly, CEO and co-founder of Advanced Symbolics Inc., what Polly the A.I. pollster has to say about the state of the race so far.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
With Premier Doug Ford calling a quick and early election in Ontario, youth across the province are not shying away from making sure their voices are heard. Amidst an affordability crisis and threats from Trump, Generation Z tells us why it is so important to be politically engaged – even if some aren't old enough to vote. The Agenda welcomes teens from across the province to discuss what issues they are paying attention to this Ontario election. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
After 15 years at the helm, Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner has put issues such as climate change and the environment on the agenda at Queen's Park. They've also been elected in Kitchener Centre and Guelph, and now hope to pull off a victory in Parry Sound-Muskoka. Can the Greens successfully increase their seat count at Queen's Park in the upcoming Ontario election? Host Steve Paikin asks: Mike Schreiner, leader of the Green Party of Ontario, running for re-election in the riding of Guelph.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Doug Ford says he wants to protect Ontario. When it comes to iconic sites like Ontario Place and the Science Centre, has he protected Ontarians' interests? To discuss, we're joined by Greg Brady, Cynthia Wilkey, Menon Dwarka, and Michael Taube.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Unpredictable, impulsive, arbitrary. These are some of the words that might come to mind to describe President Trump's first few weeks in office. But is the chaos the point? Richard Nixon famously wanted the North Vietnamese to believe he'd do anything to end the war, including using nuclear weapons. It was called his "madman theory." Is Trump deploying the same strategy but, to the entire world? And what does his zero-sum approach mean for the post-World War II order? .See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
When external shocks have jolted the provincial economy, governments have stepped up and spent, to support hard-hit businesses and workers. Think of the 2008 financial crisis or the COVID-19 pandemic. But with public debt now north of $400 billion, and fears of what it'll cost to backstop Donald Trump's tariff threats, does the province have the balance sheet strength to protect us from the worst?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Two men named Gary helped make Toronto cool in the 1970s, at a time when this city most definitely was not. They had no rule book. They didn't have a lot of money. But they had interests and ideas -- a lot of them crazy -- and they had the nerve to make things happen. First came movie theatres. Then came concert bookings. And what a roster of acts they introduced to the city... The Ramones, The Police, The Smiths, The Go-Gos and The B-52s to name a few. And now one of the Garys... Gary Topp... is the subject of a new book called He Hijacked My Brain, about his often wild career as a cultural curator. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The death of Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, or Aga Khan IV as he was better known, has led to an outpouring of tributes. The spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, more than 80,000 of whom reside in Canada, was known for his philanthropic efforts around the globe. Here to reflect on his legacy: Arif Lalani, former Canadian diplomat who also led the diplomatic department of His Highness the Aga Khan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Voters in Ontario will be heading to the polls on February 27. For some, in the north, the trip will certainly be colder - but what else sets their experience apart? What are the ballot issues that could energize people in the region, and are they prepared to send the PCs back to Queen's Park? For insight, we welcome: David Tabachnick, a professor of political science at Nipissing University in North Bay; Wendy Landry, the mayor of Shuniah, a municipality just outside Thunder Bay, and president of the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association; and Livio Di Matteo, an economist at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Why are Gen Z and millennials drinking less alcohol than their parents did? And how has the Non-Alcoholic industry changed over the years? We gather a panel of experts to look at the recent decline in drinking and what we can learn from it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Traditionally, in Ontario politics the Liberals and New Democrats would fight over endorsements from organized labour, while the Conservatives stood on the sidelines. Those days are gone. In just t first week of the Ontario election campaign Doug Ford's Tories have already received several union endorsements. For insight on why, we welcome: JP Hornick, president of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union; Karen Brown, president of the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario; Victoria Mancinelli, director of communications at the Laborers International Union of North America; andJeff Gray, Queen's Park reporter for the Globe and Mail.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
When former finance minister Chrystia Freeland resigned due to her opposition to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's fiscal policy, it sent shockwaves through Parliament Hill. Now she wants her boss's job. But who was Chrystia Freeland before her meteoric rise in Canadian politics? Host Steve Paikin talks to journalist Catherine Tsalikis about her new biography: "Chrystia: From Peace Valley to Parliament Hill." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
They are two of our country's best and best-known actors, but they're also known for rarely acting in the same project. Happily, they have made an exception to that rule in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" currently on stage at the Bluma Appel Theatre in the provincial capital. Find out more about why this married couple in real life wanted to play one of the most dysfunctional, unhappy couples on stage. Martha Burns and Paul Gross join Steve Paikin to discuss.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Meta is ending its third-party fact-checking program in the U.S. and allowing "more speech" on Facebook and Instagram. It says it will move towards a community notes model similar to "X," as Mark Zuckerberg becomes more aligned with the Trump administration. The Agenda invites a panel of experts to break down what this means for us and the future of social media.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ontario has ponied up billions and billions of dollars to be the electric vehicle capital of the world. But with the Trump administration's pivot away from EVs, and tariffs on top of that, has this province's investment been misguided? Brian Kingston, President and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association; Rachel Doran, VP of Policy and Strategy of Clean Energy Canada; Josipa Petrunic, President & CEO of the Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium; and Greig Mordue, Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Practice and Technology at McMaster University and the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Chair in Advanced Manufacturing Policy join Steve Paikin to discuss.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Agenda's week in review debated Premier Doug Ford's tariff rationale for an early election, examined why Canada needs to take a real stab at reducing interprovincial trade barriers, and asked whether climate action still matters to voters. Guests include Jeffrey Simpson, Jessica Green, Monte Solberg, Sabrina Nanji and Richard Southern talking with host Steve Paikin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Do Ontarians want an early election? We check in with radio hosts from across the province to see how communities are responding to heading to the polls 16 months early. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Receiving a diagnosis of dementia requires a series of tests and a deep understanding of cognitive function. It also requires someone who can recognize the early signs. In short, the wait time for a dementia diagnosis is long. January is Alzheimer's Awareness Month, and to get a better understanding of the disease and the impact dementia has on the lives of the 750,000 Canadians living with it, Saskia Sivananthan, data scientist and neuroscientist specializing in dementia, former Chief Research Officer of the Alzheimer Society of Canada and founder and CEO of The Brainwell Institute joins Steve Paikin to discuss.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Erin Kelly, CEO and co-founder of Advanced Symbolics Inc., joins The Agenda to share what Polly, the A.I. pollster, has to say about the public's response to Ontario Premier Doug Ford's snap election call. She will also be sharing what top issues Ontarians are caring about. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Technology that enables better prevention and better contact tracing is essential to combat spread. More funding and more attention brought to industry that are addressing these issues.
Great discussion. I’d like to see school boards invest more in research that focuses on how students learn, and less on what they should be learning. In other words, students would do well to know how to they learn best. And the curriculums themselves should have empirical research to support there adoption into school boards.
Interesting to see how agendas were brought to the table. No mention of innovation in energy storage to offset down-time or off-peak.
The fact that we have children in lockdown for weeks while large businesses stay open and precarious workers cannot afford to take sick leave is disgusting.
She’s contradicting herself. Also arguing that we cant manage migratory birds really is laughable considering the successful history of north american waterfowl cooperation.
Excellent collegial debate!
I wonder if the people who don't want windfarms forced on rural communities feel the same way about running pipelines through Native land. But it's awfully telling that the interviewee who thinks student activists can't think for themselves also concluded his argument by saying "I don't know and I don't care."
Given the amount of controversy around this subject it seems appropriate that at least one panel member should have offered the other side of the debate. This was not an objective exploration of the subject matter.
come on guys. I've gotten away from listening to stuff like this long enough that it just sounds like racist pandering
This sounds like sour grapes male voter blaming. Kathleen Win had more chances than most because of the party she represented. I was behind her when she started, even thought I am a fiscal conservative. She followed the same path as her mentor Dalton and she lasted longer than she should have. Her spending was driving our credit rating into the ground. If anything I was the fool for thinking you can trust someone on the left side of the isle for curbing spending and paying down debt. This had nothing to do with male voters, and I find it offensive that seems the slant this is taking.
Nobody's gonna mention that their party leader is an ethnonationalist terrorist sympathizer? Okay then.
On the point of Canadian movies and screen time; I would recommend getting them picked up by CBC go and Netflix as I would only really go to the movie theatre for a movie I was really excited about. The cost of movies is too high now.
This was painful. Running universities like businesses is what allows top administrators to splurge on useless vanity projects while academic offerings decline and work is shifted to underpaid contract faculty. The Ford government wants to reduce education (a human right) to a money-making project, with no value placed on scholarship or a well-informed population. On top of that, they don't want businesses to have to pay employees a living wage for the very work that companies profit from. All of these changes (except the free speech bit) are going to cripple Ontario.