The Agenda with Steve Paikin
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 - Ontario's Public Media ...
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 - Ontario's Public Media Broadcaster.
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Sudbury Scandal Leads to Charges
One of the three criminal investigations facing the Ontario Liberals ...
One of the three criminal investigations facing the Ontario Liberals has resulted in criminal charges -- not against Premiere Wynne or her chief of staff, but against Gerry Lougheed, a highly influential fundraiser. The Agenda considers the charges and their impact at Queen's Park.
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Keeping Kids Crime-Free
Leena Augimeri of the Child Development Institute talks about how ...
Leena Augimeri of the Child Development Institute talks about how at-risk children with behavioural problems can be kept safe from pursuing crime-related activities with tools to help with self-control, emotional regulation and problem-solving.
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Up In Arms
Up In Arms: How the Gun Lobby is Changing Canada, ...
Up In Arms: How the Gun Lobby is Changing Canada, a documentary airing on TVO, takes viewers inside a subculture that is just now coming out of the shadows. Nadine Pequeneza, director of the doc, discusses Canada's gun culture, its evolution, how it functions, and what inspired her to create the film.
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Gunning for Answers
Akwasi Owusu-Bempah, a criminology professor at Indiana University discusses data ...
Akwasi Owusu-Bempah, a criminology professor at Indiana University discusses data on gun violence in Toronto and the GTA. In reality, are citizens as safe as they believe they are?
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Truth and Reconciliation on the Campaign Trail
Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner Marie Wilson examines how the calls-to-action ...
Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner Marie Wilson examines how the calls-to-action contained in the TRC report are being addressed by political parties during the 2015 election campaign. Included in her concerns are education, child welfare and Aboriginal healing practices.
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The Aboriginal Vote
Steve Bonspiel - who penned an article entitled "Why Mohawks ...
Steve Bonspiel - who penned an article entitled "Why Mohawks Don't Vote in Federal Elections" - and Sylvia Maracle of the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres examine the reasons behind low Aboriginal voter turnout. They also discuss efforts to strengthen Aboriginal civic engagement in the run-up to the federal election.
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Closing the Gap
Assembly of First Nations National Chief, Perry Bellegarde, discusses the ...
Assembly of First Nations National Chief, Perry Bellegarde, discusses the AFN's Federal Election Priorities document "Closing the Gap." He speaks to Steve Paikin about health care initiatives, repealing Bill C-51, and his change of heart on his own habit of not voting.
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A Dose of Caution
It may be the most commonly used painkiller in Canada, ...
It may be the most commonly used painkiller in Canada, yet an average of 68 Canadians die per year from acetaminophen overdose. "Toronto Star" health reporter Jennifer Yang explains how Canadians may not have the information they need to safely use the acetaminophen and codeine products that line their medicine cabinet shelves.
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Ontario's Opioid Problem
Opioid consumption and overdose has reached record levels in Canada ...
Opioid consumption and overdose has reached record levels in Canada - from 2010 to 2013, almost 2300 people died in Ontario alone from opioid-related causes. The stories in the news tend to be about illicit use, but that's just one part of the picture. The Agenda examines the use and misuse of some common medications and the challenges of keeping people pain-free through access to powerful drugs.
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A More Conservative Canada?
"A more conservative Canada made Stephen Harper, and Stephen Harper ...
"A more conservative Canada made Stephen Harper, and Stephen Harper made Canada more conservative," Globe and Mail columnist John Ibbitson writes in his biography of our 22nd prime minister. But, has the political shift to the right trickled down to the Canadian public? Will the Conservative Party become the natural governing party of the 21st century? Ibbitson and a panel of experts weigh in.
