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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Where Waste Goes
It's perhaps one of the greatest luxuries of modern life ...
It's perhaps one of the greatest luxuries of modern life and we all do it many times a day: toss waste in the bin and forget it. We may sort and we may bundle, but beyond that it becomes someone else's concern. The Agenda talks to two municipal experts to follow the trash and find out what happens next.
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Southern Ontario Gothic
When Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize for Literature in ...
When Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013, she not only brought attention to her life's work but also to the genre she encapsulates. Southern Ontario Gothic is alive and well in authors such as Munro, Margaret Atwood, Jane Urquhart and classic greats such as Robertson Davies and Marian Engel. The Agenda explores how Southern Ontario Gothic evolved and how it reflects the darker side of Ontario society, past and present.
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Emily St. John Mandel: Station Eleven
Ontario and the Great Lakes is the setting for Emily ...
Ontario and the Great Lakes is the setting for Emily St. John Mandel's post-apocalyptic novel. The Canadian author had modest success as a novelist with three books under her belt. Her fourth book, the novel 'Station Eleven,' hit The New York Times bestseller list, garnered nominations for the National Book Award among other prestigious literary prizes, and most recently won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction Literature. Emily St. John Mandel discusses her new-found success and the story which has captured a wide range of readers.
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Mulcair vs. Trudeau
It's game-on for Thomas Mulcair and Justin Trudeau, the two ...
It's game-on for Thomas Mulcair and Justin Trudeau, the two federal leaders vying for the anti-Harper vote in the upcoming election. With five months to go, The Agenda takes a look at their leadership styles and potential campaign strategies to determine how they're positioning themselves to sway voters.
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Moises Naim: The End of Power
In 'The End of Power,' leading writer and thinker Moises ...
In 'The End of Power,' leading writer and thinker Moises Naim is basically saying, "Power ain't what it used to be." According to Naim, power nowadays is harder to exercise, more difficult to keep and there is much more competition for it. He discusses his ideas with Steve Paikin.
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Michael Coren: Change and Outrage
Author and broadcaster Michael Coren was a public defender of ...
Author and broadcaster Michael Coren was a public defender of the Roman Catholic Church. But after publicly supporting gay rights, Coren received a barrage of criticism that made him to re-examine his worldview. Now that Coren has left the Catholic Church, the attacks against him have intensified. Michael Coren tells Steve Paikin how it can be difficult to change your mind.
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Social Conservatism in Canada
For years, trends across Canadian society suggested that the social ...
For years, trends across Canadian society suggested that the social conservative movement was in trouble across Canada. But examples such as protests to Ontario 19s sex education curriculum and the interest in Trinity Western University show that the social conservative movement still has life in it. Is there a future for social conservatism in Canada?
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Patrick Brown: The New Ontario PC Leader
On May 9, 2015, Patrick Brown was elected Ontario Progressive ...
On May 9, 2015, Patrick Brown was elected Ontario Progressive Conservative leader in a landslide. The Ontario PCs have lost four consecutive elections, but Brown thinks he can make the party win again. Steve Paikin asks Brown about the issues of the day and how the PCs can form government in 2018.
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The Agenda's Week in Review
From discussions of Islam reform and Bill C-51 restrictions to ...
From discussions of Islam reform and Bill C-51 restrictions to the negative effects of sugar and the roots of obesity.The Agenda brings you the Week in Review.
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Ontario's Schoolyard Showdown
After weeks on strike, Ontario secondary school teachers at the ...
After weeks on strike, Ontario secondary school teachers at the Peel, Durham and Rainbow boards have been legislated back to work. Meanwhile, elementary school teachers are continuing their work-to-rule campaign, planning a new phase that will start Monday. In the viewer choice for Story of the Week, The Agenda examines the education labour unrest that has been affecting students all across the province.
