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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Hongying Wang: China's New Financial Giant
China is launching the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and despite ...
China is launching the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and despite the reluctance of the United States government, countries around the world are signing on. University of Waterloo Professor Hongying Wang tells Steve Paikin what the AIIB is and whether Canada should join it.
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Don Drummond: Canada's "Atrocious" Economy?
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz told the Financial Times ...
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz told the Financial Times that the oil price slump is having an atrocious effect on Canada's economy. Don Drummond gives Steve Paikin an update on how Canada's long economic recovery is progressing.
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Pricing Pollution
Environment Canada projects that Canada will fall short of its ...
Environment Canada projects that Canada will fall short of its pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. The Eco Fiscal Commission says it's time to restructure Canada's policies and start pricing pollution. The Agenda examines whether carbon pricing could balance the needs of the environment, the economy and Canadians.
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Alex Epstein: The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
Being forced to rely on alternative energy would be a ...
Being forced to rely on alternative energy would be a horror that would plunge us back into a pre-industrial woirld and our "civilization that runs on cheap, plentiful, reliable energy would see its machines dead, its productivity destroyed, its resources disappearing," argues Alex Epstein in his book, The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels. He takes Steve Paikin through the salient arguments in his work.
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Brian R. Little: Being Oneself
Each of us is unlike anybody else, but none of ...
Each of us is unlike anybody else, but none of us is completely unique. Psychologist Brian R. Little has mined the field of personality science and helped re-shape the old way of thinking about character types. He discusses his findings with Steve Paikin.
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Norman Doidge: Brain's Healing Energies
For a very long time scientists thought the brain was ...
For a very long time scientists thought the brain was an organ beyond treatment. If something went wrong or if one was born with a deficit, the conclusion was "tough luck." Not so anymore. There are revolutionary techniques that can alleviate anything from chronic pain to Parkinson's disease or Down syndrome. Dr. Norman Doidge lays it out in his book "The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity." He'll discuss this, and more, with Steve Paikin.
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The Agenda's Week in Review
A week that explored China's bottom line, a week that ...
A week that explored China's bottom line, a week that looked at a new face at the ICC, a week that wondered why women are falling behind professionally. The Agenda's Week in Review.
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The Future's In the Past
The Story of the Week as chosen by viewers is ...
The Story of the Week as chosen by viewers is Canada's Future Shop store closures. Last weekend, customers and employees alike showed up at Future Shop stores to find the doors locked, with signs saying "location closed." It's another in a long list of recent closures in Canada. The Agenda examines the reasons behind the chain's demise, and considers the future of the Canadian retail job market.
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Losing Professional Ground: Women
Despite the fact that girls are excelling in school, women ...
Despite the fact that girls are excelling in school, women continue to be paid less than their male counterparts once they enter the work force. In professions such as law and medicine, the retention of female employees takes a significant dive after five years. Tonight on The Agenda we examine this counterintuitive phenomenon.
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Making the Grade: Boys
In the Western world girls are surpassing boys in attendance ...
In the Western world girls are surpassing boys in attendance and performance in elementary school, so much so that there is a growing concern that boys are being left behind. The Agenda asks: Should we be worried about the success of boys?
