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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Gen Y Politics
Only 38.8% of eligible Canadian voters between the ages of ...
Only 38.8% of eligible Canadian voters between the ages of 18 and 24 voted in the 2011 federal election. The Agenda brings together a cross-section of millenials - the engaged, enraged, and apathetic - to discuss their views on the state of our democracy.
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Boomer Politics No More
Will understanding Gen Y voters' frustrations with the political system ...
Will understanding Gen Y voters' frustrations with the political system help us better understand the changing nature of modern democracies? Part of The Agenda's continuing look at the state of democracy.
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Marc Bennetts: Developing Dissidence
At the close of 2011, 100,000 Russians took to Moscow's ...
At the close of 2011, 100,000 Russians took to Moscow's streets to protest United Russia's electoral victory. For the first time, Russians are beginning to notice a chink in Putin's armour. Marc Bennetts, author of "Kicking the Kremlin" sits down with our host Piya Chattopadhyay to discuss the growing opposition movement within the largest country in the world, its diverse and struggling membership, and the unwavering administration that stands in its way.
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Russia, Rainbows and Repression
An examination of Putin's anti-gay legislation, the divide between the ...
An examination of Putin's anti-gay legislation, the divide between the West and Russia on homosexual rights and how these issues are playing out during the Sochi Games.
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The Agenda's Week in Review
A week that queried if Ontario is still a place ...
A week that queried if Ontario is still a place to grow. A week that looked to the conflict in Ukraine. The Agenda's Week in Review.
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The Agenda's Week in Review
A week that weighed the minimum wage. A week that ...
A week that weighed the minimum wage. A week that parsed Putin's Russia. The Agenda's Week in Review.
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Paul Adams: Tweaking the Vote
The Harper Conservatives have introduced a sweeping overhaul of Canada's ...
The Harper Conservatives have introduced a sweeping overhaul of Canada's election rules. The Agenda examines what the bill means for the Conservatives, and for Canadian democracy.
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Russia: Trouble in the Neighbourhood
On the eve of the 22nd Olympic Winter Games, The ...
On the eve of the 22nd Olympic Winter Games, The Agenda examines the security concerns over Sochi, the groups behind the terrorist threats and their history with the Russian state, and how Russia's dreams of a Soviet-like sphere of influence is creating further strife in neighbouring countries. The first instalment of The Agenda's special look at Russia during the Sochi Olympic Games.
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Constance Backhouse: Ontario's Dark Reformatory Past
The Ontario Female Refuges Act is a little known piece ...
The Ontario Female Refuges Act is a little known piece of legislation from Ontario's past which allowed officials to send women aged 16 to 35, who were unwed and pregnant or deemed to be troublemakers, to reformatories where they were held against their will and subjected to questionable medical experimentation. Constance Back tells Steve Paikin more about this dark chapter in Ontario's past.
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Ari Shavit: Israeli Conundrums
Since its inception as an idea, what Israel is has ...
Since its inception as an idea, what Israel is has been changing. Journalist and author Ari Shavit has spent the past five years thinking about what Israel is, and what the nation is becoming. He details it in his latest book, "My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel." Ari Shavit sits down with Steve Paikin for a feature interview.
