The Agenda with Steve Paikin (Video)

A week that examined religious rebirth. A week that considered who we are. The Agenda's Week in Review.

Author Carolyn Abraham sits down with Steve Paikin to tell him about her journey to India and Jamaica, and through stacks of archive documents and genetic tests, to solve the mysteries of her family history and find out who and what she is.

Politics by the numbers: Innovative Research Group's Greg Lyle sits down with Steve Paikin for the latest polling numbers in Ontario politics.

Ready, set, wait? The teams are ready for Ontario's next election, despite the fact that one hasn't been called. The chairs and co-chairs of Ontario's four main political parties tell Steve Paikin what it's like to work towards an election that hasn't yet been called.

Author and theologian George Weigel says to understand the future of the Roman Catholic Church, one has to look back a century and a half to reforms put in place by Pope Leo XIII. George Weigel tells Steve Paikin what this version of the church looks like and how it will respond to modernity.

In a time of increasing secularization, could a Christianity that addresses climate change and environmental crisis breathe new relevance into the faith? Author and professor Stephen Bede Scharper tells Steve Paikin about Christianity's green future.

We want things to be "fair". We want all individuals to be deserving of similar treatment. But that runs in the face of the fact that most human beings tend to naturally favour family and kin. Is it healthy for society to promulgate ideas which do not jibe with the evolutionary underpinnings of human psychology?

In the centre of downtown Toronto lies the bustling Yonge-Dundas Square. The Agenda examines the role of the square, and asks if this public space has lived up to its promise.

Many of the parks and squares in major cities are filled with protesters, activists and preachers - but to what extent are these efforts legitimate? The Agenda explores what constitutes legitimate activism.

After five tumultuous years as Canada's first parliamentary budget officer, Kevin Page takes his leave as his term expires. Steve Paikin talks to Page about the controversial accountability office he built, its greatest challenge and what the future holds.

Another year, another budget tabled in the House of Commons, another rubber stamp vote on the horizon. Experts across the country lament the state of Parliament's ability to really scrutinize the billions in taxpayer's money. Former PBO Kevin Page joins a panel of budget watchers to ask what happened to Parliament's power of the purse and what can be done to reclaim it.

A recent Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives report finds that austerity measures put in place by the Ontario government in 2012 have harmed the province. Is it time to reverse the trend? CCPA author and CAW economist Jim Stanford sits down with Steve Paikin.

Canada currently doesn't have a clear energy strategy. If we want to become a global energy power player, what needs to happen?

The latest casualty in the Eurozone Crisis: Cyprus. If the island nation collapses, what will that mean to the future of the European Union? The Agenda's Story of the Week.

A week that looked at the role of the teacher. A week that weighed Canada's military role. And a week that asked why the Great Lakes are losing water. The Agenda's Week in Review.