The Agenda with Steve Paikin (Video)

"People without jobs, and jobs without people." A CIBC World Markets report says Canada's growing labour market gap is threatening the nation's economic prosperity. Report author Benjamin Tal sits down with Steve Paikin.

Phil Angelides is the former chairman of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. He tells Steve Paikin why no one has been prosecuted for involvement in the 2008 financial crisis.

Former Federal Reserve vice chairman and Princeton professor Alan Blinder explains the causes of the 2008 financial crisis, the aftermath, and the work ahead.

As the cost of decoding our DNA continues to drop, direct-to-consumer genetic testing becomes common and research projects, like the newly launched Personal Genome Project Canada, crop up. Soon, more of us may be learning the secrets of our genomes and opening the door to a raft of ethical quandaries. The question is: How much do we really want to know? Can we really understand this confusing code or do we need a doctor or genetic counselor to help us decipher it?

Dr. John Roder, a world-renowned molecular biologist, is the subject of a new documentary "Do You Really Want to Know?" about people making the decision to have genetic testing done to see if they carry the Huntington gene. He and his wife Mary Lou Roder tell Steve Paikin about their decision to get tested and living with the results.

The Agenda asks: are patients over treated and overprescribed in modern health care? The second of two programs looking at the modern realities of medicine.

Ontarians aged 18-64 will no longer be receiving an annual physical. Instead, Ontario physicians will take part in "personalized health reviews", involving limited examination and more discussion. Ontario Medical Association President Doug Weir tells Steve Paikin why this is a prudent approach.

Syria says Israeli warplanes carried out a strike along its border earlier this week, for the first time raising the risk that the two year old conflict may spread outside the country's borders. The Globe and Mail Middle East correspondent Patrick Martin shares the latest with Steve Paikin.

A week that saw a new premier for Ontario. A week that heard first-hand from teachers. And a week that searched for new worlds. The Agenda's Week in Review.

Doug Smith lived the dream that so many young Canadian kids have. He was a first round draft choice and played in the National Hockey League. But 20 years ago, Smith went head first into the boards while playing hockey in Europe. The collision shattered his neck, leaving him paralyzed. He shares his story of recovery with Steve Paikin.

The Ontario Health Study is rolling out Phase 2 of the most ambitious research project this province has ever seen. Lyle Palmer, executive scientific director of the Ontario Health Study, tells Steve Paikin more about the research.

Astrophysicist Chris Lintott has used crowdsourcing as an instrumental tool for getting the public involved in cutting edge research in the field of astronomy. Physicist Rupinder Brar is taking that technology into the classroom here in Ontario. They join Steve Paikin for more.

Bill 115 may have been repealed, but Ontario's education labour dispute is far from over. A group of Ontario teachers join The Agenda to talk about the dispute with the government and where they believe the conflict resides.

2013 sees many important global elections. TVO foreign affairs analyst Janice Stein reflects on the importance of three votes: Israel, Iran and Italy, and what the outcomes will mean to international politics.

Matthew Fisher is Canada's longest-serving foreign affairs correspondent. He sits down with Steve Paikin to discuss what 2013 holds for the world, and Canada.