The Agenda with Steve Paikin (Video)

Ontario Association of Food Banks executive director Bill Laidlaw tells Steve Paikin about the dire need for food across Ontario's 1200 food banks.

As Ontario Liberals prepare to select a new leader, disability advocate David Lepofsky gives Steve Paikin an update on how Ontario is doing in breaking down barriers for persons with disabilities.

Most of us would consider an individual earning $250k wealthy. But what if that person doesn't "feel" rich? Since the beginning of the economic downturn, we've seen an increased use of the words "rich" and "poor," but what do those definitions really mean? Is the precise definition of the words as important as the ideals prescribed to the notion of "rich" and "poor"?

"In Ontario, there's room for everyone." Words reiterated by Ontario Liberal leadership candidate Charles Sousa's father. Now, the former banker wants to combine his business background and social values to become Ontario's next premier. Charles Sousa sits down with Steve Paikin.

Last month, Ontario's Progressive Conservatives suggested it was time again to consider privatizing the LCBO. Then, the Liberal government announced that some LCBOs would open in grocery stores. Choice, convenience, competition, and a possible spring election - what should Ontario's next steps be in the sale of beer, wine and liquor?

From rape protests in India to the future of the Idle No More movement, The Agenda brings you the Week in Review.

Elementary teachers are in the classroom today after the Ontario Labour Relations Board ruled a walkout unlawful. The province's secondary teachers' union has also called off next week's day of protest, but is still encouraging its members to withhold extracurriculars. The Agenda examines the legality of these job actions and the next steps for the governments, and the unions.

Hot on the heels of the holiday season: gifts, garbage and for some of us, debt. The Agenda asks: Are we accumulating too much stuff?

Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak is travelling the province, delivering what he characterizes as "straight talk" about the state of Ontario's economy. He sits down with Steve Paikin to lay out his prescription for change.

There are seven candidates vying to fill Dalton McGuinty's shoes. Gerard Kennedy is one of them. He sits down with Steve Paikin to talk about his approach to balancing Ontario's books while staying true to Liberal values.

St. Catharines resident Ian Thomson used a gun to defend his home against arsonists. Then he was charged with weapons offenses. While Thomson was acquitted of the charges, does this case highlight the need for a change to Canada's firearms laws?

Gerard Kennedy lost to Dalton McGuinty on the final ballot of the 1996 Ontario Liberal leadership convention. How would the province have been different if Kennedy had won?

As protests continue over the rape, beating and subsequent death of a 23-year old female student in India, The Agenda examines the role of women in Indian culture, and whether the violent crime is a tipping point for change in the country.

The world was shocked over the rape and killing of a student in India. Yet the word "rape" is bandied about casually in the Western world. Does the word no longer have power?

Plan Canada CEO Rosemary McCarney tells Steve Paikin about the "Because I am a Girl" campaign and efforts to improve the lives of girls and young women abroad, and at home.