The Agenda with Steve Paikin (Video)

Bullying makes headlines every day in Canada, as a social problem for schools, workplaces, families and friends. We tell kids to stop, to intervene and to speak up. But when they look around, from politics to popular culture, they see an adult society that often rewards the types of behaviours they're told to shun. How can we tackle the problem of bullying in a society that seems conflicted about how it really feels about it?

You spoke, we listened. Tonight, the Agenda brings you the latest on the Bill 115, the Putting Students First Act. Ontario teachers are preparing strike action and work-to-rule campaigns to protest the controversial law, which governs the collective bargaining rights of teachers. The Globe and Mail education reporter Kate Hammer discusses the most recent developments in the standoff between the province and teachers.

From remembering those before us, to solutions for poverty, The Agenda brings you our Week in Review.

Why are people still impoverished in today's Canada? As part of tvo's "Why Poverty?" coverage, The Agenda examines what stands between poverty and its solution.

A dated and broken system: In his new book "Chronic Condition," The Globe and Mail columnist Jeffrey Simpson says Canada's health care system needs to be dragged into the 21st century. Simpson joins the debate as The Agenda examines his arguments.

"Chronic Condition" Author Jeffrey Simpson on what Tommy Douglas would think of the medical system that has emerged from what he started.

Ireland was hit hard by the financial crisis, but their government is confident they will exit their bailout program by next year. Irish Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton tells Steve Paikin how that country's exports and jobs strategy is leading Ireland out of debt.

Five years after the global economic collapse, how are different parts of the world faring economically and how can countries and international institutions come together to move the global economy forward?

Major Ray Wiss says Canada's mission in Afghanistan was a moral one, and that now is not the time to give up the fight. He sits down with Steve Paikin to explain why that is.

As in most wars, civilians are shouldering the brunt of the conflict in Syria. Human Rights Watch deputy program director Tom Porteous tells Steve Paikin the latest from the conflict.

They are vivid, sometimes chilling descriptions of the life of German soldiers during World War II. All brought to life in secretly recorded transcripts of German POWs. Historian Sonke Neitzel, co-author of "Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing, and Dying - The Secret WWII transcripts of German POWs," tells Steve Paikin more about the significance of the transcripts.

China's once-in-a-decade leadership transition kicks off amid great turmoil within the Communist Party. We ask Forbes.com contributor Gordon Chang what's in store for the People's Republic.

From deep pocket politics to the OPP vs. Ontario's Ombudsman: The Agenda's Week in Review.

Columbia University's Fredrick Harris and why, despite being the first black president, Barack Obama has fallen behind in addressing racial inequality in the United States.

Ontario's Ombudsman says the OPP is behind the times when it comes to helping its police officers who have mental health problems resulting from their duties. Ombudsman André Marin also thinks the OPP tried to give him the "bureaucratic brush off." Deputy Ombudsman Barbara Finlay tells Steve Paikin how the OPP could better help its officers.