The Agenda with Steve Paikin (Video)

We wear yellow bracelets. We pin pink ribbons to our clothing. We run a marathon with the motivation that we're helping a fellow human being in need. But how much do we help the cause when we do these things? The Agenda examines what being a charitable person means today, and how religious and secular giving differs in the 21st century.

Big Ideas lecturers Armine Yalnizyan, Andrew Coyne, John Ibbitson and John Duffy discuss the changing nature of Canada's political culture.

High-profile journalists have recently been accused of plagiarism on both sides of the border. The Agenda examines how the online world is changing journalism.

The McGuinty government has unveiled legislation that would ban strikes and lockouts, as well as rein in wages and cut benefits for almost half of all Ontario public sector workers over the next two years. Steve Paikin sits down with Ontario Federation of Labour President Sid Ryan to find out how labour plans on fighting back.

Invigorating Canadian technology, wind turbine controversy, the American election and Paul Henderson's famous goal. The Agenda examines the Week in Review.

They were words that captivated a nation: "Henderson has scored for Canada." Forty years later, The Agenda looks back on the 1972 Summit Series win against the Soviet Union.

Andrew Podnieks has written a coffee table book on the great hockey series ever played. "Team Canada 1972: The Official 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Summit Series, as told by the players." He talks to Steve Paikin about his book and this series.

Off the ice: Author and sports journalist Bruce Dowbiggin talks to Steve Paikin about the current lockout of the NHL players by the owners, the fourth work stoppage in the past couple of decades.

The wind turbine debate in Ontario is still spinning. In July 2012, Health Canada announced a new study that will look into the possible adverse effects of living near wind power projects. Steve Paikin speaks with Wind Concerns Ontario's Jane Wilson about the health, environmental and economic concerns of those who live near industrial wind turbines.

From anger to support, has the Green Energy Act benefited Ontario? The Agenda looks back on its programs examining the Green Energy Act.

November 6, 2012 is just around the corner. Pollster Peter D. Hart talks about the US election and how American attitudes will determine who will be elected president.

We've picked the low-hanging fruit, and that is slowing down our economic growth. Author Tyler Cowen calls it "The Great Stagnation". He tells Steve Paikin what, if anything, can be done to turn it around.

Quantum computing and nanotechnology aim to map the next groundbreaking frontier in technological innovation. The University of Waterloo is launching a brand new, state of the art facility with the opening of the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre. Michele Mosca, Deputy Director of the Institute for Quantum Computing, joins Steve Paikin to talk about the enormous potential of bringing two giants of tiny research together in one facility.

The Waterloo region glittered on Ontario's innovation economy map for more than a decade as Research in Motion led the world in smartphone and other digital breakthroughs. But after several rounds of layoffs at RIM, does the region's star shine as brightly? The Agenda looks at the impact the shift in RIM's fortunes has had on the local innovation economy and how its ecosystem aims to thrive rather than survive.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he's not going to bother courting the "47% who pay no federal income tax". In The Agenda's story of the week, we unpack who the 47% are, and how those individuals factor into the upcoming US election.