The Agenda with Steve Paikin (Video)

A discussion of the laws, rights and ethics around a coronavirus quarantine and what powers the authorities have in the time of a global health pandemic with Dr. Eileen de Villa, the City of Toronto's medical officer of health; Steven Hoffman, director of the Global Strategy Lab and professor of global health, law and political science at York University; and employment lawyer Ryan Watkins.

When it comes to enrolment in early childhood education, Canada lags far behind the OECD average. That's according to the Early Years Study by the Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation Inc., and its chair Margaret McCain explains how children and families benefit from investing in early childhood education.

In 1992, a now infamous leaked document from the Pentagon described the U.S.'s role in the world as providing "adult-supervision." After the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is it time to rethink American role in the world? Should America hand in its gun and badge as the world's police? We debate the future of American power and what some have called a more restrained foreign policy.

It may be easy to forget because we all know how the story ends, but in the spring of 1940, as Churchill became prime minister, a German invasion seemed imminent, and the fate of Britain precariously hung in the balance. Erik Larson details the first year of Churchill's leadership during the war, the escalating aerial attacks, and the behind-the-scenes politicking with an isolationist America in his new book, "The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz."

There are countless women in history whose accomplishments were overlooked and forgotten. We'll look at why women and their stories have been largely ignored by historians, and the new movement seeking to redress that with Western University associate history professor Mona Halpern, and Ryerson University's Faculty of Arts Dean Pamela Sugiman.

In a move to bring equity to the corporate boardrooms, on January 1, 2020, Canada became the first global jurisdiction requiring diversity disclosure beyond gender, by federally incorporated public companies. But does that translate into great strides in attaining gender and cultural diversity into the country's boardrooms? We look at what it will really take to achieve equity in corporate governance.

On the day before Ontario Liberals crown their next leader, they'll say thank you to Kathleen Wynne for her time in public life. Steve Paikin interviews Ontario's 25th premier and reviews the highs and lows of her time in government.

Housing issues in Ontario cities are complex. Our panel of experts makes sense of it. Then, how can the province's smaller cities capitalize on the growth spilling from Toronto? And, five conservative leaning people discuss what's needed in a new Conservative Party of Canada leader. And, what's new in wearable technology and how does the future look for melding machines and humans? The Agenda reviews its top stories from the week.

Last summer, Mary Baxter found herself in the difficult position of acting as advocate for her hospitalized sister Sue, who has severe mental-health issues as well as Parkinson's disease. Baxter, TVO's southwestern Ontario Hub journalist, discovered that her family is just one of many who go through a complex and confusing set of procedures to ensure after care for their loved ones.

How do Ontario's smaller and mid-sized cities handle growth, particularly if they are taking up some of the spill-over from the province's larger cities? Our experts include: John Fleming, VP for the Council for Canadian Urbanism and former chief planner for the City of London; Mary Lou Tanner, partner and principal planner with the Niagara Planning Group, and formerly the chief planner for the Niagara Region; Jason Thorne, general manager of planning and economic development, City of Hamilton; and Jo Flatt, vice president, corporate strategy and planning, Allied REIT, and the former program director at Evergreen, where she led the Mid-Sized Cities Program.

Many parts of the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area face substantial issues around housing affordability. Adding new rental housing would help, but how to get there remains a matter of debate. One study offers some insight on how different policies affected two cities with similar problems: Hamilton and Quebec. The Agenda examines the conclusions with the researchers behind it.

Dr. Andres Lozano, a Toronto-based world renown brain surgeon, joins Steve Paikin to discuss the progress being in made in treating Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's diseases via deep-brain stimulation and high-intensity-focus ultrasound.

Cyborgs: what was once solely science fiction is now a reality for a growing community of tech-enthusiasts, who are redefining the boundaries between human, machine, and AI. Joining Steve Paikin to discuss this brave new world are Tamara Banbury, a self-described ,voluntary cyborg, and a PhD student at Carleton University; Isabel Pedersen, Canada Research Chair in Digital Life, Media, and Culture, Associate Professor at Ontario Tech University; Lee Wilkins, a cyborg artist and adjunct faculty at OCAD and Ryerson Universities; and Rob Spence, a filmmaker with the world's only wireless video prosthetic eye camera.

It may never have occurred to you that you can buy air, or rather, air rights. But you can, and since it's been in the news of late, let's find out what they are and why anyone might want them, with lawyer Patrick Devine, certified specialist in municipal law and founding partner of Devine Park LLP.

The cost of housing - renting or buying it - seems to go in only one direction lately, and that's up. And while that's making it tough for many to keep a roof over their heads, it's providing tidy returns to investors, according to ,Push,, a documentary premiering tonight on TVO that makes the connection between profits and the affordability crisis. To delve into the details we welcome economist Benjamin Tal, realtor Shaun Hildebrand, urban and land development researcher Diana Petramala, and University of Waterloo planning professor Martine August.