The Agenda with Steve Paikin (Video)

Twenty-five years after the election of the Mike Harris Conservatives in Ontario, journalists Christina Blizzard and Martin Regg Cohn discuss the Common Sense Revolution, the reform it ushered in, and the legacy of the policies.

On June 26, 1995, Mike Harris was sworn in as Ontario's 22nd premier after becoming the first in more than 70 years to lead his party from third to first in one election. On the 25th anniversary of that election, Steve Paikin talks to Harris about the Common Sense Revolution he ushered in.

Southwestern Ontario Hub journalist Mary Baxter provides an update on Essex County's migrant workers, a population that's been particularly hard hit during the pandemic.

After more than five years leading Toronto Police Service and confronting gun violence, terrorist attacks, and even a serial killer, Chief Mark Saunders is leaving his post. The first Black police chief in Toronto, his departure comes as law enforcement is facing accusations of violence, systemic racism and demands to reform. Steve Paikin speaks to Saunders about his accomplished and challenges.

Asher Hill, Canadian ice dancer, choreographer, coach, and co-host of "That Figure Skating Show," discusses his career, institutionalized racism in skating, and Black Lives Matter. Hill is the 2008 Canadian national junior champion and 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist.

This year the last day of school is unlike any other. Due to the pandemic. Globe and Mail education reporter Caroline Alphonso talks to Steve Paikin to discuss education disruption, and also the latest on anti-Black racism and the Peel district school board.

In the second of TVO's two-part debate to determine who will replace Elizabeth May as leader of the Green Party of Canada, Meryam Haddad, Courtney Howard, Dimitri Lascaris, Dylan Perceval-Maxwell, and Andrew West discuss top issues facing Canada.

The work of medical experts and researchers has never been more in the spotlight than during the COVID-19 pandemic. As almost all of Ontario is now reopening and the public and businesses are trying to learn to live with the presence of COVID-19, The Agenda welcomes Dr. Isaac Bogoch, infectious diseases physician at the University Health Network, for the latest on the virus.

COVID-19 cases are down, and Ontario is opening again. Even Toronto and Peel will move into stage 2 this week, leaving only Windsor-Essex in stage 1. How does Canada's recovery compare with other countries? Political science professor Peter Loewen from the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy talks to Steve Paikin about his work to determine if the country lines up with the rest of the world.

Outgoing leader Elizabeth May fought hard to get the Green Party of Canada into the spotlight on the federal stage. She succeeded where others had not and now she's passing the torch. Judy Green, Amita Kuttner, David Merner, Glen Murray, and Annamie Paul debate the issues facing Canada as Steve Paikin moderates the first of two debates.

Jim Balsillie, former co-CEO of Blackberry and now the chair of Council of Canadian Innovators discusses how the economic crisis caused by the pandemic should be treated as an opportunity for the Canadian economy to veer away from a reliance on production and exports of tangible goods, and towards support for the creation and protection of intellectual properties.

Recently, Canadians have witnessed interactions between RCMP officers and Indigenous people that have led to violence and even death. What's behind this tragic situation that Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller calls ,a disgusting pattern of police violence against Indigenous people., The Agenda discusses the RCMP's relationship with Indigenous communities, racism within the organization, and what can be done to mend historical and present-day wounds.

Sara Diamond shepherded OCAD U from its former incarnation as an art and design school into a full university. As she prepares to leave her post at the helm, Steve Paikin talks to her about her memorable 15 years as OCAD U's president.

Since 1996, National Indigenous Peoples Day has been celebrated on June 21. This year, celebrations will be a bit different. Shelby Lisk, our journalist covering Indigenous issues, talks about how people are planning to mark the day.

For more than a century and half, Canada's residential schools inflicted astonishing suffering on Indigenous children and families across the country. A new project offers a way to see some of how that unfolded across the country. Joining The Agenda to discuss the Residential Schools Land Memory Mapping Project are: Jackie Fletcher, residential school survivor and member of the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association; Irene Barbeau, residential school survivor and council member for the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association; and Stephanie Pyne, post-doctoral Research Fellow with the Residential Schools Land Memory Mapping Project at Carleton University.