The Agenda with Steve Paikin

The Tories are closing the Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth. We talk to a child advocate, a crisis counsellor, and a youth peer mentor about how the move will affect children across Ontario.

ANALYSIS: During the election, the Tories promised to protect the Greenbelt. But a bill set for debate next year breaks that promise, writes John Michael McGrath — and puts 7,200 square kilometres of protected land at risk.

OPINION: Alberta claims it’s being shut out by the LCBO, and it has a point. Maybe it’s time for a 21st-century solution, writes Adam McDowell.

ANALYSIS: Looking to give the gift of Liberal mismanagement, infighting, and political machinations? Bonnie Lysyk’s annual audit has you covered, writes John Michael McGrath.

How can documentary filmmaking and activism overlap?

In her new book, I’m Afraid of Men, Shraya explores how boys learn to be boys — and hurt themselves and others in the process. She talks to TVO.org about gender, transness, and creating change.

You’ve probably never seen one — few have. But experts say their numbers may be on the rise.

OPINION: The Select Committee on Financial Transparency has been grilling Liberals and civil servants for weeks. With just nine days left until its report is due, John Michael McGrath asks, what has it really achieved?

From 1917 to 1934, the Trenton Film Plant made more than 1,500 silent films. We talked to local historian Peggy Dymond Leavey about the studio’s heyday — and its biggest box-office bomb.