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We used to be optimistic about the future. What happened?

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Having a bit of fun with the waiting game over Don Drummond's highly anticipated report on Ontario's finances.  

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Controversy over the oilsands, the Keystone XL and Northern Gateway pipelines, and an upcoming election make Alberta Canada’s most “happening” province.

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Allan Bonner, political communications consultant with Allan Bonner Communications, reflects on Canada’s evolving national identity

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Agenda Insight essayist Janice Stein on why Canada needs the Keystone XL pipeline to be built.

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If there's a "first family" in Ontario politics, it has to be the Nixons of Brant County. Harry Nixon was the longest-serving member of the Ontario Legislature ever (42 years), and was premier briefly in 1943.  Robert Nixon, his son, was elected 50 years ago this month, winning the Brant constituency after his father died. And Robert's daughter Jane Stewart was the family's third generation in public life, having served as a Liberal MP in the cabinet of Jean Chretien.

We brought Robert Nixon into our studio to mark the 50th anniversary of his first election, back in January of 1962.

Highlights of this interview will air on The Agenda tonight (Tuesday, January 31, 2012) at 8 and 11 p.m.

The entire interview is available below.

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With the protestors evicted, Premiers Mike Harris and David Peterson opined on some of the most significant issues of their times in government.

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This week Inside Ontario: Anticipation before Health Minister Deb Matthews' Monday speech to the Toronto Board of Trade, in which she is "expected to outline some of the Liberal government's plans to transform Ontario's health-care system;" the growing legend of Don Drummond; the future of Niagara Falls's iconic Maid of the Mist; Barrie's new GO Station; and more.

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Mike Harris was a guest speaker at Ryerson University's Ted Rogers School of Management last week. Some students welcomed him by hurling profanities at Ontario's 22nd premier. Ultimately, the police had to be called in to restore order. 

 

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A roundtable discussion of economists yesterday in Ottawa was focused on how to weather another potential economic storm.

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