Steve Paikin
@spaikin.bsky.social
https://stevepaikin.com
Host, "The Paikin Podcast"
Co-host, the "#onpoli podcast"
Columnist, http://TVO.org
Columnist, Toronto Star
Host, TVO Today Live
Host, Ontario Chronicle
Author of 9 books.
Pathologies: Leafs, Red Sox, Ticats.
Host, "The Paikin Podcast"
Co-host, the "#onpoli podcast"
Columnist, http://TVO.org
Columnist, Toronto Star
Host, TVO Today Live
Host, Ontario Chronicle
Author of 9 books.
Pathologies: Leafs, Red Sox, Ticats.
Here’s what I learned interviewing all of Ontario’s former premiers: www.tvo.org/article/i-sa...
The Premier Files youtube.com/playlist?lis... #onpoli
The Premier Files youtube.com/playlist?lis... #onpoli
TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts
www.tvo.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Here’s what I learned interviewing all of Ontario’s former premiers: www.tvo.org/article/i-sa...
The Premier Files youtube.com/playlist?lis... #onpoli
The Premier Files youtube.com/playlist?lis... #onpoli
The NDP leadership race is on and Avi Lewis thinks he's got what it takes to help fix Canada. Here's this week's @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social #cdnpoli #ndp
YouTube: youtu.be/P1SQJtz56Hg
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YouTube: youtu.be/P1SQJtz56Hg
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The rest: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
Why Avi Lewis Thinks He Can Save the NDP
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November 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The NDP leadership race is on and Avi Lewis thinks he's got what it takes to help fix Canada. Here's this week's @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social #cdnpoli #ndp
YouTube: youtu.be/P1SQJtz56Hg
Apple:https://apple.co/4oZXgSk
The rest: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
YouTube: youtu.be/P1SQJtz56Hg
Apple:https://apple.co/4oZXgSk
The rest: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
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After months of cross-border tension and trade woes, the "Buy Canadian" and #ElbowsUp movements urge Canadians to skip U.S. goods and travel. On TVO Today Live @spaikin.bsky.social asks @laura-babcock.bsky.social and Peter Shurman if snowbirds should bypass the U.S. this season.
Should Snowbirds Skip the U.S. This Year | TVO Today Live
YouTube video by TVO Today
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October 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
After months of cross-border tension and trade woes, the "Buy Canadian" and #ElbowsUp movements urge Canadians to skip U.S. goods and travel. On TVO Today Live @spaikin.bsky.social asks @laura-babcock.bsky.social and Peter Shurman if snowbirds should bypass the U.S. this season.
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U.S. government official refers to Doug Ford as ‘Prime Minister of Ontario’ during TV interview www.thestar.com/news/ontario...
Prime Minister Doug Ford? There was a time when Ontario premiers were called prime minister, explains @spaikin.bsky.social, but why? www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnBD...
Prime Minister Doug Ford? There was a time when Ontario premiers were called prime minister, explains @spaikin.bsky.social, but why? www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnBD...
When premiers were prime ministers | Nerds on Politics
YouTube video by TVO Today
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November 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
U.S. government official refers to Doug Ford as ‘Prime Minister of Ontario’ during TV interview www.thestar.com/news/ontario...
Prime Minister Doug Ford? There was a time when Ontario premiers were called prime minister, explains @spaikin.bsky.social, but why? www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnBD...
Prime Minister Doug Ford? There was a time when Ontario premiers were called prime minister, explains @spaikin.bsky.social, but why? www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnBD...
Bless you, boys, for being a team anyone could fall in love with www.tvo.org/article/bles... @bluejays.com #mlb #WorldSeries #WANTITALL
TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts
www.tvo.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Bless you, boys, for being a team anyone could fall in love with www.tvo.org/article/bles... @bluejays.com #mlb #WorldSeries #WANTITALL
🚨🎙️NEW episode: Darrell Bricker and @johnibbitson.bsky.social on "Breaking Point."
➡️Trudeau’s failures
➡️Immigration
➡️Angry young people
➡️Tensions in Quebec and the Prairies
➡️How to fix it
YouTube: youtu.be/7WJ0y7s_BZ8
Apple: apple.co/4nzNt4c
All the others: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
➡️Trudeau’s failures
➡️Immigration
➡️Angry young people
➡️Tensions in Quebec and the Prairies
➡️How to fix it
YouTube: youtu.be/7WJ0y7s_BZ8
Apple: apple.co/4nzNt4c
All the others: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
Is Canada at a Breaking Point?
YouTube video by The Paikin Podcast
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November 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
🚨🎙️NEW episode: Darrell Bricker and @johnibbitson.bsky.social on "Breaking Point."
➡️Trudeau’s failures
➡️Immigration
➡️Angry young people
➡️Tensions in Quebec and the Prairies
➡️How to fix it
YouTube: youtu.be/7WJ0y7s_BZ8
Apple: apple.co/4nzNt4c
All the others: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
➡️Trudeau’s failures
➡️Immigration
➡️Angry young people
➡️Tensions in Quebec and the Prairies
➡️How to fix it
YouTube: youtu.be/7WJ0y7s_BZ8
Apple: apple.co/4nzNt4c
All the others: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
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🚨🎙️Our latest episode of World Edge
➡️Could Trump’s Israel-Hamas peace deal work?
➡️Disarming Hamas?
➡️An international stabilization force?
➡️What happens next?
YouTube: youtu.be/8-XigMDVY3c
Apple: apple.co/49uU9wV
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4y2u...
#Gaza #israelhamaswar #GazaCeasefire
➡️Could Trump’s Israel-Hamas peace deal work?
➡️Disarming Hamas?
➡️An international stabilization force?
➡️What happens next?
YouTube: youtu.be/8-XigMDVY3c
Apple: apple.co/49uU9wV
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4y2u...
#Gaza #israelhamaswar #GazaCeasefire
Does Trump Deserve Credit for the Israel-Hamas Peace Deal? | World on Edge
YouTube video by The Paikin Podcast
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October 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🚨🎙️Our latest episode of World Edge
➡️Could Trump’s Israel-Hamas peace deal work?
➡️Disarming Hamas?
➡️An international stabilization force?
➡️What happens next?
YouTube: youtu.be/8-XigMDVY3c
Apple: apple.co/49uU9wV
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4y2u...
#Gaza #israelhamaswar #GazaCeasefire
➡️Could Trump’s Israel-Hamas peace deal work?
➡️Disarming Hamas?
➡️An international stabilization force?
➡️What happens next?
YouTube: youtu.be/8-XigMDVY3c
Apple: apple.co/49uU9wV
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4y2u...
#Gaza #israelhamaswar #GazaCeasefire
The Premier Files: he was sworn in as Ontario's 24th premier 22 years ago this month. Dalton McGuinty brought in full day kindergarden, rid us of coal-fired energy plants, & had his share of troubles. youtu.be/HSDqaWdE3kQ?... #onpoli @ontliberal.bsky.social
The Premier Files: Dalton McGuinty | The Premier Files
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October 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The Premier Files: he was sworn in as Ontario's 24th premier 22 years ago this month. Dalton McGuinty brought in full day kindergarden, rid us of coal-fired energy plants, & had his share of troubles. youtu.be/HSDqaWdE3kQ?... #onpoli @ontliberal.bsky.social
Saying farewell to the most talented MPP you’ve never heard of www.tvo.org/article/sayi... @ontarioliberal.bsky.social #onpoli @cfl.ca @ticats.bsky.social @uoftpress.bsky.social @canadapostcorp.bsky.social @yorkuniversity.bsky.social @oecd-ocde.bsky.social @viarailcanada.bsky.social
TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts
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October 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Saying farewell to the most talented MPP you’ve never heard of www.tvo.org/article/sayi... @ontarioliberal.bsky.social #onpoli @cfl.ca @ticats.bsky.social @uoftpress.bsky.social @canadapostcorp.bsky.social @yorkuniversity.bsky.social @oecd-ocde.bsky.social @viarailcanada.bsky.social
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On #onpoli with @spaikin.bsky.social and @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social:
• Seating plan drama at Queen’s Park
• Why local politics matter
• Residency hurdles for international medical grads
• Is it time for a public grocer?
• Can municipalities & developers get along?
🎧 youtu.be/Vz1okbAdZeE?...
• Seating plan drama at Queen’s Park
• Why local politics matter
• Residency hurdles for international medical grads
• Is it time for a public grocer?
• Can municipalities & developers get along?
🎧 youtu.be/Vz1okbAdZeE?...
October 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
On #onpoli with @spaikin.bsky.social and @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social:
• Seating plan drama at Queen’s Park
• Why local politics matter
• Residency hurdles for international medical grads
• Is it time for a public grocer?
• Can municipalities & developers get along?
🎧 youtu.be/Vz1okbAdZeE?...
• Seating plan drama at Queen’s Park
• Why local politics matter
• Residency hurdles for international medical grads
• Is it time for a public grocer?
• Can municipalities & developers get along?
🎧 youtu.be/Vz1okbAdZeE?...
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Irrespective of what happens in the World Series, all baseball fans are invited to join our SABR Hanlan's Point Chapter autumn event with award-winning Canadian journalist (and huge baseball fan), STEVE PAIKIN @spaikin.bsky.social. November 9 12pm in Toronto. Contact us for registration details!
October 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Irrespective of what happens in the World Series, all baseball fans are invited to join our SABR Hanlan's Point Chapter autumn event with award-winning Canadian journalist (and huge baseball fan), STEVE PAIKIN @spaikin.bsky.social. November 9 12pm in Toronto. Contact us for registration details!
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Full-day kindergarten, health care, the establishment of the Greenbelt — and the gas plant scandal. Dalton McGuinty reflects on the policies and politics that defined his decade in office. Watch The Premier Files with @spaikin.bsky.social
The Premier Files: Dalton McGuinty | The Premier Files
YouTube video by TVO Today
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October 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Full-day kindergarten, health care, the establishment of the Greenbelt — and the gas plant scandal. Dalton McGuinty reflects on the policies and politics that defined his decade in office. Watch The Premier Files with @spaikin.bsky.social
What a joy talking to the funniest guy I've ever met. Here's @martinshort.bsky.social on @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qss4... #comedy
Martin Short: Being Canadian in Trump's America
YouTube video by The Paikin Podcast
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October 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
What a joy talking to the funniest guy I've ever met. Here's @martinshort.bsky.social on @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qss4... #comedy
I witnessed Joe Carter’s historic home run in 1993. The memories just came flooding back www.tvo.org/article/i-wi... #MLB @bluejays.com #WorldSeries
TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts
www.tvo.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I witnessed Joe Carter’s historic home run in 1993. The memories just came flooding back www.tvo.org/article/i-wi... #MLB @bluejays.com #WorldSeries
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"Do I bear responsibility for [eHealth, Ornge, gas plants]? Of course, that's how our democracy works." — Dalton McGuinty talks to @spaikin.bsky.social on The Premier Files, Oct. 24 at 8pm on @wearetvo.bsky.social | Producer: @carrletta.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f2T...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f2T...
October 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"Do I bear responsibility for [eHealth, Ornge, gas plants]? Of course, that's how our democracy works." — Dalton McGuinty talks to @spaikin.bsky.social on The Premier Files, Oct. 24 at 8pm on @wearetvo.bsky.social | Producer: @carrletta.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f2T...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f2T...
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“Pierre Poilievre is dismantling the principled, serious and credible Conservative Party,” wrote Dimitri Soudas, former senior advisor to Stephen Harper. Are the knives out for Pierre Poilievre?
Our latest episode of Everything Political: youtu.be/fgoCG-mDHfc
Listen: apple.co/4m81G7K
#cdnpoli
Our latest episode of Everything Political: youtu.be/fgoCG-mDHfc
Listen: apple.co/4m81G7K
#cdnpoli
Is Pierre Poilievre Destroying the Conservative Party? | Everything Political
YouTube video by The Paikin Podcast
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October 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“Pierre Poilievre is dismantling the principled, serious and credible Conservative Party,” wrote Dimitri Soudas, former senior advisor to Stephen Harper. Are the knives out for Pierre Poilievre?
Our latest episode of Everything Political: youtu.be/fgoCG-mDHfc
Listen: apple.co/4m81G7K
#cdnpoli
Our latest episode of Everything Political: youtu.be/fgoCG-mDHfc
Listen: apple.co/4m81G7K
#cdnpoli
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What is a news desert? Learn more about this growing trend this Sunday, Oct. 26 at 8 p.m.: https://www.tvo.org/big-if-true 📺
October 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
What is a news desert? Learn more about this growing trend this Sunday, Oct. 26 at 8 p.m.: https://www.tvo.org/big-if-true 📺
Want to solve the housing crisis? Try a marriage counsellor www.tvo.org/article/anal... #onpoli @carolynparrish.bsky.social #housing #HousingCrisis #HousingMarket
TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts
www.tvo.org
October 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Want to solve the housing crisis? Try a marriage counsellor www.tvo.org/article/anal... #onpoli @carolynparrish.bsky.social #housing #HousingCrisis #HousingMarket
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PM Carney wants to ramp up investments in defence significantly, but what does that mean?
🔴New F-35 fighters from the US?
🔴Ice breakers for the Arctic?
🔴Joining Trump’s Golden Dome?
🎙️NEW episode: Canadian defence in a changing world order.
YouTube: youtu.be/Z00JoIYq5vU
Apple: apple.co/4nVNNeA
🔴New F-35 fighters from the US?
🔴Ice breakers for the Arctic?
🔴Joining Trump’s Golden Dome?
🎙️NEW episode: Canadian defence in a changing world order.
YouTube: youtu.be/Z00JoIYq5vU
Apple: apple.co/4nVNNeA
Will Canada Defend Itself? | World on Edge
YouTube video by The Paikin Podcast
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October 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
PM Carney wants to ramp up investments in defence significantly, but what does that mean?
🔴New F-35 fighters from the US?
🔴Ice breakers for the Arctic?
🔴Joining Trump’s Golden Dome?
🎙️NEW episode: Canadian defence in a changing world order.
YouTube: youtu.be/Z00JoIYq5vU
Apple: apple.co/4nVNNeA
🔴New F-35 fighters from the US?
🔴Ice breakers for the Arctic?
🔴Joining Trump’s Golden Dome?
🎙️NEW episode: Canadian defence in a changing world order.
YouTube: youtu.be/Z00JoIYq5vU
Apple: apple.co/4nVNNeA
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“Politicians in every other province and the federal House of Commons get [pensions]. And it's there so that they don't fall between the cracks at the end of the day,” former PC MPP Peter Shurman tells @spaikin.bsky.social
ANALYSIS: Former MPPs want in on Doug Ford’s new pension plan. Will he let them? | TVO Today
MPPs who sat between 1995-2025 remain without a pension. They’re bringing their fight directly to the premier.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“Politicians in every other province and the federal House of Commons get [pensions]. And it's there so that they don't fall between the cracks at the end of the day,” former PC MPP Peter Shurman tells @spaikin.bsky.social
Here's some of what we were up to on @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social this week: www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/t... #cdnpoli @pierrepoilievregp.bsky.social @gretchenwhitmer.bsky.social @govwhitmer.bsky.social
THE PAIKIN PODCAST: Pierre Poilievre takes in a Jays game, and other big news
Hosted by one of Canada's most respected journalists, Steve Paikin's new podcast is featured here every Saturday morning in cooperation with Village Media
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October 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Here's some of what we were up to on @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social this week: www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/t... #cdnpoli @pierrepoilievregp.bsky.social @gretchenwhitmer.bsky.social @govwhitmer.bsky.social
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"The Liberal leadership is a desirable opportunity for the brave, but no small renovation job. Does fortune really favour the bold?" — @spaikin.bsky.social
ANALYSIS: Who wants to lead the Ontario Liberals? | TVO Today
Everything is on the table for the third-place party — including some truly outside-the-box candidates.
amp.tvo.org
October 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"The Liberal leadership is a desirable opportunity for the brave, but no small renovation job. Does fortune really favour the bold?" — @spaikin.bsky.social
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"I think the reforms we made for education were 100 per cent for students... And I think the union was 100 per cent off track on that." — former Ontario premier Mike Harris tells @spaikin.bsky.social on The Premier Files, Oct. 10 at 8pm on @wearetvo.bsky.social | Producer: @carrletta.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"I think the reforms we made for education were 100 per cent for students... And I think the union was 100 per cent off track on that." — former Ontario premier Mike Harris tells @spaikin.bsky.social on The Premier Files, Oct. 10 at 8pm on @wearetvo.bsky.social | Producer: @carrletta.bsky.social
DavidColetto of Abacus Data joins the Everything Political panel with former MPs Martha Hall Findlay & Tony Clement on how Canadian voters are split between wanting a disruptor versus a reassuring & calming father figure. Follow @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social:
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Facts are facts but every issue has multiple sides, and Steve Paikin wants to hear them all. From Canadian politics to seismic global changes to signature one-on-one interviews and redline debates on ...
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October 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
DavidColetto of Abacus Data joins the Everything Political panel with former MPs Martha Hall Findlay & Tony Clement on how Canadian voters are split between wanting a disruptor versus a reassuring & calming father figure. Follow @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social:
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