Activist, lobbyist and entrepreneur Abi Roach has been involved in the cannabis business in Ontario one way or another since 2001. Tonight on The Agenda, she discusses the evolution of province's cannabis strategy, changing attitudes toward the substance and why she thinks the future remains bright for the sector.

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Nearly six years after cannabis was legalized by the federal government, issues remain with how pot is regulated in Canada. The Agenda explores several facets of legalization, including whether consumers have enough information about the harms and benefits of cannabis, gaps that still exist with respect to pardons and why cannabis-related health research has fallen behind.

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Uncertainty about the future availability of labour and pesticides are among the reasons some Ontario farms are introducing robots into their operations. A look at the autonomous machines that are starting to appear in Ontario fields and the people who are help driving their adoption, on tonight's The Agenda.

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Christopher Liddell has had a front row seat to the circus that is U.S. politics. He was White House deputy chief of staff during Donald Trump's presidency, and was involved in three presidential transition cycles, including Donald Trump to Joe Biden. He joins us to talk about his new book about presidential transitions, called "Year Zero: The Five-Year Presidency."

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On June 8th, 2024, the Canadian Society of Creative Iron Arts hosted an iron pour at the Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology. The event was open to the public, with scratch blocks available for purchase. Attendees carved their own molds to be filled with molten iron, which once cooled could be taken home as a souvenir.

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Are the infrastructure projects in some Ontario cities worth the pain homeowners, businesses, and commuters are feeling? Ontario is steadily growing but its major roads and bridges need repair and new transit is sorely overdue. What is the cost to Ontarians and will the benefits outweigh years of inconvenience? For insight, we welcome: urban affairs journalist John Lorinc; University of Toronto civil engineering professor Shoshanna Saxe; urban planner Neil Loewen; and York-Eglinton BIA managr Steven Spencer.

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David Lepofsky joins The Agenda to talk about his own journey with disability and his work "Swimming Up Niagara Falls!" about the fight to include disability rights in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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A new report by Desjardins Economic Studies finds that not enough housing is being built for students. The Agenda interviews the co-author of the report to look at what's behind this housing shortage.

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Research shows that 2.5 million people in Ontario don't have access to a family doctor. This number is expected to nearly double in two years. Last year, Queen's University partnered with Lakeridge Health to create a new family medicine program and help train Ontario's next generation of family physicians.

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Should students still pursue a university or college education? The Agenda looks at all sides of a very complicated question.

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