The Rundown

Artificial intelligence is fast becoming a part of our daily lives, showing up in places we would never have expected, including at border crossings around the world. With more people fleeing their countries due to war, climate change, and other destabilizing events, our next guest argues that countries are turning to AI-driven technology to help secure their borders, but at a profound human cost. Joining us now, lawyer and anthropologist Petra Molnar, author of "The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence".

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After two by-election losses, the NDP terminating its supply-and-confidence agreement, and the Conservatives preparing to table a motion of non-confidence, what does the year ahead look like for Trudeau's liberals? For more on that we're joined by: Ginny Roth (Partner, Crestview Strategy), Andrew Perez (Principal, Perez Strategies), Brian Topp, (Chair of the Board, The Broadbent Institute), and Tonda MacCharles (Ottawa Bureau Chief, Toronto Star).

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Daniel Levitin is fascinated by the effect of music on the brain, and he has written another book exploring that connection. It's called "I Heard There was a Secret Chord: Music As Medicine," and he joins Steve Paikin to discuss how we can harness music to help us heal.

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Two-and-a-half years ago, the Ontario government identified that we would need 1.5 million new homes over the next decade to meet demand. What will it take to solve Ontario's housing crisis? Mike Moffat, the Founding Director of PLACE Centre at the Smart Prosperity Institute; Lisa Helps, the Executive Lead of BC Builds; Neil Rodgers, Strategic Advisor for the Ontario Home Builders Association; and Jag Sharma, Deputy City Manager of Development and Growth Services for the City of Toronto join Steve Paikin to discuss possible solutions.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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