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.
ANALYSIS: Here’s what the federal budget might have missed www.tvo.org/article/anal... #Budget2026 #cdnpoli
TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts
www.tvo.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
ANALYSIS: Here’s what the federal budget might have missed www.tvo.org/article/anal... #Budget2026 #cdnpoli
Check out this ZOOM Happy Hour with @mikelakemp.bsky.social: An Exercise in Civility, on @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social. youtu.be/phhqenL0ivg?... #cdnpoli
ZOOM Happy Hour with Conservative MP Mike Lake: An Exercise in Civility?
YouTube video by The Paikin Podcast
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November 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Check out this ZOOM Happy Hour with @mikelakemp.bsky.social: An Exercise in Civility, on @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social. youtu.be/phhqenL0ivg?... #cdnpoli
NEW episode of @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social: Hugh Laurie surprised “House” creator David Shore by flying in for this chat.
➡️Becoming Dr. House
➡️Dialing down the curmudgeon levels
➡️Who House is based on
YouTube: youtu.be/yhN1iNkfKK4
Apple: apple.co/4m81G7K
All the others: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
➡️Becoming Dr. House
➡️Dialing down the curmudgeon levels
➡️Who House is based on
YouTube: youtu.be/yhN1iNkfKK4
Apple: apple.co/4m81G7K
All the others: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
How Hugh Laurie Became Dr. House | A Conversation with Hugh Laurie & David Shore
YouTube video by The Paikin Podcast
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
NEW episode of @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social: Hugh Laurie surprised “House” creator David Shore by flying in for this chat.
➡️Becoming Dr. House
➡️Dialing down the curmudgeon levels
➡️Who House is based on
YouTube: youtu.be/yhN1iNkfKK4
Apple: apple.co/4m81G7K
All the others: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
➡️Becoming Dr. House
➡️Dialing down the curmudgeon levels
➡️Who House is based on
YouTube: youtu.be/yhN1iNkfKK4
Apple: apple.co/4m81G7K
All the others: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
Almost a year of unpredictable and often punishing U.S. tariffs has Canada looking for options. Should we pivot trade relations toward China?
I'll host a discussion for "TVO Today Live" on Dec. 4, 2025. Get your free tickets
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I'll host a discussion for "TVO Today Live" on Dec. 4, 2025. Get your free tickets
www.eventbrite.ca/e/tvo-today-...
TVO Today Live: Amid U.S. Trade Woes, should Canada look towards China?
TVO Today Live is back! Steve Paikin asks: Canada wants to diversify its trade partners. Should that include a pivot towards China?
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November 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Almost a year of unpredictable and often punishing U.S. tariffs has Canada looking for options. Should we pivot trade relations toward China?
I'll host a discussion for "TVO Today Live" on Dec. 4, 2025. Get your free tickets
www.eventbrite.ca/e/tvo-today-...
I'll host a discussion for "TVO Today Live" on Dec. 4, 2025. Get your free tickets
www.eventbrite.ca/e/tvo-today-...
My interview with finance minister Francois-Philippe Champlain in the eve of a big vote on his first ever budget: “Nostalgia is not a really good strategy.
FULL interview: youtu.be/x6o-_MXCPpg
Apple: apple.co/4m81G7K
All the others: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
FULL interview: youtu.be/x6o-_MXCPpg
Apple: apple.co/4m81G7K
All the others: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
Minister François-Philippe Champagne: Will His Budget “Transform” Canada?
YouTube video by The Paikin Podcast
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
My interview with finance minister Francois-Philippe Champlain in the eve of a big vote on his first ever budget: “Nostalgia is not a really good strategy.
FULL interview: youtu.be/x6o-_MXCPpg
Apple: apple.co/4m81G7K
All the others: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
FULL interview: youtu.be/x6o-_MXCPpg
Apple: apple.co/4m81G7K
All the others: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
Will anyone miss fixed election dates? www.tvo.org/article/anal... #onpoli
TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts
www.tvo.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Will anyone miss fixed election dates? www.tvo.org/article/anal... #onpoli
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"China is shaping the world in ways as profound as climate change, and in many respects, it's doing it faster than we are able to adapt to it with our political system," @kovrig.bsky.social tells @spaikin.bsky.social in a feature 1x1 for TVO Today Live.
@crisisgroup.org @therundowntvo.bsky.social
@crisisgroup.org @therundowntvo.bsky.social
Michael Kovrig: Why Canada Should Have No Illusions About China | TVO Today Live
YouTube video by TVO Today
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:13 AM
"China is shaping the world in ways as profound as climate change, and in many respects, it's doing it faster than we are able to adapt to it with our political system," @kovrig.bsky.social tells @spaikin.bsky.social in a feature 1x1 for TVO Today Live.
@crisisgroup.org @therundowntvo.bsky.social
@crisisgroup.org @therundowntvo.bsky.social
My latest @torontostar-rss.bsky.social columm: "What is it with the courts in the U.S. anyway?" asks Mme. Justice Rosalie Abella, on where we learned democratic rights: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... #justice #courts #SCOTUS
Steve Paikin: ‘What is it with the courts in the U.S. anyway?’ Rosalie Abella on where we learned democratic rights
The Constitution is the ‘Rubicon’ that divides our two approaches to law, the former Canadian Supreme Court Justice says
www.thestar.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
My latest @torontostar-rss.bsky.social columm: "What is it with the courts in the U.S. anyway?" asks Mme. Justice Rosalie Abella, on where we learned democratic rights: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... #justice #courts #SCOTUS
On #onpoli with @spaikin.bsky.social
and @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social:
• Better Call Paul?
• Ford answers a veterans’ challenge
• Ontario’s fiscal future
• Lessons from former premiers
• Cyclist ruling shakes rural Ontario
🎧 On YouTube & podcast feeds
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWIl...
and @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social:
• Better Call Paul?
• Ford answers a veterans’ challenge
• Ontario’s fiscal future
• Lessons from former premiers
• Cyclist ruling shakes rural Ontario
🎧 On YouTube & podcast feeds
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWIl...
Better call Paul Calandra? | #onpoli
YouTube video by TVO Today
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
On #onpoli with @spaikin.bsky.social
and @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social:
• Better Call Paul?
• Ford answers a veterans’ challenge
• Ontario’s fiscal future
• Lessons from former premiers
• Cyclist ruling shakes rural Ontario
🎧 On YouTube & podcast feeds
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWIl...
and @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social:
• Better Call Paul?
• Ford answers a veterans’ challenge
• Ontario’s fiscal future
• Lessons from former premiers
• Cyclist ruling shakes rural Ontario
🎧 On YouTube & podcast feeds
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWIl...
Keep an eye out next week for our 1x1 interview on @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social with Canada's finance minister, Francois-Philippe Champagne. We talk about his first budget, but so much more as well. #cdnpoli @liberalca.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Keep an eye out next week for our 1x1 interview on @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social with Canada's finance minister, Francois-Philippe Champagne. We talk about his first budget, but so much more as well. #cdnpoli @liberalca.bsky.social
Here's a sneak peek of our TVO interview with Michael Kovrig, who spent more than 1,000 days in a Chinese prison on bogus, trumped up charges. What he has to say about China is worth listening to. Airs on TV on Dec. 12. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WviF... #China
Michael Kovrig: Why Canada Should Have No Illusions About China | TVO Today Live
YouTube video by TVO Today
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Here's a sneak peek of our TVO interview with Michael Kovrig, who spent more than 1,000 days in a Chinese prison on bogus, trumped up charges. What he has to say about China is worth listening to. Airs on TV on Dec. 12. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WviF... #China
🚨🇨🇦NEW on @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social: former CPC leader Erin O'Toole on:
➡️Our large bump in military spending
➡️Should we buy new submarines?
➡️The threat Russia and China pose
➡️Arctic sovereignty
YouTube: youtu.be/OVgtfpwNdv4
Apple: apple.co/49j7dpd
All the others: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
➡️Our large bump in military spending
➡️Should we buy new submarines?
➡️The threat Russia and China pose
➡️Arctic sovereignty
YouTube: youtu.be/OVgtfpwNdv4
Apple: apple.co/49j7dpd
All the others: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
Is Canada’s Military Ready for the New Chaotic Global Order? | World on Edge
YouTube video by The Paikin Podcast
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
🚨🇨🇦NEW on @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social: former CPC leader Erin O'Toole on:
➡️Our large bump in military spending
➡️Should we buy new submarines?
➡️The threat Russia and China pose
➡️Arctic sovereignty
YouTube: youtu.be/OVgtfpwNdv4
Apple: apple.co/49j7dpd
All the others: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
➡️Our large bump in military spending
➡️Should we buy new submarines?
➡️The threat Russia and China pose
➡️Arctic sovereignty
YouTube: youtu.be/OVgtfpwNdv4
Apple: apple.co/49j7dpd
All the others: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
Somebody's put together a pretty terrific video on @bobrae.bsky.social's time as Canada's ambassador to the United Nations. Apparently there is life after being premier. Watch to the end for a fun smile. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jSM...
Bob Rae, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations, 2020-2025
YouTube video by Global Affairs Canada
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Somebody's put together a pretty terrific video on @bobrae.bsky.social's time as Canada's ambassador to the United Nations. Apparently there is life after being premier. Watch to the end for a fun smile. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jSM...
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
Apple:https://apple.co/4oZXgSk
The rest: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
YouTube: youtu.be/P1SQJtz56Hg
Apple:https://apple.co/4oZXgSk
The rest: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
Why Avi Lewis Thinks He Can Save the NDP
YouTube video by The Paikin Podcast
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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...
Reposted by Steve Paikin
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.
Reposted by Steve Paikin
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
www.youtube.com
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
youtu.be
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
youtu.be
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
YouTube video by TVO Today
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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
www.tvo.org
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?...
Reposted by Steve Paikin
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!