@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 10 books.
Pathologies: Leafs, Red Sox, Ticats.
@spaikin.bsky.socialToday is an historic day for Doug Ford. He is now the 6th longest-serving premier in Ontario history, passing Mitch Hepburn. We go thru the list on this week’s #onpoli podcast. | #onpoli youtu.be/FaSe0o1CzEM?...
@spaikin.bsky.socialBeaches-East York has another humdinger of a political contest: www.tvo.org/article/beac... #topoli
@thepaikinpodcast.bsky.socialReposted by @spaikin.bsky.social🚨🌐NEW: Andrew Cohen joins Janice Stein on World on Edge for a deep dive into Carney’s foreign policy.
➡️ Canada’s foreign policy was asleep. Is it awake now?
➡️ Is Carney’s middle powers coalition working?
➡️ Does soft power matter anymore?
VIDEO: youtu.be/u20QZe5i9lI
AUDIO: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
@thepaikinpodcast.bsky.socialReposted by @spaikin.bsky.social📣☎️CALLING all #cdnpoli people: we're doing a mailbag episode this week with @spaikin.bsky.social and the Everything Political crew, Martha Hall Findlay and Tony Clement. Please ask us anything (and everything) political. You can reply below and we'll get to as many as we can. Thanks!
@spaikin.bsky.socialA wonderful launch for Steve Gupta's new book last night. Gupta came to Canada in the 1970s with $108 in his pocket and slept on the floor when he got here. Through hard work, he's turned that into a fortune & known his share of tragedy along the way. www.fromfloortofortune.com
@spaikin.bsky.socialWe’re about to launch Dr. Steve Gupta’s new memoir at the Airport Holiday Inn. 250 people expected. Everyone’s getting a free book.
@spaikin.bsky.social🚨🎙️NEW: Former Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella and UN Amb. Bob Rae with a live taping of @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social:
➡️ The great “rupture” in Canada-U.S. relations
➡️ The “arsonist” in the White House
VIDEO: youtu.be/NSNwdV9MOM8
AUDIO: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
@spaikin.bsky.social@dimitrissoudas.bsky.social joins Everything Political’s Martha Hall Findlay to discuss the state of the Conservative Party, Pierre Poilievre’s leadership, the upcoming referendum in Alberta, & elections in Quebec and BC.
VIDEO: youtu.be/VkC-HzLrlM0
AUDIO: linktr.ee/thepaikinpodca…
@spaikin.bsky.socialHello Sudbury. See you later today. www.thesudburystar.com/news/tvo-sho... #democracy
@thepaikinpodcast.bsky.socialReposted by @spaikin.bsky.socialNEW episode, NEW study: How much would separation cost Alberta?
Martha Hall Findlay breaks down the study she co-authored on the economics of Alberta’s separation and estimates of it costing up to $170 billion in the first five years.
VIDEO: youtu.be/_cS3mDntUak
AUDIO: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
@spaikin.bsky.socialQueen’s Park needs a facelift. Ontario should give PEI a call. www.tvo.org/article/quee... #onpoli #PEIpoli @princeedwardisland.bsky.social
@therundowntvo.bsky.socialReposted by @spaikin.bsky.socialHey Sudbury, TVO Today Live is coming to @sciencenorth.bsky.social for a show. Join @spaikin.bsky.social as he talks to @senatormohamed.bsky.social, @volunteercanada.bsky.social's Megan Conway, PoliticsNOW's @kingsleymalo.bsky.social, and Peterborough's Lois Tuffin. Free tickets & details below.
@hclark.bsky.socialReposted by @spaikin.bsky.socialAlert: Toronto Mayoral debate on affordability. TVO Today Live & @rotmanschool.bsky.social team up on October 15. @spaikin.bsky.social hosts 3 top polling candidates: O. Chow, B. Bradford & C. Alexander. Full details to come, sign up to be notified: tvo.org/tvo-today-live or uoft.me/rotmanevents
@therundowntvo.bsky.socialReposted by @spaikin.bsky.social🎙️ On #onpoli with @spaikin.bsky.social & @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social:
• Stellantis and Unifor hit a major roadblock
• The hottest municipal races across the province
• The numbers behind Ontario's economy
• How to fund the TTC
• An Ontario political first
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
@therundowntvo.bsky.socialReposted by @spaikin.bsky.socialWhy is Stellantis in Brampton in the first place? @spaikin.bsky.social and @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social discuss why Canadians have a vested interest in keeping the Stellantis assembly plant in Brampton, on the #onpoli podcast youtu.be/SY3cOGqatc0?...
@spaikin.bsky.socialThis is one of the most remarkable stories I've ever told. It's a new book on one of Canada's most successful businessmen, who came here from India with almost nothing and built an empire. And through it all, he had to overcome unspeakable tragedy. www.fromfloortofortune.com #books
@spaikin.bsky.social🌐🎙️NEW episode of @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social's "World on Edge" with Janice Stein and guest Sandy White.
👉 Geopolitics of AI
👉 AI panic Overblown?
👉 Iran War
👉 Canada’s separatisms
👉 Too much focus on Alberta, not enough on Quebec?
VIDEO: youtu.be/gGKvYhI4DEg
AUDIO: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
@therundowntvo.bsky.socialReposted by @spaikin.bsky.social"The president can do whatever he wants. We're still going to call it Lake Ontario." — @spaikin.bsky.social and @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social on the #onpoli podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
@spaikin.bsky.socialEstonian Education Minister Kristina Kallas joins for a live show of @thepaikinpodcast.bsky.social on the role of education in national security & Estonia's experience living next to a belligerent neighbour (kinda like us now).
VIDEO: youtu.be/VF4wB9pvPxg
AUDIO: linktr.ee/thepaikinpod...
@spaikin.bsky.socialWhat happens when an Ontario premier dies in office? We found out 112 years ago this week. www.tvo.org/article/will... @ontariopcparty.bsky.social @sooshoe.bsky.social @hydrooneofficial.bsky.social #onpoli
