#onpoli, a TVO podcast

Ranking history

About the show

Latest episodes

• Are Ontario's private career colleges misusing OSAP?

  October 9, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

  The province is pausing OSAP payments to all career college students in the wake of reporting from the Canadian Press that some schools may be misusing funds. Steve Paikin and John Michael McGrath take a deep dive into how private career…

• Donald Trump's tariffs take a bite out of Steeltown

  October 2, 2026 · 57 min

  Stelco is laying off workers in Hamilton and every level of government is livid. Steve Paikin and John Michael McGrath examine the impact tariffs have had on steel production in Canada, and what an American CEO has to do with this move…

• Stellantis is looking to exit Brampton. Will the government step in?

  September 25, 2026 · 59 min

  Contract talks between Stellantis and UNIFOR have taken a turn for the worse, and the automaker has said it plans to sell its idled plant to a defence contractor. Steve Paikin and John Michael McGrath dig into what's caused this road…

• Mark Carney's EU Pivot, Doug Ford & the Lake Ontario Fight | #onpoli

  September 18, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

  Trade tensions between Canada and the United States reached a whole new level this summer. Steve Paikin and John Michael McGrath discuss what's changed and where we go from here. The #onpoli podcast might have been on hiatus, but the news…

• Queen's Park's extended summer recess

  June 12, 2026 · 60 min

  MPPs are heading into an extended summer break. Steve Paikin and John Michael McGrath discuss what has, and has not, been accomplished this year. Plus, how is the opposition reacting to the long break? Ontario Premier Doug Ford is in the…

• PC caucus chair ousted after standing up to Doug Ford

  June 5, 2026 · 49 min

  Has this been a shorter-than-usual legislative session at Queen's Park? Does it even matter? Hosts Steve Paikin and John Michael McGrath find out, discuss whether they're convinced by the reasons of the earlier recess and what impact this…

• Why is Doug Ford mad at (another) judge?

  May 29, 2026 · 52 min

  A tribunal found that nothing corrupted the Ontario Liberals' controversial nomination meeting in Scarborough Southwest. Hosts Steve Paikin and John Michael McGrath discuss why Nathaniel Erskine-Smith's allegations were rejected, and what…

• Should governments subsidize Ontario's auto sector?

  May 22, 2026 · 54 min

  Newly released TTC documents suggest that Metrolinx is not immune to long delays and cost overruns in building new Toronto transit. The province had taken over planning, saying the city was taking too long to build essential…