This Matters

Guest: Toronto Star reporter Kenyon Wallace 

Ontario’s ER crisis is pushing patients to the brink. A recent report by the Ontario Patient Ombudsman reveals a record-breaking 4429 patient complaints—t…

Guest: Toronto Star Senior Immigration Reporter Nicholas Keung 

Every year, unaccompanied minors seek refuge in Canada, from war, violence and worse. But when they get here, they face a new struggle;…

Mark Carney, the former Bank of Canada governor, trounced the competition Sunday winning the Liberal leadership with nearly 86 per cent support. Carney will become prime minister in the days ahead. H…

Guest: Toronto Star Ottawa Bureau Chief Tonda MacCharles

Canadians have been bracing themselves for a potential trade war for over a month, and on Tuesday U.S. President Donald Trump actually launche…

Guest: Toronto Star Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Robert Benzie

On the one hand, Doug Ford won a third straight majority (the first such feat by a premier in Ontario since the 1950s). On the other hand, …

Guest: Toronto Star affordable housing reporter Victoria Gibson 

Ontario is racing towards a snap election on Feb.27 and for a lot of voters, two issues loom well above the rest:  housing and healthc…

Guests: Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie, NDP Leader Marit Stiles, Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner

Star's political columnist Martin Regg Cohn also leads the TMU Democracy forum, where he recently sat…

Guests: Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie, NDP Leader Marit Stiles, Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner

Star's political columnist Martin Regg Cohn also leads the TMU Democracy forum, where he recently sat…

Guests: Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie, NDP Leader Marit Stiles, Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner

Star's political columnist Martin Regg Cohn also leads the TMU Democracy forum, where he recently sat…

Guest: Toronto Star health reporter Megan Ogilvie

Ontario is racing towards a snap election on February 27 and for a lot of voters, two issues loom well above the rest: housing and healthcare. Both a…

Guests: Toronto Star Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Robert Benzie and Queen’s Park reporter Rob Ferguson

On Valentine’s Day, and then again on Family Day, the provincial leaders engaged in this Ontario ca…

Guest: Toronto Star Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Robert Benzie

During an election campaign, it’s unusual for a premier to take his campaign to stops in foreign countries — but these are unusual times, a…

Guest: Toronto Star City Hall Bureau Chief Ben Spurr

The city, we often hear, is a “creature of the province,” and as such almost all city hall business hangs on the indulgence of the premier. So for…

Guests: Toronto Star Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Robert Benzie and Queen’s Park reporter Rob Ferguson

Doug Ford looked strong in announcing retaliatory measures planned in response to threatened tariff…

Guest: Toronto Star Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Robert Benzie

After months of speculation, Premier Doug Ford finally called an election, sending voters to the polls more than a year ahead of schedule. …

Commentator: Robert Benzie

It's likely Doug Ford will call a snap election nearly a year and a half before the province is due. Queen's Park Bureau Chief Robert Benzie gives a brief analysis and expl…

Guests: Richard Warnica and Alex Ballingall

On Monday, we saw the result of an unprecedented political comeback as Donald Trump was officially sworn in as President of the United States – again. His …

Guest: Toronto Star Editor-in-chief Nicole MacIntyre talks about the genesis of the “Toronto the Better” series which looks for ways to improve life in the city in ways big and small

This is the time…

It’s been a historic week in Ottawa. On Friday, Jan. 10, members of the Star’s Ottawa bureau sat for a discussion about how we got to the point where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decided he must ste…

Guest: Toronto Mayor Oliva ChowHost: Edward Keenan

In this episode of This Matters Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow talks about the housing and school nutrition progress she says are her biggest achievement…