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Does Your Vote Count Intro

Accountability, Does Your Vote Count, Elections, Parliament

An introduction to “Does Your Vote Count”, a devastating inquiry which examines our increasingly dysfunctional Parliament.

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Who’s Auditing the Auditor?

Accountability, Budget, Government spending, It's Your Government

John Robson speaks to Canada’s current Auditor General, Sheila Fraser.

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Counting the Ice

Accountability, Budget, Government spending, History, It's Your Government

Host John Robson explores the office of Auditor General.

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Auditing the Auditor

Accountability, Budget, Government spending, It's Your Government

Who better to ask if we’re getting a ‘bang for our federal bucks’ than Canada’s Auditor General? IYG blows a little dust of some of the early books and discovers that even the cost of ice was once accounted for. Now fast forward to today’s complicated performance and financial audits. How does Sheila Fraser do it?

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From the Ground Up

Accountability, It's Your Government, Politics

From the environmental movement to women’s rights, it’s average citizens that create lasting change to our society. RUN 1:36

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IYP – Grassroots

Accountability, It's Your Government, Politics

John Robson explains why some movements thrive while others flounder. RUN 2:40

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The Day the Lights Went Out

Accountability, Hydro, Infrastructure

August 14 2003… Ontario’s homes, businesses and streets went black. BEN takes a look back at that day, what happened and why it may happen again.

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The True Cost of Power- Part 2 of Ontario’s Energy Crisis

Accountability, Hydro, Infrastructure

Cristina Howorun shines a light on the financial woes of Ontario’s electrical grid and the public energy debt.

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The costs of “cheap” electricity

Accountability, Days of Reckoning, Government spending, Hydro, Infrastructure, Politics

Larry Solomon, Stephen Probyn and Ian Baines discuss the costs of producing “cheap” electricity in Ontario. From Days of Reckoning.

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The story of Sydney Steel

Accountability, Days of Reckoning, Job creation, Politics, Regional development

Arnie Patterson, Ralph Hindson and Jay Gordon tell the story of Sydney Steel. From Days of Reckoning

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