Earlier this week, Premier Doug Ford officially declared that COVID-19's second wave has hit Ontario. Raywat Deonandan is a Global Health epidemiologist and associate professor with the University of Ottawa's Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences. He talks to Nam Kiwanuka about what we can expect to see in the coming weeks and whether Ontario is on the right track in its approach to the current situation. Personal support workers have had to adjust to a new reality as the COVID-19 pandemic has worn on. But what about those who were in the midst of their training to become PSWs? Southwestern Ontario Hub journalist Mary Baxter spoke to some students about their experiences, and what drove them to seek the uneasy road of caring for ill patients in the first place. Then, The Agenda reviews its top stories from the week.

What exactly does Russia want from the next decade? What is it willing to do to achieve its objectives? Dmitri Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, helps answer those questions. Then, what is to be done about Canada's complex and challenging relationship with China?