Political Outsiders: Samara on The Agenda with Steve Paikin

Last week, The Agenda's Steve Paikin interviewed me on the findings of our fourth and final MP exit interview report, "The Outsiders' Manifesto," which summarizes the MPs' advice and recommendations. It's always a privilege to appear on The Agenda, as they always allows enough time for in-depth conversation.

Of course, as soon as the interview ended I realized I forgot to highlight that, in addition to initiating a second set of exit interviews with the MPs who retired before the federal election in May 2011, we've also begun using the exit interviews to create civics curriculum for high school students, and to support political science research and teaching in universities. If you're a teacher or student of Canadian civics or or politics, please visit the "Teachers and Students" section of our website for more information.

As this is our last MP report for the next little while, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank the team at The Agenda, who've invited us to talk about each of the MP exit interview reports.  You can find links to the earlier interviews below.

• "The Accidental Citizen?," on the MPs' backgrounds and paths to politics.
• "Welcome to Parliament: A Job With No Description," on the MPs' initial orientation to Parliament and the way they defined the job.
• "It's My Party: Parliamentary Dysfunction Reconsidered," on how the MPs spent their time and relationship with their political parties.