While Maxime Bernier tried to steal headlines from the start of the Conservative party policy convention in Halifax, 3,000 delegates focused on positioning their party for the 2019 election.

In this episode: Andrew Scheer’s chief of staff Marc-Andre Leclerc, ex-Harper war room strategist Jason Lietaer, Alberta Tory delegate Natalie Pon, Tory MPs Tony Clement and Pierre Paul-Hus, and Sen. Don Plett. Hosted by Althia Raj.

This session of Parliament comes to an end with the legalization of recreational marijuana — a day after the Liberals were smoked in a rare byelection loss. Is this a taste of what’s to come?

In this episode: Government House Leader Bardish Chagger. Hosted by Althia Raj.

Donald Trump’s first official trip to Canada ended with the president and his subordinates hurling insults at the prime minister and making new-again threats to Canadian workers. What’s behind Trump’s anti-Canada kick?

In this episode: HuffPost Canada’s senior politics editor Ryan Maloney, UNIFOR national president Jerry Dias, and Ontario dairy farmer David McDiarmid. Hosted by Althia Raj.

Who knew “sunny ways” included buying a controversial pipeline that Kinder Morgan wanted to dump. With 2019 around the corner, will this political gambit ruin the Liberals’ shot at re-election?

In this episode: NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Liberal MP John Wilkinson, and B.C. Environment Minister George Heyman. Hosted by Althia Raj.

Scott Simms was stripped as a standing committee chair after he refused to toe the party line on the government’s controversial Canada Summer Jobs attestation. The Liberal MP speaks out about his caucus crime and political punishment.

In this episode: Liberal MPs Scott Simms, John MacKay, and Raj Grewal, NDP MP Matthew Dubé, and Conservative MP Karen Vacchio. Hosted by Althia Raj.

The government is taking another crack at repealing some of the Tories’ controversial changes to Canada’s election laws. But there are some real concerns about timing.

In this episode: Green Party Leader Elizabeth May. Former chief electoral officer Marc Mayrand. Tory MP Blake Richards, and expats voting rights advocate Gillian Frank. Hosted by Althia Raj.

The NDP are pissed. The Tories are bewildered. And the Liberals are pretty pleased with their new debate-lite convention process that supported resolutions bending the party to the left.

In this episode: Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, NDP Parliamentary leader Guy Caron, Abacus Data CEO David Coletto, Nanos Research Chairman Nik Nanos, incoming Liberal Party president Suzanne Cowan, Canada 2020 president Tom Pitfield, and the prime minister’s policy director Michael McNair. Hosted by Althia Raj.

Kinder Morgan’s pipeline ultimatum added fuel to a simmering Canadian political family feud. And after weeks of Tories asking for Daniel Jean to appear at committee, he does. And it was a bit anticlimactic.

In this episode: iPolitics reporter Kady O’Malley. Hosted by Althia Raj.

Move over Morneau. Tories have changed focus and are hell-bent on selling a story of Liberal intrigue starring the prime minister’s national security adviser Daniel Jean. One 21-hour voting marathon later, how many more to go? .

In this episode: iPolitics reporter Kady O’Malley. Hosted by Althia Raj.

Employment And Workforce Minister Patty Hajdu, labour pioneer and former NDP MP Peggy Nash join host Althia Raj for a live conversation about working as a woman in the male-dominated field of politics to mark Women’s History Month.