Two weeks into the 2019 federal election campaign, Mainstreet Research resident and CEO Quito Maggi and iPolitics reporter Charlie Pinkerton are joined by former Conservative MP for Westlock–St. Paul Brian Storseth and former NDP strategist Karl Bélanger for a discussion that starts with the obvious: the fallout of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's blackface controversy [01:25].

They also talk about the parties' prospects in the Prairies [06:32] and the factors playing a part in those provinces.

Storseth, Bélanger and Maggi then give their takes on what opportunities are being missed with the cancellation of the Munk Leaders Debate on Foreign Policy [19:30].

And finally, will the ballot box question be which leader is the most racist? Each of the guests field a guess at what they think it could be come Oct. 21[24:55].