U.S. President Donald Trump injected himself into the Canadian election campaign this week but he was already a central figure. This week on "It's Political" our panel of recovering partisans break down the campaign's first week.

Join David Christopherson, the former NDP Hamilton Centre MP; Sen. Rodger Cuzner, the former Liberal MP for Cape Breton—Canso; Kristina Michaud, the outgoing Bloc Quebecois MP for Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia; and Karen Vecchio, the outgoing Conservative MP for Elgin—Middlesex—London.

This episode of "It's Political" was produced by Althia Raj and Kevin Sexton. Matt Hearn is our sound engineer. Our theme music is by Isaac Joel.

Some of the clips this week were sourced from CPAC, CBC, and CPSAN.