This week on The House, Deputy Conservative Party Leader Lisa Raitt talks to us about the new Jody Wilson-Raybould recording released to the public. Plus, experts on agriculture and trade weigh in on the canola dispute with China. Finally, our campaign strategists from all three major federal parties are back to discuss plans for the election.

This week on the midweek podcast, Chris Hall chats with NDP MP Tracy Ramsey and Conservative MP Peter Kent about what next steps they want to see now that two committees have rejected the study of the SNC-Lavalin affair.

This week, we talk to Liberal caucus chair Francis Scarpaleggia about what effect the SNC-Lavalin controversy involving the PMO and former attorney general is having on his party's caucus, and what the tone is like behind closed doors.

The week on The House, the SNC-Lavalin crisis takes centre stage. We talk with Minister Carla Qualtrough about the resignation of Jody Wilson-Raybould and the challenge ahead for the government. Kukpi7 Judy Wilson of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs discusses a letter they wrote to the Prime Minister that condemned what they called racist and sexist comments about the former minister. And we speak with an environmental lawyer who represented one of the intervenors in the Saskatchewan's court challenge to the federal carbon plan.

A week after news broke about the scandal that cost Justin Trudeau one of his most prominent female cabinet ministers, members of the Justice Committee convened for an emergency meeting to discuss whether to accept an opposition motion to have a number of government officials testify. What did the committee accomplish? The Chair of the Justice Committee, Anthony Housefather, the NDPs' Nathan Cullen and Conservative Michael Cooper join Chris Hall.

This week on The House, Justice Minister David Lametti joins us to discuss a new report that suggests his predecessor was pressured by the Prime Minister's Office to intervene in the criminal case against SNC-Lavalin, as well as the extradition case of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou. Also New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs discusses why he doesn't agree with Prime Minister JustinTrudeau's carbon plan, and why he wants the Energy East project to be resurrected.

This week on The House midweek podcast, we talk to the CEO of the Canadian-American Business Council Maryscott Greenwood about Donald Trump's mention of Canada and trade in his State of the Union address - and what that means for the bi-lateral relationship. We also pay tribute to former MP Paul Dewar, who died on Wednesday.

How will the government's plan to fight fake news ensure the 2019 election is free from interference? The Minister of Democratic Institutions Karina Gould is here, then disinformation specialist Marcus Kolga shares his analysis of the strategy. Plus: as British Columbia shapes up to be a battleground in 2019, we look at the federal implications of a provincial byelection this week, and former senior diplomat and G7 sherpa Peter Boehm discusses Canada's role in the Venezuela crisis

On The House midweek podcast, Sarada Peri, former senior speechwriter to Obama, and Ryerson Leadership Lab's Karim Bardeesy discuss safeguarding democracy in the face of election interference and the playbook of populism. Then, former diplomat James Trottier, who led four Canadian diplomatic missions to North Korea, analyses the differing opinions between a U.S. intelligence assessment on the country's nuclear arsenal and Donald Trump's assertions.

MPs are back in Ottawa Monday for the final push before the fall election. What should the government be looking to achieve? What arrows do the Opposition parties have in their quivers? Politicos David Herle and Jaime Watt have advised government and opposition, and share their strategies in this special episode.