Liberal MPs met this week in Nanaimo, B.C., quick to tell reporters they’ve got full confidence in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The House is on the ground, taking the temperature, talking to Liberals about how they think they can turn their fortunes — even as one of Trudeau’s own MPs says people are “tired of his face.”

We also hear from Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer about how his party hopes to force a non-confidence motion to bring down the government as soon as possible.

Then, we head up Vancouver Island to Campbell River, which is likely to become a battleground between the Conservatives and the NDP. The CBC’s Emma Godmere speaks with voters there about the issues that matter most to them.

Finally, with British Columbians going to the polls next month, Premier David Eby said he’d scrap the carbon tax if Ottawa removes the requirement to have it. The Toronto Star’s Tonda MacCharles, and the National Post’s Stuart Thomson break down what to expect ahead of Parliament resuming on Monday.

This episode features the voices of:

• John McKay, Liberal MP for Scarborough—Guildwood
• Francis Drouin, Liberal MP for Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
• Hedy Fry, Liberal MP for Vancouver Centre
• Andrew Scheer, Conservative House leader
• CBC’s Emma Godmere
• Tonda MacCharles, Ottawa bureau chief for the Toronto Star.
• Stuart Thomson, Parliamentary bureau chief for the National Post

Sometimes, it just doesn’t work out. The NDP’s decision to end its deal with the Liberals — which for two years brought stability to the minority government — has raised the spectre of a snap federal election. The House sits down with one of the NDP architects of the deal to find out why the party chose to back out now, and what comes next.

Then, months after a Toronto byelection loss that rocked the governing Liberals, another test is on the way later this month in a Montreal race. We travel to LaSalle-Émard-Verdun to find out how the campaign — with national implications — is playing out on the ground.

Also, a Liberal minister and national campaign committee co-chair sits down with Catherine Cullen to talk through her party’s plan to regain their mojo and win — they hope — a fourth term.

Plus — Germany has embraced a novel diplomatic arrangement: two ambassadors for the price of one. A married couple who will rotate in and out of the posting in Ottawa explain what’s behind the arrangement.

This episode features the voices of:

• Anne McGrath, principal secretary to Jagmeet Singh
• Craig Sauvé, NDP candidate
• Louis-Philippe Sauvé, Bloc Québécois candidate
• Philippe J. Fournier, founder, 338canada.com
• Soraya Martinez Ferrada, tourism minister, Liberal campaign committee co-chair
• Matthias Lüttenberg and Tjorven Bellmann, German ambassadors-designate

A show about nothing: that’s at least how some are cheekily describing the Liberals’ last few months. Host Catherine Cullen sits down with a panel of former top political advisers to discuss what moves the Liberals have left to make, with two weeks to go until Parliament returns and two more byelections arrive.

Plus — we revisit our conversation with Pulitzer Prize finalist John Valliant about his book Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast, and why our brains struggle to accept the reality of climate change.

And for too many Canadians, justice delayed is justice denied. It’s not just annoying — delays in the system are causing some cases to be thrown out. The House returns to a documentary digging deep into the issue.

This episode features the voices of:

• Marci Surkes, chief strategy officer at Compass Rose and former Liberal adviser
• Garry Keller, vice president at StrategyCorp and former Conservative adviser
• John Vailliant, author of Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast
• CBC’s Kristen Everson