Each week, the Maclean’s Ottawa bureau sits down with Cormac MacSweeney to discuss the headlines of the week. This week, while we continue our special coverage of the trial of Mike Duffy, we bring you a unique and in-depth look at the forces shaping the general election with Google Canada’s Leslie Church, David Coletto of Abacus Data and political strategists Kathleen Monk, Lindsay Doyle and Michele Austin.

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Aaron Wherry on the election week that was

Evan Solomon on what to watch on the campaign trail

THE HEADLINES

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  ON PRIORITIES
  Why isn’t health care an issue?

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  ON CHOICES
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  ON HOUSING
  The bubble’s not up or debate

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  ON FLIP FLOPS
  How language shifts campaigns

• ON HARPER
  For the PM, everything’s at stake

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  ON DUFFY
  Where’s the scandal, anyway