Each week, the Maclean’s Ottawa bureau sits down to discuss the stories behind the week’s stories in our politics podcast, On The Hill.

They also gather in the OMNI studios to talk about the stories that matter. This week, Paul Wells and Aaron Wherry join Cormac Mac Sweeney to talk about the latest budgets out of Alberta and Quebec, another week of scrutiny for the controversial Bill C-51, and the contrasting positions of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau on Islamic State.

THE HEADLINES

• ON SYRIAWhy Canada must expand its mission

• ON WARStephen Harper makes his case

• ON LAWWhat’s the legal case for war?

• ON HUMOURHansard is worse for a bad joke

• ON MAYLet the Green leader speak

• ON BOTTOM LINESWhat a sluggish economy means