Tom Mulcair's quest for the unprecedented

This week on The House, Tom Mulcair has been facing increased scrutiny of late. The NDP leader sits down with Chris Hall to talk about his plan, and explain how he plans to convince Canadians to elect a federal NDP government for the fist time.

What are the big issues in Canada's foreign affairs file? Ahead of Monday's debate on foreign policy, The House sat down with two experts who know a lot about Canada's role and place in the world — Roland Paris, research chair in international security and governance at the University of Ottawa and founding director of the Centre for International Policy Studies, and Bessma Momani, a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance and Innovation and a professor of political science at the Balsillie School of International Affairs.

​On the growing refugee crisis, we spoke with Jennifer Bond from Geneva, a University of Ottawa law professor who has served with the UNHCR in Syria.

There are 121 seats at play in Ontario, and pollsters churned out fresh new numbers this week — all with a different take. So what's the full story? The CBC's polls analyst Éric Grenier joins us to cut through the note.