[1] The name of the program is taken from the West Block of Parliament Hill.

The series follows a Sunday morning talk show format.

[1] The series was hosted by Tom Clark from 2011 until his retirement from journalism in 2016, and then by Vassy Kapelos in 2017 and 2018 until she left the network to become host of CBC News Network's Power & Politics.

[2] On June 25, 2018 Mercedes Stephenson, previously the host of Power Play on CTV News Channel, was named Global's Ottawa bureau chief and host of The West Block.

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