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Aaron Wherry

Aaron Wherry covers the House of Commons and its 338 residents for Maclean’s.

Ottawa

The charming Mr. Goodyear

Select excerpts from Gary Goodyear’s responses to opposition questions during QP today. Mr. Speaker, the member is absolutely...

Focus of what?

Last week’s At Issue panel concerned the state of Question Period and Paul’s thinking very hard about the subject. One hilarious...

Long way to go

Belinda Stronach on women in politics . We are of course long past the time when a woman entering politics prompted men to gasp at...

Psychic Jack

First the Prime Minister says the insurgency can’t be defeated, now the President says he might be open to negotiating with the...

The Commons: Yell louder

The Scene. "Mr. Speaker," Chuck Strahl said the other day, scolding Todd Russell, the typically loud Liberal from Labrador, "there...

Equally silly

Rob Silver (responding to Adam Radwanski , who was responding to Rick Anderson ) considers whether prime ministers and presidents...

Says him anyway

Federal judge Robert Barnes rebukes the government’s policy toward Canadians facing the death penalty in other...