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Aaron Wherry

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

Ottawa

BTC: Semi-rhetorical question

If this is no time to panic, why is the Prime Minister speaking at this moment with more urgency than he’s shown all campaign?

BTC: Come together

Let’s all parties agree here and now to support the arts. Because if they don’t, the artists will be angry. And if the artists are...

BTC: ’My goodness me’

Andrew Sullivan posted this video last week, looking to make a point about democratic accountability and Sarah Palin. Whatever...

BTC: Before we move on

Just thinking this through. So let’s say we’re deciding that the plagiarism of John Howard (and now Mike Harris) doesn’t matter...

BTC: Constructive criticism

Canada—in the loose, non-specific sense—generally tends to over-react when praised or criticized by other countries. (Remember...

BTC: In case you missed it

When the listeriosis outbreak was raised during last night’s debate, the NDP war room sent out a press release that claimed the...