Aaron Wherry

Aaron Wherry

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

The feisty first week of the 42nd Parliament

Questions, complaints and combativeness as the 42nd Parliament gets to work
Canada’s PM Trudeau speaks in the House of Commons in Ottawa
Ottawa

Do the Liberals have a mandate for electoral reform?

Even before the House of Commons can debate the options for electoral reform, it is arguing over how to choose. Is this a fight the Liberals want?
Parliament Returns 20151203
Ottawa

Interview: Speaker Geoff Regan on maintaining order in the House

Geoff Regan, the newly elected Speaker of the House of Commons, talks about his new role and his hopes for maintaining a new tone in Parliament
Maryam Monsef
Ottawa

A rookie minister finds herself in a minor furor

Maryam Monsef, the rookie minister for democratic institutions, faces opposition indignation in her second question period
House of Commons 20130327
Ottawa

How often should Prime Minister Trudeau be at QP?

Justin Trudeau is suggesting a Prime Minister’s question period. But Tom Mulcair worries that will mean less accountability
Justin Trudeau
Ottawa

Can Justin Trudeau defeat the cynicism of politics?

That the Trudeau government might be more open than its predecessor is its least daunting commitment, but also the most fertile ground for complaint
Aaron Wherry
Ottawa

The Throne Speech and the ambitious politics of Justin Trudeau

Justin Trudeau has set himself up to be defined by his ambitions. The flip side of that could doom him. Aaron Wherry on change’s possibility
Parliament Returns 20151203
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A new Speaker of the House for a new kind of Parliament?

Geoff Regan is now the Speaker of the House. What impact will he have—or can he have—on how parliamentary work is done?
Trudeau swearing in
Ottawa

Why Trudeau’s babysitters are in the news

Justin Trudeau’s first controversy erupts—over taxpayer-funded child care in his own home
Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron meets his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau outside of 10 Downing Street in London
Ottawa

The tactile politics of Justin Trudeau

Justin Trudeau stirs the etiquette police with a two-handed handshake for British Prime Minister David Cameron