Aaron Wherry

1 week ago | cbc.ca | Michael Woods |Katie Simpson |Joel Dryden |Aaron Wherry

25 minutes agoCarney officially welcomes non-G7 leadersMichael WoodsCanadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose for a photo during the G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis, Alta. (Amber Bracken/Reuters)Carney just greeted the non-G7 leaders invited to the summit from India, Brazil, South Korea, South Africa, Mexico, Australia, the World Bank and the United Nations. The so-called “outreach” leaders are heading into a working lunch focused on energy security.

3 weeks ago | cbc.ca | Aaron Wherry

Politics·AnalysisAt question period on Monday, two Conservative MPs beseeched the government to approve a pipeline that very afternoon. Such a request raises other questions. Questions like, what pipeline? To where? To be built by whom? And under what conditions? Trudeau's theory didn't hold. Can Carney do any better?

3 weeks ago | cbc.ca | Aaron Wherry

Politics·AnalysisIs it possible that the visit of King Charles marked the end of Canada's brief populist moment? It is, of course, far too early to draw any such conclusion. One way or another, the ultimate fate of the populist appeal in Canada may really depend on what His Majesty's government does next.

1 month ago | cbc.ca | Aaron Wherry

Politics·AnalysisWhen he formally launched his political career in January, Carney said "this is no time for politics as usual." It remains to be seen how well that sense of the moment will survive contact with the ancient and timeless conflict of question period. Will the prime minister remain the adult in the room?

1 month ago | canadianinquirer.net | Aaron Wherry

By Aaron Wherry, CBC News, RCIWhat can we glean from the mandate letter the PM sent his ministers? Emerging from his cabinet’s first planning forum — what previous prime ministers would have called a cabinet retreat — on Tuesday evening, Mark Carney told reporters that his ministers had all been given a single mandate letter. It reflects a unified mission, the prime minister said of his missive.