Aaron Wherry

1 week 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 week 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.

1 week ago | autism.einnews.com | Taylor O'Brien |David Thurton |Aaron Wherry

A new pilot project is offering cooking classes to young autistic adults on P.E.I.The eight-week course is offered by The Thoughtful Giver, an organization that provides programming and care services, such as tutoring and housekeeping. Students aged 18 to 30 will learn basic cooking skills, such as knife skills, poaching, searing and how to cook a three-course meal. When Will Lewis started the program, he didn't know anything about how to cook.

2 weeks ago | cbc.ca | Aaron Wherry

Politics·AnalysisEmerging from his cabinet's "planning forum," Mark Carney said his ministers had all been given a single mandate letter. Coming in at just under 800 words, Carney's mandate letter contrasts in potentially interesting ways with the wordier epistles that his predecessor released in 2015. What can we glean from the mandate letter the PM sent his ministers?

3 weeks ago | canadianinquirer.net | Aaron Wherry

Standing outside Rideau Hall on Tuesday, Mark Carney said his new cabinet — the first real cabinet of his time as prime minister — was purpose-built for this hinge moment. Carney has long been fond of thinking of this current moment as a hinge — even before its real depths were clear. The Hinge was the title of the book he was planning to publish this month, before the opportunity to become prime minister of a G7 nation came along.