Aaron Wherry
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Donald Trump crashes the Canada Day party: Aaron Wherry
Canada's trade war with the U.S. "is as difficult a moment as we have ever faced as a country," former Ontario premier Bob Rae wrote this week. So, uh, Happy Canada Day. → Read More
Facebook's fake news squad comes to Canada — just in time for 2019
Facebook claims its fact-auditing efforts have cut its audience's exposure to fake news dramatically - but some falsehoods might still slide through the cracks. → Read More
Freeland, NAFTA and the fate of the free world
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland's stirring defence of liberal democracy in Washington got her glowing headlines. But what happens in the NAFTA talks matters far more than Donald Trump's next tweet. → Read More
The Trudeau government gets another chance to do election law reform right
Andrew Scheer's suggestion that the Liberals' new bill is an attempt to "rig the next election" may be over the top, but it's down to the Liberals to meet him halfway. → Read More
Doug Ford is a populist, but it's not yet clear what kind
There's a rich history of Canadian populists, and Doug Ford certainly falls into that category. The big question, however, is what kind of populist would he be in the premier's office? → Read More
Why we're still talking about the phantom threat of voter fraud
Much depends on how you view the actual threat of voter fraud - and whether you think eliminating that threat is worth making it harder for some Canadians to vote. → Read More
Trudeau government proposes major changes to elections law
The Trudeau government is proposing to limit the length of federal election campaigns, restrict the amount of spending allowed in the period immediately before a campaign and introduce new rules to regulate third-party political activity — all part of a new set of reforms to Canada's elections laws. → Read More
Trudeau and Scheer debate free speech and summer jobs
For a feverish 30 minutes or so on Wednesday, the House of Commons tied itself in rhetorical knots over the significance of a summer job. Not just any summer job, mind, but one that was either a threat to the national interest or an exemplar of free speech. → Read More
Trudeau's man in the Senate makes the case for restraint
Peter Harder, the former civil servant who now serves as a representative in the Senate for Justin Trudeau's government, believes the upper chamber should restrain itself. He also acknowledges the possibility that one day it might have to act against an elected government's wishes for the greater good. → Read More
Why solving the Facebook problem won't necessarily save democracy
The good news might be that there are steps governments could take to impose some order on the political activity taking place on social media platforms. The bad news might be that there's a lot more to worry about. → Read More
Trump was concerned that Chinese steel was entering United States through Canada: source
As it lobbied American officials to exempt Canadian products from Donald Trump's tariffs, the Trudeau government had to counter a suggestion that Chinese steel and aluminium products were getting into the United States through Canada, according to a senior government official. → Read More
How contending with Trump might help Trudeau move past the India debacle
The prime minister who went to India and made some questionable wardrobe decisions is the same prime minister whose government has been commended for its handling (so far) of Donald Trump. That suggests a source of political redemption - or greater peril - for a suddenly vulnerable Justin Trudeau → Read More
Jagmeet Singh doesn't want to be timid, but it's still not clear how bold he will be
With delegates to the NDP policy convention cheering for the promise of proportional representation, Jagmeet Singh declared that "the time to be timid was over" and then he spoke of "courage." But the extent of Singh's courageousness is still taking shape. → Read More
The NDP tries to catch up with the #MeToo era
The federal NDP released a draft of its new harassment policy to party members at its policy convention on Friday, not long after the eruption of harassment allegations within its own ranks. But for the NDP — as for all political parties — coming up with the right process is only half the job. → Read More
Stephen Harper says he could not justify dumping Rick Dykstra in 2015
Former prime minister Stephen Harper says that, on the basis of what he knew at the time, he could not justify dumping Rick Dykstra as a Conservative Party candidate in 2015. → Read More
PMO staffer resigns after investigation into allegations of inappropriate behaviour
Claude-Éric Gagné, formerly the deputy director of operations, had been on leave from the Prime Minister's Office since November. An independent investigation into his alleged conduct concluded on Friday. → Read More
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announces investigation into allegation involving MP Erin Weir
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has announced an independent investigation into an allegation of "harassing behaviour toward women" that has been made against NDP MP Erin Weir. → Read More
Andrew Scheer orders investigation into Rick Dykstra candidacy
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he has instructed his party to launch an independent investigation into questions surrounding Rick Dykstra's federal candidacy in 2015. → Read More
5 things to watch as Parliament resumes Monday
With the House of Commons set to resume on Monday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insisted on maintaining his government's focus, even as his own remarks reflected the attention the #MeToo movement is demanding, after a week that saw one of his cabinet ministers compelled to resign. → Read More
Why Trudeau is going back to the U.S. to talk trade — and who he wants to reach
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will return to the United States next month to pitch the benefits of free trade with Canada to audiences that will include U.S. Democrats, a group that could be much more powerful by year's end. → Read More