If a nation is the sum of the stories it tells itself, then its political leaders might be something like its chief storytellers. But that role has long rested more comfortably on the shoulders of American presidents than with Canadian prime ministers; indeed, “storyteller-in-chief” was the title a New Yorker headline once bestowed upon Barack…
Aaron Wherry
Aaron Wherry has covered Parliament Hill since 2007.
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Aaron Wherry
On the surface, the 2021 federal election changed almost nothing. Going into that contest, the Liberals and Conservatives held 155 and 119 seats, respectively. Coming out, they had 160 and 119. Justin Trudeau started the campaign with a minority government, and he finished with a minority government. Each party’s share of the popular vote barely budged from its numbers in the previous…