Aaron Wherry
@aaronwherry.bsky.social
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Aaron Wherry
@aaronwherry.bsky.social
· Nov 18
A few thoughts on political journalism
"You need a lot of context to seriously consider anything"
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A few thoughts on political journalism.
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This Parliament wouldn't last more than a day.
But it would be a very fun day.
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But it would be a very fun day.
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I want a Parliament with 343 Pat Martins.
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This Parliament wouldn't last more than a day.
But it would be a very fun day.
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But it would be a very fun day.
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It's possible that Erskine-Smith has normalized dissent sufficiently — at least from him — that he can do stuff like this without it becoming a huge deal.
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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly - Some thoughts on Budget 2025
YouTube video by Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, M.P., Beaches-East York
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November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
It's possible that Erskine-Smith has normalized dissent sufficiently — at least from him — that he can do stuff like this without it becoming a huge deal.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jtC...
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one of my Big Media Takes is that a big reason big brained people get confused when there are giant political revolts over affordability is because the content industry is constantly focused on the newest outrage while an entire generation is on Year 11 of not being able to afford a home
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
one of my Big Media Takes is that a big reason big brained people get confused when there are giant political revolts over affordability is because the content industry is constantly focused on the newest outrage while an entire generation is on Year 11 of not being able to afford a home
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Also, a reminder that it's very hard legislatively (and to some extent in international process) to scrap 2030/35 climate targets, which is likely why Ottawa is technically maintaining them while not really using them to drive policy or talking much about them unprompted. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Current government 'stands by' Canada's climate targets, environment minister says | CBC News
Canada’s new environment minister and Environment and Climate Change officials confirmed that the federal government is standing by the national climate targets that were set under the previous Prime ...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Also, a reminder that it's very hard legislatively (and to some extent in international process) to scrap 2030/35 climate targets, which is likely why Ottawa is technically maintaining them while not really using them to drive policy or talking much about them unprompted. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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There’s a lot of confusion circulating on industrial carbon pricing and food prices in Canada.
Our fact sheet lays out why this cost-effective policy has essentially no impact on the price of groceries and other products.
Here’s a short 🧵
climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sh...
Our fact sheet lays out why this cost-effective policy has essentially no impact on the price of groceries and other products.
Here’s a short 🧵
climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sh...
FACT SHEET: Industrial carbon pricing in Canada
Industrial carbon pricing is Canada’s most important policy for cutting carbon pollution and creating a competitive clean economy.
climateinstitute.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
There’s a lot of confusion circulating on industrial carbon pricing and food prices in Canada.
Our fact sheet lays out why this cost-effective policy has essentially no impact on the price of groceries and other products.
Here’s a short 🧵
climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sh...
Our fact sheet lays out why this cost-effective policy has essentially no impact on the price of groceries and other products.
Here’s a short 🧵
climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sh...
Listening to a podcast. Heard again that this is the largest federal deficit ever run outside of the pandemic.
Still nope.
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Still nope.
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I saw some commentary that this was the largest non-Covid-era deficit in federal history and it's probably worth dealing with that now.
I presume it's based on dollar value at the time the deficit was incurred, but that doesn't account for inflation or the changing size of the economy.
I presume it's based on dollar value at the time the deficit was incurred, but that doesn't account for inflation or the changing size of the economy.
November 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Listening to a podcast. Heard again that this is the largest federal deficit ever run outside of the pandemic.
Still nope.
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Still nope.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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It's a small graphic design detail, but the loitering guy on TTC signage is actually in front of the red slash, casually leaning against it, making him look *unbelievably* cool.
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
It's a small graphic design detail, but the loitering guy on TTC signage is actually in front of the red slash, casually leaning against it, making him look *unbelievably* cool.
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Want to feel old?
The budget was tabled on Tuesday.
The budget was tabled on Tuesday.
November 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Want to feel old?
The budget was tabled on Tuesday.
The budget was tabled on Tuesday.
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Who wants a very detailed poll-by-poll map of the last election you can go scour?
Kyle Hutton put in the leg work and you can check it here! -> app.atlas.co/shared/uhOeG...
Kyle Hutton put in the leg work and you can check it here! -> app.atlas.co/shared/uhOeG...
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Who wants a very detailed poll-by-poll map of the last election you can go scour?
Kyle Hutton put in the leg work and you can check it here! -> app.atlas.co/shared/uhOeG...
Kyle Hutton put in the leg work and you can check it here! -> app.atlas.co/shared/uhOeG...
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Ahead of COP30, I looked at the legacy of the Paris Agreement for this weekend's @theglobeandmail.com.
Surprise! I found that the energy transition I've spent 20 years tracking is going to be the best mechanism to pursue Paris targets in the decade ahead www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Surprise! I found that the energy transition I've spent 20 years tracking is going to be the best mechanism to pursue Paris targets in the decade ahead www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: A decade after the Paris Agreement, the clean economy is winning
As the world’s climate negotiators gather in Brazil, they must understand that the energy transition is now inevitable
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Ahead of COP30, I looked at the legacy of the Paris Agreement for this weekend's @theglobeandmail.com.
Surprise! I found that the energy transition I've spent 20 years tracking is going to be the best mechanism to pursue Paris targets in the decade ahead www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Surprise! I found that the energy transition I've spent 20 years tracking is going to be the best mechanism to pursue Paris targets in the decade ahead www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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While researching my current column, I had trouble finding something PM Carney said in a speech in either Factiva or Google, so I tried asking ChatGPT-5 to search for it. This was its internal response.
It hallucinates in basic searches. It can't write truth. It can't copyedit. What is it good for?
It hallucinates in basic searches. It can't write truth. It can't copyedit. What is it good for?
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
While researching my current column, I had trouble finding something PM Carney said in a speech in either Factiva or Google, so I tried asking ChatGPT-5 to search for it. This was its internal response.
It hallucinates in basic searches. It can't write truth. It can't copyedit. What is it good for?
It hallucinates in basic searches. It can't write truth. It can't copyedit. What is it good for?
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Canada’s working class is angry—and the right is speaking their language.
As the NDP searches for its purpose in an age of grievance and self-interest, writer @cfhorgan.bsky.social examines the path forward: thewalrus.ca/how-poilievre-is...
As the NDP searches for its purpose in an age of grievance and self-interest, writer @cfhorgan.bsky.social examines the path forward: thewalrus.ca/how-poilievre-is...
November 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Canada’s working class is angry—and the right is speaking their language.
As the NDP searches for its purpose in an age of grievance and self-interest, writer @cfhorgan.bsky.social examines the path forward: thewalrus.ca/how-poilievre-is...
As the NDP searches for its purpose in an age of grievance and self-interest, writer @cfhorgan.bsky.social examines the path forward: thewalrus.ca/how-poilievre-is...
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"Conservative Alberta MP Matt Jeneroux announced Thursday he is resigning from the House of Commons, according to statement shared with CBC News, a decision that comes after rumours swirled this week that he was considering crossing the floor to the Liberals."
Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux announces resignation from Parliament | CBC News
Conservative Alberta MP Matt Jeneroux announced Thursday he is resigning from the House of Commons, according to statement shared with CBC News, a decision that comes after rumours swirled this week t...
www.cbc.ca
November 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"Conservative Alberta MP Matt Jeneroux announced Thursday he is resigning from the House of Commons, according to statement shared with CBC News, a decision that comes after rumours swirled this week that he was considering crossing the floor to the Liberals."
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Second-biggest line item in the budget.
Largely ignored this week because it was old news.
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Largely ignored this week because it was old news.
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Should we be talking more about the incongruity of the $27B income tax cut that Carney implemented upon taking office with the economic and fiscal theme of his first budget?
November 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Second-biggest line item in the budget.
Largely ignored this week because it was old news.
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Largely ignored this week because it was old news.
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Upon taking office, the Doug Ford gov't introduced a law to cut the "carbon tax" which also obliged the government to create a climate plan & emissions targets. Now, they’ve repealed that duty—Ontario’s government no longer has to consider climate action.
thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...
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Doug Ford’s government is abandoning climate targets | The Narwhal
Ontario is moving to repeal aspects of a law that require the government to create a climate plan and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets
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November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Upon taking office, the Doug Ford gov't introduced a law to cut the "carbon tax" which also obliged the government to create a climate plan & emissions targets. Now, they’ve repealed that duty—Ontario’s government no longer has to consider climate action.
thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...
thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...
I was curious about catalyse/catalyze so...
Budget 2021: 0
Budget 2022: 0
Budget 2023: 0
Budget 2024: 5 (catalyze)
Budget 2025: 20 (catalyse)
Budget 2021: 0
Budget 2022: 0
Budget 2023: 0
Budget 2024: 5 (catalyze)
Budget 2025: 20 (catalyse)
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Uses of the word "productivity" in the last five budgets.
Budget 2021 (726 pages): 39
Budget 2022 (304 pages): 18
Budget 2023 (270 pages): 9
Budget 2024 (430 pages): 63
Budget 2025 (490 pages): 131
Budget 2021 (726 pages): 39
Budget 2022 (304 pages): 18
Budget 2023 (270 pages): 9
Budget 2024 (430 pages): 63
Budget 2025 (490 pages): 131
November 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Uses of the word "productivity" in the last five budgets.
Budget 2021 (726 pages): 39
Budget 2022 (304 pages): 18
Budget 2023 (270 pages): 9
Budget 2024 (430 pages): 63
Budget 2025 (490 pages): 131
Budget 2021 (726 pages): 39
Budget 2022 (304 pages): 18
Budget 2023 (270 pages): 9
Budget 2024 (430 pages): 63
Budget 2025 (490 pages): 131
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A month ago, Ontario’s Auditor General told Doug Ford’s government to create a public, accountable climate plan with emissions-reduction targets — as courts have also ordered.
Today, the government’s fall economic statement eliminates all legal obligation to do so. #onpoli
Today, the government’s fall economic statement eliminates all legal obligation to do so. #onpoli
November 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
A month ago, Ontario’s Auditor General told Doug Ford’s government to create a public, accountable climate plan with emissions-reduction targets — as courts have also ordered.
Today, the government’s fall economic statement eliminates all legal obligation to do so. #onpoli
Today, the government’s fall economic statement eliminates all legal obligation to do so. #onpoli
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Last one. You'll need to wait for the full report for more and breakouts.
Overall, would you say this budget will make people like you better off or worse off?
Better off - 17%
Worse off - 39%
No impact - 24%
Don't know - 20%
Overall, would you say this budget will make people like you better off or worse off?
Better off - 17%
Worse off - 39%
No impact - 24%
Don't know - 20%
Just finished the Abacus Data post-budget survey
✅No change in vote intention
✅Carney net favourable +12 (largely unchanged)
✅28% unaware there was a federal budget
✅52% right direction, 48% wrong direction
Details will be out this weekend on the Abacus Data website.
✅No change in vote intention
✅Carney net favourable +12 (largely unchanged)
✅28% unaware there was a federal budget
✅52% right direction, 48% wrong direction
Details will be out this weekend on the Abacus Data website.
November 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Last one. You'll need to wait for the full report for more and breakouts.
Overall, would you say this budget will make people like you better off or worse off?
Better off - 17%
Worse off - 39%
No impact - 24%
Don't know - 20%
Overall, would you say this budget will make people like you better off or worse off?
Better off - 17%
Worse off - 39%
No impact - 24%
Don't know - 20%