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Paul Wells
Maclean’s senior writer Paul Wells writes about politics across Canada and abroad. Except sometimes he ignores politics and writes about music or something else.
When Tories agree to disagree
Paul Wells on how Harper told his party that Canadians think like they do. The hubris was almost Liberal in its scope.
Afghanistan: Progress reports, in more than name
We have paid fairly constant attention to the quarterly Afghanistan progress reports the federal government has submitted since...
Music: Have Not Been The Same, even now
You get used to running into authors on the Maclean’s staff. Weekly deadlines and and an elevated ambient level of intellectual...
Hey look: Turns out a bad month for the sovereignty movement is a bad month for the sovereignty movement
From the magazine, my column fails completely to find a silver lining for Pauline Marois.
Strategic Review: Save a half a billion dollars by not cutting things!
Now it is Human Resources and Skills Development Canada’s turn . This arrived yesterday from Phil Harwood at Minister Diane...
The ego behind the exits at the PQ
Paul Wells on how Jacques Parizeau lives to undermine leaders who don’t share his reckless passion for sovereignty
Strategic Review: the answer is, we can’t answer
You think hide and seek is easy?
Strategic Review: What did the government cut?
On Monday morning I wrote to three federal departments asking them about cuts listed, but nowhere explained, in the March version...
Hey look: We can cancel the majority parliament because I’ve told you everything that will happen in it
From the magazine, my latest column predicts the future with the startling accuracy you’ve come to expect from Team 2012.