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.
The untold story of the 2011 election: Introduction and Chapter 1
Behind the scenes of an epic campaign that turned Canadian politics on its head, and finally gave Harper his majority.
Yesterday’s tomorrow
WELLS: We couldn’t have predicted today’s electoral scenario. Or could we?
Avez-vous vu Charmaine?
The local paper in Terrebonne/Blainville cannot find the riding’s New Democratic Party candidate, and they have been trying very...
A country gets its back up
WELLS: Even if Jack Layton fades in the stretch, something permanent will remain
And now, an oddly familiar message from the Conservative campaign
From the Inkless emailbox. And, more generally, from the conviction that if you simply say the exact same thing enough...
Stephen Harper is now winning a lot less
I’m glad I took pains to say trends can change when I gladdened the hearts of Conservatives everywhere with this blog post only...
The NDP, Quebec and the constitution
Yesterday on a campaign swing through Quebec, Jack Layton was asked whether as prime minister he would accept the result of a...
Stephen Harper is winning (UPDATED with late-breaking uncertainty)
It’s worth taking a look at the poll numbers for today and the whole campaign to date
Hey look: Harper’s hidden-in-plain-sight agenda
From the magazine, and posted here a little ahead of its newsstand début, my latest column . Not as long as my campaign articles...