What Harper has planned for Ottawa
The PM plans to continue shrinking government; health care transfers will help
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.
Ignatieff, full of questions on health care
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff sends an open letter to Stephen Harper, demanding to know his position on a bunch of health...
Here’s where the whole campaign vanishes down a rabbit hole
This just in from the Conservative war room ( here ’s the Globe account of the CBC interview that sparked it all): April 19, 2011...
The NDP war room, feeling their oats
From the Inkless emailbox, two salvos aimed at the NDP’s principal opponents. A reminder — the rest of this post comes verbatim...
Music: heavy rotation
It can’t all be politics. This is what I’ve been listening to lately. kd lang and the Siss Boom Bang , Sing it Loud (Nonesuch):...
Hey look: Which one was Reuben Kincaid?
From the magazine, my written-on-deadline column about Tuesday’s English-language leaders’ debate . It ends more seriously than it...
Come on, get angry
Paul Wells on how, despite being chippy and accusational at times, Tuesday’s debate was nevertheless revealing
Liveblog: French-language leaders’ debate
Paul Wells dissects the second debate in as many nights
Debate briefing
I’ll be writing my column for our next issue right after tonight’s English-language leaders’ debate, so until then I won’t be...
John Baird’s turn to explain the strategic review
Paul Wells interviews John Baird