The new Conservative ads
Paul Wells on why they’re not the opening volley in an election campaign
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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.
Dire Straits: on every street
Why Paul Wells is not despondent about the CBSC’s desire to keep one nasty word off the air
Music: As good as it gets
Anthony Tommasini at the New York Times has a silly but entertaining project: to name the 10 greatest classical composers in...
The longer he’s prime minister
Harper is now the twelfth longest-serving PM of Canada
Hey look: Why Guy Giorno is, approximately, smiling
Those of you who’ve stumbled across my column from this week’s magazine seem great in number, but stragglers can join the party by...
How Stephen Harper will survive in 2011
He prorogued parliament and gutted the census but his party is still seen as reliable
Dept. of office memos: Guy Giorno heads for the exit
From the Inkless Emailbox, a forwarded email from Stephen Harper’s chief of staff on his last day on the job: From: Guy Giorno...
Budget election showdown ’11
It’s on, baby!
Promoting democracy: Maybe later
In the Globe, a former staffer at Rights and Democracy and a former staffer at the Forum of Federations note the state of Canadian...
Election windows in 2011: There’s only one
Paul Wells on why he doesn’t expect a federal election until 2012