"I cannot say no because I am still alive"
Brazil’s president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is barred by the country’s constitution from serving as president for three...
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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.
Rights and Democracy: "We have been denied an important opportunity to shed light"
A news release from Gérard Latulippe, the president of Rights and Democracy, reacting to yesterday’s events: More via the link...
Even if it’s broken, don’t fix it
PAUL WELLS on a new book that argues against government reform
Rights and Democracy: Rest in peace, Rémy Beauregard
Eight months ago I began calling for the public release of the Deloitte audit of Rights and Democracy . That was about five weeks...
Rights and Democracy: Scooped!
Daniel Leblanc at the Globe and Mail has posted the entire Deloitte audit of Rights and Democracy on the newspaper’s website, "in...
Rights and Democracy: Tickety-boo, Ladies and Gents! Tickety Freaking Boo!
From a news release , Oct. 18, 2010 [emphasis]: I...
Your parliamentary sketch
Liberal MPs Ralph Goodale, Judy Foote and David McGuinty address reporters, and one easily distracted columnist armed with an iPad...
Housequakes
Why the NDP and the Liberals are wrong to believe they can simply chip away at the Harper government
Richard Holbrooke: "I have never seen anything remotely resembling the mess we have inherited"
In February, 2009, Richard Holbrooke was the Obama administration’s brand-new envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan. At the Munich...
Music: Best of 2010
Paul Wells picks his favourites from the past year