If a building isn’t a disaster, how can we be sure it’s in Ottawa?
Paul Wells: The city unveiled the design for its new library—and Ottawans might actually like it
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.
Chrétien’s China and Trudeau’s
Paul Wells: Why is logic that is so obvious to the Chrétien wing of the party so unpersuasive to Trudeau’s government? A few theories.
Stephen Harper resigns from the Conservative Fund board to block Jean Charest
Paul Wells: Sources say the former PM’s main goal behind his abrupt resignation is to free himself to counter Charest’s leadership bid
Karina Gould on Pierre Trudeau’s legacy
Canada’s international development minister spoke about the prime minister’s father and why we should ’enthusiastically’ embrace liberal internationalism
Canada would like a government now, please
Paul Wells: The Trudeau 2.0 government is rattled, introspective and praying to God that nothing bad happens. But they happen anyway.
Who wants to be Conservative leader?
Paul Wells: The Conservatives are fast heading toward a big question about what kind of party they want to be—and there’s no easy answer
What U.K. Labour can learn from a decade-old Gordon Brown rally
Paul Wells: In the U.K. and the U.S., opposition parties are torn between true believers and big tent proponents
Kent Monkman and the making of a masterpiece
Paul Wells: How the latest works of one of Canada’s greatest living artists landed in the Great Hall of the Met in New York City
Conservatives after Scheer: the revolution eats its own
Paul Wells: The assumption among Scheer’s opponents that the party could obviously do better will now be tested. Best of luck, folks.
The stubborn state of federalism in Canada
When federal and provincial governments clash, there’s usually at least a desire to make progress. Not this time.