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.

Ottawa

Hey look: Inkless goes soft on Afghanistan

My other column from this week’s blockbuster two-Wells-column issue is about Afghanistan, and my dawning doubts about whether the...

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It just keeps getting harder to believe in Afghanistan

The guy most likely to hang on to power is a fraud backed by thugs in the service of values we like to claim we could never support

Ottawa

Coalition is necessary and necessarily coalition

It’s no great surprise to see blogger Steve Janke , who can be skilled at finding things to say and do that annoy Liberals...

Ottawa

Jason Kenney, not struck speechless

The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration is the Conservatives’ designated rebutter for the Ignatieff TV ad. Kenney is not, by...

Ottawa

Hey thanks for that, Michael Fortier

The Conservatives’ handpicked guy who looked into Liberal polling practices (and found them cheaper than Conservative polling...

Ottawa

Hey, look: an election curtain-raiser

For somewhat complex reasons, I essentially have two columns in this week’s issue. The long one is here ; it seeks to explain what...

Canada

Paul Wells on Ignatieff’s double dare

He’s promising to take down the Tories. Now the hard part: winning.

Ottawa

Mark ’em down as unpersuaded

From the Inkless emailbox, this release from the NDP:

Ottawa

Evolution

— Michael Ignatieff, National Post , May 23 — Globe and Mail , today

Ottawa

Link Byfield! Craig Chandler! From this comment board, I’d say there’s something going on

Nick Kohler’s piece on Alberta’s Wild Rose Alliance party , and its leadership candidate Danielle Smith, is getting a lot of...

Paul Wells

Hey look: Inkless goes soft on Afghanistan

It just keeps getting harder to believe in Afghanistan

Coalition is necessary and necessarily coalition

Jason Kenney, not struck speechless

Hey thanks for that, Michael Fortier

Hey, look: an election curtain-raiser

Paul Wells on Ignatieff’s double dare

Mark ’em down as unpersuaded

Evolution

Link Byfield! Craig Chandler! From this comment board, I’d say there’s something going on

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