Paul Wells

Paul Wells: What Jody Wilson-Raybould described today is a sickeningly smug protection racket and it should make us all question what we’re willing to tolerate

Paul Wells: The Prime Minister will now have to find out if he can work without Butts. In a crisis, in an election year. The timing isn’t great.

A new poll shows that among Canadians who are following the controversy, nearly three quarters think Wilson-Raybould has the most credibility

Paul Wells: You thought this government was about family benefits and boil-water advisories? The Lavalin affair offers a glimpse of the real scene—maybe the real Canada.

Paul Wells: For two years a remediation agreement was at the heart of the firm’s makeover plan, and anyone who read a Montreal newspaper knew it

Paul Wells: What’s alleged in today’s Globe story is not just plausible, it points to bigger PMO problems. And it’s the sort of thing that can destroy governments.

Paul Wells: If you want to believe in goofy faux-science theories—from the flat earth to cupping—it’s pretty easy nowadays to find a like-minded friend

Paul Wells: Here in the nation’s capital, land of performative petitioning, we are all about letting everyone know how everyone feels

Paul Wells: Parliamentarians settled into their news digs, where the acoustics are good and the decor—along with the MP’s rhetorical material—familiar

Paul Wells: At some point Trudeau abandoned his China ambitions. The former ambassador—and many others—seemed unaware that times have changed.