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

Meanwhile in Sherbrooke...

...André Bachand, former Progressive Conservative MP, "Robin" to the rookie Peter MacKay’s "Batman" a decade ago, longtime...

Ottawa

Jobs, jobs, jobs

More in September than in any month since StatsCan started asking the question. One hardly knows where to begin with the...

Ottawa

Elizabeth May is throwing a mass confusion party, and all of her candidates are invited!

Strategic voting is a no-no, says the leader of a party running without Liberal opposition — while in Quebec, two of her...

Ottawa

UPDATED: Ms. May closes another door

From the Inkless emailbox. This looks fairly definitive and given its timing and its phasing it is, I think, significant: UPDATE:...

Ottawa

CONTROL vs. Ekos: Sorry about that, chief

36-24-19-11-10 Since Monday, by Ekos’ measure, the Conservatives’ lead has grown from 7 to 12 points. More here .

Ottawa

Random observation of an RDI watcher

Jim Flaherty’s spoken French, while still shaky, has improved faster than, say, Jim Prentice’s.

General

Regions

From the latest Nanos five-day regional roundups: Top Conservative gains 1. Up 9 points in Alberta 2. Up 5 points in...

Ottawa

Take it to the bank

And make sure it’s a Canadian bank. The things are bullet-proof , apparently. I can certainly vouch for the incomparably higher...

Uncategorized

Wells: Learning the art of politics

Dion held his own in the debates. Can he keep the momentum?

Ottawa

A very brief thought

I think the sturdiness of NDP support is an under-reported trend this week.

Paul Wells

Meanwhile in Sherbrooke...

Jobs, jobs, jobs

Elizabeth May is throwing a mass confusion party, and all of her candidates are invited!

UPDATED: Ms. May closes another door

CONTROL vs. Ekos: Sorry about that, chief

Random observation of an RDI watcher

Regions

Take it to the bank

Wells: Learning the art of politics

A very brief thought

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