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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.

Ottawa

It’s definitely not plagiarism if you improve on the original

The Liberal war room wants you to look at this Conservative ad and notice how closely it’s inspired by the Australian original. I...

Ottawa

UPDATED, Tuesday morning: in the phrase "Home Stretch," the word "stretch" shouldn’t be taken literally

UPDATE: See below Scheduling note: tomorrow, when the Conservatives release their platform at noon Eastern, Stéphane Dion’s plane...

Ottawa

Veil of piers

After scrumming on a pier in Iqaluit yesterday, Stéphane Dion did a streeter on a pier near Victoria today. John Ivison saw more...

Ottawa

When pen pals turn sour

Jean Charest’s letter to federal party leaders will not receive an answer before the election, Stephen Harper says. At least, not...

Ottawa

Stephen Harper has a plan

...and you can’t see it . There is no truth to the rumour that Wajid Khan wrote it.

Ottawa

Authornaut

Apparently Paul Martin has a book coming out after the election. (A note on timing: I am reliably informed that the book was...

Ottawa

Life is full of odd moments, really

Here, for instance, is Mario Dumont, who campaigned for the Yes side in 1995 — it is fashionable to forget such things, but...

Ottawa

Northern Exposure and other contradictions in terms: Yet another Inkless videoblog

Stéphane Dion spent the morning in Iqaluit, giving a long scrum at the end of a short pier. And Inkless was there. Here’s the...

Ottawa

Ekos and lack of effect (OK, that sucks, but I’m not ITQ either... sorry)

35-25-19-10-10. Pluck the marrow from the bones of Leviathan here . Ekos will be doing their thing at 10 p.m. Eastern, not 10...

Ottawa

Home stretch

Probably you’ve read Andrew Coyne today, but if you haven’t, you’re missing what everyone’s talking about . Next comes what...

Paul Wells

It’s definitely not plagiarism if you improve on the original

UPDATED, Tuesday morning: in the phrase "Home Stretch," the word "stretch" shouldn’t be taken literally

Veil of piers

When pen pals turn sour

Stephen Harper has a plan

Authornaut

Life is full of odd moments, really

Northern Exposure and other contradictions in terms: Yet another Inkless videoblog

Ekos and lack of effect (OK, that sucks, but I’m not ITQ either... sorry)

Home stretch

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