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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

Watch the skies

This week’s print edition of Maclean’s is so cool it will make you plotz. Look: Three covers! Not one on each issue, and you have...

Ottawa

Long-time listener, first-time voter? You have company that skews in interesting demographic ways. Hear now the wisdom of Ekos, young man or woman!

You had so much fun with the Ekos cross-tabs yesterday that you’ll probably be interested in pollster Frank Graves’s commentary...

Ottawa

I plod Nanos! I don’t know, I was trying to make some kind of pun on "Nanos" and it didn’t go well. Anyway, today’s Nanos poll has extra fun for all the kids!

Fun polling facts: When you have a rolling poll with 400 calls a night, by the time you’ve rolled across five days, you have a...

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Flying home

It was a great pleasure to wake up this morning and see that members of Arnie Chycoski’s family had paid a visit to our...

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Meanwhile in the States...

McCain/Palin seems to have crested . Debates still ahead...

Ottawa

The promptitude of your gratitude

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities thanks the Conservatives for promising nearly $2 billion for housing and...

Ottawa

Rae Days return: vlogging Jason Kenney’s news conference

Here’s a little film about what we saw at the Kenney newser this afternoon (ITQ had the live blow-by-blow as it happened). Jason...

Ottawa

Prodigal sons and daughters

From our friend Paul Adams, who seems to be everywhere this autumn and who is blogging on these Ekos robo-polls for — well, for...

Ottawa

How can this not be fun?

Wells again: I note that they’ve simply abandoned any hope of getting reporters out to the Little Shop of Tories...

Ottawa

One question about Elizabeth May’s platform release

Why is she so far away from everyone that she has to shout? Here’s a link to the Green platform. Open thread!

Paul Wells

Watch the skies

Long-time listener, first-time voter? You have company that skews in interesting demographic ways. Hear now the wisdom of Ekos, young man or woman!

I plod Nanos! I don’t know, I was trying to make some kind of pun on "Nanos" and it didn’t go well. Anyway, today’s Nanos poll has extra fun for all the kids!

Flying home

Meanwhile in the States...

The promptitude of your gratitude

Rae Days return: vlogging Jason Kenney’s news conference

Prodigal sons and daughters

How can this not be fun?

One question about Elizabeth May’s platform release

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