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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

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Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communications has a blog devoted exclusively to how the media cover the...

Ottawa

Enough politics. Introducing The First Inkless Classical iMix

I came off the campaign trail last night and went home, napped for three hours, went out for dinner, and then started listening to...

Ottawa

We are going to throttle you with polls before you can squeak out an objection

What’s it been, three hours since the last poll? Time for three more polls. Well, two and the promise of more to come. In our...

Ottawa

Inkless: Your source for very brief Green Party news releases

And here’s one now:

Ottawa

New poll! New confusion!! Every sentence in this headline has an added exclamation point!!! Really!!!!

CBC Newsworld is on air right now with a new Harris/Decima poll: Conservatives 41%, Liberals 26%, NDP 14%, Greens 9%. Link when it...

General

Workin’ in a coalition mine Whoop! About to slip down

It’s been so long. Time for a new variation on a favourite old tune: The question of just what Elizabeth May will do if this...

Ottawa

Deadlines and timetables are the new black

Inkless Irregular Jack Mitchell is in serious danger of going home with all the non-existent steak knives in our First whenever I...

Ottawa

"A pro-war vote that makes us the slaves of oilmen"

Sounds great ! Where do I sign up? Welcome to the rather attention-grabbing world of the NDP’s new Quebec ad .

Ottawa

You never get to just enjoy a good day

From the Inkless emailbox:

Ottawa

This is why you stuck it out until you’d learned French

At last, at last, Chantal Hébert has a blog. Or rather, blogue .

Paul Wells

More more more meta

Enough politics. Introducing The First Inkless Classical iMix

We are going to throttle you with polls before you can squeak out an objection

Inkless: Your source for very brief Green Party news releases

New poll! New confusion!! Every sentence in this headline has an added exclamation point!!! Really!!!!

Workin’ in a coalition mine Whoop! About to slip down

Deadlines and timetables are the new black

"A pro-war vote that makes us the slaves of oilmen"

You never get to just enjoy a good day

This is why you stuck it out until you’d learned French

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