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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

Uncle Stephen

Several colleagues who were around the table on a familiar downtown patio last week will be my witnesses. With as much luck as...

Ottawa

Il est venu le temps des cathédrales

This could prove to be a very symbolic moment in the evolution of Canadian health care. Last month the Université de Montréal’s...

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Sarah Palin is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life

With Gallup’s help , let me predict and explain all the reaction, pro and con, you’re going to hear over the next little while to...

Ottawa

Listening is a process not to be rushed

Stéphane Dion demonstrates that he was listening all summer by implementing a policy change his rural MPs were already pleading...

Ottawa

A reader writes

Under the subject line "Election — CPC convention scuppered," this email landed in the Inkless inbox tonight: Just thought I’d...

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You, too, can be a doomed man’s running mate

Luiza’s already written about this, but you should read it all . What a consummate five-alarm gong show. It makes the selection of...

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Obama’s convention bounce...

... waited until the Republican convention to appear . Hey thanks, Sarah Palin!

Ottawa

Brinksmanship, or, The Winnipeg Very Limited Strike

The Conservatives are on the brink of a majority ! But wasn’t the Green Shift supposed to help? No, the Green Shift is really not...

Ottawa

I for one will be amazed if this works

So the boss told me to buy a video camera for the campaign. We test-drove it today at 24 Sussex for the big meeting between...

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Gratitude

Here’s Jonathan Batiste, the latest of many illustrious alumni of the New Orleans Centre for Creative Arts, the finest...

Paul Wells

Uncle Stephen

Il est venu le temps des cathédrales

Sarah Palin is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life

Listening is a process not to be rushed

A reader writes

You, too, can be a doomed man’s running mate

Obama’s convention bounce...

Brinksmanship, or, The Winnipeg Very Limited Strike

I for one will be amazed if this works

Gratitude

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