Nobody should believe Canadian politicians who promise to fight climate change
Paul Wells: Most governments routinely blow their emissions reduction targets, punting solutions down the road. Why should anyone expect that to change?
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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.
Kathleen Wynne’s vision now meets Doug Ford’s promises later
Paul Wells on a budget that plunges into deficit, but is at least a plan—and an opposition leader who wants to tear it all down
Free advice to the NDP: Measure twice, cut once
Paul Wells: The NDP was headed toward a possible leadership putsch on Tuesday. It’s time for the party to start asking: does it have a plan?
Where Jagmeet Singh is really coming from
Paul Wells: Canadians are getting used to hearing half answers from the NDP leader—on questions he himself is raising—about Sikh extremism
Farewell to Rex Tillerson, Chrystia Freeland’s man in Washington
Rex Tillerson’s firing as U.S. secretary of state is a heavy blow for Canada’s foreign minister, who worked in step with him on North Korea and Russia
For Ontario’s Conservatives, another fine mess
Paul Wells: The night ends with a Doug Ford win—ha-ha, nervous laugh. If there’s a lesson it’s that Ontario conservatism is a complex coalition.
Bill Nye meets another science guy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Bill Nye can wax lyrical all they want, but when it comes to truly supporting science, Canada has nothing to crow about.
The Bloc Québécois: What if Lucien Bouchard was right?
Paul Wells: Amidst fresh disarray within the party, it’s worth recalling the former leader’s advice: ’This is no way to run a federation.’
Christine Elliott and the Pips
Paul Wells: The other candidates in Wednesday’s PC leadership debate spent much time focused on Elliott. Like backup singers to a possible premier.
Justin Trudeau in the real world
Paul Wells: The prime minister’s so-called ’state visit’ trip to India was so tone-deaf, hopeless and unserious he might as well never have gone