Good luck with Days 93-100, Mr. President
Trump has so far proven that he can’t accomplish much and isn’t particularly worth worrying about—good news for Canada
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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.
Joe Clark struts and frets his hour
Paul Wells on a play about... Joe Clark? ’1979’ is a surprisingly funny, charming take on the last days of Clark’s government
Scowly Liberals legalize the demon weed
If marijuana is so dangerous, as the Liberals keep saying over and over again, why is the government seeking to make its recreational use by adults easier?
Marc Garneau has something to not announce
There are new measures but not restrictions on some flights from some countries the transport minister refuses to name. Got it?
Want better science? Listen to scientists.
David Naylor’s report on science research has some key—and probably unwelcome—discoveries for the Trudeau government
Donald Trump is stuck in the 1980s
For 30 years Trump has cocooned himself in his Manhattan tower. Luckily, there’s a document that offers a window into his insulated mind.
Bombs don’t make you president
Many were quick to praise Donald Trump’s Syrian strike. But that doesn’t suddenly make him a coherent, serious president
Justin Trudeau takes questions—all of them
Paul Wells on Trudeau’s efforts at political theatre, which aimed to highlight the merits of a weekly PM’s Questions session
The Tory leadership race wears on—yet the work has barely begun
The Conservatives will surely survive their leadership race, says Paul Wells. But everything else isn’t so clear.
In this House fracas, everyone loses—especially Justin Trudeau
How the Liberals brought their Parliamentary boiling point, and its aftermath, on themselves