Le Devoir’s further adventures in making stuff up
The Ontario budget gave the paper a chance to start getting its coverage right. No luck.
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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.
Paul Wells in Alberta: Could Jim Prentice actually lose?
It was supposed to be a coronation in Alberta. Paul Wells on how Jim Prentice got here, and whether he can prove the polls wrong
Strong Leader: Harper’s thrice-bare cupboard
When this guy spends the surplus, he doesn’t mess around, writes Paul Wells
Justin Trudeau, Liberal leader: Two years in
Justin Trudeau took over the Liberals two years ago. Now, he has six months to reverse slipping numbers. Paul Wells on Trudeau’s slide.
Laila Biali gets personal
Pianist, singer and songwriter Laila Biali on life, death and starting over
Wells: Of shields and swords and elections
Paul Wells on what a large telescope and health care have in common
Valentina Lisitsa, free speech, and the problem with philanthropy
How big does a mess outside the concert hall need to get before it affects what happens inside?
Joe Oliver: ’Budgets do not balance themselves’
For the record: Speaking remarks from the Finance Minister’s lunch in Toronto
Can a man from Montreal save the Philadelphia Orchestra?
Paul Wells on Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Montreal star who has become one of classical music’s leading forces
Le Devoir’s shaky memory
Wells: Bouchard cut spending far more drastically than Couillard, so Le Devoir has forgotten he ever existed