The big ’if’ in the trial of Mike Duffy
A preview of the trial from Paul Wells, plus a spoiler alert: It’s not going to make good television
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.
The Conservatives are levelling the playing field. Maybe.
Will a shadowy pro-Conservative fundraising organization change the 2015 election? Probably not. Paul Wells explains.
The Interview: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Ukraine, Islamic State and Canada’s role in an unsettling world
Justin Trudeau doubles down
The Liberal leader is against the mission continuing, as he was against it beginning. Here’s Paul Wells on the politics of foreign policy
A company town unites for the Politics & The Pen gala
Political types celebrated the height of Ottawa’s social calendar
Justin Trudeau and a Liberal take on liberty
Paul Wells on Trudeau’s speech, Bill C-51 and a nation’s capital, gripped with fear
Why Bill Gates is Stephen Harper’s favourite American
Paul Wells on what the Prime Minister sees in the Microsoft billionaire-turned-super-heavyweight-philanthropist
Why Justin Trudeau is suddenly the underdog
Paul Wells on what Harper and Mulcair might have to teach Trudeau
A season of new sounds at the NAC
Meet the new boss of the orchestra in Canada’s capital. He’s not shy.
Justin Trudeau’s fun with carbon pricing
Trudeau is pitching a cash transfer from the provinces to Ottawa to...pay for a cash transfer from Ottawa to the provinces. Wait, huh?