Paul Wells in conversation with Gary Doer and Rob Merrifield
The U.S. Ambassador gets some help from Alberta
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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.
Stephen Harper, friend of science, kind of
Paul Wells explains why Stephen Harper’s science announcement was great optics, lousy policy
Paul Wells in conversation with Vladimir Milov
A former energy minister offers criticism of Putin
Paul Wells in conversation with John McCain
The longtime senator bemoans global disasters
In the Wynne-Harper detente, it will take two to tango
Paul Wells on why the feud between the Prime Minister and the premier of the country’s largest province simmers on
Fixing the world, from a hotel in Halifax
Paul Wells reports from the Halifax Security Forum, where top defence and foreign-policy experts debated solutions to global conflicts
Ottawa’s no good, terrible, very bad year
Shootings. Gropings. Abuse of the public trust. How can we keep trudging through federal politics’ fog of despair?
Joe Oliver sails one over the plate
Paul Wells on what today’s fall economic update says about Stephen Harper’s 2015 election plans
The tricky politics of language on Parliament Hill
Just days after the Ottawa shootings, the leaders use ‘terror’ to define the party line
Hearing genius in Salisbury Cathedral
On tour with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, a master steps into the light