Why Harper’s foes need to get off the pot
Hey, did you hear Justin Trudeau smoked marijuana? I think it was in the news somewhere. The Liberal leader was asked whether he...
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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.
What Stephen Harper must say on Oct. 16
Time for another Conservative Reset Moment
The Senate reference: Feds argue every which way
The federal government’s factum in its Supreme Court reference on Senate reform is a fascinating piece of work. Signed by veteran...
Senate reform: A look at the documents
In my column for the latest issue of Maclean ’s, I write about the uproar over the Senate that began with Mac Harb and Patrick...
Maclean’s roundtable: On Keystone, emissions and the decisions that link Obama and Harper
Here’s a discussion of the big decisions, intimately linked, facing two leaders: Barack Obama’s coming yay-or-nay on the fate of...
One way or another, Canada is stuck with the United States
It always comes as a relief when a doomed relationship finally sours into real animosity. Enough of frosty grins and forced...
Adding up the ways we’re falling behind in education
A new study shows Canadians may be handy with computers, but we’re terrible at math
Obama and Harper: United by indifference
Paul Wells on the Keystone XL pipeline and a cross-border disconnect
‘There’s a lot of spit and vitriol and anger’
Maclean’s Podcast: Paul Wells in conversation with Graeme Smith
What we can learn from losers
Paul Wells on Brian Topp, Michael Ignatieff and the craft of politics