Rights and Democracy: Qui veut noyer son chien...
There’s no reason to believe three years’ worth of relentless negative coverage led to the Harper government’s decision, announced...
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 Harper budget: Always leave ’em wanting more
PostMedia columnist Michael Den Tandt is still struggling with last Thursday’s budget , which was a good deal less earth-shaking...
Why Harper turned toward Asia: Ask Carney
An extraordinary speech today from Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney. Since it draws on trends that are years in the making, and...
Everything that is wrong with Ottawa, for now at least
We’re all positively giddy here on the Hill, ladies and gents. The stimulation is so intense we could plotz. There are things...
The Harper Decade, now an iBook
The Harper Decade , the e-book that compiles my best writing on Stephen Harper over the decade he’s been a party leader, is now...
Budget: Gwyn Morgan would be so upset
How to begin? Let’s use boldface. The Prime Minister’s nominee to run the appointments commission was Gwyn Morgan, who had just...
Why Tom Mulcair is Stephen Harper’s first real Opposition threat in years
Paul Wells: Get ready for Beethoven vs. Nickelback in federal politics
Music: Quantum fiddling
I’ve made it clear before that I’m a big fan of the work Edwin Outwater is doing as music director of the Kitchener-Waterloo...
Harper’s very political budget
At first glance, there are no major transformations, but below the surface this government is escalating a dozen of its favourite combats
Wells on Harper on CBC
It was a great pleasure to be a guest on CBC Radio’s The Current this morning. We discussed my new Maclean’s e-book, The Harper...