Major Harper: Long time coming
Everything in the Davos blueprint consists of things that were in the works during his five years of minority governments
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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.
Harper reaches the age of major-ity
The prime minister promised major this and major that in Davos
That’s Western University to you
Why they got rid of the University of Western Ontario
That’s Western University to you
Let’s begin with an annoying autobiographical pause: I studied at the University of Western Ontario. Well, "studied."...
Canada’s cities (well, some of them) against Europe trade deal
If a deal goes ahead, provincial governments and municipalities will have to open bidding on contracts to European firms
NDP plummets in Quebec, up three points
A cautionary tale about polling. La Presse is on fire this morning with news of horrible performance by the NDP in Quebec. A CROP...
Major Harper and the Reforms
In an interview with Emmanuelle Latraverse to mark the 6th anniversary of his 2006 election victory, Stephen Harper hints at some...
Farewell, then, Lazaridis and Balsillie
RIM’s co-CEOs are taking a big step away from the spotlight
Gilles Duceppe: Uh, nope
The former Bloc Québécois leader was, oddly, seen in some quarters to be the best bet to replace Pauline Marois as Parti...
Hey look: the vast left-wing conspiracy covers the vast right-wing conspiracy
We’re brimming over with fresh bitumen this week at Maclean’s, where I’ve got a story connecting the Harper government with the...