Paul Wells

Maclean's Political editor

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.

If a building isn’t a disaster, how can we be sure it’s in Ottawa?

Paul Wells: The city unveiled the design for its new library—and Ottawans might actually like it

January 23rd, 2020

Chrétien’s China and Trudeau’s

Paul Wells: Why is logic that is so obvious to the Chrétien wing of the party so unpersuasive to Trudeau’s government? A few theories.

January 21st, 2020

Stephen Harper resigns from the Conservative Fund board to block Jean Charest

Paul Wells: Sources say the former PM’s main goal behind his abrupt resignation is to free himself to counter Charest’s leadership bid

January 15th, 2020

Karina Gould on Pierre Trudeau’s legacy

Canada’s international development minister spoke about the prime minister’s father and why we should ‘enthusiastically’ embrace liberal internationalism

January 10th, 2020

Canada would like a government now, please

Paul Wells: The Trudeau 2.0 government is rattled, introspective and praying to God that nothing bad happens. But they happen anyway.

January 8th, 2020

Who wants to be Conservative leader?

Paul Wells: The Conservatives are fast heading toward a big question about what kind of party they want to be—and there’s no easy answer

January 6th, 2020

What U.K. Labour can learn from a decade-old Gordon Brown rally

Paul Wells: In the U.K. and the U.S., opposition parties are torn between true believers and big tent proponents

January 6th, 2020

The takedown of Andrew Scheer

Partisan warfare, ruthless tactics, friendly fire. What really happened in the final weeks before the resignation of the leader of the opposition.

December 21st, 2019

Kent Monkman and the making of a masterpiece

Paul Wells: How the latest works of one of Canada’s greatest living artists landed in the Great Hall of the Met in New York City

December 19th, 2019

Conservatives after Scheer: the revolution eats its own

Paul Wells: The assumption among Scheer’s opponents that the party could obviously do better will now be tested. Best of luck, folks.

December 12th, 2019

The stubborn state of federalism in Canada

When federal and provincial governments clash, there’s usually at least a desire to make progress. Not this time.

December 9th, 2019

The Throne Speech: More will be done

Paul Wells: If the Liberals’ goal was to be deliberately vague, well, the Trudeau team’s speechwriters absolutely nailed it

December 5th, 2019

Andrew Scheer and the Conservatives’ choices

Paul Wells: The party aims to build a winning coalition, stay united and infuriate Liberals. Only one person has done it in the last 30 years.

November 28th, 2019

At the global security gathering in Halifax: Up the down escalator

Paul Wells: Top defence officials gathered at the annual Halifax Security Forum to discuss the big threats. This year’s preoccupation: A re-election of Donald Trump.

November 25th, 2019

Trudeau 2.0: Je ne regrette rien

Paul Wells: The PM has created a multiply redundant federal cabinet where no one will have enough power to influence anything. How little things have changed.

November 20th, 2019

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