Inkless Wells

Paul Wells on all the latest out of Ottawa—along with the occasional post about jazz. Follow Paul on Twitter: @InklessPW
He also offers his thoughtful perspective of Stephen Harper’s last 10 years in his recent eBook, The Harper Decade.

Election 2015: Harper, Mulcair, Trudeau in the starting blocks

Paul Wells on this weekend … and what comes after

by Paul Wells - Thursday, April 11, 2013
Music: Montreal with Nagano, sort of?

From the Inkless emailbox, this apparent denial of a three-day-old story that didn’t need…

by Paul Wells - Friday, April 5, 2013
Music: Montreal without Nagano?

Paul Wells on the expected departure of the director of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

by Paul Wells - Thursday, April 4, 2013
UPDATED: Canada’s diplomats in legal strike position

Paul Wells on the potential for a strike by foreign-service officers

by Paul Wells - Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Budget 2013: Idle Some More

Paul Wells on a chastened government’s tactical retreat

by Aaron Wherry - Thursday, March 21, 2013
And so the Justin Trudeau years begin

What now? What next? Our political editor explains

by Aaron Wherry - Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The Supreme Court Senate reference: It’s going well

Paul Wells on the PM’s setbacks

by Aaron Wherry - Wednesday, March 6, 2013
The Bush family is coming back. Like it or not.

I thought it only fair to warn you

by Paul Wells - Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Why Conservatives think the public service is Liberal

Paul Wells on partisanship and civil servants

by Aaron Wherry - Wednesday, March 6, 2013
New university presidents at Toronto and McGill

Paul Wells on a leadership change that could be more significant than most cabinet shuffles

by Paul Wells - Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Shocker* on the Hill: NDP MP to Bloc! (*not a shocker)

Paul Wells on the defection of Claude Patry

by Aaron Wherry - Thursday, February 28, 2013
Quebec universities: the McGill problem (hint: it’s not a problem)

Paul Wells explains why Quebec’s summit on universities is almost certain to be a gong show

by Paul Wells - Saturday, February 23, 2013
The Keystone dilemma

It’s time to stop delaying the decision, writes Paul Wells

by Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Barack Obama in a place called hope

Paul Wells explains how Obama’s America — at least as imagined — is far left of Stephen Harper’s Canada

by Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Harper and the Senate: Without a plan

The prime minister’s questions for the Supreme Court show he has a vague plan to do something, writes Paul Wells

by Aaron Wherry - Sunday, February 3, 2013
The Mulcair agenda for constitutional change

Paul Wells on the NDP bill on secession referendums

by Paul Wells - Thursday, January 31, 2013
Thoughts on secession

‘What is the content of this obligation to negotiate?’ The SCOC asked a hell of a question, writes Paul Wells, but look at how they answered

by Aaron Wherry - Thursday, January 31, 2013
Harper and social media: an open question

This evening I read listlessly from a library copy of What Hath God Wrought:…

by Paul Wells - Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Harper’s inner circle

Photograph reveals a rare glimpse of the PM’s advisers

by Paul Wells - Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Six weeks later

So where are we? Politics editor Paul Wells explains as the parliamentary year begins

by Aaron Wherry - Sunday, January 27, 2013