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Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:23:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/harpers-confession/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/harpers-confession/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:01 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/harpers-confession/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/harpers-confession/feed/ 0 Paul Wells on why Harper's warning was really an admission— the Tories behaved like trust fund babies http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/27/ottawa-the-blink-and-youll-miss-him-approach/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/27/ottawa-the-blink-and-youll-miss-him-approach/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:30:01 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/ottawa-the-blink-and-youll-miss-him-approach/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/27/ottawa-the-blink-and-youll-miss-him-approach/feed/ 0 Paul Wells on why Harper works harder than any prime minister in his lifetime to take himself out of the picture http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/harpers-slow-boat-to-china-sets-sail/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/harpers-slow-boat-to-china-sets-sail/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:40:01 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/19/harpers-slow-boat-to-china-sets-sail/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/harpers-slow-boat-to-china-sets-sail/feed/ 0 Now that relations with the U.S. are strained, Harper has warmed up to China http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/06/harpers-sleepy-majority/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/06/harpers-sleepy-majority/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:00:01 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/12/harpers-sleepy-majority/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/06/harpers-sleepy-majority/feed/ 0 Will Prime Minister Stephen Harper proceed with promised 'major' reforms in 2012? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/09/amid-an-emergency-a-strategy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/09/amid-an-emergency-a-strategy/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:30:01 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/amid-an-emergency%e2%80%94-a-strategy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/09/amid-an-emergency-a-strategy/feed/ 0 WELLS: Short attention spans will get the focus off Attawapiskat. Fixing the actual problem will take longer. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/02/europes-ugly-little-dictatorship/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/02/europes-ugly-little-dictatorship/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:00:01 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/europe%e2%80%99s-ugly-little-dictatorship/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/02/europes-ugly-little-dictatorship/feed/ 0 Paul Wells on Alexander Lukashenko’s violent, corrupt, economically and morally bankrupt government http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/25/these-days-no-news-is-good-period/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/25/these-days-no-news-is-good-period/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:30:01 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/01/these-days-no-news-is-good-period/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/25/these-days-no-news-is-good-period/feed/ 0 Paul Wells on how everywhere the news is the same: bad http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/18/a-troubled-eu-is-nothing-to-snicker-at/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/18/a-troubled-eu-is-nothing-to-snicker-at/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:00:01 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/24/a-troubled-eu-is-nothing-to-snicker-at/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/18/a-troubled-eu-is-nothing-to-snicker-at/feed/ 0 WELLS: Rather than point fingers, European leaders should fix the pathologies that have crept into the system http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/11/getting-inside-harpers-headspace/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/11/getting-inside-harpers-headspace/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:20:01 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/17/getting-inside-harper%e2%80%99s-headspace/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/11/getting-inside-harpers-headspace/feed/ 0 'Everybody knows final decisions are made by the PM' http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/united-we-stand%e2%80%a6/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/united-we-stand%e2%80%a6/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:00:01 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/10/united-we-stand%e2%80%a6/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/united-we-stand%e2%80%a6/feed/ 0 NDP leadership candidate Nathan Cullen on how cooperation is key to punting the Tories http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/28/what-brazil-knows-that-we-don%e2%80%99t/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/28/what-brazil-knows-that-we-don%e2%80%99t/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:00:01 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/what-brazil-knows-that-we-don%e2%80%99t/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/28/what-brazil-knows-that-we-don%e2%80%99t/feed/ 0 Other countries are doing serious work to attract international students, but not us http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/21/a-kind-of-chaos-that-is-always-with-us/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/21/a-kind-of-chaos-that-is-always-with-us/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:40:01 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/27/a-kind-of-chaos-that-is-always-with-us/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/21/a-kind-of-chaos-that-is-always-with-us/feed/ 5 A new book shows Sir John A. Macdonald's politics were much like ours http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/freedom-to-fail-is-what-made-steve-jobs/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/freedom-to-fail-is-what-made-steve-jobs/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:50:01 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/20/freedom-to-fail-is-what-made-steve-jobs/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/freedom-to-fail-is-what-made-steve-jobs/feed/ 20 Let us now argue about how to create the next Jobs http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/10/swing-and-a-miss/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/10/swing-and-a-miss/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:50:01 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/13/swing-and-a-miss/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/10/swing-and-a-miss/feed/ 86 The PM came close to shutting down Insite, only to be reminded there are still some limits to his reach http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/30/a-no-name-race-to-replace-jack-layton/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/30/a-no-name-race-to-replace-jack-layton/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:00:01 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/a-no-name-race-to-replace-jack-layton/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/30/a-no-name-race-to-replace-jack-layton/feed/ 15 Most Canadians couldn’t pick Thomas Mulcair or Brian Topp out of a police lineup http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/12/harper%e2%80%99s-single-white-males/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/12/harper%e2%80%99s-single-white-males/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:05:22 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=213656 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/12/harper%e2%80%99s-single-white-males/feed/ 126 Paul Wells takes an inside look at where the power really lies in Ottawa http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/06/the-war-on-terror-10-years/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/06/the-war-on-terror-10-years/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:30:34 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=212249 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/06/the-war-on-terror-10-years/feed/ 12 Andrew Coyne and Paul Wells debate the successes and failures of the world’s response after 9/11 and how safe we are today http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/19/the-minister-strikes-back/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/19/the-minister-strikes-back/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:00:50 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=209979 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/19/the-minister-strikes-back/feed/ 73 Paul Wells on why the immigration minister waded into a fight with Amnesty over war criminals, and was in the right http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/12/inside-harpers-big-blue-tent/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/12/inside-harpers-big-blue-tent/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:00:19 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=208566 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/12/inside-harpers-big-blue-tent/feed/ 56 Canada's conservatives are more united than ever http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/22/suddenly-in-the-great-thrall-of-china/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/22/suddenly-in-the-great-thrall-of-china/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:30:43 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=205567 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/22/suddenly-in-the-great-thrall-of-china/feed/ 36 Paul Wells on the Conservatives' turnaround on China http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/15/why-harper-wants-to-take-on-the-world/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/15/why-harper-wants-to-take-on-the-world/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:00:42 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=202000 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/15/why-harper-wants-to-take-on-the-world/feed/ 234 Why is the PM preoccupied with external threats? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/08/entertaining-will-and-kate/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/08/entertaining-will-and-kate/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:00:13 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=200859 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/08/entertaining-will-and-kate/feed/ 16 WELLS: Picking the Canada Day lineup was a delicate task http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/04/at-least-it-was-exciting-for-the-kids/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/04/at-least-it-was-exciting-for-the-kids/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:45:51 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=199678 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/04/at-least-it-was-exciting-for-the-kids/feed/ 2 Paul Wells on how the fate of first class letter delivery was binding up the House http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/17/when-tories-agree-to-disagree/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/17/when-tories-agree-to-disagree/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:00:58 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=197282 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/17/when-tories-agree-to-disagree/feed/ 42 Paul Wells on how Harper told his party that Canadians think like they do. The hubris was almost Liberal in its scope. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/10/the-ego-behind-the-exits/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/10/the-ego-behind-the-exits/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:40:30 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=196285 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/10/the-ego-behind-the-exits/feed/ 99 Paul Wells on how Jacques Parizeau lives to undermine leaders who don’t share his reckless passion for sovereignty http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/03/majority-rules-back-to-work/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/03/majority-rules-back-to-work/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:00:15 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=194888 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/03/majority-rules-back-to-work/feed/ 34 A Harper majority will face tough challenges, and Quebec will still be front and centre http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/20/no-home-court-advantage/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/20/no-home-court-advantage/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 11:10:52 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=192343 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/20/no-home-court-advantage/feed/ 59 On Insite, the cruellest blow against the feds’ case came from one of the PM's own appointees http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/09/the-morning-after-the-years-ahead/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/09/the-morning-after-the-years-ahead/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 13:15:31 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=189856 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/09/the-morning-after-the-years-ahead/feed/ 59 The morning after, the years ahead http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/08/the-orange-wave-rises/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/08/the-orange-wave-rises/#comments Sun, 08 May 2011 13:15:28 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=189855 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/08/the-orange-wave-rises/feed/ 38 Years of quiet preparation in Quebec begin paying off for the NDP http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/07/turning-up-the-heat/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/07/turning-up-the-heat/#comments Sat, 07 May 2011 13:15:06 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=189859 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/07/turning-up-the-heat/feed/ 25 The election would soon turn on two key speeches: one by Ignatieff, one by Duceppe http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/06/the-velocity-of-indignation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/06/the-velocity-of-indignation/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 11:00:25 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=189854 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/06/the-velocity-of-indignation/feed/ 42 While the Liberals railed, the NDP stepped up http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/05/not-feeling-the-love/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/05/not-feeling-the-love/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 13:30:15 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=189853 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/05/not-feeling-the-love/feed/ 25 Harper was tightly controlled, Ignatieff loose and freewheeling. Layton? Just a guy most Canadians would rather have a beer with. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/04/politics-turned-over/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/04/politics-turned-over/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 15:59:07 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=189740 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/04/politics-turned-over/feed/ 82 Behind the scenes of an epic campaign that turned Canadian politics on its head, and finally gave Harper his majority. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/28/a-country-gets-its-back-up/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/28/a-country-gets-its-back-up/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:30:05 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=187758 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/28/a-country-gets-its-back-up/feed/ 95 WELLS: Even if Jack Layton fades in the stretch, something permanent will remain http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/20/what-harper-has-planned-for-ottawa/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/20/what-harper-has-planned-for-ottawa/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:40:05 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=185983 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/20/what-harper-has-planned-for-ottawa/feed/ 215 The PM plans to continue shrinking government; health care transfers will help http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/15/come-on-get-angry/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/15/come-on-get-angry/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:00:26 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=183850 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/15/come-on-get-angry/feed/ 62 Paul Wells on how, despite being chippy and accusational at times, Tuesday’s debate was nevertheless revealing http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/07/why-good-just-wont-cut-it/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/07/why-good-just-wont-cut-it/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:16:25 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=181992 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/07/why-good-just-wont-cut-it/feed/ 80 WELLS: All the candidates are doing their jobs, but the real moment of peril lies ahead http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/01/fighting-back-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/01/fighting-back-2/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:00:10 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=180607 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/01/fighting-back-2/feed/ 159 Paul Wells on the Liberal leader's surprisingly good start to the election campaign http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/25/let-the-games-begin-2-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/25/let-the-games-begin-2-2/#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:00:01 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=178874 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/25/let-the-games-begin-2-2/feed/ 92 Paul Wells on how a snoozer budget became the pretext for an election frenzy http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/18/the-future-trudeau-vs-kenney/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/18/the-future-trudeau-vs-kenney/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:00:55 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=177860 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/18/the-future-trudeau-vs-kenney/feed/ 224 Trudeau lost the latest battle with Kenney, but there will by plenty more to come http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/14/flatlined/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/14/flatlined/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:19:13 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=176560 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/14/flatlined/feed/ 361 Ignatieff has done a lot of things right, but he's still dead in the polls http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/04/they-cant-all-stand-for-the-little-guy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/04/they-cant-all-stand-for-the-little-guy/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:00:05 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=175451 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/04/they-cant-all-stand-for-the-little-guy/feed/ 90 Remember when "permanent campaign" was just a figure of speech? Ah, lost innocence of youth. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/25/what-canada-can-do-about-libya/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/25/what-canada-can-do-about-libya/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:00:52 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=174180 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/25/what-canada-can-do-about-libya/feed/ 29 Canada's role used to be to stall for time and then say ‘me too' http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/11/a-nation-filled-with-fear/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/11/a-nation-filled-with-fear/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:01:34 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=171320 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/11/a-nation-filled-with-fear/feed/ 71 Many Israelis see the uprising as a sign of a dangerous new instability in the Arab world http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/04/who-the-tories-stand-with-on-human-rights/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/04/who-the-tories-stand-with-on-human-rights/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 13:00:02 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=169623 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/04/who-the-tories-stand-with-on-human-rights/feed/ 30 Hunches and goose chases at Rights and Democracy have cost taxpayers $1 million