Paul Wells
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When we cease to understand the world
On the need for humility in world affairs
Like most journalists I came up local: Student council, city hall, bigger city hall, Parliament. I didn’t do much journalism outside Canada for a long time, mostly because there seemed no way in, b...
Where the money is
Mark Carney with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Royal Palace, Thursday. Photo: Adrian Wyld, The Canadian Press
Why do you rob banks, a reporter once asked Willie Sutton, a prominent bank robber. “Because that’s where the mon...
Weighing Ankara
Carney in Ankara. Photo: PW
The wide streets of Ankara are empty and silent this week. Not most of them, I’m sure, but certainly the ones carrying official vehicles to and from the various activities of the NATO heads-of-government summit....
We all live on a German submarine, probably
Mark and Diana Carney leave their government plane for a Halifax motorcade. Photo: PW
Reporters travelling with Prime Minister Mark Carney on this week’s trip to the NATO Summit in Ankara and to Saudi Arabia to scare up investment dollars...
The longing 2026: now with more longing
Stock photo of a parliamentary committee meeting.
[Previously: The Longing, Oct. 17, 2025]
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, FINA for short, seems better integrated into the budget-making process this year than it...
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