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Paul Wells

The Trudeau school lunch promise, annotated

A new federal news release is pissing me off, so here I am to make fun of it

Apr 1

Apr 1

Paul Wells

McKinsey defends all those McKinsey contracts

Here’s a news release from McKinsey & Company about increasing federal government use of McKinsey for consulting contracts. — pw

Jan 16, 2023

McKinsey defends all those McKinsey contracts

Jan 16, 2023

Paul Wells

Page 314 of Right Side Up

Here’s a page from one of my books, which is interesting in hindsight.

Apr 29, 2022

Page 314 of Right Side Up

Apr 29, 2022

Paul Wells

I write to Finance about the Growth Fund

I’m launching a new subscription newsletter on Substack! Go here to get more info and sign up. Meanwhile I’ll be using this account to post…

Apr 19, 2022

Apr 19, 2022

Paul Wells

Coffee with Del Duca

I worked at Maclean’s magazine for most of 19 years. I quit last Friday, several minutes after I filed my column for next month’s issue…

Mar 17, 2022

Mar 17, 2022

Paul Wells

Canada Infrastructure Bank responds to Blacklock’s

I was pretty excited to be on what Blacklock’s, an Ottawa news publication, described as a “blacklist” of reporters who’ve covered the…

Jul 26, 2019

Jul 26, 2019

Paul Wells

NAC Orchestra ticket tips 2018–19

A friend asked whether I have any suggestions for next season at my adopted hometown’s symphony orchestra. I sure do. Here you go:

Jul 25, 2018

Jul 25, 2018

Paul Wells

Best classical albums of 2017, more or less

Someone on Twitter asked me for a list, so here it is. This list is an hour’s work on Tuesday night, so I make no claims to completeness or…

Feb 14, 2018

Feb 14, 2018

Paul Wells

Finance department responds on budget cover

Here’s the text of an email I received today from a spokesman for the federal department of Finance, after last week’s story that the 2016…

Oct 16, 2017

Oct 16, 2017

Paul Wells

Toronto Symphony ticket tips

Individual tickets for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s 2017–18 season go on sale on Thursday morning. Here’s what I’d buy, or consider…

Jul 20, 2017

Jul 20, 2017

Paul Wells

Paul Wells

Very late blooming freelancer, formerly at Maclean’s, Toronto Star, National Post, Montreal Gazette. This is for personal stuff, posted very occasionally.

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