Q&A

The Q&A: "Canada’s Arctic is the soft underbelly of North American defence"

The Northwest Territories' premier on roads, resources and federalism

Jan 30 • Paul Wells

The Q&A: "I don't want to work less. That's not a talent I have."

Stéphane Dion is back home in Canada, wondering what to do next. Two national-unity crises and a rowdy neighbour loom. He's watching.

Jan 5 • Paul Wells

The Q&A: "There wasn’t an elevator pitch for my stories"

Journalist Susan Orlean on a life of writing about the stories you didn't realize were stories

Oct 31, 2025 • Paul Wells

The Q&A: "If you are not getting along with your leader, you’re going to want to leave your party"

Political scientist Alex Marland on his new book about loyalty and party discipline

Oct 28, 2025 • Paul Wells

The Q&A: "I see some of the rhetoric, but I don’t see the actions"

Lloyd Axworthy isn't impressed by Mark Carney. He's big on Wab Kinew though

Sep 30, 2025 • Paul Wells

The Q&A: "He was forthcoming and honest and funny and insightful — but damaged."

A new memoir dishes on late nights and high stakes in Pierre Trudeau's PMO

Sep 16, 2025 • Paul Wells

The Q&A: "Disappointed? Sure."

From Washington, Dominic LeBlanc, minister for Canada-US trade, on Sad-Face Deal Day

Aug 1, 2025 • Paul Wells

The Q&A: "You're competing in the most absurd, oversaturated field"

Singer Dan Mangan on attention-getting tools for an era of information overload

Jul 19, 2025 • Paul Wells

The Q&A: "Spending targets need to be accompanied by very clear capability targets"

Defense analyst Minna Ålander on the substance and the noise in a historic year for NATO

Jul 12, 2025 • Paul Wells

The Q&A: "It was going to be complicated and messy"

A tax expert on the departed Digital Services Tax, and the fiscal and policy holes it leaves behind

Jul 5, 2025 • Paul Wells

The Q&A: Trillion-dollar love affair

Patrick McGee on his astonishing best-seller, Apple In China

May 30, 2025 • Paul Wells

The Q&A: "A deep fracture within the Western camp"

Le Monde's top columnist Sylvie Kauffmann on the Trump-Europe crisis

Feb 19, 2025 • Paul Wells

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