The Paul Wells Show

Election week 5: this peculiar campaign

Apr 23, 2025

With less than a week left until election day, Paul calls up a few colleagues to talk about what we’ve learned and what will come next. They also talk about how politicians have changed their relationship to the press.

Our panel this week features political journalists Vassy Kapelos, Hélène Buzzetti and Steve...

The panel: pulp that platform

Apr 22, 2025

Someday we should probably sit down and have a talk about election platforms. Count this week’s instalment of The Panel as a down payment on that conversation.

Platforms are weird: if you release yours on Easter Saturday, after the television debates are already over, and a month after the election campaign started,...

Election week 4: it's a jungle online

Apr 16, 2025

How concerned should we be about election interference online? Taylor Owen and his colleagues at the Media Ecosytem Observatory keep a close eye on who's trying to sway our elections, and whether or not they're succeeding. He joins Paul to discuss that work and share his wish list for the next government’s digital...

The Panel: Everyone's talking about it

Apr 15, 2025

This week is mostly about Quebec. Sorry, people who get bugged by that. The Conservative and Liberal leaders were on Tout le monde en parle, the only talk show in either official language that’s a must-attend for the Carneys and Poilievres of this world. On Wednesday they’ll be at the French-language leaders’...

Election week 3: The Age of Coercion

Apr 9, 2025

We are living in "the age of coercion," says Michael Wernick. The former Clerk of the Privy Council talks about what the civil service (and the government) will be up against after the election.

Geoff Meggs, former Chief of Staff to B.C. Premier John Horgan , weighs in on drug policy on the campaign trail and the...