Interests
Wells is concerned with the state of higher education in Canada and has devoted several columns to this issue. He argues that Canada could gain from the current decline in international graduate student applications to the United States, but is not doing enough to encourage potential graduates to apply to Canadian universities. Wells' solution to improve Canadian education is to increase tuition fees. While Wells does state that there should be increased public funding of higher education, he has also consistently urged lower taxes, making it unclear where the extra public money would come from.
Wells promotes the politics of substance over personality. He was particularly critical of former Prime Minister Paul Martin, and regularly railed at unsubstantial announcements coming from the Prime Minister's Office. While most of his attention (and criticism and sarcasm) had been focused on the formerly governing Liberals, Wells also has criticized Stephen Harper's Conservative party, notably for their positions on same sex marriage. Wells supports the Clarity Act and was an early proponent of the act's author, Stéphane Dion who went on to be elected Liberal Party leader.
Wells is a fan of jazz music, a topic he frequently writes about in his blog.
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