Peter Menzies | The Epoch Times

Peter Menzies: The West Still Wants In

Commentary I bought my first home in Alberta for 60 percent of what the original owner had paid ...

Viewpoints May 28, 2026

Peter Menzies: Schools Should Reflect Parents’ Values, Not Public Servants’ Ideology

Commentary Next month, on June 21, most North Americans will be celebrating Father’s Day in some fashion. Maybe ...

Viewpoints May 27, 2026

Peter Menzies: Safeguarding Public Trust Sometimes Requires Stepping Aside

Commentary The greatest risk facing a civil society involves the deconstruction of the public’s trust in its institutions ...

Viewpoints May 12, 2026

Peter Menzies: Limiting Youth Access to Social Media Comes With Its Own Set of Problems

Commentary Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew has joined a growing list of provincial leaders in Canada who want an ...

Viewpoints April 27, 2026

Peter Menzies: A New Online Harms Act Would Mean Canadians Talk Less Freely

Commentary Once it was confirmed that, for the first time, Canada would be ruled by a majority government ...

Viewpoints April 18, 2026

Peter Menzies: When It Comes to Military Capability, Canada Is but a Shadow of Its Former Self

Commentary Late last month, NATO and the Canadian government declared that the latter had fulfilled its commitment to ...

Viewpoints April 3, 2026

Peter Menzies: What Canada Needs Is a Strong Foundation in the Country’s Roots

Commentary Back when Saturday newspapers were regularly threatening to cross the 200-page threshold, the one I worked at ...

Viewpoints March 20, 2026

Peter Menzies: Threat of Being Dragged Through the Rights Tribunal Process Is Enough to Chill Speech

Commentary Barry Neufeld, a former Chilliwack school trustee recently fined a shocking $750,000 by the British Columbia Human ...

Viewpoints March 7, 2026

Peter Menzies: Canadians Are Aching for a Reason to Burst With National Pride

Commentary Now that the lingering pain of the Winter Olympics has eased, Canadians are left to ponder what ...

Viewpoints February 24, 2026

Peter Menzies: Appeal Court’s Convoy Ruling Upholds Freedom of Expression

Commentary The federal government’s unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act to close down the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest ...

Viewpoints January 18, 2026

Peter Menzies: The Simple Truth Behind Sustaining Excellence: Birthrates Matter

Commentary Fifty years ago, Czechoslovakia was experiencing a baby boom that blossomed in the wake of the Prague ...

Viewpoints January 6, 2026

Peter Menzies: US Trade Talks an Escape Hatch for Canada’s Internet Policy Blunders

Commentary Canada’s efforts to harness the changes and challenges posed by the internet age may just have come ...

Viewpoints December 19, 2025

Peter Menzies: Faith on Trial: Bill C-9 Risks Chilling Religious Speech in Canada

Commentary If you want to get some sense of what life in Canada could be like if the ...

Viewpoints December 5, 2025

Peter Menzies: Carney’s Interview With American ‘Daily Show’ Underscores Failure of Canadian Content Push

Commentary There could have been no more clear signal in these troubled times that, when it comes to ...

Viewpoints January 14, 2025

Peter Menzies: Cautious Optimism on Meta’s Move to Uphold Freedom of Speech

Commentary The pendulum moderating speech on social media is swinging back in favour of freedom. That’s a good ...

Viewpoints January 8, 2025

Peter Menzies: Canada Must Not Become a Country Without a Soul

Commentary Given the uncertainty that hangs over its leadership, it’s not hard for Canadians to imagine a country ...

Viewpoints January 4, 2025

Peter Menzies: Liberal MPs Shot Themselves in the Foot When They Voted Against Having Power to Oust Leader

Commentary That disgruntled Liberal members of Parliament lack the ability to remove their leader is entirely their own ...

Viewpoints December 20, 2024

Peter Menzies: Those Who Seek to Suppress Free Speech Pose a Greater Risk Than Those Who Abuse It

Commentary Now that the procedural logjam that had parliamentary business on hold for several weeks has been broken, ...

Viewpoints December 10, 2024

Peter Menzies: State Ban on Social Media for Children Could Backfire

Commentary Sometime before the year is out, at least one country plans to turn social media into an ...

Viewpoints November 23, 2024

Peter Menzies: Remembrance Day Is About the Sacrifices of Our Soldiers, Not Modern Sensibilities

Commentary It is now five years since Don Cherry was fired by Rogers Sportsnet for comments he made ...

Viewpoints November 9, 2024

Peter Menzies: Taking Stock of the Challenges Facing CBC’s New CEO

Commentary Marie-Philippe Bouchard is by all accounts a talented, intelligent woman with a great track record within the ...

Viewpoints October 23, 2024

Peter Menzies: It’s Past Time Canada Got Off Its High Horse and Reformed Health Care

Commentary If you have never read William Watson’s book "Globalization and the Meaning of Canadian Life," you should. ...

Viewpoints October 12, 2024

Peter Menzies: Bill That Aims to Control Speech Relating to Residential Schools Is Wrongheaded

Commentary The left has switched sides. Many years ago, it fought on the campuses of North America to ...

Viewpoints October 1, 2024

Peter Menzies: Jordan Peterson Is a Victim of Tall Poppy Syndrome in His Own Country

Commentary One of Canada’s more serious cultural pathologies is its persistently irritating insistence upon self-deprecation. The habit manifests ...

Viewpoints September 16, 2024

Peter Menzies: UK’s Online Safety Act May Be the Canary in the Coalmine for Canada Under Online Harms Act

Commentary We need to talk about Julie Sweeney. She’s a 53-year-old English woman who used to live in ...

Viewpoints August 31, 2024

Peter Menzies: Once Tools Are Available to Suppress Speech, Expect Them to Be Wielded With Enthusiasm

Commentary Once tools are available to suppress, punish, and intimidate speech, there is no shortage of people willing ...

Viewpoints August 19, 2024

Peter Menzies: Canada’s Gamble With the Digital Services Tax May End Badly

Commentary Canada seems to be having difficulty understanding and regulating the internet. That’s an easy conclusion to reach ...

Viewpoints August 5, 2024