Stop messing with free speech on the internet: Peter Menzies in the Financial Post
A sound national communications policy won’t be found by trying to revive Bill C-10 and the divisive political thinking that produced it, writes...
How Canada can become a global leader in digital communications policy: New MLI Commentary
OTTAWA, ON (September 16, 2021): For many years, Canada has fallen behind the world when it comes to updating our digital communications policy, and...
A Mandate for Recovery: Policy Briefs from MLI Experts
The following are a series of policy briefs and short form election-related commentaries by experts at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute as part of our...
Why was the CBC not in Afghanistan? Peter Menzies in the Line
Our public broadcaster has the responsibility to be the organization that keeps Canadians informed of major international events when all others fail, writes...
Digital Chill and Frost Burned Freedom: Peter Menzies in Convivium
Bill C-36 stomps all over Canadians’ right to free expression and there isn’t the slightest real proof that those rights must be infringed...
Bill C-10: Control-freak Ottawa Confronts the Future. And the Future is Losing: Peter Menzies in C2C Journal
Artists and creators who had long championed rights and progressive causes have remained mute even as the Liberals crassly limited debate on C-10 in...
Caught in the Bill C-10 Spotlight: Peter Menzies in Convivium
Knowing how the CRTC shapes and corrects speech, I wondered – and still do – how the regulator could possibly resist that inclination...
Of course the CRTC regulates speech. That's why it exists: Peter Menzies in The Line
The Internet is no more broadcasting than a cow is a caribou, writes Peter Menzies. Further, it’s ridiculous to think that an outmoded...
Not all of Canada’s creative communities will benefit from Bill C-10: Peter Menzies in the Star
The government might be wise to consult with all of Canada’s creators and consumers before Bill C-10 develops into an even bigger political...
Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault should start fresh on Bill C-10: Konrad von Fickenstein and Peter Menzies in the Globe and Mail
It is time for the government to pause, give Bill C-10 a conceptual rethink, and redraft and sharpen its tools. Fiddling won’t fix...