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Peter Menzies

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Peter Menzies

@Pagmenzies

Opinions my own: erstwhile CRTC vice chair, past Calgary Herald editor & publisher retired provincial museum executive. Writer, consultant, MLI Senior Fellow.

Canada

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Joined May 2015

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Peter Menzies
@Pagmenzies
Jul 21, 2025
Peter Menzies
@Pagmenzies
Jul 21, 2025
“There’s growing concern that legacy media outlets—now financially dependent on government support—may struggle to maintain objectivity, particularly during national elections. This dependency risks undermining the media’s role as a watchdog of democracy.” open.substack.com/pub/petermenzi…
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Peter Menzies
@Pagmenzies
Feb 18, 2022
So if I get it right, Parliament was able to operate during the protest but now that the government has draconian powers to stop the protest, it’s not safe for Parliament to sit.
Peter Menzies
@Pagmenzies
Apr 26, 2025
Toronto Star columnist says Canada would be just fine without Alberta so maybe it’s time for it leave. #vintage
David Olive: Perhaps it’s time Alberta does go it alone and says goodbye to Canada
From thestar.com
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Peter Menzies
@Pagmenzies
Nov 12, 2024
Every single person involved in this should be fired ASAP. It’s an outrage.
National Post
@nationalpost
Nov 12, 2024
Ontario school played Palestinian protest song in Arabic as its Remembrance Day music nationalpost.com/news/school-re…
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Peter Menzies
@Pagmenzies
Jul 31, 2025
And there it is … Well-played Parks Canada et al
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Peter Menzies
@Pagmenzies
Sep 17, 2025
“It’s a horrific situation.” This is so sad. Twenty years ago we thought Canada would grow and prosper like never before in the 21st Century. And now 10% of our largest city’s population depends on charity to eat. What a grubby little nation we’ve become.
cbcwatcher
@cbcwatcher
Sep 16, 2025
Canadians struggle "25.5% of households are struggling to afford food and that is up from 18.4% in 2023." Food bank client visits "So giving you some context, previously before the pandemic, we were around 600,000 for the year." "And so it took us 38 years to get to 1 million
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Peter Menzies
@Pagmenzies
Aug 25, 2025
I’m pretty sure no one said anything during the election about going to war
Brian Lilley
@brianlilley
Aug 25, 2025
Carney says he won’t rule out Canadian troops on the ground in Ukraine.
cbcwatcher
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Peter Menzies
@Pagmenzies
May 2, 2021
Am I the only one who noticed that if it wasn’t for a free and open Internet nobody would know that Canada is about to bring an end to the era of a free and open Internet?
Peter Menzies
@Pagmenzies
Apr 26, 2022
The funniest thing about Canadians reacting to Elon Musk buying Twitter is that it simply doesn’t matter: you will be neither more free nor less. The government and the CRTC will soon be deciding what is permitted on the Internet. Pretty sure that hasn’t sunk in. At all.
Peter Menzies
@Pagmenzies
Sep 16, 2025
If you can’t defend your own sovereignty, someone else will do it for you
cbcwatcher
@cbcwatcher
Sep 16, 2025
"American fighter jets scrambled over the Calgary skies yesterday in response to reported bomb threats involving three incoming passenger flights from Germany."
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Peter Menzies
@Pagmenzies
May 14, 2025
5 cabinet seats for the one-third of Canadians - close to 14 million - who live west of Upper Canada & 5 for the 2 million living east of Quebec. And people say Danielle Smith is the one fueling western alienation?
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Peter Menzies
@Pagmenzies
Nov 15, 2025
Canada’s two most mocked provinces ….
Brad Wall
@BradWall306
Nov 13, 2025
Saskatchewan and Alberta - leading all provinces and a majority of the states in GDP per capita
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Peter Menzies
@Pagmenzies
Dec 31, 2024
“The only difference between Canada and a banana republic nowadays is we don’t grow bananas”
Nelson: Rule of law under assault in Canada
From calgaryherald.com
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Peter Menzies
@Pagmenzies
Sep 24, 2025
“On Tuesday, Mr. Carney announced Canada will contribute $47-million in new funding to Gaza and the West Bank to strengthen judicial systems, governance structures and democratization efforts.” Oh, come on. theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…
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