Canada needs a national media strategy, not a media bailout
OTTAWA, ON (November 15, 2022): Canada’s news industry has suffered declining audience engagement and advertising revenue. Many established news providers failing ...
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‘Imagine if Facebook wasn’t there’: Peter Menzies in the Line
This article originally appeared in the Line. Below is an excerpt from the article, which can be read in full here. By ...
Debate on Bill C-11 went nowhere, then it passed: Is it a bellwether?
By Irene Berkowitz June 30, 2022 PDF of commentary Introduction Canada’s second attempt at modernizing media legislation, Bill C-11, the ...
What can we expect from an online regulator? Lessons from religion and pornography: Peter Menzies for Inside Policy
By Peter Menzies, May 24, 2022 The Canadian federal government is on the verge of further empowering the Canadian Radio-television ...
Ottawa’s fix for the news business will actually hurt it: Peter Menzies in the Epoch Times
This article originally appeared in the Epoch Times. By Peter Menzies, May 17, 2022 Unless Canada intends to put most ...
Proposed online news act inserts the state into the newsrooms of the nation: Peter Menzies in the Epoch Times
This article originally appeared in the Epoch Times. By Peter Menzies, April 12, 2022 More than half a century ago ...
Should the CBC lose all its advertising revenue? Yes: Peter Menzies in the Toronto Star
This article initially appeared in the Toronto Star as part of its Saturday Debate series. By Peter Menzies, March 21, ...
MLI experts available to comment on Cabinet shuffle
OTTAWA, ON (October 26, 2021): With the Prime Minister unveiling a new Cabinet today, MLI experts are available to comment ...
There’s a more practical way to regulate Big Tech: Konrad Von Finckenstein and Peter Menzies in the Globe and Mail
The previous efforts to give the CRTC sweeping powers to integrate the internet into its system through the Broadcasting Act ...
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 ...
Frustrating funding process, unpredictable playing field stymie broadband expansion: Peter Menzies in the Hill Times
Misplaced policy priorities, skepticism, and sclerotic regulation are suppressing competition and innovation in the effort to expand affordable high-speed Internet ...
A communications strategy that meets the needs of Canadians: New MLI paper
OTTAWA, ON (November 5, 2020): This week, the federal government tabled its plan to bring streaming services like Netflix under ...
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Bill C-11 puts Canada’s online prosperity at risk: Peter Menzies
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It’s Time To End Vaccine Mandates: Dr. Matthew Strauss for Inside Policy
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The Patented Medicine Prices Review Board has lost its way (again)
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Jagmeet Singh’s disgraceful promise to delay reckoning over Emergencies Act: Ryan Alford in the National Post
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Why are Chinese police operating in Canada, while our own government and security services apparently look the other way?: Charles Burton in the Globe and Mail
