Menzies Strategies

Menzies Strategies A boutique consulting company specializing in media and regulatory affairs He is a very skilled communicator and speech writer.

Menzies Strategies is an umbrella Communications and Social Media organization featuring the expertise of - guess what - people named Menzies. The principle associates are:
- Evan Menzies: One of Alberta's most skilled political communications advisors, Evan offers leading edge expertise in use of social media, brand management, speech writing, crisis communications and video communications.
- Gra

eme Menzies: Graeme has thirty years of international experience in communications and marketing, including stints in provincial and federal government, arts, technology, sport, and education. He is an experienced practitioner and advocate in the strategic use of social media to achieve organizational goals, and has expertise in reaching international youth audiences.
- Peter Menzies: Previous sole proprietor of Menzies Strategies, Peter has now returned from his appointment by the federal cabinet to the position of Vice Chair (Telecommunications) for the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission. He also served the CRTC as regional Commissioner for Alberta and Northwest Territories. He has a broad expanse of knowledge and contacts within and across the spectrum of the nation's communications industries - from ISPs to aboriginal and ethnic radio. He is also an award-winning journalist and former publisher of the Calgary Herald with prior experience in media training/crisis communications and public relations.

“We must guard against those who wish to use anonymity as a means to hide the truth, deride opponents or manipulate publ...
06/07/2026

“We must guard against those who wish to use anonymity as a means to hide the truth, deride opponents or manipulate public opinion”

Willingness to use unnamed partisan sources helps governments frame their preferred narratives

“I know what the tradition of the craft counts as good journalism. I also know disgraceful, exploitative and, yes, cowar...
05/27/2026

“I know what the tradition of the craft counts as good journalism. I also know disgraceful, exploitative and, yes, cowardly journalism when I see it. In my book, May 27, 2021 stands as a day of infamy.”

For a kid from Kamloops, the journalistic malpractice launched on that day is not just professional - it’s personal

“Until there is a shared understanding of the cold, hard facts, which is what a fair, balanced and accurate media is nee...
05/24/2026

“Until there is a shared understanding of the cold, hard facts, which is what a fair, balanced and accurate media is needed for, there will be no genuine reconciliation.”

If we can't handle the truth, there's no hope for reconciliation. Plus! Kapelos lays it on the line, the Soo loves the CBC and the subsidized Star cancels a critic

“A new age will come which, from the standpoint of a higher morality, will no longer heed the demands of an inflated con...
05/20/2026

“A new age will come which, from the standpoint of a higher morality, will no longer heed the demands of an inflated concept of humanity “

“Tenderness leads to the gas chamber” -Walker Percy, The Thanatos Syndrome

“This was at least the third time CBC has had to publicly but softly correct its staff. I doubt it will be the last”
05/17/2026

“This was at least the third time CBC has had to publicly but softly correct its staff. I doubt it will be the last”

Plus! Maclean’s loses its bearings. And! Canadian Press loses it’s biggest client as Postmedia officially drops out this week

“If this goes through, everything will be subsidized: print, broadcast, the works — a whole industry of CBCs. You couldn...
05/10/2026

“If this goes through, everything will be subsidized: print, broadcast, the works — a whole industry of CBCs. You couldn’t do a better job killing the news business.”

Plus! Another subsidy soldier falls, Coyne gets in a dig and CP is losing Postmedia, which is shutting down its Toronto presses

Finding a way out of media’s hideous dependence on government
05/08/2026

Finding a way out of media’s hideous dependence on government

A special treat - a podcast - for The Rewrite subscribers and wannabe's as the number of independents shrinks

05/03/2026

Plus! Bell and Rogers join the corporate welfare queue as Mark Carney’s Liberals move to add hundreds of millions more in debt by directly funding “broadcasters,” too

“The narrative established by the governing Liberals that to be opposed to or critical of them is to be a mouth-breathin...
04/27/2026

“The narrative established by the governing Liberals that to be opposed to or critical of them is to be a mouth-breathing, Maple MAGA, gun totin’ Trump toady fits seamlessly with the default instincts of most newsrooms,”

For their Dr. Dreamy, Mark Carney, many Ottawa media have become the light through which yonder window breaks. Plus! Awkward moments for CTV brass and fact-checking is back!

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