Peter Menzies: The Lamentable Decline of Canada’s Reputation as a Dependable and Globally Respected Nation

Commentary It’s been a few years now since Canada was the moderate, sensible, dependable, and globally respected nation that it grew into during the 20th century. What we have become instead is a country with the world’s most radical collection of social policies, that is mocked mercilessly by international media for its foolish extremism, is taunted for its unwillingness to defend itself, and no longer has any influence to speak of on the international stage. While we once had a voice that was respected, we now have one that solicits, if anything at all, condescending grins of amusement. First, let’s deal with social policies. While all Western countries respect women’s right to make decisions involving their own bodies, Canada is the only one in which there are no laws or restrictions on abortions. At all. It is available on request and without any of the term limits imposed in other liberal democracies. There is, in fact, no law. You may think that’s great or you may disapprove. But what is undeniable is that you can’t get much more liberal than that....