Protests or Public Chaos? It’s Time to Restore Order in Canada

There’s a growing sickness spreading across our country, and no one in Ottawa seems willing to stop it. Our streets have turned into battlegrounds of protest, not over wages or working conditions, but over foreign conflicts and imported ideologies. Hate is on full display in our public spaces, and for what? Political posturing? Internet clout?

We have allowed protests to morph into intimidation. Canadians walking downtown now see foreign flags raised higher than our own, hear chants that call for the destruction of others, and watch as police hesitate to enforce even the most basic laws of public order.

Let’s call it what it is: this isn’t free expression—it’s public chaos.

This is Canada. A country where we once prided ourselves on being fair, principled, and united. We weren’t perfect, but we weren’t this. We didn’t tolerate threats. We didn’t let our streets become megaphones for hate. And we certainly didn’t allow one group of citizens to intimidate another under the guise of protest.

You want to voice your opinion? Fine. But when your rally spills into hatred, harassment, or violent rhetoric, it’s not protected expression anymore. It’s an attack on civil society. And it’s time we shut it down.

We need leaders who are willing to say enough is enough. Leaders who will defend the rule of law, the dignity of our streets, and the safety of every Canadian—Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, atheist—every single one. That’s what leadership used to mean. That’s what being Canadian used to mean.

But today, we’re being fed a different narrative. We’re told Canada is a colonial experiment gone wrong. That we should hang our heads in shame. That our founders were villains. That our flag is a symbol of oppression.

I reject that. And so should you.

Canada is not a mistake. It’s a nation built on hard choices, hard work, and a shared commitment to something bigger than ourselves. We’ve been a refuge for the persecuted, a home for the hopeful, and a rare example of a country that, while not perfect, gets most things right.

And yet, we’re watching our identity erode—piece by piece.

The federal government seems more focused on virtue signaling abroad than solving problems at home. It’s easier for them to condemn Israel, tear down statues, or issue another land acknowledgment than it is to fix inflation, reduce crime, or secure our energy future.

Look around: prices are out of control, violent crime is on the rise, our military is stretched thin, and our economy is coasting on fumes. But the message from the top is: “Don’t worry, we’re leading the world in apologies.”

Enough.

Canadians want a country they can be proud of—not a government that treats pride as a problem to be solved.

Quebec wants more autonomy. Alberta is talking separation again. These aren’t minor flare-ups. They’re warning signs. People are losing faith in Canada’s ability to hold itself together. And frankly, who can blame them? When your government treats your industry like an enemy and your values like an inconvenience, what’s left to unite behind?

The solution is not more division—it’s more Canada.

We need to reaffirm who we are and what we stand for. We need to celebrate our history, not erase it. We need to defend our democracy, not weaken it to appease activists. And we need to remember that we are Canadians first—not fragments of some theoretical “post-national state.”

Because the more we buy into this post-national nonsense, the more we erode the very foundation that allows us to disagree peacefully in the first place.

Yes, we should have debates. Yes, we should acknowledge past wrongs. But there is a line, and we’ve crossed it. When protests become calls for genocide, when heritage becomes a source of shame, when citizenship becomes a dirty word—we lose not just our identity, but our cohesion.

Let’s rebuild our identity, not by trying to please the global commentariat, but by getting back to basics: respect for each other, pride in our flag, and belief in the country we’ve built together.

We need to act like a country again. That means enforcing the law. That means defending our allies. That means backing our energy sector and our industries. It means teaching our history without bending the truth to fit today’s trends.

Most of all, it means rejecting the idea that Canada is broken beyond repair.

It’s not. It’s bruised. It’s being tested. But it can recover.

It starts by saying clearly: the streets are not the place for foreign hate movements. We don’t settle other countries’ wars here. We don’t target communities here. We are Canadian. And being Canadian still means something.

We’ve been a serious country before. We can be again.