Peter Best

Peter Best is a lawyer based in Sudbury, Ontario, and author of the 2018 book "There Is No Difference: An Argument for the Abolition of the Indian Reserve System and Special Race-based Laws and Entitlements for Canada’s Indians."

A Quiet Agreement With Big Consequences for Vancouver Property Rights

The Musqueam ‘rights recognition agreement’ treats the Musqueam Indian Band as if it were a nation state, like ...

Viewpoints April 11, 2026
Judges Are Remaking Constitutional Law, Not Applying It—and Canadians’ Property Rights Are Part of the Collateral Damage

Commentary The worst thing that can happen to a property owner isn’t a flood or a leaky foundation. ...

Viewpoints October 21, 2025
Canada’s Elites Suppressing Freedom of Speech on Indigenous Matters

Commentary Under Section 2 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Canadians are guaranteed freedom of thought, belief, ...

Viewpoints May 26, 2024
Fight Over How to Define Métis Identity Is Both Deeply Problematic and Racist

Commentary Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 recognized “the Aboriginal and treaty rights of the Aboriginal peoples ...

Viewpoints August 13, 2022
Rewriting Canada’s Citizenship Oath to ‘Recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Is Wrong

Commentary “The proposed amendment to the Citizenship Act has been thoroughly and properly dissected by you and I ...

Viewpoints November 3, 2020
Governing by Timeless Conservative Principles Would Set Canada on a Better Course

Commentary There are several timeless conservative principles of political philosophy that in the past 30 years have been ...

Viewpoints September 24, 2020

Peter Best

A Quiet Agreement With Big Consequences for Vancouver Property Rights

Judges Are Remaking Constitutional Law, Not Applying It—and Canadians’ Property Rights Are Part of the Collateral Damage

Canada’s Elites Suppressing Freedom of Speech on Indigenous Matters

Fight Over How to Define Métis Identity Is Both Deeply Problematic and Racist

Rewriting Canada’s Citizenship Oath to ‘Recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Is Wrong

Governing by Timeless Conservative Principles Would Set Canada on a Better Course