Editing Lewis MacKenzie (section)

==Post-Military==
===Media===
MacKenzie is the author of two books:
* ''Peacekeeper: Road to Sarajevo''
* ''Soldiers Made Me Look Good: A Life in the Shadow of War''
and also writes short essays about military affairs, most often in ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'':
* [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/we-can-help-in-mali-without-putting-boots-on-the-ground/article7653080/ "We can help in Mali without putting ‘boots on the ground’"] 23 Jan 2013
* [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/the-road-to-damascus-goes-through-moscow/article548913/ "The road to Damascus goes through Moscow"] 22 Feb 2012
* [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/natos-libya-hope-strategy-is-bombing/article598629/ "NATO's Libya 'hope' strategy is bombing"] 10 Jun 2011
He is frequently sought by Canadian broadcast media as a security and military affairs commentator:
* [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/cracks-showing-in-natos-libya-strategy/article625520/ "Cracks showing in NATO's Libya strategy"] 22 Jun 2011
* [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/as-politicians-hit-hustings-canadas-libya-mission-flies-under-the-radar/article573997/ "As politicians hit hustings, Canada's Libya mission flies under the radar"] 24 Mar 2011
* [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tories-let-election-skirmishes-eclipse-war-in-libya/article574525/ "Tories let election skirmishes eclipse war in Libya"] 29 Mar 2011
* [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/daniel-mnard-scandal-leaves-military-reeling/article4392497/ "Daniel Ménard scandal leaves military reeling"] 30 May 2010

In 2005, following the appointment of former Lieutenant-General [[Roméo Dallaire]] as a [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] [[Senate of Canada|senator]], MacKenzie wrote an editorial in ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' entitled "Roméo, Roméo, wherefore art thou partisan?" arguing that Dallaire had compromised his previous stance by endorsing the Liberal Party's position on intervention in Sudan.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050519/COLEW19/TPComment/TopStories Roméo, Roméo, wherefore art thou partisan?], ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', 19 May 2005.</ref>

On 19 April 2010, MacKenzie was interviewed on CTV's ''Power Play''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/ctv-news-channel/power-play |title=CTV News &#124; CTV News Channel &#124; Power Play with Don Martin |publisher=Ctv.ca |accessdate=5 January 2014}}</ref> in relation to accusations by [[Ahmadshah Malgarai]], a translator, who witnessed interrogations in which a witness allegedly recounted that the Canadian military murdered a 17-year-old Afghan. MacKenzie dismissed those accusations as "crap" and "insulting" to the Canadian military, while he viewed the denial by the Canadian military as credible. Amir Attaran, a law professor and lawyer for Malgarai disagreed with Mackenzie, arguing that instead of comparing credibility, the military must release the records of detainee interrogations to Parliament, so that Parliament may determine what occurred, based upon the available facts. According to Attaran, it is a legal requirement that the documents regarding detainee interrogations be produced, while they need not be made public. MacKenzie called it "ridiculous" and "ludicrous" to table such documents in Parliament and that, furthermore, he was "not concerned" about the legal requirement to do so. Near the end of the interview, MacKenzie verbally attacked Dr. Attaran: "Last time I checked, in various polls being done across Canada, the Canadian Forces are at the very top of trustworthiness with the Canadian population. I won't mention where lawyers were slated."

MacKenzie is interviewed in two documentary films by Serbian-Canadian film-maker [[Boris Malagurski]]: ''[[Kosovo: Can You Imagine?]]'' (2009) and ''[[The Weight of Chains]]'' (2011). He also contributed to the Canadian documentary ''If I Should Fall'', which focuses on the Canadian military experience in Afghanistan since 9/11.

In 2021, Mackenzie was announced as the Honorary Commander of the Fort Henry Guard, based out of Fort Henry National Historic Site in Kingston, Ontario.

===Politics===
In the [[1997 Canadian federal election|1997 federal election]], MacKenzie was [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] candidate for [[Parliament of Canada|Parliament]] for the central [[Ontario]] [[electoral district (Canada)|riding]] of [[Parry Sound—Muskoka (federal electoral district)|Parry Sound-Muskoka]].<ref name="EdmontonJournal1">{{citation|title=Poll-happy Tories taunt doomsayers' forecasts|newspaper=[[Edmonton Journal]]|date=1997-05-20|access-date=2024-02-20|publisher=[[Hollinger International]]|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/475528144/|quote='If you had to choose a Canadian deputy prime minister, who would you prefer and who do you think the people of Canada would prefer [Liberal]<!--Editorial comment in original article.--> Sheila Copps or Lewis MacKenzie?' Charest shouted to a gathering of supporters in Huntsville, while MacKenzie stood at his side. Charest later said he only suggested MacKenzie for the deputy prime minister's post 'as an example. But he'll play a role. He deserves to play a role.'}}</ref> Visiting the riding, [[Tory]] leader [[Jean Charest]] rhetorically asked a crowd of supporters whether MacKenzie or [[Sheila Copps]] would be a better Deputy Prime Minister, but later explained that this was an example rather than his party's selection.<ref name="EdmontonJournal1" /> The Tories improved their standing and regained official party status, though MacKenzie finished second to [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] incumbent [[Andy Mitchell (politician)|Andy Mitchell]].

Around 2011, MacKenzie unsuccessfully advocated for a plan to revive and modernize the [[Avro Canada Arrow]] [[interceptor aircraft]] as an alternative to the [[Lockheed Martin Lightning II]] [[multirole fighter]] then being [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Canadian procurement|considered for Canadian service]].<ref name="CBC1">{{citation|author1-last=Harris|author1-first=Kathleen|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-accused-of-axing-avro-arrow-revival-too-soon-1.1233462|date=2012-09-10|access-date=2024-02-20|title=Ottawa accused of axing Avro Arrow revival too soon|website=[[CBC News]] website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211174656/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-accused-of-axing-avro-arrow-revival-too-soon-1.1233462|archive-date=2015-02-11|quote=In an interview on CBC News Network's Power & Politics, MacKenzie said he first approached officials about a year ago about the plan by Bourdeau Industries, which has offices in Canada and the U.K., to redesign the Avro Arrow CF-105 as an alternative to the F-35 stealth fighter jet.}}</ref> MacKenzie said he was not working for [[Bourdeau Industries]], the private proposer of the plan, but governmental accountability advocate Duff Conacher, interviewed by the CBC, questioned MacKenzie's activity as a possible conflict of interest and expressed concern that it was possible for him to deliver a company's proposal to the government without being a registered lobbyist.<ref name="CBC1" />

====Electoral record====
{{1997 Canadian federal election/Parry Sound—Muskoka}}

===Leisure activities===
[[File:LewisMacKenzieFFord.jpg|thumb|right|300px|alt=Lewis MacKenzie drives Formula Ford Car|Lewis MacKenzie at the wheel of his Formula Ford car on Friday, 28 August 2009, as part of the NAPA 200 race weekend on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.]]
MacKenzie is a lifelong automobile racing enthusiast. According to an article in the 23 September 2007 ''[[Victoria Times Colonist]]'', he is an enthusiastic, skilled, and competitive race car driver having won the 2007 Diamond Class Ontario championship for Formula Fords at the age of 67.