“Your life and your property is your business and nobody else’s” — the state does not believe that. ~ Bruce Pardy
“Your Land,” a conference on “Property Rights, Land Use, and Constitutional Authority in Canada,” April 11. Hosted by Upper Canada Land Titles and Patent Research Initiative.
At the heart of our constitutional rights lies a profound truth: your life and property are fundamentally yours, not the state’s. These rights were designed to empower individuals, granting them the autonomy to determine the use of their property without interference from the collective good. So, what happened? Law professor Bruce Pardy traces the historical journey of rights and governance to where we find ourselves now: overshadowed by a narrative that prioritizes the collective over the personal, undermining the very freedoms that were meant to liberate us from tyranny. A reevaluation is necessary; we must envision a new constitution that truly safeguards individual liberties, ensuring that the power of the state does not eclipse the sanctity of personal ownership and freedom.
This event was filmed. Bruce Pardy appears at the 3:49:27 mark.
Related Reading: Canada’s Constitutional Mistake: How the Rule of Law Gave Way to the Managerial State
Bruce Pardy is executive director of Rights Probe and professor of law at Queen’s University.
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