As the age of “climate hysteria” enters a new era of energy realism, the UN COP28 climate summit is expected to shift in tone from previous years, according to a panel of climate and energy experts in a preview of what to expect from this year’s gathering in Dubai. Organized by climate policy watchdog Net Zero […]
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By Sean Silcoff | Published by The Globe and Mail Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s promise to apply the sovereignty act to protect provincial power companies from proposed federal clean-electricity regulations is a move Ottawa argues is at odds with continuing “good faith” federal-provincial talks. Continue reading at the publisher’s website here Update: The premier did […]
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Freedom and Virtue: Friends or Enemies?
By Bruce Pardy | Published by The Brownstone Institute | Included in The Epoch Times US Edition There’s an elephant in the room, the speaker declared. He was right. I was at a gathering, as I often am, of people who aspire to rescue their countries from descending into woke, collectivist hell. But the attendees […]
By Patricia Adams and Lawrence Solomon | Published by The Epoch Times While Israel may retain control for the foreseeable future, Israel wants no part of Gaza. Its government left Gaza in 2005, taking with it every Jew residing in Gaza and even every Jew buried there. And Israel isn’t alone. Egypt also wants no […]
Canary In a Covid World: Missed reading this collection of 34 essays from contemporary and credentialed thought leaders on how Covid propaganda and censorship changed our world? Now you can listen to it! The audio version entered the listening stream this week and is available for purchase from Amazon, Apple Books and Audible. Every chapter is read by […]
By Bruce Pardy | Published by Brownstone Institute On Friday, George Will squared off against Sohrab Ahmari in the Munk debate on “the crisis of liberalism.” But the crisis didn’t come up. Will is a prominent conservative commentator who writes for the Washington Post. Ahmari is an author, editor, and publisher who has advocated for […]
By Bruce Pardy | Published by Brownstone Institute Dr. Kulvinder Kaur Gill is a pediatric allergist in Toronto. She condemned COVID rules as irrational, political, harmful, and inconsistent with scientific data. In the eyes of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO), Gill was dangerous. In 2021, the CPSO issued three “cautions” (formal […]
By Bruce Pardy | Published by National Post Last week the Supreme Court of Canada issued a decision that was boring. That’s great news, and a bit unexpected. A five-to-two majority held much of the federal Impact Assessment Act (IAA) to be unconstitutional. That’s boring because it’s straightforward and correct. The court did its job […]
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Pack Animals
Counterpoint with Tanya Granic Allen | Guest Bruce Pardy The discussion for this episode focuses on Canada’s culture wars. A recent National Post piece, authored by Bruce Pardy, characterizes the five culture war factions identified by an Angus Reid study as animal caricatures. Those caricatures are as follows: “zealous activists” (wolves), “quiet accommodators” (sheep), the […]
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Repressive tolerance
Trish Wood | On the Fringe Guest: Bruce Pardy Many of us think we are still living in a Western liberal democracy with “a fairly open economy” in a society where “there are certain values that we more or less hold to be true,” but, says law professor Bruce Pardy, “in many respects, that world […]