By Bruce Pardy | Published by The Brownstone Institute | First published by The Epoch Times Forget the members of Parliament who may have colluded with foreign governments. The real menace, the RCMP seem to think, are House of Commons pages. MPs suspected of foreign election interference should not be identified, the Mounties have insisted, […]
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By John Schofield | Law360 Canada Article behind paywall In Brief An Alberta court has ordered WestJet to pay over $65,000 in compensation to a former employee for wrongful dismissal. The ruling is being hailed as a landmark in Canadian employment law, with legal experts noting it sets a significant precedent by addressing gaps in […]
The Candice Malcolm Show: Alberta’s separatist movement is a nationalist counter to Canada’s globalist progressivism, rooted in irreconcilable ideological divides, argues Prof. Bruce Pardy. While legally viable, independence faces practical and philosophical hurdles, underscoring a broader crisis of Canadian identity and federal legitimacy. Prof. Pardy posits that secession could trigger national upheaval, forcing Ottawa to […]
Leaders on the Frontier: Alberta’s push for independence, driven by decades of federal neglect and anti-energy policies (Trudeau’s emissions caps, pipeline cancellations et al.), has reached a tipping point. With 30% of Albertans open to separation, Premier Danielle Smith’s astute alignment with separatist petitions—while not outright endorsing them—signals a strategic challenge to Ottawa (she is […]
The modern state has abandoned its role as a guardian of freedom to take on the mantle of managerial overlord. What would limiting the state to its core function—protecting liberty—look like? Could we as citizens cope without the Nanny State? Are we able to see that many of our societal problems are exacerbated, not solved, […]
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The serfs of Tiny Township
By Lawrence Solomon | The Financial Post [Full Text Available Here] Summary Under a new bylaw scheduled to pass next month in Tiny, Ont., a rural township on the shores of Georgian Bay, thousands of property owners will lose their right to do anything to their property apart from “activities such as garden weeding, raking, and minor trimming of […]
Return From Purgatory is the inaugural volume in a book series by the U.S.-registered non-profit, China Unofficial Archives, an online site fully bilingual in Chinese and English, dedicated to circulating key documents, films, blogs, and publications as a correction to the imbalance of an entire country’s history determined and controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. In […]
By Rupa Subramanya | The Free Press Summary A growing band of Canadians are advocating for Alberta to become independent and join the United States. Alberta holds the third-largest oil reserves in the world, trailing only Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, and sits atop rich deposits of coal, lithium, and other critical minerals that America is […]
The Real Citizen Podcast: Canada is a country in crisis that long predates Donald Trump’s provocations. The Trump disruption, however, has ignited fundamental conversations that are overdue and immensely valuable. For example, when we’re not defining ourselves in opposition to America, who are we? What does “Canadian” mean? Prof. Bruce Pardy breaks down what has […]
The Lavigne Show: Host Paula Lavigne unites two leading Canadian voices, Lawrence Solomon (renowned columnist and environmental policy critic) and Bruce Pardy (law professor and constitutional scholar), to explore Albertan independence and themes related to Canadian sovereignty, productivity, and potential political realignments. Canada’s productivity, and its reliance on the U.S. market, suggests that Canadians have […]