The News Forum | Canadian Innovators: Host Catherine Swift is joined by law professor Bruce Pardy to discuss the concept of “state singularity”. A metaphor, borrowed from physics, Prof. Pardy describes “state singularity” as the moment when the state and society become indistinguishable. In this increasingly eminent scenario, it becomes difficult to differentiate between the […]
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Juno News Podcast: Host Candice Malcolm looks at the disqualification of Liberal leadership candidate Ruby Dhalla, who learned she was dropped from the race during a live CBC interview. The day before, a senior Liberal strategist appeared on CBC and told viewers she hoped the Liberals would find “a legitimate reason to disqualify Dhalla” because […]
By Lawrence Solomon | Published by American Thinker President Trump offered Canadians the deal of a lifetime — to join the U.S. and be welcomed as equals, as full citizens with all the rights that status entails. Canadian business would have tariff-free access to the world’s largest market. Individual Canadians would instantly be better off by replacing […]
February 17, 2025: Today marks the launch of the Free Speech Union of Canada (FSU). A non-partisan, non-profit membership organization committed to defending free speech in Canada, FSU counts Prof. Bruce Pardy of Rights Probe as a director on its Board. FSU is one of several international sister organizations linked to the Free Speech Union […]
By Bruce Pardy | First published via Substack: First Principles with Bruce Pardy It’s not really my place. I’m an Ontario boy. Who am I to draft a declaration of independence for Alberta? The answer is, I’m Canadian, and my compromised, complacent country needs shaking up. And perhaps I am Albertan in spirit. If Alberta […]
By Lawrence Solomon | Published by Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) | Reprinted by Israel Today U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to take over Gaza, resettle its 2 million residents and redevelop the territory have been excoriated in the United States and elsewhere as ruinously expensive and likely to see American troops mired in another conflict. […]
First Freedoms Foundation Although property rights were considered during the creation of the Charter of Rights led by Pierre E. Trudeau, they were ultimately dismissed. Section 35 was instead added to the Constitution Act of 1982, which recognized existing aboriginal and treaty rights. The Supreme Court of Canada has since expanded these rights, with a […]
A National Citizens Inquiry Roundtable Discussion “Government has grown so much that it wants to meddle in and micromanage every aspect of our lives, to the point where it’s making these philosophical value judgments about how individuals should live, which forfeits the reason for agreeing to live in society in the first place.”—Dr. Julie Ponesse […]
By Bruce Pardy | Published by The Epoch Times In November 2024, a court released seven companies from an aboriginal land claim in New Brunswick. Wolastoqey Nation had filed a legal action seeking a declaration of aboriginal title over more than half the province. The seven companies, named as defendants, own most of the land […]
Canadian Libertarian | X Spaces The Canon of Classical Liberalism—The Liberty Angle An expansive conversation between Professor Bruce Pardy and Canadian Libertarian host, Bennett Hunter. Initially, this conversation was prompted by an X exchange between Prof. Pardy and host Hunter on the three foundational concepts in classical liberalism—natural rights, rationality, and objective truth. Prof. Pardy […]