THIS WEEKEND: The conversation Albertans need to have is hitting the road. Tickets: http://TheLavigneShow.com/events Law professor Bruce Pardy didn’t write another political pamphlet. He wrote a constitution. Thirteen articles designed to lock government into limits it cannot rewrite, expand, or ignore. The type of architecture that keeps power on a short leash — forever. Thirteen […]
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Alberta Separatism | Bridge City News What does freedom mean and what will it take for an independent Alberta to turn the page and chart a new era? Law professor and Articles of Freedom author Bruce Pardy reminds us that most of the rules that bind Albertans today already come from Edmonton, not Ottawa. Hand the […]
By Bruce Pardy, published by the Western Standard A free country must resolve a paradox: a state is needed to keep the peace, yet the state’s monopoly on force is also the greatest threat to liberty. Law professor Bruce Pardy argues that Alberta’s constitution should therefore do two unusual things to protect citizens and restrain […]
In these pages, law professor Bruce Pardy sets out 13 carefully crafted Articles that form the constitutional architecture of a free country. The design is intentionally simple. It does not try to administer life. It tries to secure it. The default flips from state power to individual freedom, leaving the state only with powers expressly […]
By Bruce Pardy, published by the Western Standard Alberta should heed the lessons of Brexit. So suggests Ian Cooper, a senior research fellow at Dublin City University’s Brexit Institute. In May, the CBC published a piece citing Cooper’s sense of déjà vu. “I think that Brexit has a lot of lessons to teach Albertans about […]
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The deck is stacked
Tea & Coffee with Paula & Jay (The Lavigne Show): Alberta faces a stark reality—is it possible to become independent if your premier is determined to stop it? Is the October question a procedural dead end dressed up as progress? Law professor Bruce Pardy examines the controversial 10th question scheduled for the upcoming referendum, comparing it […]
By Bruce Pardy, First Principles Substack For the original version of this commentary, see the publisher’s website here. Two recent Alberta court decisions do not prohibit an independence referendum. But Danielle Smith is pretending that they do. She is hiding behind them. She and her people have repeatedly said that the May 13 decision from […]
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A constitution for Alberta
“This independence movement in Alberta is really like a moment in time that doesn’t come up very often in the life of civilizations. Alberta has the potential to… correct the path of Western civilization… If it is missed, it won’t come back again for a long time.” ~ Bruce Pardy Nat & The Guy: Rather […]
Tea & Coffee with Paula & Jay (The Lavigne Show): Professor Bruce Pardy breaks down the decision by Justice Shaina Leonard to halt — for now — the grassroots push that collected signatures from tens of thousands of Albertans eager to force the question of separation onto the ballot. This is the second major judicial roadblock under the […]
Presented by the Alberta Women’s Independence Network and hosted by Jason Lavigne of The Lavigne Show. This event was broadcast live on Monday, May 11. A recording is available below to view. The Three Models: An exploration of what a constitution for an independent Alberta could look like through the lens of three unique perspectives. […]