The Lavigne Show | Tea & Coffee with Paula & Jay featuring special guest Professor Bruce Pardy: The province’s new Justice Statutes Amendment Act, known as Bill 14, if passed would repeal a contentious section of Alberta’s Citizens Initiative Act, removing a significant court obstacle to independence. The bill, while seemingly positive, contains troubling provisions […]
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The Critical Compass podcast: Prof. Bruce Pardy sheds light on the significant hurdles facing Alberta’s quest for independence, spotlighting the legal and political challenges embedded in the Citizen Initiative Act and the Referendum Act. At the heart of the issue are Alberta’s own self-imposed restrictions, which hinder the province’s ability to pursue independence. Provisions within […]
“A lot of people want to stay inside a Canada that is an imaginary country inside their heads. It’s not the real one. …The reason to leave is that Canada has become something else. Canada has become a manager.” ~ Prof. Bruce Pardy As Alberta contemplates separation, the need for a fundamental shift is obvious. […]
Brave New Normal with host Jason James: Law professor Bruce Pardy continues to explore the world he has envisioned through the creation of a new constitution for an independent Alberta. In this conversation, Prof. Pardy walks us back to Canada’s origin story of deference to authority and how that beginning has shaped Canadians’ sense of […]
Tea & Coffee w/ Paula & Jay | The Lavigne Show: Prof. Bruce Pardy joins hosts Jason and Paula Lavigne to unpack the second half of his proposed constitution for a free and independent Alberta. [The first half is available here]. Sections Covered: 7. Branches of the State and Elections The proposed constitutional framework for […]
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Constitution for Alberta
“It is not the role of government, I think, for the government to make policy about most things. If they are, they are not leaving you to your own life.” ~ Bruce Pardy Entrepreneur and former political candidate, Nadine Wellwood, and law professor Bruce Pardy compare their most recent work on Alberta independence (Nadine’s book […]
VIDEO: Cory Morgan Queen’s University law professor, Bruce Pardy, offers a blueprint for a new Alberta constitution that represents not just a political reset but a philosophical revolution: transforming Alberta into a beacon of liberty, where government serves as a restrained guardian, not an overbearing ruler. Exploring Prof. Pardy’s newly released proposed constitution for an […]
Tea & Coffee w/ Paula & Jay | The Lavigne Show: Prof. Bruce Pardy joins hosts Jason and Paula Lavigne to unpack the first half of his proposed constitution for a free and independent Alberta. [The second half is available here]. Sections Covered: 1. Force and Threats of Force Prohibited 2. Using Force to Enforce […]
Published by C2C Journal | Sept. 9, 2025 Alberta separatism is often dismissed—even within the province itself—as the domain of a few deluded rural hardliners. But the sentiment and the movement have only grown since the federal election brought another Liberal government to power. And Bruce Pardy, one of the country’s senior legal scholars (and […]
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Escape or leverage?
In Lay Terms: Amid Ottawa’s relentless march toward hyper-centralized governance, a seismic question now dominates Canada’s political landscape: Could Alberta’s separation be the last, defiant stand against a suffocating federalist agenda? This episode of “In Lay Terms” with host Peyman Askari sits down with prominent legal scholar Prof. Bruce Pardy and James Lindsay, renowned political […]